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Title: Baseball in '41

Author: Robert W. Creamer

Narrator: Tom Parker

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-14-05

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 30 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

It was the year that Joe DiMaggio set his 56-game hitting streak, that Ted Williams batted .406, that the Dodgers and the Yankees battled each other in a classic World Series, and that America went to war. In this look at what he calls "the best baseball season ever", Robert Creamer skillfully intertwines all these epochal baseball happenings with an informal history of a pivotal period in American life, as well as with his own memories of what it was like to be 18 and a baseball fan when a looming war and the game he loved vied for his attention. For all who love baseball,

Baseball in '41 makes it clear why the game is still the purest representation of the American Dream.

©1991 Robert W. Creamer (P)1997 Blackstone Audiobooks

Critic Reviews:

"This is a baseball book, but whether Creamer intended it or not, it's much, much more." (Sports Illustrated)

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Title: Jefferson's War

Subtitle: America's First War on Terror, 1801-1805

Author: Joseph Wheelan

Narrator: Patrick Cullen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-17-05

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 251 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

For nearly 200 years, the Barbary pirates had haunted the Mediterranean, enslaving tens of thousands of Europeans and extorting millions of dollars from their countries in a mercenary holy war against Christendom. Sailing in sleek corsairs built for speed and plunder, the Barbary pirates attacked European and American merchant shipping with impunity, triumphing as much by terror as force of arms.

The author traces the events leading to Jefferson's belief that peace with the Barbary States and respect from Europe could be achieved only through the "medium of war".

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Title: In the Heart of the Sea

Subtitle: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

Author: Nathaniel Philbrick

Narrator: Edward Herrmann

Format: Abridged

Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-13-05

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 150 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Nathaniel Philbrick uses little-known documents, including a long-lost account written by the ship's cabin boy, and penetrating details about whaling and the Nantucket community to reveal the chilling events surrounding this epic maritime disaster. An intense and mesmerizing read, In the Heart of the Sea is a monumental work of history forever placing the Essex tragedy in the American historical canon.

Critic Reviews:

"A fascinating tale, well told." (Booklist)

"[Told] with verve and authenticity...a classic tale of the sea." (San Francisco Chronicle)

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Title: The Boys of Pointe du Hoc

Subtitle: Ronald Reagan, D-Day, and the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion

Author: Douglas Brinkley

Narrator: Douglas Brinkley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-27-05

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 66 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

U.S. and British warships poised in the English Channel had 18 targets on their bombardment list for D-Day morning. The 100-foot promontory known as Pointe du Hoc, where six big German guns were ensconced, was number one. Under the bulldoggish command of Colonel James E. Rudder of Texas, these elite forces, "Rudder's Rangers", took control of the fortified cliff. The liberation of Europe was under way.

Based upon recently released documents, The Boys of Pointe du Hoc is the first in-depth, anecdotal remembrance of these fearless Army Rangers. With brilliant deftness, Brinkley moves between two events four decades apart to tell the dual story of the making of Reagan's two uplifting 1984 speeches, considered by many to be among the best orations the Great Communicator ever gave.

Critic Reviews:

"Brinkley clearly and movingly tells the story of how a simple tribute became a milestone in the historiography of WWII and another feather in the Great Communicator's cap." (Publishers Weekly)

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Title: The Oregon Trail

Author: Francis Parkman

Narrator: Adrian Cronauer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-16-99

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 44 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

The Oregon Trail chronicles the travels of Francis Parkman up the Oregon Trail as he records his observations of the Pawnee and Oglala Sioux. For 6 months he lived among the natives, and even accompanied them on buffalo hunts. Along the way he also recorded an authentic record of frontier life, including eyewitness accounts of the trappers, Mormons, outlaws, pioneers and various adventurers who tried to tame the Wild West.

