This volume chronicles the history of Roman civilization and of Christianity. Listeners will learn about the Etruscan civilization, the rise of Christianity, and more.
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Author: Durant, WillSummary:
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Author: Klein, Daniel M., Cathcart, ThomasSummary:
This is a hilarious take on the philosophy, theology, and psychology of mortality, Death, the Big D. Humorists have kept pace with philosophers by creating gags about dying. Death's funny that way...
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Author: Twain, MarkSummary:
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Author: Brzezinski, ZbigniewSummary:
Explains America's vital role in achieving global stability, addressing four major areas of concern while outlining recommendations for a long-term plan to help America to reclaim and maintain...
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Author: Snow, RichardSummary:
The story of two incredible, intimidating Civil War machines: the Merrimack and Monitor. Historian Richard Snow brings to vivid life the tensions of the time, explaining how wooden and ironclad...
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Author: Dibbell, JulianSummary:
The author discusses how he earned his fortune by aquiring virtual goods during massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMPORGs) and selling them for real money on eBay.
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Author: Fitzgerald, F. ScottSummary:
This collection of four of F. Scott Fitzgerald's most memorable short stories begins with 'The curious case of Benjamin Button,' in which the protagonist is born an old man and ages in reverse...
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Author: Cutler, A.Summary:
The story of enigmantic scientist-turned-priest, Nicholas Steno, who first proposed that the shell-shaped rocks commonly found on Italian mountaintops actually were fossils--a notion completely...
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Author: Oates, Joyce CarolSummary:
Princeton, New Jersey, at the turn of the twentieth century: a tranquil place to raise a family, a genteel town for genteel souls. But something dark and dangerous lurks at the edges of the town,...
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Author: Sinclair, UptonSummary:
Enraged by the oil scandals of the Harding administration in the 1920s, Sinclair tells a gripping tale of avarice, corruption, and class warfare, featuring a cavalcade of characters, including...
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Author: King, CharlesSummary:
At midnight, December 31, 1925, citizens of the newly proclaimed Turkish Republic celebrated the New Year. For the first time, they had agreed to use a nationally unified calendar and clock. Yet...
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Author: L'Amour, LouisSummary:
Tom Kedrick was hired to clear a sizable strip of land of certain "vagrants and outlaws." But what he found were hard-working ranchers and farmers determined to resist any efforts to...
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Author: Bujold, Lois McMasterSummary:
Miles has put his clone, Mark, in charge of a mission to liberate other clones from the outlaw planet of Jackson's Whole. But the mission goes awry, and Miles' rescue attempt goes even more wrong...
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Author: Bellow, SaulSummary:
Tommy Wilhelm is separated from his family, at odds with his father, failed in his career, and in a financial mess. One climactic day, while he reviews his past mistakes, a mysterious con man...
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Author: Durant, Will, Durant, ArielSummary:
This volume presents an in-depth examination of France and England in the first half of the eighteenth century. In this masterful work, listeners will encounter the salons of Paris, the...