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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
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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

Three Tenant Families

by James Agee ...

Narrated by Lloyd James ...

Unabridged

15 hours 14 min

A landmark work of American photojournalism “renowned for its fusion of social conscience and artistic radicality” (New York Times)In the summer of 1936, James Agee and Walker Evans set out on assignment for Fortune magazine to explore the daily lives of sharecroppers in the South. Their journey would prove an extraordinary collaboration and a watershed literary event when Let Us Now Praise Famous ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

A landmark work of American photojournalism “renowned for its fusion of social conscience and artistic radicality” (New York Times)In the summer of 1936, James Agee and Walker Evans set out on assignment for Fortune magazine to explore the daily lives of sharecroppers in the South. Their journey would prove an extraordinary collaboration and a watershed literary event when Let Us Now Praise Famous
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A Midwife’s Tale

The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812

by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich ...

Narrated by Susan Ericksen ...

Unabridged

15 hours 42 min

Drawing on the diaries of one woman in eighteenth-century Maine, this intimate history illuminates the medical practices, household economies, religious rivalries, and sexual mores of the New England frontier.Between 1785 and 1812, a midwife and healer named Martha Ballard kept a diary that recorded her arduous work (in twenty-seven years she attended 816 births) as well as her domestic life in ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

Drawing on the diaries of one woman in eighteenth-century Maine, this intimate history illuminates the medical practices, household economies, religious rivalries, and sexual mores of the New England frontier.Between 1785 and 1812, a midwife and healer named Martha Ballard kept a diary that recorded her arduous work (in twenty-seven years she attended 816 births) as well as her domestic life in
... Read more
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This Land is Your Land

A Road Trip Through U.S. History

by Beverly Gage ...

Narrated by Gabra Zackman ...

Unabridged

8 hours 43 min

A Barack Obama Summer Reading List SelectionPulitzer Prize–winning author of G-Man and acclaimed historian Beverly Gage takes the ultimate road trip into the American past.Ride along with Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Beverly Gage as she travels the country to see the museums, historic sites, roadside attractions, reenactments, and souvenir shops where Americans learn—and fight—about our ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

A Barack Obama Summer Reading List SelectionPulitzer Prize–winning author of G-Man and acclaimed historian Beverly Gage takes the ultimate road trip into the American past.Ride along with Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Beverly Gage as she travels the country to see the museums, historic sites, roadside attractions, reenactments, and souvenir shops where Americans learn—and fight—about our
... Read more
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Stride Toward Freedom

The Montgomery Story

by Martin Luther King, Jr ...

Narrated by JD Jackson ...

Series series King Legacy
Unabridged

8 hours 59 min

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s account of the first successful large-scale application of nonviolent resistance in America is comprehensive, revelatory, and intimate. King described his book as "the chronicle of 50,000 Negroes who took to heart the principles of nonviolence, who learned to fight for their rights with the weapon of love, and who, in the process, acquired a new estimate of their own ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s account of the first successful large-scale application of nonviolent resistance in America is comprehensive, revelatory, and intimate. King described his book as "the chronicle of 50,000 Negroes who took to heart the principles of nonviolence, who learned to fight for their rights with the weapon of love, and who, in the process, acquired a new estimate of their own
... Read more
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The Shocking Story of Helmuth Schmidt

Michigan's Original Lonely Hearts Killer

by Tobin T. Buhk ...

Narrated by Jim Seybert ...

Unabridged

6 hours 29 min

In the fall of 1916, New York housemaid Augusta Steinbach fell in love with a man she met through a matrimonial advertisement in her local newspaper. She traveled to Detroit to marry her correspondent, but in March 1917, she mysteriously disappeared. What began as a routine search for a missing person turned into a baffling case of deception, bigamy and murder. Follow detectives as they unravel ... Read more

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In the fall of 1916, New York housemaid Augusta Steinbach fell in love with a man she met through a matrimonial advertisement in her local newspaper. She traveled to Detroit to marry her correspondent, but in March 1917, she mysteriously disappeared. What began as a routine search for a missing person turned into a baffling case of deception, bigamy and murder. Follow detectives as they unravel
... Read more
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New York: The Empire City History From Dutch Outpost to Global Metropolis

by Robert Kingsley ...

