Americas in History & Nonfiction Audiobooks

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North of Nowhere

Song of a Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner

by Marie Wilson ...

Narrated by Marie Wilson ...

Unabridged

14 hours 15 min

The incomparable first-hand account of the historic Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada told by one of the commissioners who led it.The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was established to record the previously hidden history of more than a century of forced residential schooling for Indigenous children. Marie Wilson helped lead that work as one of just three commissioners. With the ... Read more

$34.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The incomparable first-hand account of the historic Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada told by one of the commissioners who led it.The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was established to record the previously hidden history of more than a century of forced residential schooling for Indigenous children. Marie Wilson helped lead that work as one of just three commissioners. With the
... Read more
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Eleanor

by David Michaelis ...

Narrated by Gabra Zackman ...

Unabridged

19 hours 16 min

The New York Times bestseller from prizewinning author David Michaelis presents a “stunning” (The Wall Street Journal) breakthrough portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt, America’s longest-serving First Lady, an avatar of democracy whose ever-expanding agency as diplomat, activist, and humanitarian made her one of the world’s most widely admired and influential women.In the first single-volume cradle-to ... Read more

$46.99 CAD

The New York Times bestseller from prizewinning author David Michaelis presents a “stunning” (The Wall Street Journal) breakthrough portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt, America’s longest-serving First Lady, an avatar of democracy whose ever-expanding agency as diplomat, activist, and humanitarian made her one of the world’s most widely admired and influential women.In the first single-volume cradle-to
... Read more
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107 Days

by Kamala Harris ...

Narrated by Kamala Harris ...

Unabridged

9 hours 58 min

For the first time, and with surprising and revealing insights, former Vice President Kamala Harris tells the story of one of the wildest and most consequential presidential campaigns in American history.Your Secret Service code name is Pioneer.You are the first woman in history to be elected vice president of the United States.On July 21, 2024, your running mate, Joe Biden, announces that he will ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

For the first time, and with surprising and revealing insights, former Vice President Kamala Harris tells the story of one of the wildest and most consequential presidential campaigns in American history.Your Secret Service code name is Pioneer.You are the first woman in history to be elected vice president of the United States.On July 21, 2024, your running mate, Joe Biden, announces that he will
... Read more
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Myths, Gods, and Rituals of Aztec Mythology

Before the First Sun

by Matthew Torres ...

Narrated by Gary Tiedemann ...

Unabridged

3 hours 28 min

Explore the legends, gods, and cosmic cycles that defined one of the most powerful civilizations in the Americas. Far from a dry academic text, Myths, Gods, and Rituals of Aztec Mythology brings these ancient stories to life with vivid detail and cultural insight. Listeners are introduced to the core beliefs of the Aztec people, including their view of the cosmos, the importance of rituals, and ... Read more

$19.22 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Explore the legends, gods, and cosmic cycles that defined one of the most powerful civilizations in the Americas. Far from a dry academic text, Myths, Gods, and Rituals of Aztec Mythology brings these ancient stories to life with vivid detail and cultural insight. Listeners are introduced to the core beliefs of the Aztec people, including their view of the cosmos, the importance of rituals, and
... Read more
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America's Deadliest Election

The Cautionary Tale of the Most Violent Election in American History

by Dana Bash ...

Narrated by Dana Bash ...

Unabridged

10 hours 56 min

“Let chaos come.”The violent election of 1872 that serves as a warning for today's divided politics.From CNN’s Chief Political Correspondent Dana Bash, the fast-paced story of the extraordinary election that led to hundreds of murders, warfare in the streets of New Orleans, two governors of Louisiana—and changed the course of politics in our country.The Election of 1872 was the most contentious in ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

“Let chaos come.”The violent election of 1872 that serves as a warning for today's divided politics.From CNN’s Chief Political Correspondent Dana Bash, the fast-paced story of the extraordinary election that led to hundreds of murders, warfare in the streets of New Orleans, two governors of Louisiana—and changed the course of politics in our country.The Election of 1872 was the most contentious in
... Read more
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FDR

by Jean Edward Smith ...

