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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
by Benjamin Franklin
Available on: Audio Download
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is a personal account of the life of the famous American statesman, businessman, philosopher, inventor and scientist.
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The Life of Abraham Lincoln
by Henry Ketcham
Available on: Audio Download
Light and enjoyable biography of America's 16th president, Ketcham draws heavily on personal accounts to portray a more human and accesible Lincoln.
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave
by Frederick Douglass
Available on: Audio Download
First published in 1845, the Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass became Frederick Douglass's most well known work. It is as the name implies his autobiography.
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Einstein & the Mind of God
by Paul Davies
Available on: Audio Download | Online Audio
Part one of this series takes Einstein's science as a starting point for exploring the great physicist's perspective on ideas such as mystery, eternity, and the mind of God.
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Walden
by Henry David Thoreau
Available on: Audio Download
Walden by Henry David Thoreau is one of the best-known non-fiction books written by an American. Published in 1854, it details Thoreau’s life for two years, two months, and two days around the shores of Walden Pond.
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A Beautiful Mind
by Sylvia Nasar
Available on: Online Video
Dr. Sylvia Nasar, the author of "A Beautiful Mind" tells the extraordinary story of mathematician John Nash…
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Cold War Documentaries - "Atomic City: USA"
by Various
Available on: Audio Download
Fears of a cold war turning hot were rampant from the late 1940’s to the 1980’s and no fear was greater than the fear of a nuclear war and whether or not we were prepared for one.
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Napoleon: Man of the World
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Available on: Audio Download
Part of a larger series of essays in which Emerson examined various historical figures, "Napoleon: Man of the World" is an invaluable study of one of history's great leaders.
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Chris Gardner on The Pursuit of Happyness
by Chris Gardner
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Chris Gardner in conversation with 20/20 producer Lynn Redmond about his newly-published autobiography, 'The Pursuit of Happyness.'
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Mahatma
by Mohandas Gandhi
Available on: Online Video
This is the first complete audio-visual documentary biography of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. All events and principles of Gandhi's life and thought are viewed as integrated parts of his truth-intoxicated life depicting permanent and universal values and not merely as stray events of history.
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Walking Out of History
by John Rabe
Available on: Online Audio
28 men lost in Antarctica for almost two years, fighting ice and the ocean. The world gave them up for dead; but every one of them survived.
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
by Benjamin Franklin
Available on: Audio Download
One of the most widely read autobiographies of all time, Franklin's unfinished work is much more than a retelling of a life. It is a recipe for a self-made man. Franklin's pluck and ceaseless ingenuity capture the spirit of revolutionary America.
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Emerson: The Mind on Fire
by Robert D. Richardson
Available on: Audio Download | Online Audio
How do Emerson's ideas about freedom hold up in our age? Did this 19th century abolitionist and philosopher embrace the world around him or retreat into the world of ideas?
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Charles Darwin: Evolution & Wonder
by James Moore
Available on: Audio Download
We'll take a fresh and thought-provoking look at Darwin's life and ideas.
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Kandinsky: The Spiritual in Modern Art
by Wassily Kandinsky
Available on: Audio Download
Wassily Kandinsky, a Russian-born artist, was one of the first creators of pure abstraction in modern painting.
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The Assassination of Julius Caesar
by Jacob Abbott
Available on: Audio Download
Julius Caesar was a Roman military and political leader. He played an important part in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire.
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The Last Civil War Widows
by Joe Richman
Available on: Audio Download
My name is Alberta Martin and I was born in nineteen hundred and six, the first day of December. I'm the last Confederate widow living as far as anybody knows...
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George Washington
by William Roscoe Thayer
Available on: Audio Download
One of the finer single volume biographies of Washington, Thayer makes ample use of Washington's letters and writings yielding a rich portrait of the man behind the legend.
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Andrew Jackson
by H.W. Brands
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Though a military hero, Andrew Jackson had a checkered reputation.
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Billy Graham: Technology, Faith and Human Shortcomings
by Billy Graham
Available on: Audio Download | Video Download | Online Video
Speaking at TED in 1998, Rev. Billy Graham marvels at technology's power to improve lives and change the world -- but says the end of evil, suffering and death will come only after the world accepts Christ. A legendary talk from TED's archives.
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Ben Stein on How Not to Ruin Your Life
by Ben Stein
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
How Not to Ruin Your Life with Ben Stein.
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In Depth: Tom Wolfe
by Tom Wolfe
Available on: Online Video
On Sunday, December 5th, author Tom Wolfe was our guest on In Depth.
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The Osama bin Laden I Know
by Peter L. Bergen
Available on: Audio Download | Online Audio | Online Video
Peter Bergen and Steve Coll offer a portrait of bin Laden's life and nature.
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Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time
by Khalil Jahshan
Available on: Online Video
Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time.
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The Business of America
by H.W. Brands
Available on: Audio Download
In this first lecture called "The Business of America" Professor Brands gives a brief overview of the course and then proceeds to cover 200 years of American business history in 20 minutes from 1776 to the 20th century.
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