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Title: Ladies of Liberty

Subtitle: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation

Author: Cokie Roberts

Narrator: Cokie Roberts

Format: Abridged

Length: 10 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 04-08-08

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 98 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Recounted with the insight and humor of an expert storyteller and drawing on personal correspondence, private journals, and other primary sources - many of them previously unpublished - Roberts brings to life the extraordinary accomplishments of women who laid the groundwork for a better society. Almost every quotation here is written by a woman, to a woman, or about a woman.

From first ladies to freethinkers, educators to explorers, this exceptional group includes Abigail Adams, Margaret Bayard Smith, Martha Jefferson, Dolley Madison, Elizabeth Monroe, Louisa Catherine Adams, Eliza Hamilton, Theodosia Burr, Rebecca Gratz, Louisa Livingston, Rosalie Calvert, Sacajawea, and others.

In a much-needed addition to the shelves of Founding Father literature, Roberts sheds new light on the generation of heroines, reformers, and visionaries who helped shape our nation, giving these ladies of liberty the recognition they so greatly deserve.

Editorial Reviews:

NPR reporter Cokie Roberts pays homage to the heroic women whose patriotism and sacrifice helped create our nation. Roberts spotlights early influential women - heroines, reformers, and visionaries all. Narrating with vivid insight, bemused wonder, humor, and a soft Southern accent, Roberts sheds a fresh perspective upon the lives of these strong, brave women, who were captivated by America's birth and political intrigue, even amidst personal hardships. Absence of pauses before and after quotations (mostly from letters), causes some confusion as to what is a quote and what is text. Roberts is an insightful and passionate narrator who delights in her subjects' daily lives, triumphs, outrages, and humor.

Members Reviews:

Ladies of Liberty

A terrific listen full of interesting people and their stories. You'll realize how neglected women are in our history books.

Ladies of Iron Will

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Interesting stories about the founding of our country as told by the founders wives and daughters. It only increased my respect for Dolly Madison.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Ladies of Liberty?

The fact that women's charitable organizations had unmarried ladies be the treasurer so that a husband couldn't get his hands on their funds.

Which scene was your favorite?

Almost any scene with Dolly Madison.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Men of vision and women of fortitude.

Any additional comments?

Cokie Roberts does a great job narrating her work.

Founding Fathers who married up

I've read bits and pieces of the contributions many women made at the founding of this Country. It was nice to see more of them in one place. I listened, & then bought the book for later reference.

Wow..can not get enough!

What did you love best about Ladies of Liberty?

Okie does an amazing job weaving the lives from actual letters together to paint a full picture.

What was the most compelling aspect of this narrative?

You really get to know the Adams family and their dynamics from John's presidency to John Quincy's.

Which character as performed by Cokie Roberts was your favorite?

I smile now when I hear her voice. She is a wonderful story teller both in her writing a ready of it.

Whats the most interesting tidbit youve picked up from this book?

Louisa Adams who is married to John Quincy was quite a remarkable lady.

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Title: The Sorrows of Empire

Subtitle: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic

Author: Chalmers Johnson

Narrator: Tom Weiner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-01-07

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 122 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Recalling the classic warnings against militarism, from George Washington's farewell address to Dwight Eisenhower's denunciation of the military-industrial complex, Johnson explores the trend of militarism that is bankrupting the United States and creating conditions for a new century of virulent blowback.

©2004 Chalmers Johnson (P)2007 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Members Reviews:

A must read.

A must read for anyone who cares about the coup and the imminent destruction of America. The jihadis have won.

A book for anti militarist conservatives too

Loved it. Was sad to see it end. Glad there is 2 more to hear from Chalmers Johnson

the more you know. this book will open your eyes.

love it. is was tremendously amazing. this story ufff wao. unbelievable . you need to read it

Easily Forgotten

This was well read but largely forgettable. I finished it perhaps a week ago, and honestly couldn't tell you much about it.

