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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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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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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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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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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 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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Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant
by Ulysses S. Grant
Available on: Audio Download | Podcast
Although dying of throat cancer Grant refused to stop writing the memoirs that would restore his families' lost fortune.
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Activism, Anarchism and Power
by Noam Chomsky
Available on: Online Video
Noam Chomsky speaks about his life and work.
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The Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt
by Hermann Hagedorn
Available on: Audio Download
Well written and admiring biography of Theodore Roosevelt. Hagedorn received the blessing and full cooperation of Roosevelt's family. The result is a richly fascinating portrait filled with charming anecdotes rarely found in presidential biographies.
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The New Negro
by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Available on: Online Video
Television show "The Open Mind" in 1957 with guests Martin Luther King and J. Waties Waring on the theme of race.
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The President, The Pope and The Prime Minister
by John O'Sullivan
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Veteran journalist John O'Sullivan provides a dramatic account of how three great figures - Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Pope John Paul II, and President Ronald Reagan - changed the course of history and how their collaborative efforts revived faith, prosperity, and freedom in the West.
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John McCain: The Myth of a Maverick
by Matt Welch
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
John McCain is one of the most familiar figures in American politics, a figure with great appeal to many. However, his concrete governing philosophy and actual track record have been left unexamined.
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George Washington
by Richard Brookhiser
Available on: Online Audio | Online Video
The Intercollegiate Studies Institute Lecture Program assists in sponsoring lectures each year at the college, university, and preparatory school levels.
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Jimmy Carter's Private Faith
by Jimmy Carter
Available on: Audio Download
Jimmy Carter — former president and Nobel Laureate, author and global humanitarian — speaks of his born-again faith with a directness that is striking even in today's political culture.
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Tina Brown & Lesley Stahl: Live From B&N
by Tina Brown
Available on: Online Video | Video Download
In our live webcast from the Union Square Barnes & Noble in New York, Tina Brown joined Lesley Stahl for a conversation about her buzzed-about book, The Diana Chronicles.
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Inside the Mind of President Bush
by Justin Frank
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Justin Frank returns to talk further about Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President.
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Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power
by Robert Dallek
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Robert Dallek discusses Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power at Politics and Prose Bookstore.
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Shelby Steele on Why Barack Obama Cannot Win
by Shelby Steele
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can't Win.
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Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto at the Oxonian Society
by Benazir Bhutto
Available on: Online Video
On December 2, 1988 Benazir Bhutto was sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman ever to lead a modern Islamic nation.
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Former President Bill Clinton's BookExpo America Keynote 6/3/04
by Bill Clinton
Available on: Audio Download
At BookExpo America in Chicago, former President Bill Clinton delivers the annual keynote address about his much-anticipated autobiography, My Life.
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After Fidel
by Brian Latell
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Brian Latell is a senior associate in the Americas program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Axis of Hope
by Tariq Ali
Available on: Audio Download
Since 1998, the Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela has brought Hugo Chávez to world attention as the foremost challenger of the neoliberal consensus and American foreign policy.
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General Wesley Clark at the Oxonian Society
by Wesley Clark
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
General Wesley Clark, the former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO who liberated Kosovo, returns to address The Oxonian Society.
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A Conversation with Willie Brown
by Joseph Pascal
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Bill Clinton has called him 'the real Slick Willie.'
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John McCain on Charlie Rose: 1997-2007
by John McCain
Available on: Online Video
John McCain has been interviewed over a dozen times by Charlie Rose since 1997. This set of videos provides of an excellent portrait of McCain over the past 10 years.
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