Editorial Reviews:

Francis Parkmans frontier travelogue brims with timeless vignettes and old-world character studies, all told through the restless eyes of the 23-year-old author, himself the very embodiment of Manifest Destiny. Listeners will experience Parkmans vivid accounts of Plains Indians, prairie life, and varied methods of hunting buffalo. Actor Adrian Cronauer captures the unique idiosyncrasies of the young pioneer - his rejection of "civilized" life, his glowing camaraderie with other frontiersmen - in a performance that blends stoic reserve with a rugged sense of adventure.

Critic Reviews:

"His journal is beautifully read by Adrian Cronauer, whose clear diction enhances the text." (Library Journal)

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Title: The Heathen School

Subtitle: A Story of Hope and Betrayal in the Age of the Early Republic

Author: John Demos

Narrator: Tom Weiner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-18-14

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 16 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

The astonishing story of a unique missionary project - and the America it embodied - from award-winning historian John Demos

Near the start of the 19th century, as the newly established United States looked outward toward the wider world, a group of eminent Protestant ministers formed a grand scheme for gathering the rest of mankind into the redemptive fold of Christianity and "civilization". Its core element was a special school for "heathen youth" drawn from all parts of the Earth, including the Pacific Islands, China, India, and increasingly, the native nations of North America. If all went well, graduates would return to join similar projects in their respective homelands. For some years the school prospered and became quite famous. However, when two Cherokee students courted and married local women, public resolve - and fundamental ideals - were put to a severe test.

The Heathen School follows the progress - and the demise - of this first true melting pot through the lives of individual students: among them, Henry Obookiah, a young Hawaiian who ran away from home and worked as a seaman in the China Trade before ending up in New England; John Ridge, son of a powerful Cherokee chief and subsequently a leader in the process of Indian "removal"; and Elias Boudinot, editor of the first newspaper published by and for Native Americans. From its birth as a beacon of hope for universal "salvation", the heathen school descends into bitter controversy as American racial attitudes harden and intensify. Instead of encouraging reconciliation, the school exposes the limits of tolerance and sets off a chain of events that will culminate tragically in the Trail of Tears.

In The Heathen School, John Demos marshals his deep empathy and feel for the textures of history to tell a moving story of families and communities - and to probe the very roots of American identity.

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Title: The Presidents and the Constitution

Subtitle: A Living History

Author: Ken Gormley - editor

Narrator: Sean Runnette

Format: Unabridged

Length: 21 hrs and 45 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-27-16

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 14 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

In this sweepingly ambitious volume, the nation's foremost experts on the American presidency and the US Constitution join together to tell the intertwined stories of how each American president has confronted and shaped the Constitution. Each occupant of the office - the first president to the 44th - has contributed to the story of the Constitution through the decisions he made and the actions he took as the nation's chief executive.

By examining presidential history through the lens of constitutional conflicts and challenges, The Presidents and the Constitution offers a fresh perspective on how the Constitution has evolved in the hands of individual presidents. It delves into key moments in American history, from Washington's early battles with Congress to the advent of the national security presidency under George W. Bush and Barack Obama, to reveal the dramatic historical forces that drove these presidents to action. Historians and legal experts, including Richard Ellis, Gary Hart, Stanley Kutler, and Kenneth Starr, bring the Constitution to life, and show how the awesome powers of the American presidency have been shaped by the men who were granted them. The book brings to the fore the overarching constitutional themes that span this country's history, and ties together presidencies in a way never before accomplished.

Exhaustively researched and compellingly presented, The Presidents and the Constitution shines new light on America's brilliant constitutional and presidential history.

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Title: Criminal Law & Procedure: A Background on the Elements of Crimes and the Rights of Defendants

Author: Charles River Editors

Narrator: Edwin King

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-08-15

Publisher: Charles River Editors

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

The United States has one of the most technically sound criminal justice systems in the world. Mostly derived from English common law, the US Constitution explicitly lays out when and how a citizen can be searched and arrested, as well as their other rights to trial. But, as with many of the Constitution's powers, the experiences of the colonists at the hands of the British shaped our legal system's criminal procedure laws.

