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  • These Truths Audiobook By Jill Lepore cover art

    • These Truths

    • A History of the United States
    • By: Jill Lepore
    • Narrated by: Jill Lepore
    • Length: 29 hrs
    • Release date: 09-18-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,329 ratings

    • In riveting prose, These Truths tells the story of America, beginning in 1492, to ask whether the course of events has proven the nation's founding truths or belied them....

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  • The Secret History of the World Audiobook By Mark Booth cover art

    • The Secret History of the World

    • By: Mark Booth
    • Narrated by: John Lee
    • Length: 15 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 02-19-08
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1,587 ratings
    • In this groundbreaking new work, Mark Booth embarks on an enthralling intellectual tour of our world's secret histories....

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  • Strongmen Audiobook By Ruth Ben-Ghiat cover art

    • Strongmen

    • Mussolini to the Present
    • By: Ruth Ben-Ghiat
    • Narrated by: Chloe Cannon
    • Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 11-17-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 882 ratings

    • Ruth Ben-Ghiat is the expert on the "strongman" playbook employed by authoritarian demagogues from Mussolini to Putin. Here, she lays bare the blueprint these leaders have followed over the past 100 years, and empowers us to recognize, resist, and prevent their disastrous rule....

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  • It's a Gas Audiobook By Mark Miodownik cover art

    • It's a Gas

    • The Sublime and Elusive Elements That Expand Our World
    • By: Mark Miodownik
    • Narrated by: Daniel Weyman
    • Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 09-17-24
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 8 ratings

    • The New York Times bestselling author of Stuff Matters presents a rollicking guided tour of the secret lives of gases: the magnificent, strange, and fascinating substances that shape our world.

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  • Spearhead Audiobook By Adam Makos cover art

    • Spearhead

    • An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in World War II
    • By: Adam Makos
    • Narrated by: Johnathan McClain
    • Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 02-19-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4,003 ratings

    • From the author of the international best seller A Higher Call comes the riveting World War II story of an American tank gunner’s journey into the heart of the Third Reich, where he will meet destiny in an iconic armor duel - and forge an enduring bond with his enemy....

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  • Knowing What We Know Audiobook By Simon Winchester cover art

    • Knowing What We Know

    • The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
    • By: Simon Winchester
    • Narrated by: Simon Winchester
    • Length: 14 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 04-25-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 131 ratings

    • From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergarten classes—this is Simon Winchester’s all-encompassing look at how humans acquire, retain, and pass on information, and how technology continues to change our lives and our minds....

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  • How Democracies Die Audiobook By Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt cover art

    • How Democracies Die

    • By: Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt
    • Narrated by: Fred Sanders
    • Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 01-16-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,905 ratings

    • Democracies can die with a coup d'état - or they can die slowly. This happens most deceptively when in piecemeal fashion, with the election of an authoritarian leader, the abuse of governmental power and the complete repression of opposition....

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  • Stuff Matters Audiobook By Mark Miodownik cover art

    • Stuff Matters

    • Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
    • By: Mark Miodownik
    • Narrated by: Michael Page
    • Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 07-29-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 5,664 ratings
    • Full of enthralling tales of the miracles of engineering that permeate our lives, Stuff Matters will make you see stuff in a whole new way....

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  • The Best New True Crime Stories Audiobook By Mitzi Szereto cover art

    • The Best New True Crime Stories

    • Serial Killers
    • By: Mitzi Szereto
    • Narrated by: Kate Mulligan, Traber Burns
    • Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 11-15-19
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 748 ratings

    • Serial killers: Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, and Jeffrey Dahmer are often the first names that spring to mind. Many people assume serial killers are primarily an American phenomenon that came about in the latter part of the 20th century..

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  • 1493 Audiobook By Charles C. Mann cover art

    • 1493

    • Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
    • By: Charles C. Mann
    • Narrated by: Robertson Dean
    • Length: 17 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 08-09-11
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,111 ratings

    • More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed radically different suites of plants and animals....

