Chaucer (MP3) In the first in a new series of brief biographies, bestselling author Peter Ackroyd brilliantly evokes the medieval world of England and provides an incomparable introduction to the great poet's works.
Geoffrey Chaucer, who di ...
English
2006
Burn Before Reading (MP3) Presidents, CIA Directors, and Secret Intelligence
By Stansfield Turner
Narrated by Michael Prichard
As never before, the American public is fascinated by how the United States government gathers intelligence. And there is ...
English
2006
Between Two Worlds (MP3) From Tyranny to Freedom My Escape from the Inner Circle of Saddam
By Zainab Salbi, Laurie Becklund
Narrated by Josephine Bailey
Zainab Salbi was eleven years old when her father was chosen to serve as Saddam Hussein's perso ...
English
2006
Bell Witch, The - An American Haunting (MP3) Known throughout Tennessee as "Old Kate," the Bell Witch took up residence with John Bell's family in 1818. It was a cruel and noisy spirit, given to knocking and gnawing sounds before finding its own voices. With these voices and ...
English
2006
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Tantor) (MP3) Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
By Benjamin Franklin
Narrated by Walter Costello
Considered to be one of the best autobiographies written in colonial America, Franklin portrays a fascinating picture of life in pre-revolu ...
English
2006
American Heroes: Mary Edwards Walker (MP3) Mary Edwards Walker (1832-1919) defied the conventions of her era. Born and raised on a farm in Oswego, New York, Walker became one of a handful of female physicians in the nation-and became a passionate believer in the rights of ...
English
2006
American Heroes: John Muir (MP3) In 1849, 11-year-old John Muir emigrated from Scotland to America. Here, he rose from farmer and sawmill worker to become a noted authority on the botany, glaciers, and forestry of the nation's wilderness. Best known for his long ...
English
2006
American Heroes: George Washington (MP3) Between 1753, when he was commissioned as a major of Virginia militia, and 1775, when the second Continental Congress named him Commander-in-Chief of all colonial military forces, George Washington rose from anonymity as a minor l ...
English
2006
American Heroes: Chief Joseph (MP3) Chief Joseph, of the Nez Perce tribe, lived from 1840 to 1904. He became a legend through his heroic efforts to keep his people in their homeland in Oregon’s Wallowa Valley. For years he tried to accommodate encroaching white me ...
English
2006
American Heroes: Amelia Earhart (MP3) As a tomboy growing up in Kansas, Amelia Earhart delighted in trying new and risky things, once she even built a roller-coaster in her grandparent’s backyard. In her 20s she fell in love with flight while watching an aerobatics ...
English
2006
A Map of Glass (MP3) Jane Urquhart’s stunning new novel weaves two parallel stories, one set in contemporary Toronto and Prince Edward County, Ontario, the other in the nineteenth century on the northern shores of Lake Ontario.
Sylvia Bradley was ...
English
2006
Abiding Darkness (MP3) Abiding Darkness
by John Aubrey Anderson
read by Lillian Thayer
Unabridged
Book One of The Black or White Chronicles
It is 1945 in Mississippi’s cotton country, and Missy Parker is seven years old, strong-willed, ...
English
2006
American Heroes: David Crockett (MP3) Perhaps no other figure in American history is more shrouded in myth and legend than David ("Davy") Crockett, the Tennessee frontiersman whose death at the Alamo in 1836 ensured his place in the Valhalla of American heroes. Crocke ...
English
2006
Give Your Heart to the Hawks (MP3) This is the true story of America's mountain men including Jed Smith, John Fitzpatrick, Bill Williams and Jim Bridger, actual people and their actual doings. Every substantial event is verified by journals, newspapers, books and d ...
English
2006
Patriot's History of the United States, A - 3 of 4 (MP3) A Patriot's History of the United States
by Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen
read by Patrick Lawlor
Unabridged
Since the liberal revolution of the 60’s and 70’s, American history books have been biased toward th ...
English
2007
Vietnam - 1 of 2 (MP3) Vietnam
by Stanley Karnow
read by Edward Holland
Unabridged
The time is ripe for a comprehensive, fair-minded history of America's war in Vietnam. Stanley Karnow's magnificent book is precisely that-an enthralling narrat ...
English
2007
Vietnam - 2 of 2 (MP3) Vietnam
by Stanley Karnow
read by Edward Holland
Unabridged
The time is ripe for a comprehensive, fair-minded history of America's war in Vietnam. Stanley Karnow's magnificent book is precisely that-an enthralling narrat ...
English
2007
The Ultimate Battle (MP3) The Ultimate Battle
by Bill Sloan
read by TBA
Unabridged
Available: 23 October 07
Subtitle: Okinawa, 1945—The Last Epic Struggle of World War II
Respected historian Bill Sloan tells the full story of the Battle o ...
English
2007
The Story of the Renaissance (MP3) The Story of the Renaissance
by William Henry Hudson
read by Robert Whitfield
Unabridged
In this general but comprehensive survey of the Renaissance, William Hudson explores the most potent forces responsible for bringin ...
English
2007
Napoleon’s Egypt (MP3) Napoleon’s Egypt
by Juan Cole
read by Lloyd James
Unabridged
Available: 1 August 07
Subtitle: The Invention of the Middle East
In this vivid history, Juan Cole tells the story of Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt in ...
