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: Oates, Joyce CarolSummary:
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Author: Twain, MarkSummary:
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Author: Foote, ShelbySummary:
Foote's comprehensive history of the Civil War includes three compelling volumes: Fort Sumter to Perryville, Fredericksburg to Meridian, and Red River to Appomattox. Here, for a certainty, is one...
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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: 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: 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: 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: Brown, DeeSummary:
Dee Brown's meticulously documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the nineteenth century.
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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, WillSummary:
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:
This volume chronicles the history of Italy from 1304 to 1576. In this masterful work, listeners will encounter Italy's early poets, art, politics, religion, wars, Da Vinci, the Borgias, and much...
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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: Steigerwald, BillSummary:
In 1948, most white people in the North had no idea how unjust life was for the ten million African Americans living in the South. But that suddenly changed after Ray Sprigle, a white journalist...
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Author: Shinkle, PeterSummary:
This Cold War narrative takes listeners from top secret Cabinet Room meetings to exclusive social clubs, and into the pages of a powerful man's intimate diary to bring new dimension to our...
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Author: Hornfischer, James D.Summary:
One of the finest WWII naval action narratives in recent years, this book follows in the footsteps of Flags of Our Fathers, creating a microcosm of the war's American Navy destroyers. Hornfischer...