Narrated by Marc Cashman ...

Unabridged

32 hours 52 min

One of today’s premier biographers, Jean Edward Smith, has written a modern, comprehensive, indeed ultimate book on the epic life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.This is a portrait painted in broad strokes and fine details. We see how Roosevelt’s restless energy, fierce intellect, personal magnetism, and ability to project effortless grace permitted him to master countless challenges throughout his ... Read more

$44.99 CAD

One of today’s premier biographers, Jean Edward Smith, has written a modern, comprehensive, indeed ultimate book on the epic life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.This is a portrait painted in broad strokes and fine details. We see how Roosevelt’s restless energy, fierce intellect, personal magnetism, and ability to project effortless grace permitted him to master countless challenges throughout his
... Read more
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JFK: Public, Private, Secret

by J. Randy Taraborrelli ...

Narrated by J. Randy Taraborrelli, Robert Petkoff ...

Unabridged

16 hours 2 min

**NAMED ONE OF AMAZON EDITORS' BEST BOOKS OF JULY!From the New York Times bestselling Kennedy historian and author of Jackie: Public, Private, Secret comes the other side of the story****—**her husband’s: JFK: Public, Private, Secret.In this definitive portrait of John Fitzgerald Kennedy—one of America’s most consequential and enigmatic presidents—J. Randy Taraborrelli delivers a deeply researched ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

**NAMED ONE OF AMAZON EDITORS' BEST BOOKS OF JULY!From the New York Times bestselling Kennedy historian and author of Jackie: Public, Private, Secret comes the other side of the story****—**her husband’s: JFK: Public, Private, Secret.In this definitive portrait of John Fitzgerald Kennedy—one of America’s most consequential and enigmatic presidents—J. Randy Taraborrelli delivers a deeply researched
... Read more
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The Bookshop

A History of the American Bookstore

by Evan Friss ...

Narrated by Jay Myers ...

Unabridged

10 hours 16 min

**A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERGoodreads Choice Award Winner in History & BiographyOne of Time’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2024"A spirited defense of this important, odd and odds-defying American retail category." —The New York Times"It is a delight to wander through the bookstores of American history in this warm, generous book." —Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author and owner of Books Are ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

**A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERGoodreads Choice Award Winner in History & BiographyOne of Time’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2024"A spirited defense of this important, odd and odds-defying American retail category." —The New York Times"It is a delight to wander through the bookstores of American history in this warm, generous book." —Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author and owner of Books Are
... Read more
Audiobook

Hidden Figures

The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

by Margot Lee Shetterly ...

Narrated by Robin Miles ...

Unabridged

10 hours 47 min

The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s greatest achievements in space. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst, and Kevin Costner.Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s greatest achievements in space. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst, and Kevin Costner.Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known
... Read more
Audiobook

The Girls Who Went Away

The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade

by Ann Fessler ...

Narrated by Coleen Marlo ...

Unabridged

12 hours 38 min

In this deeply moving and myth-shattering work, Ann Fessler brings out into the open for the first time the astonishing untold history of the million and a half women who surrendered children for adoption due to enormous family and social pressure in the decades before Roe v. Wade. An adoptee who was herself surrendered during those years and recently made contact with her mother, Fessler ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

In this deeply moving and myth-shattering work, Ann Fessler brings out into the open for the first time the astonishing untold history of the million and a half women who surrendered children for adoption due to enormous family and social pressure in the decades before Roe v. Wade. An adoptee who was herself surrendered during those years and recently made contact with her mother, Fessler
... Read more
Audiobook

JFK Jr.

An Intimate Oral Biography

by RoseMarie Terenzio, Liz McNeil ...

Narrated by RoseMarie Terenzio, Michael David Axtell, Kevin R. Free, Lanna Joffrey, Kathe Mazur, Leon Nixon, Jade Wheeler ...

