American History Biographies

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    • An American Slave
    • Auteur(s): Frederick Douglass
    • Narrateur(s): Raymond Hearn
    • Durée: 4 h et 12 min
    • Date de publication: 2015-09-15
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 26 évaluations
    • This classic of American literature, a dramatic autobiography of the early life of an American slave, was first published in 1845, when its author had just achieved his freedom....

    Prix courant: 18,74$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
    • Auteur(s): Jon Meacham
    • Narrateur(s): Jon Meacham
    • Durée: 17 h et 49 min
    • Date de publication: 2022-10-18
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 20 évaluations
    • Hated and hailed, excoriated and revered, Abraham Lincoln was at the pinnacle of American power when secessionists gave no quarter in a clash of visions bound up with money, race, identity, and faith. In him we can see the possibilities of the presidency as well as its limitations....

    Prix courant: 32,05$ ou 1 crédit

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    • The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever
    • Auteur(s): Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
    • Narrateur(s): Bill O'Reilly
    • Série: The Killing Series (O'Reilly and Dugard)
    • Durée: 7 h et 49 min
    • Date de publication: 2011-09-27
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 21 évaluations
    • A riveting historical narrative of the heart-stopping events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and the first work of history from mega best-selling author Bill O'Reilly....

    Prix courant: 19,42$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Auteur(s): Lilia M. Schwarcz, Heloisa M. Starling
    • Narrateur(s): Sarah Mollo-Christensen
    • Durée: 28 h et 27 min
    • Date de publication: 2019-01-17
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 6 évaluations
    • In an extraordinary journey that spans 500 years, from European colonization to the 2016 Summer Olympics, Lilia M. Schwarcz and Heloisa M. Starling's Brazil offers a rich, dramatic history of this complex country....

    Prix courant: 33,40$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 33,40$ ou 1 crédit

    • Auteur(s): Andrew Porwancher
    • Narrateur(s): George Newbern
    • Durée: 6 h et 41 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-08-17
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • In The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Porwancher debunks a string of myths about the origins of this founding father to arrive at a startling conclusion: Hamilton, in all likelihood, was born and raised Jewish....

    Prix courant: 22,26$ ou 1 crédit

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    • An American Adventure into the Strange Deaths and Surprising Afterlives of Our Nation's Leaders
    • Auteur(s): Brady Carlson
    • Narrateur(s): Tom Zingarelli
    • Durée: 8 h et 1 min
    • Date de publication: 2016-02-01
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • Mixing biography and travelogue, Carlson explores whether William Henry Harrison really died of a cold and why Zachary Taylor's remains were exhumed 140 years after his death....

    Prix courant: 27,83$ ou 1 crédit

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    • The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People
    • Auteur(s): Tim Reiterman
    • Narrateur(s): Mitch Horowitz
    • Durée: 29 h et 52 min
    • Date de publication: 2017-04-04
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 15 évaluations
    • Tim Reiterman's Raven provides the seminal history of the Rev. Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and the murderous ordeal at Jonestown in 1978....

    Prix courant: 37,88$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 37,88$ ou 1 crédit

    • Auteur(s): David Hackett Fischer
    • Narrateur(s): Edward Herrmann
    • Durée: 10 h et 18 min
    • Date de publication: 2008-10-14
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 évaluation
    • In this sweeping, enthralling biography, acclaimed historian David Hackett Fischer brings to life the remarkable Samuel de Champlain....

    Prix courant: 25,24$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 25,24$ ou 1 crédit

    • Auteur(s): John F. Kennedy
    • Narrateur(s): John F. Kennedy Jr., Caroline Kennedy
    • Durée: 3 h et 10 min
    • Date de publication: 2016-08-09
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4 out of 5 stars 9 évaluations
    • During 1954-1955, John F. Kennedy, then a US senator, chose eight of his historical colleagues to profile for their acts of astounding integrity in the face of overwhelming opposition....

    Prix courant: 18,64$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
    • Auteur(s): Gilbert King
    • Narrateur(s): Peter Francis James
    • Durée: 17 h et 53 min
    • Date de publication: 2013-05-24
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 17 évaluations
    • Winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. The story of Thurgood Marshall's defense - depsite death threats and KKK intimidation - of four Black youths falsely accused of rape....

