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History Audio Books
- Civilization of the
Renaissance in Italy, The
In this landmark study, Burckhardt chronicles the breakup of the medieval worldview that came with the rediscoveries of Greek and Roman
culture and the new emphasis on the role of the individual. These went hand in hand with scientific achievement and a more naturalistic
depiction of the world...
- Civil Rights: Rhetoric or
Reality?
Armed with vast statistical research, economist Thomas Sowell deftly refutes the key assumptions on which the civil-rights movement as we
know it today was erected, “that discrimination leads to poverty and other adverse social consequences and . . . that adverse statistical
disparities imply...
- Civil War, The: A First Hand
Look
A Union General's battle stories. In a truly remarkable personal diary, this singular Union General details his commission, the formation of
the army he commanded, and the battles he fought.
- Civil War,
The: A Narrative, Vol. I, Fort Sumter to Perryville
All the great battles are here, of course, from Bull Run through Shiloh, the Seven Days, Second Manassas to Antietam and Perryville in the
fall of 1862, but so are the smaller and often equally imp...
- Civil
War, The: A Narrative, Vol. II, Fredericksburg to Meridian
The Army of the Potomac attempts to take Richmond, resulting in the bloodbath at Fredericksburg. Joe Hooker makes yet another attempt, but
Stonewall Jackson turns his flank at Chancellorsville. In ...
- Civil War,
The: A Narrative, Vol. III, Red River to Appomattox
Here, told in vivid narrative and as seen from both sides, are those climactic struggles, great and small, on and off the battlefield, which
finally decided the fate of this nation.
- Civil War, The: Part 1
From April 1861 to April 1865, America was caught in the convulsions of war - The Civil War. No historical even, short of the American
Revolution itself, has so deeply affected the United States. T...
- Civil War, The: Part 2
From April 1861 to April 1865, America was caught in the convulsions of war - The Civil War. No historical even, short of the American
Revolution itself, has so deeply affected the United States. T...
- Classical
Music 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Classical Music
In clear and entertaining prose, Plotkin explores a thousand years of music, introduces listeners to the great works, and profiles in depth
many significant composers. Classical Music 101 is a high...
- Commander Of The Exodus
Of the expeditions led by Yossi Harel from 1946 to 1948, it was the voyage of the Exodus to Palestine that became a beacon for Zionism and a
symbol to all that neither guns, cannons, nor warships c...
- Common Sense
The work that George Washington said helped spark the Revolutionary War.
- Compassion Versus Guilt and
Other Essays
Sowell’s essays paint some hard truths, which are backed by his brilliant scholarship. He discusses many of the extraordinary ideas that
preoccupy the liberal political agenda, exposing their flaws and submitting them to reprimand. He lays bare the errors of such phenomena as
affirmative action,...
- Complexity and Chaos
Traditional scientific determinism has suggested that the natural world is regular and predictable, and that timeless and universal nature is
best understood by studying its parts in isolation. For...
- Confessions of an Economic Hit
Man
John Perkins was an economic hit man. His job was to convince countries around the globe to accept enormous loans that they could not pay
back. His true story exposes international intrigue, corrup...
- Conflict
of Visions, A: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles
Sowell explains that most people have one of two contrasting visions, “constrained” and “unconstrained,” described in terms we recognize as
associated with the political Right and political Left. At the heart of the conflict of visions are questions about the moral and
intellectual...
- Conjuror's Bird, The
Despite being the leading expert in his field, Fitz has never really fulfilled his potential, never written the great book on extinct species
that everyone expected from him when he was setting out.
- Constitutional Convention, The
In 1783, America emerged from a long and bitter war for Independence. The 13 colonies were now 13 sovereign states, bound together by the
Articles of Confederation. After years of war, men like Tho...
- Constitutional Journal
You are there, in 1787, at America's constitutional convention, with the inside story that reads like a modern-day account of the secret
proceedings in Philadelphia. Veteran print and broadcast jou...
- Course of Human Events, The
On May 15th, 2003 David McCullough presented The Course of Human Events...
- Cracking DaVinci's Code
The Da Vinci Code: Harmless fiction or a hidden agenda aimed at the foundations of Christianity?
- Crack in the Edge of the World, A
(Abridged)
The international bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and Krakatoa vividly brings to life the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
that leveled a city symbolic of Americas relentless expansion
- Crack in the Edge of the World, A
(Unabridged)
The international bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and Krakatoa vividly brings to life the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
that leveled a city symbolic of Americas relentless expansion
- Cuba
This island was once a clearinghouse for importing slaves into the New World. It later became one of the world's few remaining bastions of
Marxism, proclaiming socio-economic equality. In both form...
- Curran Vs Catholic University
The Curran case framed an era, from 1965 to 1990, and left behind unresolved questions about authority and freedom in the Catholic Church
today. Through biography, history, theology, and courtroom ...
- Dancing in the
Streets: A History of Collective Joy
Best-selling social commentator and cultural historian Barbara Ehrenreich presents a fascinating exploration of one of humanity’s oldest
traditions: the celebration of communal joy, historically expressed in ecstatic revels of feasting, costuming, and dancing.
- Darwin and Evolution
Charles Darwin (1809-1882) published in 1859 a vastly important work: On The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the
Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. Darwin ...
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Day of Battle, The: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944: Volume 2 of the Liberation Trilogy
The harrowing story of one of history's most compelling military campaigns, the War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944.
- Days of
Obligation: An Argument with my Mexican Father
Rodriguez portrays Mexico and the United States as moral rivals for California. Tragic Mexico and the comedic United States, ironically, have
traded roles by the end of the twentieth century. Rodrigue
- Day the
World Ended at Little Big Horn, The: A Lakota History
The Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876 has become known as the quintessential clash of cultures between the Lakota Sioux and whites. Lakota
historian Joseph M. Marshall III reveals the nuanced complexities that led up to and followed the battle, in an account that has until now
only been...
- D-Day
They wanted to be throwing baseballs, not hand grenades, shooting .22s at rabbits...
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