Listen to New Full Audiobooks in History, The Americas

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Title: A Decade of Disruption: America in the New Millennium

Author: Garrett Peck

Narrator: Jamie Hanes

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 13 hours 12 minutes

Release date: August 13, 2020

Genres: The Americas

Publisher's Summary:

Dubya. The 9/11 terrorist attacks. Enron and WorldCom. The Iraq War. Hurricane Katrina. The disruptive nature of the internet. An anxious aging population redefining retirement. The gay community demanding full civil rights. A society becoming ever more “brown.” The housing bubble and the Great Recession. The historic election of Barack Obama―and the angry Tea Party reaction. The United States experienced a turbulent first decade of the 21st century, tumultuous years of economic crises, social and technological change, and war. This “lost decade” (2000–2010) was bookended by two financial crises: the dot-com meltdown followed by the Great Recession. Banks deemed “too big to fail” were rescued when the federal government bailed them out, but meanwhile millions lost their homes to foreclosure and witnessed the wipeout of their retirement savings. The fallout from the Great Recession led to the hyper-polarized society of the years that followed, when populists ran amok on both the left and the right and Americans divided into two distinct tribes. A Decade of Disruption is a timely re-examination of the recent past that reveals how we’ve arrived at our current era of cultural division.

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Title: The Icon Black Lives Matter Series; My Brothers. My Sisters; United in the Deep Jazz Funk of Love

Author: Geoffrey Giuliano

Narrator: Geoffrey Giuliano

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 2 hours 29 minutes

Release date: August 10, 2020

Genres: The Americas

Publisher's Summary:

This stirring, evocative, one-of-a-kind new audiobook from historian and author Geoffrey Giuliano chronicles the legendary scholar, social reformer, activist and author, the charismatic, Dr. Cornel West, in a loving tribute to his great work and exemplary life. Here is the lauded university professor and folksy intellectual up close and personal exposing his sage ideals in own inimitable, stylish, endearing way. Who else in this weary world can confound and confront even his enemies yet engender smiles on the faces of all? This great man continues his mission to enlighten, educate, and counsel folks everywhere in his sometimes fierce, though always concerned and loving way. Here is Dr. West in his own words, in his own time, a charismatic apostle of that mercurial Love Supreme. A must for all university and academic collections. The author will be donating all of his proceeds to the Vrindavan Widows & Children's Fund. Edited by Macc Kay Production executive Avalon Giuliano ICON Intern Eden Giuliano Music By AudioNautix With Their Kind Permission ©2020 Eden Garret Giuliano (P) Eden Garret Giuliano Geoffrey Giuliano is the author of over thirty internationally bestselling biographies, including the London Sunday Times bestseller Blackbird: The Life and Times of Paul McCartney and Dark Horse: The Private Life of George Harrison. He can be heard on the Westwood One Radio Network and has written and produced over seven hundred original spoken-word albums and video documentaries on various aspects of popular culture. He is also a well known movie actor.

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Title: From Kitchen to Carnegie Hall: Ethel Stark and the Montreal Women's Symphony Orchestra

Author: Maria Noriega Rachwal

Narrator: Allegra Fullton

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 28 minutes

Release date: August 10, 2020

Genres: The Americas

Publisher's Summary:

In the 1940s it was unheard of for women to be members of a professional orchestra, let alone play "masculine" instruments like the bass or trombone. Yet despite these formidable challenges, the Montreal Women's Symphony Orchestra (MWSO) became the only all-women orchestra in Canadian history. Formed in 1940, the MWSO became the first orchestra to represent Canada in New York City's Carnegie Hall. The stories of those musicians are illuminated here, including the life of the incredible Ethel Stark, the co-founder and conductor of the MWSO.

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Title: Recollections of a Confederate Staff Officer

Author: G. Moxley Sorrel

Narrator: John Lescault

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

Release date: July 28, 2020

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1

Genres: The Americas

Publisher's Summary:

Written by the officer who became General Longstreet’s most trusted associate, this collection of firsthand accounts, memoirs, and diaries grants the listener an inside view into the workings of the Confederate army staff—the unknown soldiers, the well-known commanders, politicians, nurses, and civilians—relating the events of the Civil War as Lt. Colonel Gilbert Moxley Sorrel experienced it.