    Prix courant: 40,78$ ou 1 crédit

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    • American Warrior
    • Auteur(s): Arthur Herman
    • Narrateur(s): Henry Strozier
    • Durée: 39 h et 2 min
    • Date de publication: 2016-06-20
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 évaluations
    • Douglas MacArthur was arguably the last American public figure to be worshipped unreservedly as a national hero, the last military figure to conjure up romantic stirrings....

    Prix courant: 38,97$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Auteur(s): G. K. Chesterton
    • Narrateur(s): Fred Williams
    • Durée: 6 h et 47 min
    • Date de publication: 2006-12-14
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4 évaluations
    • Orthodoxy is Chesterton's great apologia for the Christian faith, which was prompted by a serious attack in 1903 against Christianity by well-known newspaper editor Robert Blatchford....

    Prix courant: 17,12$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the World on the Brink
    • Auteur(s): William Inboden
    • Narrateur(s): Robert Petkoff
    • Durée: 23 h et 52 min
    • Date de publication: 2022-11-15
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • The Peacemaker reveals how Ronald Reagan and his national security team confronted the Soviets, reduced the nuclear threat, won the Cold War, and supported the spread of freedom around the world.

    Prix courant: 35,14$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 35,14$ ou 1 crédit

    • Auteur(s): Gail Lukasik PhD, Kenyatta D. Berry - foreword
    • Narrateur(s): Bernadette Dunne
    • Durée: 9 h et 57 min
    • Date de publication: 2018-02-27
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4 out of 5 stars 6 évaluations
    • In the historical context of the Jim Crow South, Gail explores her mother's decision to pass, how she hid her secret even from her own husband, and the price she paid for choosing whiteness....

    Prix courant: 20,80$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Auteur(s): Ulysses S. Grant
    • Narrateur(s): Mark Bramhall
    • Durée: 29 h et 48 min
    • Date de publication: 2020-09-29
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • In this epic 1885 work, General Ulysses S. Grant, 18th president of the United States and staunch supporter of the Union cause, set the record straight on his storied life and career. At its heart is Grant, victor and eyewitness to the defining moments of the Civil War....

    Prix courant: 41,22$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 41,22$ ou 1 crédit

    • Adventures in Abe's America
    • Auteur(s): Andrew Ferguson
    • Narrateur(s): Patrick Lawlor
    • Durée: 10 h et 39 min
    • Date de publication: 2007-06-18
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • In Land of Lincoln, Andrew Ferguson embarks on a curiosity-fueled coast-to-coast journey through contemporary Lincoln Nation....

    Prix courant: 22,26$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 22,26$ ou 1 crédit

    • Clara Barton and the Civil War
    • Auteur(s): Stephen B. Oates
    • Narrateur(s): Laural Merlington
    • Durée: 19 h et 17 min
    • Date de publication: 2020-12-02
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • When the Civil War broke out, Clara Barton wanted more than anything to be a Union soldier, an impossible dream for a 39-year-old woman who stood a slender five feet tall. Determined to serve, she became a veritable soldier, a nurse, and a one-woman relief agency....

    Prix courant: 27,83$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Auteur(s): Harriet Ann Jacobs
    • Narrateur(s): Mia Ellis
    • Durée: 8 h et 14 min
    • Date de publication: 2018-12-26
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 9 évaluations
    • Harriet Ann Jacob's autobiography documents her life as a slave and how she attained freedom. Harrowing in its descriptions of sexual abuse, Jacob's slave narrative is notable for the appeal it made to abolitionist women to open their eyes to the realities of slavery....

    Prix courant: 38,57$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 38,57$ ou 1 crédit

    • The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster
    • Auteur(s): T. J. English
    • Narrateur(s): David Colacci
    • Durée: 21 h et 10 min
    • Date de publication: 2016-05-24
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 12 évaluations
    • In Paddy Whacked, best-selling author and organized crime expert T. J. English brings to life nearly two centuries of Irish American gangsterism....

    Prix courant: 27,83$ ou 1 crédit

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