Like most of American jurisprudence, American criminal law is rooted in the early American settler's experience with British law. In fact, when Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence and listed the "repeated injuries and usurpations" of the British monarchy, he named no less than five alleged offenses implicating the criminal justice system. Jefferson noted the King had "refus[ed] his assent to laws for establishing judiciary powers," and he had "made judges dependent on his will alone." Jefferson also accused the British of conducting "mock trials" to protect their own soldiers who had committed crimes against the colonists, while depriving colonists of the rights to a trial by jury of their own peers.

Criminal procedure is a subset of constitutional law that focuses on the procedures by which authorities investigate, prosecute, and adjudicate crimes. Criminal procedure rules frame the behavior of police, prosecutors, and judges when they seek to apprehend, charge, and convict those suspected of committing a crime to ensure that the suspect's constitutional rights are protected.

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Title: The Heathen School

Subtitle: A Story of Hope and Betrayal in the Age of the Early Republic

Author: John Demos

Narrator: Tom Weiner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-18-14

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 16 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

The astonishing story of a unique missionary project - and the America it embodied - from award-winning historian John Demos

Near the start of the 19th century, as the newly established United States looked outward toward the wider world, a group of eminent Protestant ministers formed a grand scheme for gathering the rest of mankind into the redemptive fold of Christianity and "civilization". Its core element was a special school for "heathen youth" drawn from all parts of the Earth, including the Pacific Islands, China, India, and increasingly, the native nations of North America. If all went well, graduates would return to join similar projects in their respective homelands. For some years the school prospered and became quite famous. However, when two Cherokee students courted and married local women, public resolve - and fundamental ideals - were put to a severe test.

The Heathen School follows the progress - and the demise - of this first true melting pot through the lives of individual students: among them, Henry Obookiah, a young Hawaiian who ran away from home and worked as a seaman in the China Trade before ending up in New England; John Ridge, son of a powerful Cherokee chief and subsequently a leader in the process of Indian "removal"; and Elias Boudinot, editor of the first newspaper published by and for Native Americans. From its birth as a beacon of hope for universal "salvation", the heathen school descends into bitter controversy as American racial attitudes harden and intensify. Instead of encouraging reconciliation, the school exposes the limits of tolerance and sets off a chain of events that will culminate tragically in the Trail of Tears.

In The Heathen School, John Demos marshals his deep empathy and feel for the textures of history to tell a moving story of families and communities - and to probe the very roots of American identity.

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Title: The Presidents and the Constitution

Subtitle: A Living History

Author: Ken Gormley - editor

Narrator: Sean Runnette

Format: Unabridged

Length: 21 hrs and 45 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-27-16

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 14 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

In this sweepingly ambitious volume, the nation's foremost experts on the American presidency and the US Constitution join together to tell the intertwined stories of how each American president has confronted and shaped the Constitution. Each occupant of the office - the first president to the 44th - has contributed to the story of the Constitution through the decisions he made and the actions he took as the nation's chief executive.

By examining presidential history through the lens of constitutional conflicts and challenges, The Presidents and the Constitution offers a fresh perspective on how the Constitution has evolved in the hands of individual presidents. It delves into key moments in American history, from Washington's early battles with Congress to the advent of the national security presidency under George W. Bush and Barack Obama, to reveal the dramatic historical forces that drove these presidents to action. Historians and legal experts, including Richard Ellis, Gary Hart, Stanley Kutler, and Kenneth Starr, bring the Constitution to life, and show how the awesome powers of the American presidency have been shaped by the men who were granted them. The book brings to the fore the overarching constitutional themes that span this country's history, and ties together presidencies in a way never before accomplished.

Exhaustively researched and compellingly presented, The Presidents and the Constitution shines new light on America's brilliant constitutional and presidential history.

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