South African president and apartheid leader Nelson Mandela passed away one year ago on December 5. Commemorate his memory by listening to stories of his remarkable life. Mandela: An Audio History Radio Diaries; hosted by Desmond Tutu; commentary by Nelson Mandela; foreword by Joe Richman The award-winning radio series documenting the struggle against apartheid through intimate first-person accounts of Nelson […]
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Whatever happened to James Madison?
November 13th, 2014 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Joseph Ellis challenged our notions of George Washington in His Excellency. David McCullough restored John Adams’ legacy in his epic biography John Adams. Joseph Ellis also again redefined a Founder’s life with his Thomas Jefferson bio American Sphinx. Walter Isaacson reminded us all of Benjamin Franklin’s greatness in Benjamin Franklin: An American Life. All of […]
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The preeminent historian of the Civil War era
October 22nd, 2014 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Ruth DeFries is a Columbia University professor and MacArthur Fellow who explains an interesting detail of evolution. Have you ever wondered how a species that was essentially a hunter-gatherer tribe came to completely dominate the entire planet? Do you know that we produce enough food to feed every single human being a diet of 3,000 […]
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Calling all Doctor Zhivago fans!
June 20th, 2014 · No Comments · Uncategorized
The Zhivago Affair tells the dramatic, never-before-told story of how a forbidden book in the Soviet Union became a secret CIA weapon in the ideological battle between East and West. The audiobook is narrated by Simon Vance. Simon has been narrating audiobooks for more than 30 years and has completed more than 700 titles. He […]
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Doomsday Rider Rides Again
June 13th, 2014 · No Comments · Uncategorized
You don’t really see a lot of westerns on the bestseller list these days. Personally, I think that’s a crying shame. In general, westerns represent tried-and-true fundamental themes such as honor, justice, defense/protection (in a western it’s most commonly someone defending his or her land), and the moral limits of revenge and retribution. These themes […]
Tags: audiobook·cowboy·Doomsday Rider·Johnny Cash·Kris Kristofferson·Louis L'Amour·Ralph Compton·terry evens·Waylon Jennings·western·Willie Nelson
June Is Audiobook Month!
June 4th, 2014 · No Comments · Uncategorized
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Soon I Will Be Invincible
May 6th, 2014 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Invincible in·vin·ci·ble /in-ˈvin-sə-bəl/ adjective 1. impossible to defeat or overcome 2. incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued What would you do if you were invincible? Would you save the world? Or would you destroy it? Would you be a “good guy,” or a “bad guy”? I wasn’t even into the first hour of Soon […]
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The Power and Peril of Words: The Transcriptionist by Amy Rowland
April 21st, 2014 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Isolated on the 11th floor of the Record, a venerable New York newspaper in the midst of making the awkward transition to the digital age, Lena Respass, the title character of Amy Rowland’s novel The Transcriptionist, spends her days typing other people’s words. These words, the dictations of reporters for the Record, flow in through […]
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Car Talk Classics: The Pinkwater Files
April 16th, 2014 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Peter here, blogging from Minneapolis. For many years now I have been listening to Tom and Ray, the Magliozzi brothers out of WBUR-FM Radio in Boston. I am not a car guy. I don’t even own a car any longer, but I do recall the joys and heartbreak of owning a used Toyota. My upbringing […]
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