Narrated by Robert Kingsley ...

Unabridged

1 hour 59 min

Dive into a sweeping urban history of survival, immigration, and power that built the modern world's greatest metropolis. Perfect for your morning commute, this immersive historical journey brings dramatic street-level history to life. Discover how relentless crises and colliding cultures forged an unstoppable center of global finance, art, and media.Listen through the eyes of the people who ... Read more

$13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Dive into a sweeping urban history of survival, immigration, and power that built the modern world's greatest metropolis. Perfect for your morning commute, this immersive historical journey brings dramatic street-level history to life. Discover how relentless crises and colliding cultures forged an unstoppable center of global finance, art, and media.Listen through the eyes of the people who
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O Say Can You Hear

A Cultural Biography of the Star-Spangled Banner

by Mark Clague ...

Narrated by Reuben J. Tapp ...

Unabridged

9 hours 34 min

The fascinating story of America’s national anthem and an examination of its powerful meaning today.Most Americans learn the tale in elementary school: During the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key witnessed the daylong bombardment of Baltimore’s Fort McHenry by British navy ships; seeing the Stars and Stripes still flying proudly at first light, he was inspired to pen his famous lyric. What Americans ... Read more

$34.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The fascinating story of America’s national anthem and an examination of its powerful meaning today.Most Americans learn the tale in elementary school: During the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key witnessed the daylong bombardment of Baltimore’s Fort McHenry by British navy ships; seeing the Stars and Stripes still flying proudly at first light, he was inspired to pen his famous lyric. What Americans
... Read more
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Our Beloved Kin

A New History of King Philip’s War

by Lisa Brooks ...

Narrated by Rainy Fields ...

Unabridged

16 hours 35 min

A compelling and original recovery of Native American resistance and adaptation to colonial AmericaWith rigorous original scholarship and creative narration, Lisa Brooks recovers a complex picture of war, captivity, and Native resistance during the "First Indian War" (later named King Philip's War) by relaying the stories of Weetamoo, a female Wampanoag leader, and James Printer, a Nipmuc scholar, ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

A compelling and original recovery of Native American resistance and adaptation to colonial AmericaWith rigorous original scholarship and creative narration, Lisa Brooks recovers a complex picture of war, captivity, and Native resistance during the "First Indian War" (later named King Philip's War) by relaying the stories of Weetamoo, a female Wampanoag leader, and James Printer, a Nipmuc scholar,
... Read more
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The Santa Claus Man

The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Age Con Man and the Invention of Christmas in New York

by Alex Palmer ...

Narrated by Eric Michael Summerer ...

Unabridged

8 hours 48 min

Before the charismatic John Duval Gluck, Jr., came along, letters from New York City children to Santa Claus were destroyed, unopened, by the U.S. Post Office. Gluck saw an opportunity and created the Santa Claus Association. The effort delighted the public, and for fifteen years money and gifts flowed to the only group authorized to answer Santa's mail. Gluck became a Jazz Age celebrity, rubbing ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

Before the charismatic John Duval Gluck, Jr., came along, letters from New York City children to Santa Claus were destroyed, unopened, by the U.S. Post Office. Gluck saw an opportunity and created the Santa Claus Association. The effort delighted the public, and for fifteen years money and gifts flowed to the only group authorized to answer Santa's mail. Gluck became a Jazz Age celebrity, rubbing
... Read more
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To Sleep with the Angels

The Story of a Fire

by John Kuenster, David Cowan ...

Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

Unabridged

11 hours 30 min

If burying a child has a special poignancy, the tragedy at a Catholic elementary school in Chicago almost fifty years ago was an extraordinary moment of grief. One of the deadliest fires in American history, it took the lives of ninety-two children and three nuns at Our Lady of the Angels School, left many families physically and psychologically scarred for life, and destroyed a close-knit working ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

If burying a child has a special poignancy, the tragedy at a Catholic elementary school in Chicago almost fifty years ago was an extraordinary moment of grief. One of the deadliest fires in American history, it took the lives of ninety-two children and three nuns at Our Lady of the Angels School, left many families physically and psychologically scarred for life, and destroyed a close-knit working
... Read more
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Stockholms hemligheter - Spökhus

by Martin Stugart ...

Narrated by Martin Stugart ...

Series Audiobook 4 - Stockholms hemligheter
Unabridged

44 min

Stockholmiana! Följ med på en lärorik promenad till Stockholms mest hemsökta platser tillsammans med Stockholmskännaren och journalisten Martin Stugart. Vad är historien bakom Schefflerska palatsets omtalade smeknamn, Spökslottet? Och vilka är de gåtfulla händelser som de anställda rapporterar om på Skansen? Genom fascinerande berättelser och gamla anekdoter kastar Stugart ljus över Stockholms ... Read more

$7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Stockholmiana! Följ med på en lärorik promenad till Stockholms mest hemsökta platser tillsammans med Stockholmskännaren och journalisten Martin Stugart. Vad är historien bakom Schefflerska palatsets omtalade smeknamn, Spökslottet? Och vilka är de gåtfulla händelser som de anställda rapporterar om på Skansen? Genom fascinerande berättelser och gamla anekdoter kastar Stugart ljus över Stockholms
... Read more
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Brief History of Montana, A

by KJ Smith ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...

Series Audiobook 26 - A Brief History of - US States Edition
Unabridged

2 hours 2 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A Brief History of MontanaMontana, the Big Sky Country, is a land of breathtaking landscapes and a history as vast as its open plains. A Brief History of Montana takes readers on a journey through the key events and stories that have shaped this rugged and captivating state.From the rich traditions of its Native American tribes to the arrival of fur ... Read more

$10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A Brief History of MontanaMontana, the Big Sky Country, is a land of breathtaking landscapes and a history as vast as its open plains. A Brief History of Montana takes readers on a journey through the key events and stories that have shaped this rugged and captivating state.From the rich traditions of its Native American tribes to the arrival of fur
... Read more
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Brief History of Texas, A

by KJ Smith ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...

Series Audiobook 43 - A Brief History of - US States Edition
Unabridged

1 hour 35 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A Brief History of TexasTexas, the Lone Star State, is a land of vast landscapes, bold characters, and a history that has shaped not only its own future but that of the entire United States. A Brief History of Texas offers an engaging journey through the key moments, people, and events that have defined this iconic state.From its indigenous cultures to ... Read more

$10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A Brief History of TexasTexas, the Lone Star State, is a land of vast landscapes, bold characters, and a history that has shaped not only its own future but that of the entire United States. A Brief History of Texas offers an engaging journey through the key moments, people, and events that have defined this iconic state.From its indigenous cultures to
... Read more
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The Trials of Thomas Morton

An Anglican Lawyer, His Puritan Foes, and the Battle for a New England

by Peter C. Mancall ...

Narrated by Bob Souer ...

Unabridged

5 hours 42 min

A new look at Thomas Morton, his controversial colonial philosophy, and his lengthy feud with the Puritans.Adding new depth to our understanding of early New England society, this riveting account of Thomas Morton explores the tensions that arose from competing colonial visions. A lawyer and fur trader, Thomas Morton dreamed of a society where Algonquian peoples and English colonists could coexist ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

A new look at Thomas Morton, his controversial colonial philosophy, and his lengthy feud with the Puritans.Adding new depth to our understanding of early New England society, this riveting account of Thomas Morton explores the tensions that arose from competing colonial visions. A lawyer and fur trader, Thomas Morton dreamed of a society where Algonquian peoples and English colonists could coexist
... Read more
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The Prince of Providence

The True Story of Buddy Cianci, America's Most Notorious Mayor, Some Wiseguys, and the Feds

by Mike Stanton ...