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Title: The Bombardier Story: From Snowmobiles to Global Transportation Powerhouse

Author: Larry Macdonald

Narrator: David Gutcheon

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 31 minutes

Release date: July 20, 2020

Genres: The Americas

Publisher's Summary:

Heard of Bombardier Inc.? No? How about Lear Jets, Ski-Doos and Sea-Doos? All made by Bombardier. Whos the world's largest rail manufacturer, for both railway and subway systems? Bombardier. Who is the third largest civil aircraft manufacturer in the world, after Boeing and the Airbus consortium? Yes, you guessed it-- Bombardier. In 1942, Joseph-Armand Bombardier invented the snowmobile and founded his company to manufacture them. From its humble beginnings as an entrepreneurial company in rural Quebec, led by an enterprising inventor, Bombardier Inc. has emerged as a global leader in the transportation industry. But that journey has not been without its ups and downs. There have been turbulent times for the company, not least of which occurred after September 11 and pushed Bombardier to the brink. The Bombardier Story tells the fascinating tale of this remarkable company, chronicling its rise, its challenges, and its ability to reinvent and turn itself aroundthanks to strong leadership and management strategy, succession planning, strategic diversification, and turnaround and acquisition artistryto endure as a global powerhouse in the transportation industry.

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Title: Toy Monster: The Big, Bad World of Mattel

Author: Jerry Oppenheimer

Narrator: Dina Pearlman

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 57 minutes

Release date: July 20, 2020

Genres: The Americas

Publisher's Summary:

From Boise to Beijing, Mattels toys dominate the universe. Its no-fun-and-games marketing muscle reaches some 140 countries, and its iconic productsBarbie, Hot Wheels, and Chatty Cathy, to name a fewhave been a part of our culture for generations. Now, in this intriguing and entertaining exposé, New York Times bestselling author Jerry Oppenheimer places the worlds largest toy company under a journalistic microscope, uncovering the dark side of toy land, and exploring Mattels oddball corporate culture and eccentric, often bizarre, cast of characters. Based on exclusive interviews and an exhaustive review of public and private records, Toy Monster exposes Mattels take-no-prisoners, shark-infested corporate style. Throughout this scrupulously reported, unauthorized portrait, youll discover how dangerous toys are actually nothing new to Mattel, and why its fearsomely litigious approach within the brutal toy business has helped their products dominate over potential rivals such as Bratz. But this is only part of the story. Along the way, youll also become familiar with the larger-than-life personalities that have shaped Mattels eccentric world. Theres cofounder Ruth Handler, a one-woman sales-merchandising-promotion-administrative force, a sort of industrial Orson Welles, who becomes a white-collar criminal. Theres Jack Ryan, the Father of Barbie, whose second of five wives calls him a full-blown seventies-style swinger into wife-swapping and sundry sexual pursuits as a way of life. And dont forget CEO Robert Eckert, who came from the worlds of processed cheese and hot dogs to lead Mattelonly to get grilled by the U.S. Congress, and the world press, in the lead-paint-and-dangerous-magnets cause célèbre. The phenomenal Barbie brands 50th anniversary arrives in 2009, hot on the heels of the China Toy Terror recall scandal that has tarnished Mattels image in the hearts and minds of millions of people worldwide. Toy Monster takes you inside the scandals that have been a part of this company, and shows you why todays toy business isnt always fun and games.