Unabridged

14 hours 54 min

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Fascinating…the fullest portrait of Kennedy ever written.” —The Washington PostThe first oral biography of John F. Kennedy Jr. is an extraordinarily intimate and detailed look at the real man behind the myth. Sharing never-before-told stories, his closest friends, confidantes, lovers, classmates, teachers, and colleagues paint a vivid portrait of one of the most ... Read more

$39.99 CAD

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Fascinating…the fullest portrait of Kennedy ever written.” —The Washington PostThe first oral biography of John F. Kennedy Jr. is an extraordinarily intimate and detailed look at the real man behind the myth. Sharing never-before-told stories, his closest friends, confidantes, lovers, classmates, teachers, and colleagues paint a vivid portrait of one of the most
... Read more
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The Fourth Turning

What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny

by William Strauss, Neil Howe ...

Narrated by Tom Parks ...

Unabridged

19 hours 27 min

**Now available as an unabridged recording for the first timeNATIONAL BESTSELLER • Discover the game-changing theory of the cycles of history and what past generations can teach us about living through times of upheaval—with deep insights into the roles that Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials have to play.**First comes a High, a period of confident expansion. Next comes an Awakening, a time of ... Read more

$37.99 CAD

**Now available as an unabridged recording for the first timeNATIONAL BESTSELLER • Discover the game-changing theory of the cycles of history and what past generations can teach us about living through times of upheaval—with deep insights into the roles that Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials have to play.**First comes a High, a period of confident expansion. Next comes an Awakening, a time of
... Read more
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The Hardest, Longest Race

Henry Ford and the Cross-Country Contest That Changed America

by Eric Moskowitz ...

Narrated by Marc Vietor ...

Unabridged

10 hours 54 min

From Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Eric Moskowitz comes the riveting story of the first true coast-to-coast automobile race in U.S. history, a fast-paced tale of the gritty and determined drivers who braved hostile terrain, mechanical failure, and, shockingly, sabotage, to take home the gold.In 1909, America was home to 253 automakers, a landscape of visionaries, schemers, and would-be barons ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

From Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Eric Moskowitz comes the riveting story of the first true coast-to-coast automobile race in U.S. history, a fast-paced tale of the gritty and determined drivers who braved hostile terrain, mechanical failure, and, shockingly, sabotage, to take home the gold.In 1909, America was home to 253 automakers, a landscape of visionaries, schemers, and would-be barons
... Read more
Audiobook

Brief History of New York, A

by KJ Smith ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...

Series Audiobook 32 - A Brief History of - US States Edition
Unabridged

1 hour 22 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A Brief History of New YorkNew York, a state synonymous with ambition, diversity, and influence, has played a pivotal role in the shaping of America. A Brief History of New York offers a fascinating and concise journey through the events and people that have defined the Empire State, from its indigenous roots to its status as a global powerhouse.From ... Read more

$10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A Brief History of New YorkNew York, a state synonymous with ambition, diversity, and influence, has played a pivotal role in the shaping of America. A Brief History of New York offers a fascinating and concise journey through the events and people that have defined the Empire State, from its indigenous roots to its status as a global powerhouse.From
... Read more
Audiobook

The Fourth Turning Is Here

What the Seasons of History Tell Us about How and When This Crisis Will End

by Neil Howe ...

Narrated by Neil Howe ...

Unabridged

20 hours 29 min

The visionary behind the bestselling phenomenon The Fourth Turning looks once again to America’s past to predict our future in this “riveting and revelatory” (Tony Robbins) prophecy for how our present era of unrest will resolve over the next ten years—and what our lives will look like afterward.Thirty years ago, Neil Howe and the late William Strauss dazzled the world with a provocative new ... Read more

$46.99 CAD

The visionary behind the bestselling phenomenon The Fourth Turning looks once again to America’s past to predict our future in this “riveting and revelatory” (Tony Robbins) prophecy for how our present era of unrest will resolve over the next ten years—and what our lives will look like afterward.Thirty years ago, Neil Howe and the late William Strauss dazzled the world with a provocative new
... Read more
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The Memory Palace

True Short Stories of the Past

by Nate DiMeo ...

