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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
by Benjamin Franklin
Formats: Audio CD ($19.96)
Average Rating:  (5.0 Stars)
From printer's apprentice to internationally famous scientist, inventor, statesman, legislator, and diplomat, Benjamin Franklin led a most remarkable life.
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JFK: The Kennedy Tapes
by John F. Kennedy
Formats: Audio CD ($12.76) | Digital Download ($9.95)
Average Rating: (5.0 Stars)
Highlights of 16 of John F. Kennedy's best known speeches, chronicling his Presidential years, 1960 through 1963.
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John F. Kennedy's Great American Rhetoric
by Michael E. Eidenmuller
Formats: Digital Download ($9.95)
Average Rating: (5.0 Stars)
Entire audio and custom text transcriptions of John F. Kennedy's great speeches. Includes Houston Ministerial Association, City Upon a Hill, The Inaugural, American University, and Berlin addresses
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The Professor and the Madman
by Simon Winchester
Formats: Audio CD ($11.96)
Average Rating: (5.0 Stars)
Hidden within the rituals of the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary is a fascinating mystery...
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Times Square: The Crossroads of the World
Formats: Digital Download ($6.99)
Average Rating: (5.0 Stars)
Let us guide you through one of the busiest areas of New York City, Times Square! You'll see theaters, glittering lights, and more I Love NY T-shirts than ever before!
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Anthology of Mythology
Formats: Digital Download ($7.99)
Average Rating: (5.0 Stars)
Mythology has provided an intellectual foundation for the modern world, and has provided inspiration for story tellers and scientists alike.
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JFK: The Kennedy Tapes Vol. II
by John F. Kennedy
Formats: Digital Download ($9.95)
Average Rating: (5.0 Stars)
Volume II of this historical compilation includes live recordings of "The New Frontier," the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Berlin Wall, civil rights, Ich Bin Berliner...
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The Wisdom Of Joseph Campbell
by Joseph Campbell
Formats: Audio CD ($19.16) | Digital Download ($15.57)
Average Rating:  (4.7 Stars)
This is a collection of conversations between Michael Toms and the late Joseph Campbell, recorded over a span of 12 years.
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Hiroshima
by John Hersey
Formats: Audio Cassette ($19.76)
Average Rating: (4.5 Stars)
August 6, 1945. Hiroshima, Japan. The first atom bomb was dropped on this city, killing 100,000...
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - An American Slave
by Frederick Douglass
Formats: Audio CD ($18.36)
Average Rating: (4.5 Stars)
A dramatic autobiography of the great 19th century black leader and abolitionist.
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Night
by Elie Wiesel
Formats: Audio Cassette ($19.96)
Average Rating: (4.5 Stars)
The year was 1944. The village of Sighet in Hungary had been grasped by the evil and unrelenting hand of Hitler, and its people...
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South Street Seapot
Formats: Digital Download ($6.99)
Average Rating: (4.3 Stars)
Step back in time to New York’s very first seaport. Peruse the antique ships and Fulton Fish Market then relax or shop in the cafes and boutiques.
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Inventing a Nation
by Gore Vidal
Formats: Audio CD ($19.99)
Average Rating: (4.3 Stars)
Volumes have been written about George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson, but no previous work captures the intimate and vital details the way Inventing a Nation does.
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
by Benjamin Franklin
Formats: Digital Download ($9.95)
Average Rating:  (4.2 Stars)
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 Course of Human Events
by David McCullough
Formats: Audio CD ($11.20)
Average Rating: (4.0 Stars)
On May 15th, 2003 David McCullough presented The Course of Human Events as The 2003 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities in Washington, DC. The Jefferson Lecture is a tribute to McCullough's lifetime investigation of history.
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Jazz
by Ken Burns
Formats: Audio CD ($19.99)
Average Rating: (4.0 Stars)
Here are the stories of the extraordinary men and women who made the music: Louis Armstrong, the fatherless waif whose unrivaled genius...
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Stiff
by Mary Roach
Formats: MP3 CD ($17.99)
Average Rating: (4.0 Stars)
An oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem.
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Blizzard! The Storm that Changed America
by Jim Murphy
Formats: Audio Cassette ($17.96)
Average Rating: (4.0 Stars)
On March 12, 1888, hurricane-force winds and unrelenting snow began to bring the East Coast...
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Don't Know Much About History
by Kenneth C. Davis
Formats: Audio CD ($19.96)
Average Rating: (4.0 Stars)
A new, completely revised, expanded and updated edition of the New York Times best seller that launched the entire Don't Know Much About series.
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Edward R. Murrow
by Bob Edwards
Formats: MP3 CD ($17.99)
Average Rating: (4.0 Stars)
Reporting live from the streets and rooftops of London as Nazi war planes rained terror from the skies during the Battle of Britain, Edward R. Murrow brought the stark horror of war and the shock of breaking news events directly into American living rooms for the first time.
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Famous Americans in History
by Barnaby Chesterman
Formats: Audio CD ($17.98) | Digital Download ($14.38)
Average Rating: (4.0 Stars)
This audio-original, designed for 8-12 year-olds and written specially for Naxos AudioBooks recounts the energy, imagination, courage and determination that forever changed the world.
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Great Speeches in History
by Socrates
Formats: Audio CD ($14.38) | Digital Download ($14.38)
Average Rating: (4.0 Stars)
From Socrates to Charles I, Danton to Lincoln - here are some of history's most significant figures with their most important speeches...
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Regency Etiquette
by A Lady of Distinction
Formats: Digital Download ($12.95)
Average Rating: (4.0 Stars)
In the flowery language of its era, this book details English customs and manners of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries…
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Saint Patrick of Ireland
by Philip Freeman
Formats: MP3 CD ($17.99)
Average Rating: (4.0 Stars)
Ireland's patron saint has long been shrouded in legend. But his true story is more fascinating than the myths.
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Robert F. Kennedy: In His Own Words
by Robert F. Kennedy
Formats: Audio CD ($12.76) | Digital Download ($9.95)
Average Rating: (4.0 Stars)
He was called "The Second-Most Powerful man in America." Now, relive his thoughts and words in this release featuring highlights of 9 major speeches.
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