The Feud That Sparked the Renaissance (MP3) In this lush, imaginative history, a fascinating true story of artistic genius and personal triumph, the author brings to life Filippo Brunelleschi and Lorenzo Ghiberti, two talented, passionate artists and the competitive drive t ...
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2003
The Cossacks (MP3) “I read The Cossacks and was carried away….”—Ivan Turgenev
Olenin, a young nobleman who is disenchanted with city life, finds himself caught up in the wild beauty of the Caucasus and the simplicity of its people.
I ...
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2005
That's Not in My American History Book (MP3) Most people don�t know that:
Benjamin Franklin almost killed himself trying to electrocute a turkey.
The Wright brothers were not the first to fly an airplane.
There was a fourteenth state that the original thirteen wouldn ...
English
2004
Tarzan of the Apes (MP3) Born of noble stock to parents marooned on the savage West African coast, the young lord Greystoke is orphaned in his first year of life. Named Tarzan by the great apes that raise him, he must learn the law of the jungle to surviv ...
English
2005
Taliban (MP3) Correspondent Ahmed Rashid brings the shadowy world of the Taliban?the world's most extreme and radical Islamic organization?into sharp focus in this enormously insightful book. He offers the only authoritative account of the Tali ...
English
2003
Tales From Shakespeare (MP3) The English Man of Letters, Charles Lamb, paired with his sister Mary in this wonderful recounting of twenty of Shakespeare's most loved plays. It will appeal to both children and adults.
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2003
Stalky & Co. (MP3) Based on Kipling's own adolescent experiences, Stalky & Co. is a cunning story of mischievous 19th century British schoolboys attempting scholastic mutiny. The faculty and headmaster of a boys' private school repeatedly pursue a t ...
English
2005
Son of Tarzan, The (MP3) Paulvitch seeks revenge against Tarzan once again, this time by luring Lord Greystoke's rebellious son away from London. The great ape Akut foils the plot of revenge as he helps the boy escape the wrath of Paulvitch. Akut and the ...
English
2005
Six Days of War Disk 2 Of 2 (MP3) Michael B. Oren�s Six Days of War is the most comprehensive history ever published of the six days of intense Arab-Israeli fighting in the summer of 1967 that transformed the world.
Never has a conflict so short, unforeseen, a ...
English
2003
Six Days of War Disk 1 Of 1 (MP3) Michael B. Oren�s Six Days of War is the most comprehensive history ever published of the six days of intense Arab-Israeli fighting in the summer of 1967 that transformed the world.
Never has a conflict so short, unforeseen, a ...
English
2003
Secrets of the Kingdom (MP3) In its final report, the 9/11 Commission famously called the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia "a problematic ally in combating Islamic extremism." To Gerald Posner, the bestselling author of Why America Slept: The Failure to Prevent 9/11, ...
English
2005
Secret Empire - Vol 2 of 2 (MP3) Eisenhower, the CIA, and the Hidden Story of America's Space Espionage:
"In this exciting, meticulously researched spy story, Taubman takes readers behind the closed doors of the Eisenhower administration to tell about the sm ...
English
2005
Secret Empire - Vol 1 of 2 (MP3) Eisenhower, the CIA, and the Hidden Story of America's Space Espionage:
"In this exciting, meticulously researched spy story, Taubman takes readers behind the closed doors of the Eisenhower administration to tell about the sm ...
English
2005
Sailing from Byzantium (MP3) Sailing from Byzantium
How a Lost Empire Shaped the World
By Colin Wells
Narrated by Lloyd James
A gripping intellectual adventure story, Sailing from Byzantium sweeps you from the deserts of Arabia to the dark forests of ...
English
2007
Sailing Alone Around the World (MP3) Joshua Slocum was believed to be the first man to sail single-handed around the world. After a distinguished career, where he worked his way up from cabin boy to captain, Joshua Slocum wrecked his ship off the coast of Brazil. Tur ...
English
2005
Rumsfeld's War (MP3) The man in the cockpit fighting the war on terror.
When terrorists crashed a plane into the Pentagon, he was there-helping carry the wounded to safety. And he's been there-leading the war on terror, directing its operations ar ...
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2005
Rise and Fall of Alexandria, The (MP3) The Rise and Fall of Alexandria
Birthplace of the Modern Mind
By Justin Pollard, Howard Reid
Narrated by Simon Vance
Founded by Alexander the Great and built by self-styled Greek pharaohs, the city of Alexandria at its h ...
English
2007
Return of Tarzan, The (MP3) Tarzan, after valiantly giving up the woman he loved to another man, leaves the deceitful world of civilization and returns to his beloved African jungle. Upon his return, buried in the mists of his Jungle, Tarzan discovers Opar, ...
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2005
Proud Tower, The - Vol 2 of 2 (MP3) Unabridged
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The fateful quarter century leading up to World War I was a time when the world of privilege still existed in Olympian luxury and the world of protest was "heaving in its pain, its power, and its hate." ...
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2005
Proud Tower, The - Vol 1 of 2 (MP3) Unabridged
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The fateful quarter century leading up to World War I was a time when the world of privilege still existed in Olympian luxury and the world of protest was "heaving in its pain, its power, and its hate." ...