Narrated by Nate DiMeo, Jad Abumrad, Daniel Alarcón, Betsy Brandt, Carrie Coon, Hrishikesh Hirway, Dominic Hoffman, Rebecca Lowman, Roman Mars, Robin Miles0, Ryan Reynolds1, Kai Ryssdal2, Lili Taylor3, Full Cast4 ...

Unabridged

8 hours 41 min

Incredible true stories reveal strange new magic in American history in this wondrous first book from the creator of the award-winning podcast The Memory Palace.“One doesn’t often find the words imagination and history in the same sentence. Nate DiMeo has forever woven them together. The Memory Palace wants you to linger, to stay awhile, and find a deeper meaning both in the stories of the past ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

Incredible true stories reveal strange new magic in American history in this wondrous first book from the creator of the award-winning podcast The Memory Palace.“One doesn’t often find the words imagination and history in the same sentence. Nate DiMeo has forever woven them together. The Memory Palace wants you to linger, to stay awhile, and find a deeper meaning both in the stories of the past
... Read more
Audiobook

The Lost City of the Monkey God

A True Story

by Douglas Preston ...

Narrated by Bill Mumy ...

Unabridged

10 hours 29 min

The #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. Named one of the best books of the year by The Boston Globe and National Geographic**.**An acclaimed journalist takes readers on a true adventure deep into the Honduran rainforest in this riveting narrative about the discovery of a lost civilizatio... ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

The #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. Named one of the best books of the year by The Boston Globe and National Geographic**.**An acclaimed journalist takes readers on a true adventure deep into the Honduran rainforest in this riveting narrative about the discovery of a lost civilizatio...
... Read more
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The Power Broker

Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

by Robert A. Caro ...

Narrated by Robertson Dean ...

Unabridged

66 hours 7 min

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • A modern American classic, this huge and galvanizing biography of Robert Moses reveals not only the saga of one man’s incredible accumulation of power but the story of his shaping (and mis-shaping) of twentieth-century New York.One of the Modern Library’s hundred greatest books of the twentieth century, Robert Caro's monumental book makes public what few outsiders knew: ... Read more

$68.00 CAD

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • A modern American classic, this huge and galvanizing biography of Robert Moses reveals not only the saga of one man’s incredible accumulation of power but the story of his shaping (and mis-shaping) of twentieth-century New York.One of the Modern Library’s hundred greatest books of the twentieth century, Robert Caro's monumental book makes public what few outsiders knew:
... Read more
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Even This I Get to Experience

by Norman Lear ...

Narrated by Norman Lear ...

Unabridged

18 hours 59 min

**The New York Times bestselling memoir from the creator of some of the most iconic television programs ever, including All in the Family, Maude, Good Times, The Jeffersons, and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.“Charming, candid, and copious . . . There is still a lot of zest, passion, and whimsy in the man who taught Americans to laugh at their failings.” —**The New York TimesNorman Lear’s iconic tel.. ... Read more

$29.50 CAD

**The New York Times bestselling memoir from the creator of some of the most iconic television programs ever, including All in the Family, Maude, Good Times, The Jeffersons, and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.“Charming, candid, and copious . . . There is still a lot of zest, passion, and whimsy in the man who taught Americans to laugh at their failings.” —**The New York TimesNorman Lear’s iconic tel..
... Read more
Audiobook

The Free World

Art and Thought in the Cold War

by Louis Menand ...

Narrated by David Colacci ...