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  • The Perfectionists Audiobook By Simon Winchester cover art

    • The Perfectionists

    • How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
    • By: Simon Winchester
    • Narrated by: Simon Winchester
    • Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 05-08-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,949 ratings

    • The best-selling author traces the development of technology from the Industrial Age to the Digital Age to explore the single component crucial to advancement - precision - in a superb history....

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  • Heart of Europe Audiobook By Peter H. Wilson cover art

    • Heart of Europe

    • A History of the Holy Roman Empire
    • By: Peter H. Wilson
    • Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
    • Length: 34 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 06-13-17
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 341 ratings
    • The Holy Roman Empire lasted 1,000 years, far longer than ancient Rome. Yet this formidable dominion never inspired the awe of its predecessor....

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  • Energy Audiobook By Richard Rhodes cover art

    • Energy

    • A Human History
    • By: Richard Rhodes
    • Narrated by: Jacques Roy
    • Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 05-29-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 762 ratings

    • Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author Richard Rhodes reveals the fascinating history behind energy transitions over time - wood to coal to oil to electricity and beyond....

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  • New Dawn: The Battles for Fallujah Audiobook By Richard S. Lowry cover art

    • New Dawn: The Battles for Fallujah

    • By: Richard S. Lowry
    • Narrated by: Derek Dunbar
    • Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 05-15-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 64 ratings

    • Fallujah. Few names conjure up as many images of blood, sacrifice, and valor as does this ancient city in Al Anbar province 40 miles west of Baghdad. This sprawling concrete jungle was the scene of two major US combat operations in 2004....

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  • The Square and the Tower Audiobook By Niall Ferguson cover art

    • The Square and the Tower

    • Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook
    • By: Niall Ferguson
    • Narrated by: Elliot Hill
    • Length: 17 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 01-16-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,015 ratings
    • A brilliant recasting of the turning points in world history, including the one we're living through, as a collision between old power hierarchies and new social networks....

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  • Iran Audiobook By Abbas Amanat cover art

    • Iran

    • A Modern History
    • By: Abbas Amanat
    • Narrated by: Derek Perkins
    • Length: 41 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 08-07-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 269 ratings

    • This history of modern Iran is not a survey in the conventional sense but an ambitious exploration of the story of a nation. It offers a revealing look at how events, people, and institutions are shaped by currents that sometimes reach back hundreds of years....

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  • The Habsburg Empire Audiobook By Pieter M. Judson cover art

    • The Habsburg Empire

    • A New History
    • By: Pieter M. Judson
    • Narrated by: Michael Page
    • Length: 18 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 01-25-17
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 370 ratings
    • In a panoramic and pioneering reappraisal, Pieter M. Judson shows why the Habsburg Empire mattered so much, for so long, to millions of Central Europeans....

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  • Miracles and Massacres Audiobook By Glenn Beck cover art

    • Miracles and Massacres

    • True and Untold Stories of the Making of America
    • By: Glenn Beck
    • Narrated by: Ron McLarty, Glenn Beck
    • Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 11-19-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,500 ratings
    • History is about so much more than memorizing facts. It is, as more than half of the word suggests, about the story....

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  • Liquid Rules Audiobook By Mark Miodownik cover art

    • Liquid Rules

    • The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives
    • By: Mark Miodownik
    • Narrated by: Michael Page
    • Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 02-19-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,231 ratings

    • Sometimes explosive, often delicious, occasionally poisonous, but always interesting: The New York Times best-selling author of Stuff Matters reveal the secret lives of liquids: the shadow counterpart of our solid "stuff"....

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  • Sweetness and Power Audiobook By Sidney W. Mintz cover art

    • Sweetness and Power

    • The Place of Sugar in Modern History
    • By: Sidney W. Mintz
    • Narrated by: Tom Perkins
    • Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 06-20-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 53 ratings
    • In this eye-opening study, Sidney W. Mintz shows how Europeans and Americans transformed sugar from a rare foreign luxury to a commonplace necessity of modern life....

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