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Title: Second Chance

Subtitle: Three Presidents and the Crisis of American Superpower

Author: Zbigniew Brzezinski

Narrator: Dick Hill

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-14-07

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 27 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Though spanning less than two decades, these administrations covered a vitally important turning point in world history - the period in which the United States, having emerged from the cold war with unprecedented power and prestige, managed to squander both in a remarkably short time. This is a tale of decline: from the competent but conventional thinking of the first Bush administration, to the well-intentioned self-indulgence of the Clinton administration, to the mortgaging of America's future by the "suicidal statecraft" of the second Bush administration.

Brzezinski concludes with a chapter on how America can regain its lost prestige. This scholarly yet highly opinionated book is sure to be both controversial and influential.

Critic Reviews:

"No one understands the interdependence of power and principle better than Zbigniew Brzezinski." (Jimmy Carter)

"Brilliantly provocative....Brzezinski covers a great deal of ground with dispatch and verve....His book is never less than exciting." (The New York Times Book Review)

Members Reviews:

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Why has not American public consult augured assiduous revitaliz-

action of American public projection? Why has American ethos

interrupted positively deserted extoll to cease it's artificial

penchants? Why has political suggestion failed to inure social

response?

Second Chance optimistically enjoins the axiomatic (and) the

controvertible principles by which American ethos thrives.

Clearly this book advances the (a) proposition that all

citizens equally protected provide for expendable (I.e. scato-

logical) elimination of their benefactor(s) and (b) that mis-

taken policies and actions cannot dissuade total victories;

America can lose ON IT'S OWN TERMS.

That American governance assertively capitulates from a

grandiosely artificial culture without augury of public

policy portends rapid political determinism across a neo-

communist regime. The American public fantasy that

mistakes (are) naturally God--given is a thought that does

not exist. A policy of expendable mistakes suicidally

admits to the absorption of its' liberty by other than

(natural) forces.

. Second Chance believes in benign political juggernaut

which (has) forfeited American legacy.

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Title: Finding Oprah's Roots

Subtitle: Finding Your Own

Author: Henry Louis Gates

Narrator: Dominic Hoffman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-09-07

Publisher: Books on Tape

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

For Oprah, the path back to the past was emotion-filled and profoundly illuminating, connecting the narrative of her family to the larger American narrative and "anchoring" her in a way not previously possible. For the listener, Finding Oprah's Roots offers the possibility of an equally rewarding experience.

Critic Reviews:

"This book is every bit as engaging as the [PBS] documentaries and offers helpful resources" (Booklist)

Members Reviews:

We all have roots.

Upon reflection, it is easy to understand why this book was written about Oprah -- everyone knows her. If someone wrote a book on, say, my roots, I'm sure it wouldn't go very far. But what used to make Oprah interesting now makes her ordinary. She's just another rich person who has traded the God she so loved for the "spiritual," read: money. It's sad really, because what an opportunity she was given.

Dr. Gates, the author, is wonderful, and I can't get enough of him. A smart, compassionate, fair man and I wish him much success with this, and other, titles.

Entertaining and informative - a rare combination

Where does Finding Oprah's Roots rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

It is difficult to compare - certainly not fiction - not complete history; in a class by itself.

What other book might you compare Finding Oprah's Roots to and why?

I have not seen a comparable book regarding genealogy

Which character as performed by Dominic Hoffman was your favorite?

n/a

Whats the most interesting tidbit youve picked up from this book?

The research information was helpful to me.

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Title: Buried in the Bitter Waters

Subtitle: The Hidden History of Racial Cleansing in America

Author: Elliot Jaspin

Narrator: Don Leslie

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-05-07

Publisher: HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 103 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

From the heart of the Midwest to the Deep South, from the mountains of North Carolina to the Texas frontier, words like these have echoed through more than a century of American history. The call heralded not a tornado or a hurricane, but a very unnatural disaster: a manmade wave of racial cleansing that purged black populations from counties across the nation.

We have long known about horrific episodes of lynching in the South, but the story of widespread racial cleansing above and below the Mason-Dixon Line has remained almost entirely unknown. Time after time, in the period between Reconstruction and the 1920s, whites banded together to drive out the blacks in their midst. They burned and killed indiscriminately and drove thousands from their homes, sweeping entire counties clear of blacks to make them racially "pure". The expulsions were swift; in many cases, it took no more than 24 hours to eliminate an entire African-American population. Shockingly, these areas remain virtually all-white to this day.

