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History Audio Books is a great resource for history buffs or anyone
interested in learning about the history of the world, it's people
and politics.
Americanization of Benjamin Franklin
By Gordon S Wood
Ten years in the making, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gordon S. Wood reveals Benjamin
Franklin's life and meaning. Why did Benjamin Franklin retire from business and become
gentleman? Why did he admire the British Empire--and join the American Revolution?
Genre: History Audio Books
Format: CD, Hardcover
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How the Irish Saved Civilization
By Thomas Cahill
Not only did Irish monks and scribes maintain the very record of Western
civilization - copying manuscripts of Greek and Latin writers, both pagan and
Christian, while libraries and learning on the continent were forever lost - they
brought their uniquely Irish world-view to the task.
Genre: History Audio Books
Format: CD, Hardcover, Cassette
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A Long Way Gone
By Ishmael Beah
What is war like through the eyes of a child soldier? How does one become a killer?
How does one stop? Child soldiers have been profiled by journalists, and novelists
have struggled to imagine their lives. But until now, there has not been a first-person
account from someone who came through this hell and survived.
Genre: History Audio Books
Format: CD, Hardcover
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One Soldiers Story a Memoir
By Bob Dole
At last, in his own words, Bob Dole tells the moving, inspirational story of his
harrowing experiences in World War II--a personal odyssey of tremendous courage,
sacrifice, and faith.
Genre: History Audio Books
Format: CD, Hardcover
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Out of Mao's Shadow
By Philip P. Pan
An intimate, groundbreaking account of a society in turmoil, Out of Mao's Shadow is
the most important book about the Chinese people and their fight for greater freedom.
Genre: History Audio Books
Format: CD, Hardcover
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Parting the Waters:
America in the King Years
By Taylor Branch
This audio adaptation focuses primarily on Martin Luther King, Jr. and the key moments
that defined his rise to the forefront of the civil rights movement.
Genre: History Audio Books
Format: CD, Hardcover
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A People's History of the United States
By Howard Zinn
Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, Zinn's A
People's History of the United States is the only volume to tell America's story
from the point of view of — and in the words of — its women, factory workers,
African-Americans, Native Americans, working poor, and immigrant laborers.
Genre: History Audio Books
Format: CD, Hardcover
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Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultery, and Murder in Medieval England
By Alison Weir
Alison Weir, the best-selling author of The Six Wives of Henry VIII and Eleanor
of Aquitaine, turns her expert eye to the dark reign of another notorious and
charismatic medieval monarch, Queen Isabella of France.
Genre: History Audio Books
Format: CD, Hardcover
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Stolen Lives
By Malika Oukfir
The adopted daughter of the king of Morocco, whose father was arrested and executed
for a 1972 attempt to assassinate the king, tells the story of how she, her mother,
and her five siblings endured years of imprisonment in a desert penal colony.
Genre: History Audio Books
Format: CD, Hardcover, Cassette
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They Must Be Stopped
By Brigitte Gabriel
They Must Be Stopped is New York Times bestselling author Brigitte Gabriel’s warning
to the world: We can no longer ignore the growth of radical Islam--we must act soon,
and powerfully. Gabriel challenges our western and politically-correct notions about
Islam, demonstrating why radical Islam is so deadly and how we can halt its progress.
Genre: History Audio Books
Format: CD, Hardcover
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