Narrated by Tom Perkins ...

Unabridged

19 hours 11 min

Welcome to Providence, Rhode Island, where corruption is entertainment and Mayor Buddy Cianci presided over the longest-running lounge act in American politics. In The Prince of Providence, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Mike Stanton tells a classic story of wiseguys, feds, and politicians on a carousel of crime and redemption.Buddy Cianci was part urban visionary, part Tony Soprano—a flawed ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

Welcome to Providence, Rhode Island, where corruption is entertainment and Mayor Buddy Cianci presided over the longest-running lounge act in American politics. In The Prince of Providence, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Mike Stanton tells a classic story of wiseguys, feds, and politicians on a carousel of crime and redemption.Buddy Cianci was part urban visionary, part Tony Soprano—a flawed
... Read more
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Scapegoat

A Flight Crew's Journey from Heroes to Villans to Redemption (With A New Afterword)

by Emilio Corsetti III ...

Narrated by Fred Filbrich ...

Unabridged

11 hours 25 min

"This is the kind of case the Board has never had to deal with - a head-on collision between the credibility of a flight crew versus the airworthiness of the aircraft." - NTSB Investigator-in-Charge Leslie Dean Kampschror.On April 4, 1979, a Boeing 727 with 82 passengers and a crew of seven rolled over and plummeted from an altitude of 39,000 feet to within seconds of crashing, were it not for the ... Read more

$27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

"This is the kind of case the Board has never had to deal with - a head-on collision between the credibility of a flight crew versus the airworthiness of the aircraft." - NTSB Investigator-in-Charge Leslie Dean Kampschror.On April 4, 1979, a Boeing 727 with 82 passengers and a crew of seven rolled over and plummeted from an altitude of 39,000 feet to within seconds of crashing, were it not for the
... Read more
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All Our Relations

Native Struggles for Land and Life

by Winona LaDuke ...

Narrated by Jess Morris ...

Unabridged

8 hours 31 min

Haymarket Books proudly brings back into print Winona LaDuke's seminal work of Native resistance to oppression.This thoughtful, in-depth account of Native struggles against environmental and cultural degradation features chapters on the Seminoles, the Anishinaabeg, the Innu, the Northern Cheyenne, and the Mohawks, among others. Filled with inspiring testimonies of struggles for survival, each page ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

Haymarket Books proudly brings back into print Winona LaDuke's seminal work of Native resistance to oppression.This thoughtful, in-depth account of Native struggles against environmental and cultural degradation features chapters on the Seminoles, the Anishinaabeg, the Innu, the Northern Cheyenne, and the Mohawks, among others. Filled with inspiring testimonies of struggles for survival, each page
... Read more
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Indian Territory

Surviving 160 Acres of Betrayal

by Tatianna Keblish Duncan ...

Narrated by AI Voice Male and Female ...

Series Audiobook 1.0 - A Tale of the Allotment Era
Unabridged

3 hours 23 min

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Indian Territory: Surviving 160 Acres of Betrayal is the true story of a Mvskoke family’s dispossession and the larger story of Tulsa, Oklahoma—once known as Tvlse—and the corruption that built it.Written as a historical memoir, this book journeys through the Allotment Era to reveal how so-called “progress” stripped a young Indian family of land, language ... Read more

$16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Indian Territory: Surviving 160 Acres of Betrayal is the true story of a Mvskoke family’s dispossession and the larger story of Tulsa, Oklahoma—once known as Tvlse—and the corruption that built it.Written as a historical memoir, this book journeys through the Allotment Era to reveal how so-called “progress” stripped a young Indian family of land, language
... Read more
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A Gathering of Soldiers

by Martin Hicks ...

Narrated by Steven Miller ...

