History Audio
Books
History Audio Books are a great resource for
anyone interested in History, as well as an inspiring listen to by
the rest of us.
- Citizen
Soldiers
Citizen Soldiers opens on June 7, 1944, on the Normandy
beaches...
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Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy, The
In this landmark study, Burckhardt chronicles the breakup of the
medieval worldview that came with the rediscoveries of Greek and
Roman culture and the new emphasis on the role of the individual.
These went hand in hand with scientific achievement and a more
naturalistic depiction of the world...
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Civil Rights: Rhetoric or Reality?
Armed with vast statistical research, economist Thomas Sowell
deftly refutes the key assumptions on which the civil-rights
movement as we know it today was erected, “that discrimination
leads to poverty and other adverse social consequences and . . .
that adverse statistical disparities imply...
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Civil War, The: A First Hand Look
A Union General's battle stories. In a truly remarkable personal
diary, this singular Union General details his commission, the
formation of the army he commanded, and the battles he fought.
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Civil War, The: A Narrative, Vol. I, Fort Sumter to
Perryville
All the great battles are here, of course, from Bull Run through
Shiloh, the Seven Days, Second Manassas to Antietam and Perryville
in the fall of 1862, but so are the smaller and often equally
imp...
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Civil War, The: A Narrative, Vol. II, Fredericksburg to
Meridian
The Army of the Potomac attempts to take Richmond, resulting in the
bloodbath at Fredericksburg. Joe Hooker makes yet another attempt,
but Stonewall Jackson turns his flank at Chancellorsville. In
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Civil War, The: A Narrative, Vol. III, Red River to
Appomattox
Here, told in vivid narrative and as seen from both sides, are
those climactic struggles, great and small, on and off the
battlefield, which finally decided the fate of this nation.
- Civil
War, The: Part 1
From April 1861 to April 1865, America was caught in the
convulsions of war - The Civil War. No historical even, short of
the American Revolution itself, has so deeply affected the United
States. T...
- Civil
War, The: Part 2
From April 1861 to April 1865, America was caught in the
convulsions of war - The Civil War. No historical even, short of
the American Revolution itself, has so deeply affected the United
States. T...
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Classical Music 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving
Classical Music
In clear and entertaining prose, Plotkin explores a thousand years
of music, introduces listeners to the great works, and profiles in
depth many significant composers. Classical Music 101 is a
high...
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Commander Of The Exodus
Of the expeditions led by Yossi Harel from 1946 to 1948, it was the
voyage of the Exodus to Palestine that became a beacon for Zionism
and a symbol to all that neither guns, cannons, nor warships
c...
- Common
Sense
The work that George Washington said helped spark the Revolutionary
War.
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Compassion Versus Guilt and Other Essays
Sowell’s essays paint some hard truths, which are backed by his
brilliant scholarship. He discusses many of the extraordinary ideas
that preoccupy the liberal political agenda, exposing their flaws
and submitting them to reprimand. He lays bare the errors of such
phenomena as affirmative action,...
- Complexity
and Chaos
Traditional scientific determinism has suggested that the natural
world is regular and predictable, and that timeless and universal
nature is best understood by studying its parts in isolation.
For...
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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
John Perkins was an economic hit man. His job was to convince
countries around the globe to accept enormous loans that they could
not pay back. His true story exposes international intrigue,
corrup...
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Conflict of Visions, A: Ideological Origins of Political
Struggles
Sowell explains that most people have one of two contrasting
visions, “constrained” and “unconstrained,” described in terms we
recognize as associated with the political Right and political
Left. At the heart of the conflict of visions are questions about
the moral and intellectual...
- Conjuror's
Bird, The
Despite being the leading expert in his field, Fitz has never
really fulfilled his potential, never written the great book on
extinct species that everyone expected from him when he was setting
out.
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Constitutional Convention, The
In 1783, America emerged from a long and bitter war for
Independence. The 13 colonies were now 13 sovereign states, bound
together by the Articles of Confederation. After years of war, men
like Tho...
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Constitutional Journal
You are there, in 1787, at America's constitutional convention,
with the inside story that reads like a modern-day account of the
secret proceedings in Philadelphia. Veteran print and broadcast
jou...
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Course of Human Events, The
On May 15th, 2003 David McCullough presented The Course of Human
Events...
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Cracking DaVinci's Code
The Da Vinci Code: Harmless fiction or a hidden agenda aimed at the
foundations of Christianity?
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Crack in the Edge of the World, A (Abridged)
The international bestselling author of The Professor and the
Madman and Krakatoa vividly brings to life the 1906 San Francisco
Earthquake that leveled a city symbolic of Americas relentless
expansion
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Crack in the Edge of the World, A (Unabridged)
The international bestselling author of The Professor and the
Madman and Krakatoa vividly brings to life the 1906 San Francisco
Earthquake that leveled a city symbolic of Americas relentless
expansion
- Cuba
This island was once a clearinghouse for importing slaves into the
New World. It later became one of the world's few remaining
bastions of Marxism, proclaiming socio-economic equality. In both
form...
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Curran Vs Catholic University
The Curran case framed an era, from 1965 to 1990, and left behind
unresolved questions about authority and freedom in the Catholic
Church today. Through biography, history, theology, and courtroom
...
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Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy
Best-selling social commentator and cultural historian Barbara
Ehrenreich presents a fascinating exploration of one of humanity’s
oldest traditions: the celebration of communal joy, historically
expressed in ecstatic revels of feasting, costuming, and
dancing.
- Darwin
and Evolution
Charles Darwin (1809-1882) published in 1859 a vastly important
work: On The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or
the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. Darwin
...
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Day of Battle, The: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944: Volume
2 of the Liberation Trilogy
The harrowing story of one of history's most compelling military
campaigns, the War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944.
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Days of Obligation: An Argument with my Mexican Father
Rodriguez portrays Mexico and the United States as moral rivals for
California. Tragic Mexico and the comedic United States,
ironically, have traded roles by the end of the twentieth century.
Rodrigue
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Day the World Ended at Little Big Horn, The: A Lakota
History
The Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876 has become known as the
quintessential clash of cultures between the Lakota Sioux and
whites. Lakota historian Joseph M. Marshall III reveals the nuanced
complexities that led up to and followed the battle, in an account
that has until now only been...
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