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Title: Madoff with the Money

Author: Jerry Oppenheimer

Narrator: Oliver Wyman

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 42 minutes

Release date: July 20, 2020

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2

Genres: The Americas

Publisher's Summary:

Madoff with the Money is a deeply disturbing narrative portrait of Bernie Madoff based on dozens of exclusive, news-making interviews -- beginning with his roots and the values, or lack thereof, he was taught in the Madoff home in working class Laurelton, Queens, in the '40s and '50s, to his high-life on Wall Street and in the super-rich enclaves of Palm Beach, London and the French Riviera and everywhere else he stalked, pulling off his shocking $50 billion Ponzi scheme. Through bestselling author Jerry Oppenheimers in depth reporting there will be new revelations to this startling case. Also profiled will be the dozens, if not hundreds of trusting -- and sometimes avaricious victims -- ranging from non-profit Jewish charities, to the likes of seemingly sophisticated celebrities such as Larry King and Zsa Zsa Gabor, to the brilliant French investment manager who slit his wrists after entrusting and losing $1.4 billion to one of history's all-time charlatans -- a manipulative Svengali who the author compares to psychopaths like Charles Manson and Jim Jones.

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Title: Lady on the Hill: How Biltmore Estate Became an American Icon

Author: Howard E. Covington, The Biltmore Company

Narrator: Mirron Willis

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 31 minutes

Release date: July 20, 2020

Genres: The Americas

Publisher's Summary:

This is the story of Biltmore Estate's transformation from a financial drain for George Vanderbilt and his heirs -- banker David Rockefeller called it a'a white elephant' -- into an unparalled example of private preservation and the most important working asset of the western North Carolina travel industry.  No one gave Biltmore's future a chance, but George Vanderbilt's grandson, William A. V. Cecil, persevered over thirty-five years, and his determination, creativity and vision produced an enterprise whose profits he used to preserve his patrimony.

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Title: Unsolved Mysteries of American History: An Eye-Opening Journey through 500 Years of Discoveries, Disappearances, and Baffling Events

Author: Paul Aron

Narrator: Kurt Elftmann

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 28 minutes

Release date: July 20, 2020

Genres: The Americas

Publisher's Summary:

'A lively tour through our past and an ingenious primer in the art of historical detection.' --Robert A. Gross, author of The Minutemen and Their World Did Leif Ericsson beat Columbus to America? What happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke? Did Pocahontas really save John Smith? Did Davy Crockett die at the Alamo? What really happened to Amelia Earhart, and was she a spy? Who killed JFK? Unsolved Mysteries of American History re-creates the most mystifying events of our past, following some of our greatest historians as they search for the elusive answers. Spanning more than five centuries--from Leif Ericsson and Columbus through Watergate and Iran-Contra--Aron makes sense of all the latest discoveries and speculations. Here is everything you could ever want from a detective story: dramatic twists and turns, intellectual challenges, frustrating dead-ends, murderous mayhem, and thrilling espionage. 'Stimulating and pleasurable, fair and objective . . . recommended for both the history buff and the fan of true-life mysteries.'--Kirkus Reviews 'Everyone loves a mystery and a history mystery best of all. Aron has assembled an impressive array of 'whodunits.'' --Ivor Noel Hume, former director, Department of Archaeology, Colonial Williamsburg author of The Virginia Adventure 'A welcome gateway for historical exploration.' --Booklist 'Aron performs something of a minor miracle: He zeroes in on the very core of historical mysteries and provides new insights for reconsidering mystifying events.' --Allan W. Eckert, author of Sorrow in Our Heart

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Title: Tough Cookies: Leadership Lessons from 100 Years of the Girl Scouts

Author: Kathy Cloninger

Narrator: Suehyla El-Attar

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 3 hours 55 minutes

Release date: July 20, 2020

Genres: The Americas

Publisher's Summary:

Untold numbers of American businesswomen received their first lessons in salesmanship, money management, customer relations, marketing and fulfillment selling Girl Scout cookies, but, as readers will learn, The Girl Scouts stand for much more than cookies and badges. In fact, there is no other organization remotely comparable in size, experience, and resources devoted to developing the leadership in girls than that of the GSUSA.   Defining the way the Girl Scouts do business, the business of leadership, Tough Cookies will capture the essence of the unique ways in which the GSUSA is run, and why it is so successful, inspiring readers everywhere. Telling the story for how the Girl Scouts organization adopted a set of fundamental principles for sustainingand buildinga 100-year old organization, Tough Cookies will demonstrate how the GSUSA have managed not only to transform themselves, but transform the rising generations of young women and the world they will inherit.