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The Boys in the Boat
- Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
- By: Daniel James Brown
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 14 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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The #1 New York Times–bestselling story about American Olympic triumph in Nazi Germany, the inspiration for the PBS documentary The Boys of '36, broadcast to coincide with the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 80th anniversary of the boys' gold medal race. For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths...
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The Boys in the Boat
- Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 14 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 04-06-13
- Language: English
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£15.34 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £5.99/month after trial. See eligibility.
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Dream Town
- Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity
- By: Laura Meckler
- Narrated by: Debi Tinsley, Laura Meckler
- Length: 14 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Can a group of well-intentioned people fulfill the promise of racial integration in America? In this searing and deeply researched examination of the promises and realities of racial integration, award-winning Washington Post journalist Laura Meckler aims to uncover where the problem lies and to...
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Dream Town
- Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity
- Narrated by: Debi Tinsley, Laura Meckler
- Length: 14 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 22-08-23
- Language: English
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£14.37 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £5.99/month after trial. See eligibility.
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Island of Vice
- Theodore Roosevelt's Doomed Quest to Clean up Sin-Loving New York
- By: Richard Zacks
- Narrated by: Joe Ochman
- Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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A ROLLICKING NARRATIVE HISTORY OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S EMBATTLED TENURE AS POLICE COMMISSIONER OF CORRUPT, PLEASURE-LOVING NEW YORK CITY IN THE 1880s, AND HIS DOOMED MISSION TO WIPE OUT VICE In the 1890s, New York City was America’s financial, manufacturing, and entertainment capital, and also...
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Island of Vice
- Theodore Roosevelt's Doomed Quest to Clean up Sin-Loving New York
- Narrated by: Joe Ochman
- Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 13-03-12
- Language: English
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The Rush
- America's Fevered Quest for Fortune, 1848-1853
- By: Edward Dolnick
- Narrated by: Bernard Setaro Clark
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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A riveting portrait of the Gold Rush, by the award-winning author of Down the Great Unknown and The Forger's Spell. In the spring of 1848, rumors began to spread that gold had been discovered in a remote spot in the Sacramento Valley. A year later, newspaper headlines declared "Gold Fever!" as...
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The Rush
- America's Fevered Quest for Fortune, 1848-1853
- Narrated by: Bernard Setaro Clark
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 12-08-14
- Language: English
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Draining New Orleans
- The 300-Year Quest to Dewater the Crescent City
- By: Richard Campanella
- Narrated by: Chris Abernathy
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
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In Draining New Orleans, renowned geographer Richard Campanella recounts the epic challenges and ingenious efforts to dewater the Crescent City. With forays into geography, public health, engineering, architecture, politics, sociology, race relations, and disaster response, he chronicles the herculean attempts to "reclaim" the city's swamps and marshes and install subsurface drainage for massive urban expansion.
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Draining New Orleans
- The 300-Year Quest to Dewater the Crescent City
- Narrated by: Chris Abernathy
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 16-01-24
- Language: English
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St. Louis and Empire
- 250 Years of Imperial Quest and Urban Crisis
- By: Henry W Berger
- Narrated by: Nate Daniels
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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St. Louis, despite its status as an inland river city frequently relegated to the backwaters of national significance, has stood at the crossroads of international matters for much of its history. From its 18th-century French fur trade origins to post-Cold War business dealings with Latin America and Asia, the city has never neglected nor been ignored by the world outside its borders.
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St. Louis and Empire
- 250 Years of Imperial Quest and Urban Crisis
- Narrated by: Nate Daniels
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 01-06-17
- Language: English
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Plunder of the Ancients
- A True Story of Betrayal, Redemption, and an Undercover Quest to Recover Sacred Native American Artifacts
- By: Lucinda Delaney Schroeder
- Narrated by: Susan Larkin
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
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In the heart of Indian country in the American west, clandestine criminals were profiting greatly from the sale of sacred Native American artifacts stolen from tribal lands. These artifacts were so ancient they had been used since the migration of the first Americans into North America some 15,000 years ago. In the year 1998, the illegal trafficking of these artifacts peaked in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Plunder of the Ancients
- A True Story of Betrayal, Redemption, and an Undercover Quest to Recover Sacred Native American Artifacts
- Narrated by: Susan Larkin
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 24-11-14
- Language: English
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