Unabridged

14 hours 9 min

A Gathering of Soldiers relates the story of Daniel Ryan, an Irish immigrant who has begun a new life in Georgia just as the events leading up to the momentous civil war in America have begun to unfold. The book describes his experiences upon enlisting with a group of his peers, in a north Georgia militia company, following Abraham Lincoln's first summons for troops to invade the southern states ... Read more

$11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A Gathering of Soldiers relates the story of Daniel Ryan, an Irish immigrant who has begun a new life in Georgia just as the events leading up to the momentous civil war in America have begun to unfold. The book describes his experiences upon enlisting with a group of his peers, in a north Georgia militia company, following Abraham Lincoln's first summons for troops to invade the southern states
... Read more
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Brief History of Rhode Island, A

by KJ Smith ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...

Series Audiobook 39 - A Brief History of - US States Edition
Unabridged

58 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A Brief History of Rhode IslandRhode Island, the smallest state with one of the biggest histories, has always punched above its weight in shaping the United States. A Brief History of Rhode Island offers a concise yet captivating look at the people, places, and events that have defined this unique state.From its founding as a refuge for religious ... Read more

$10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A Brief History of Rhode IslandRhode Island, the smallest state with one of the biggest histories, has always punched above its weight in shaping the United States. A Brief History of Rhode Island offers a concise yet captivating look at the people, places, and events that have defined this unique state.From its founding as a refuge for religious
... Read more
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Six Women of Salem

The Untold Story of the Accused and Their Accusers in the Salem Witch Trials

by Marilynne K. Roach ...

Narrated by Kate Reading ...

Unabridged

17 hours 8 min

Six Women of Salem is the first work to use the lives of a select number of representative women as a microcosm to illuminate the larger crisis of the Salem witch trials. By the end of the trials, beyond the twenty who were executed and the five who perished in prison, two hundred and seven individuals had been accused, seventy four had been "afflicted," thirty two had officially accused their ... Read more

$31.99 CAD

Six Women of Salem is the first work to use the lives of a select number of representative women as a microcosm to illuminate the larger crisis of the Salem witch trials. By the end of the trials, beyond the twenty who were executed and the five who perished in prison, two hundred and seven individuals had been accused, seventy four had been "afflicted," thirty two had officially accused their
... Read more
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Detroit: An American Autopsy

by Charlie LeDuff ...

Narrated by Eric Martin ...

Unabridged

7 hours 18 min

In the heart of America, a metropolis is quietly destroying itself. Detroit, once the richest city in the nation, is now its poorest. Once the vanguard of America’s machine age-mass production, automobiles, and blue-collar jobs-Detroit is now America’s capital for unemployment, illiteracy, foreclosure, and dropouts.With the steel-eyed reportage that has become his trademark and the righteous ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

In the heart of America, a metropolis is quietly destroying itself. Detroit, once the richest city in the nation, is now its poorest. Once the vanguard of America’s machine age-mass production, automobiles, and blue-collar jobs-Detroit is now America’s capital for unemployment, illiteracy, foreclosure, and dropouts.With the steel-eyed reportage that has become his trademark and the righteous
... Read more
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1777

Tipping Point at Saratoga

by Dean Snow ...

Narrated by Bob Souer ...

Unabridged

14 hours 5 min

In the autumn of 1777, near Saratoga, New York, an inexperienced and improvised American army led by General Horatio Gates faced off against the highly trained British and German forces led by General John Burgoyne. The British strategy in confronting the Americans in upstate New York was to separate rebellious New England from the other colonies. Despite inferior organization and training, the ... Read more

$30.99 CAD

In the autumn of 1777, near Saratoga, New York, an inexperienced and improvised American army led by General Horatio Gates faced off against the highly trained British and German forces led by General John Burgoyne. The British strategy in confronting the Americans in upstate New York was to separate rebellious New England from the other colonies. Despite inferior organization and training, the
... Read more

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