Based on nearly a decade of painstaking research in archives and census records, Buried in the Bitter Waters provides irrefutable evidence that racial cleansing occurred again and again on American soil, and fundamentally reshaped the geography of race.

Critic Reviews:

"In the tradition of muckraking journalism and detective history, Elliot Jaspin employs the modern term 'cleansing' to uncover a hideous and veiled part of America's racial past....This book forces a moral confrontation with the truth that the past matters, however innocently we prefer to live in the present. With engaging prose and dogged research, Jaspin reveals America's home-grown pogroms." (David W. Blight, Professor of American History, Yale University)

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Title: When The Dancing Stopped

Subtitle: The Real Story of the Morro Castle Disaster and Its Deadly Wake

Author: Brian Hicks

Narrator: Dick Hill

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-26-06

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 164 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

The captain of the luxurious Ward Line flagship died under mysterious circumstances seven hours before his ship caught. Much of the crew abandoned ship, leaving passengers to burn or jump into the sea as a hurricane approached and literally fanned the flames. The ship was incinerated, and 134 people perished.

Using hundreds of previously classified FBI reports, first-person survivor interviews, and countless documents, Brian Hicks has written and solved a murder mystery that mesmerized the nation more than 70 years ago. Told with authentic period detail and true-crime excitement, Hicks determines that the ominous weather was not the cause for the ship's burning. From Hick's deeply researched epic, we can only conclude that the disaster was the work of a madman among the crew.

Hicks creates a finely drawn portrait of Depression-era America. Perfect for history buffs and adventure enthusiasts, When the Dancing Stopped is nonfiction narrative at its best.

Critic Reviews:

"A suspenseful, highly satisfying listen." (Kirkus)

"The book is a riveting account of this tragedy and the man who apparently caused it." (Booklist)

"Hicks has done a lot of research, but it never weighs down the narrative, which draws the listener in from the get-go." (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

Real life murder mystery!

Would you listen to When The Dancing Stopped again? Why?

If I run out of books, which I doubt, I would listen again. There is a lot of information in this book and I'm sure I missed some important things.

What did you like best about this story?

I liked the stories of the people whose lives were changed because of this tragedy. The young purser, the high school girl on her first trip and the men in the radio room.

The fire and death of the Captain were extremely interesting and the author goes to great lengths to explain them without much speculation. That is why I like true crime books.

What about Dick Hills performance did you like?

He is a good narrator for true stories that make them sound like potboilers and film noir. I enjoyed his work.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I was very angry that the person most likely responsible for the crime was never prosecuted for it but happy that he is dead and gone now. However, had he been caught, several people he hurt later would have been much better off.

Fascinating story!

What made the experience of listening to When The Dancing Stopped the most enjoyable?

The story of the Morro Castle disaster (of which I heretofore knew nothing) was an amazing true American tale. Why was this not a part of American History class? We all know about the Titanic, but how many of us know about the Morro Castle tragedy? This is an excellent story, told very well by the author.

What three words best describe Dick Hills performance?

The narrator did a very good job with diction and annunciation, but I found that, listening to the book over a car audio system, his vocal intonations of the characters' quotes and spoken passages were not on the same listening level as the reading of the passages.

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Title: The Money Men

Subtitle: Capitalism, Democracy, and the Hundred Years' War over the American Dollar

Author: H. W. Brands

Narrator: Lloyd James

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-19-06

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 129 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

From the first days of the United States, a battle raged over money. On one side were the democrats, who wanted cheap money and feared the concentration of financial interests in the hands of a few. On the other were the capitalists who sought the soundness of a national bank and the profits that came with it.

In telling this exciting story, H. W. Brands focuses on five "Money Men": Alexander Hamilton, who championed a national bank; Nicholas Biddle, whose run-in with Andrew Jackson led to the bank's demise; Jay Cooke, who financed the Union in the Civil War; Jay Gould, who tried to corner the gold market; and J. P. Morgan, whose position was so commanding that he bailed out the U.S. Treasury.

The Money Men is a riveting narrative, a revealing history of the men who fought over the lifeblood of American commerce and power.