Unabridged

34 hours 55 min

"Narrator David Colacci approaches this opinionated, engrossing audiobook with a practiced voice that lets its numerous stories tell themselves without fanfare...this audiobook is a monumental work." -- AudioFile MagazineIn his follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize**–winning The Metaphysical Club, Louis Menand offers a new intellectual and cultural history of the postwar years.**The Cold War was not ... Read more

$66.99 CAD

"Narrator David Colacci approaches this opinionated, engrossing audiobook with a practiced voice that lets its numerous stories tell themselves without fanfare...this audiobook is a monumental work." -- AudioFile MagazineIn his follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize**–winning The Metaphysical Club, Louis Menand offers a new intellectual and cultural history of the postwar years.**The Cold War was not
... Read more
Audiobook

The Brothers

John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War

by Stephen Kinzer ...

Narrated by David Cochran Heath ...

Unabridged

13 hours 29 min

A joint biography of John Foster Dulles and Allen Dulles, who led the United States into an unseen war that decisively shaped today's worldDuring the 1950s, when the Cold War was at its peak, two immensely powerful brothers led the United States into a series of foreign adventures whose effects are still shaking the world.John Foster Dulles was secretary of state while his brother, Allen Dulles, ... Read more

$31.99 CAD

A joint biography of John Foster Dulles and Allen Dulles, who led the United States into an unseen war that decisively shaped today's worldDuring the 1950s, when the Cold War was at its peak, two immensely powerful brothers led the United States into a series of foreign adventures whose effects are still shaking the world.John Foster Dulles was secretary of state while his brother, Allen Dulles,
... Read more
Audiobook

Edge of Innocence, The

The Trial of Casper Bennett

by David Miraldi ...

Narrated by Steve Wannall ...

Unabridged

12 hours 3 min

Named 2018 Book of the Year by International Rubery Book AwardThe Edge of Innocence is a work of narrative nonfiction based on the 1964 murder trial of Casper Bennett, a man accused of drowning his wife in a bathtub of scalding water in Lorain, Ohio. Bennett's sensational trial pitted an aggressive, mercurial county prosecutor against the author's father, a civil trial attorney who had never ... Read more

$20.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Named 2018 Book of the Year by International Rubery Book AwardThe Edge of Innocence is a work of narrative nonfiction based on the 1964 murder trial of Casper Bennett, a man accused of drowning his wife in a bathtub of scalding water in Lorain, Ohio. Bennett's sensational trial pitted an aggressive, mercurial county prosecutor against the author's father, a civil trial attorney who had never
... Read more
Audiobook

Pursuit of Liberty

How Hamilton vs. Jefferson Ignited the Lasting Battle Over Power in America

by Jeffrey Rosen ...

Narrated by Jacques Roy ...

Unabridged

14 hours 12 min

The bestselling author of The Pursuit of Happiness shows how the opposing constitutional ideologies of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton have defined our country for 250 years, influenced presidents from Washington to Trump, and continue to drive the debate over the power of government today.With insight and a sweeping historical perspective, bestselling author and former president of the ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

The bestselling author of The Pursuit of Happiness shows how the opposing constitutional ideologies of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton have defined our country for 250 years, influenced presidents from Washington to Trump, and continue to drive the debate over the power of government today.With insight and a sweeping historical perspective, bestselling author and former president of the
... Read more
Audiobook

French and Indian War, The: The History and Legacy of the Conflict Between French and British Colonies in North America

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Scott Clem ...

Unabridged

2 hours 6 min

“[W]e observed the Enemy marching down towards us in three Columns, at 10 they formed their Line of Battle, which was at least six deep, having their Flanks covered by a thick Wood on each Side, into which they threw above 3000 Canadians and Indians, who gauled us much; the Regulars then marched briskly up to us, and gave us their first Fire, at about Fifty Yards Distance, which we did not return, ... Read more

$9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

“[W]e observed the Enemy marching down towards us in three Columns, at 10 they formed their Line of Battle, which was at least six deep, having their Flanks covered by a thick Wood on each Side, into which they threw above 3000 Canadians and Indians, who gauled us much; the Regulars then marched briskly up to us, and gave us their first Fire, at about Fifty Yards Distance, which we did not return,
... Read more

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