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Edison's Ghosts
- The Untold Weirdness of History's Greatest Geniuses
- By: Katie Spalding
- Narrated by: Susie Riddell
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
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Overturn everything you knew about history’s greatest minds in this raucous and hilarious book, where it turns out there's a finer line between "genius" and "idiot" than we've previously known....
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Wonderful Wonderful Read.
- By marc edge on 06-01-23
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61. Edison's Ghosts
- The Untold Weirdness of History's Greatest Geniuses
- Narrated by: Susie Riddell
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 05-16-23
- Language: English
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Ancient Bones
- Unearthing the Astonishing New Story of How We Became Human
- By: Madelaine Böhme
- Narrated by: Aimée Ayotte
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
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Fans of Sapiens will love this “fascinating forensic inquiry into human origins” (Kirkus), where a renowned paleontologist takes listeners behind the scenes of one of the most groundbreaking investigations into the origins of humankind....
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Brave Attempt
- By Bill Treat on 10-15-22
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62. Ancient Bones
- Unearthing the Astonishing New Story of How We Became Human
- Narrated by: Aimée Ayotte
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 07-16-21
- Language: English
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Rivers of Gold
- The Rise of the Spanish Empire, from Columbus to Magellan
- By: Hugh Thomas
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 27 hrs and 25 mins
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From one of the greatest historians of the Spanish world, here is a fresh and fascinating account of Spain's early conquests in the Americas....
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History I did not know, but now seems essential that I know about Spain’s discovery and conquest of the new world.
- By Discerning buyer on 07-18-24
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63. Rivers of Gold
- The Rise of the Spanish Empire, from Columbus to Magellan
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 27 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 04-18-23
- Language: English
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The Birds That Audubon Missed
- Discovery and Desire in the American Wilderness
- By: Kenn Kaufman
- Narrated by: Mack Sanderson
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
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Renowned naturalist Kenn Kaufman examines the scientific discoveries of John James Audubon and his artistic and ornithologist peers to show how what they saw (and what they missed) reflects how we perceive and understand the natural world....
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History of birding in America
- By Pradheepa on 12-02-24
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64. The Birds That Audubon Missed
- Discovery and Desire in the American Wilderness
- Narrated by: Mack Sanderson
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 05-07-24
- Language: English
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The Year 1000
- When Explorers Connected the World - and Globalization Began
- By: Valerie Hansen
- Narrated by: Cynthia Farrell
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
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Valerie Hansen, an award-winning historian, argues that the year 1000 was the world’s first point of major cultural exchange and exploration. Drawing on nearly 30 years of research, she presents a compelling account of first encounters between disparate societies....
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Long on Speculation, Short on Evidence
- By Phyllis on 10-10-20
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65. The Year 1000
- When Explorers Connected the World - and Globalization Began
- Narrated by: Cynthia Farrell
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 04-14-20
- Language: English
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Into Unknown Skies
- An Unlikely Team, a Daring Race, and the First Flight around the World
- By: David K. Randall
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 11 hrs
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The unbelievable history of the 1924 race to circumnavigate the globe for the first time by air, a nail-biting contest that pitted underdog US pilots against their better-funded European rivals, created technology that changed aviation, and convinced America that its future was in the sky.
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Brave or crazy?
- By Charles on 10-27-24
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66. Into Unknown Skies
- An Unlikely Team, a Daring Race, and the First Flight around the World
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 11 hrs
- Release date: 09-17-24
- Language: English
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Skeletons on the Zahara
- A True Story of Survival
- By: Dean King
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
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Everywhere hailed as a masterpiece of historical adventure, this enthralling narrative recounts the experiences of 12 American sailors who were shipwrecked off the coast of Africa in 1815....
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Haunting
- By thawstone on 06-05-16
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67. Skeletons on the Zahara
- A True Story of Survival
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 04-01-14
- Language: English
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The Ship Beneath the Ice
- The Discovery of Shackleton’s Endurance
- By: Mensun Bound
- Narrated by: Mensun Bound - preface, Charles Armstrong
- Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
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On November 21, 1914, after sailing more than ten thousand miles from Norway to the Antarctic Ocean, the Endurance finally succumbed to the surrounding ice.
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Dragged out story
- By Bill on 09-14-23
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68. The Ship Beneath the Ice
- The Discovery of Shackleton’s Endurance
- Narrated by: Mensun Bound - preface, Charles Armstrong
- Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 02-28-23
- Language: English
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The Mapmaker's Wife
- A True Tale of Love, Murder, and Survival in the Amazon
- By: Robert Whitaker
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
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In the early years of the 18th century, a band of French scientists set off on a daring, decade-long expedition to South America in a race to measure the precise shape of the earth....