Members Reviews:

Not clear what this book is really about

This book describes a handful of men in the 18th and 19th century who had some influence on American monetary policy. It is neither adequate from a biographical standpoint or from the standpoint of economic history. The scope is vast; a short book like this can't hope to cover two centuries of fiscal policy, but I'm not sure what Alexander Hamilton, Jay Cook, Jay Gould and JP Morgan have in common other than that they all did business in America. I'm not at all certain these were the 5 most significant people in determining 19th century fiscal policy.

Books like this are difficult listens because there is no coherent thread to follow. It reads like several shorter pieces the author strung together.

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Title: Ethnic America

Author: Thomas Sowell

Narrator: James Bundy

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-06

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 95 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

He offers perspective-building facts, such as the fact that there are more people of Irish ancestry in the United States than in Ireland and more Jews than in Israel. He explains each ethnic group's varied experiences in adapting to American society.

Critic Reviews:

"[This] should be required reading for anyone interested in policy questions involving race and ethnicity." (New Republic)

"Ethnic America is at once useful as a concise history of major ethnic groups and significant as a quiet but powerful attack on liberal beliefs about minorities, racism, segregation, and affirmative action." (The New York Times Book Review)

Members Reviews:

Required

I read it a few years back and answered a few questions...it is one of my favorites of books I have read ,this book is what they should teach children early on instead of growing through it ...then one would have to ask what is the real American attitude.

WORTHWHILE READ

Informative, interesting details of various ethnic groups that have come to America.

If you are looking to better understand what has shaped our social values on ethnicity

Very in depth and thought provoking dissection of the ethnic history of America. If you are looking to better understand what has shaped our social values on ethnicity, I highly recommend it.

One of my favorite books. So much detail about different ethnic groups

One of my favorite books. So much detail about different ethnic groups, why they came to the U.S. and how different cultures came with different sets of values.

The big picture.

Once again Thomas Sowell shows us the big picture as each group and each individual try to find a way forward in America.

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Title: The Age of Anxiety

Subtitle: McCarthyism to Terrorism

Author: Haynes Johnson

Narrator: Kristoffer Tabori

Format: Abridged

Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-05-05

Publisher: HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 28 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Johnson tells this monumental story through the lens of its relevance to our own time, when fear again affects American behavior and attitudes, for he believes now, as then, that our civil liberties, our Constitution, and our nation are at stake as we confront the ever more difficult task of balancing the need for national security with that of personal liberty.

Compelling narrative history, insightful political commentary, and intimate personal remembrance combine to make The Age of Anxiety a vitally important book for our time.

Critic Reviews:

"Pulitzer-winning journalist Johnson (The Best of Times) offers an engrossing account of the career of red-baiting demagogue Joseph McCarthy and a chilling description of his legacy for today." (Publishers Weekly)

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Title: The Soul of the Indian

Author: Charles Alexander Eastman

Narrator: Scott Peterson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-10-05

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 82 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Charles Alexander Eastman (1858-1939), an educated and well-known Sioux, saw both sides of the great divide between Indians and whites, and he wrote 11 books attempting to reconcile the two cultures. This book is his illumination of Indian spiritual beliefs and practices. A convert to Christianity, Eastman never lost his sense of the wholeness and beauty of the Indian's relation to his existence and to the natural world. Part history and part reminiscence, told in very personal terms, and coupled with seven folk tales, this book treats the listener to a good look at the ethics and morality of a culture that so few people know about.

(P)2002 Blackstone Audiobooks

Members Reviews:

This should be on any 'must read' list

The first half is very enlightening for adults, it reveals much of ancient indian spirituality. The second half is lots of fun for adults and children, being a set of enjoyable native american fables.

Absolutely excellent.

well read and

good information for those who want to know more about native indians their folklore. i think this is for all ages.

An insider's account

This is a short, matter-of-fact account of "the Indian way of life", as told by a real Native American who eventually assimilated into white culture.

He explains that it is against the Indian's nature to reveal his spiritual ideas to outsiders, and this is what makes this book so valuable.

Particularly interesting is a chapter in which Eastman details the supposed "magic" which some Indians allegedly possess.

Soulful

Enjoyed hearing the words of Alexander Eastman and capture that what was happening then in society is still happening today