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Good. Could have been great…
- By Crys H on 07-01-22
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69. The Mapmaker's Wife
- A True Tale of Love, Murder, and Survival in the Amazon
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 07-30-19
- Language: English
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Everest, Inc.
- The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World
- By: Will Cockrell
- Narrated by: Pete Simonelli
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
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Anyone who has heard of Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air or has seen a recent photo of climbers standing in line to get to the top of Everest may think they have a sense of what the world’s highest mountain is like....
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Only if you are an avid mountaineer
- By Love books on 05-04-24
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70. Everest, Inc.
- The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World
- Narrated by: Pete Simonelli
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 04-16-24
- Language: English
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In the Heart of the Sea
- The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
- By: Nathaniel Philbrick
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
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The ordeal of the whaleship Essex was an event as mythic in the 19th century as the sinking of the Titanic was in the 20th....
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Wow
- By Amazon Customer on 12-06-06
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71. In the Heart of the Sea
- The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 06-13-05
- Language: English
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Pacific
- Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers
- By: Simon Winchester
- Narrated by: Simon Winchester
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
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Best-selling author Simon Winchester offers an enthralling biography of the Pacific Ocean and its role in the modern world, exploring our relationship with this imposing force of nature....
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Political Asides Have Become Bombastic Didactic
- By Mark Patterson on 12-25-15
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72. Pacific
- Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers
- Narrated by: Simon Winchester
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 10-27-15
- Language: English
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Captain James Cook
- By: Rob Mundle
- Narrated by: Paul English
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
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Captain James Cook is one of the greatest maritime explorers of all time....
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High school history text?
- By peter on 08-31-22
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73. Captain James Cook
- Narrated by: Paul English
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 09-13-18
- Language: English
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Scott and Amundsen
- Their Race to the South Pole
- By: Roland Huntford
- Narrated by: Tim Piggott-Smith
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
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A brilliant dual biography charting British Robert Scott's and Norwegian Roald Amundsen's race to the South Pole during 1911-12....
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Good but could have been great
- By Pierre on 05-19-08
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74. Scott and Amundsen
- Their Race to the South Pole
- Narrated by: Tim Piggott-Smith
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 12-03-07
- Language: English
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The River of Doubt
- Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
- By: Candice Millard
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
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The River of Doubt brings alive extraordinary events in a powerful nonfiction narrative thriller that happens to feature one of the most famous Americans who ever lived....
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Great portions if this wonderful book were skipped.
- By Bonnie E. Wullenwaber on 02-12-18
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75. The River of Doubt
- Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 10-21-05
- Language: English
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Mawson's Will: The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever Written
- By: Lennard Bickel
- Narrated by: Scott Slocum
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
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Sir Douglas Mawson is remembered as the young Australian who would not go to the South Pole with Robert Scott in 1911....
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Mawson's Will of IRON!
- By Kath Gilliam on 09-17-18
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76. Mawson's Will: The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever Written
- Narrated by: Scott Slocum
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 12-10-11
- Language: English
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The Explorers
- A New History of America in Ten Expeditions
- By: Amanda Bellows
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter, Leon Nixon
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
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Amanda Bellows offers a fascinating new history of America, told through the stories of a diverse cast of ten extraordinary—and often overlooked—adventurers, from Sacagawea to Matthew Henson to Sally Ride, who pushed the boundaries of discovery and determined our national destiny.
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Needs a different title
- By Madyson Chance on 07-06-24
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77. The Explorers
- A New History of America in Ten Expeditions
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter, Leon Nixon
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 06-04-24
- Language: English
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The Secret Token
- Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke
- By: Andrew Lawler
- Narrated by: David H. Lawrence XVII
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
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A sweeping account of America's oldest unsolved mystery, the people racing to unearth its answer, and what the Lost Colony reveals about America today....
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trying to capitalize on race relations
- By Phil on 07-16-19
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78. The Secret Token
- Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke
- Narrated by: David H. Lawrence XVII
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 06-05-18
- Language: English
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The Age of Gold
- The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream
- By: H.W. Brands
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 17 hrs and 54 mins
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When gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill on the American River, it completely transformed the territory of California....
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Very Enjoyable
- By Claire on 01-15-04
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79. The Age of Gold
- The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 17 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 12-11-03
- Language: English
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Sea of Glory
- America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
- By: Nathaniel Philbrick
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
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The New York Times best-selling author of Valiant Ambition and In the Hurricane's Eye presents the harrowing story of a pathbreaking naval expedition that set out to map the entire Pacific Ocean, dwarfing Lewis and Clark with its discoveries....
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A good solid voyage of discovery
- By Ken Sundermeyer on 06-18-05
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80. Sea of Glory
- America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 06-13-05
- Language: English
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