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Title: The Devil's Right Hand

Subtitle: The Tragic Story of the Colt Family Curse

Author: M. William Phelps

Narrator: Mark Holcomb

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-11-15

Publisher: M. William Phelps, LLC

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

The Devil's Right Hand chronicles the legacy of death and destruction in the gunmaking Colt family during the 19th century, a legacy largely remembered for a lurid murder case that inspired Edgar Allan Poe's story "The Oblong Box" - but one that encompassed much more....

New York Times and nationally best-selling author M. William Phelps reveals an unfathomable pattern surrounding repeating arms inventor Samuel Colt - from the death of all his children, including Sam's sea captain son's mysterious demise aboard his yacht, to the eccentric life of his widow. But the tip of this iceberg was the 1841-42 murder case of brother John C. Colt, one of New York's most sensational scandals. Printer Samuel Adams went to collect a debt from bookkeeper and author John Colt and was never seen alive again. Shocking revelations followed: Did John shoot Adams with one of his brother's Colt firearms before hacking him up and packing him in an oblong box? Did Sam Colt invent the revolving pistol, or steal the idea?

Part historical true-crime, part family biography and cultural history, The Devil's Right Hand is a stirring narrative about a darkly cursed American dynasty.

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Title: Blood of the Prophets

Subtitle: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows

Author: Will Bagley

Narrator: Charles Henderson Norman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 20 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-07-15

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 54 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

The massacre at Mountain Meadows on September 11, 1857, was the single most violent attack on a wagon train in the 30-year history of the Oregon and California trails. Yet it has been all but forgotten. Will Bagley's Blood of the Prophets is an award-winning, riveting account of the attack on the Baker-Fancher wagon train by Mormons in the local militia and a few Paiute Indians. Based on extensive investigation of the events surrounding the murder of over 120 men, women, and children, and drawing from a wealth of primary sources, Bagley explains how the murders occurred, reveals the involvement of territorial governor Brigham Young, and explores the subsequent suppression and distortion of events related to the massacre by the Mormon Church and others.

Critic Reviews:

"For 50 years, Mormon historian Juanita Brooks's

The Mountain Meadows Massacre has been the standard work on the subject. Here, Bagley claims only to extend Brooks' work. This well-written and well-thought-out analysis is essential for all libraries with collections on the West or the Mormons." (

Library Journal)

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Título: La era Pinochet [The Pinochet Era]

Subtitular: Chile bajo la dictadura [Chile Under the Dictator]

Autor: Online Studio Productions

Narrador: uncredited

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 36 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 05-01-15

Editor: Online Studio Productions

Calificaciones: 3 de 5 de 3 votos

Categorías: History, American

Resumen del editor:

A comienzos de 1973, la estabilidad de la administración de Salvador Allende, presidente de Chile, era ya insostenible. Pese a que su gobierno había alcanzado una serie de logros en materia de educación, salud y cultura, en el ámbito económico y de la seguridad nacional había resultado un terrible fracaso. Esto motivó a un grupo de militares liderados por Augusto Pinochet, a dar un golpe de estado que marcó la historia de Chile para siempre.

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Title: The Five Points

Subtitle: The History of New York City's Most Notorious Neighborhood

Author: Charles River Editors

Narrator: Wendy Almeida

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-06-15

Publisher: Charles River Editors

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

"Brick-bats, stones, and clubs were flying thickly around, and from the windows in all directions, and the men ran wildly about brandishing firearms. Wounded men lay on the sidewalks and were trampled upon. Now the Rabbits would make a combined rush and force their antagonists up Bayard Street to the Bowery. Then the fugitives, being reinforced, would turn on their pursuers and compel a retreat to Mulberry, Elizabeth and Baxter streets." - New York Times, July 1856

Of all the great cities in the world, few personify their country like New York City. As America's largest city and best known immigration gateway into the country, the Big Apple represents the beauty, diversity and sheer strength of the United States, a global financial center that has enticed people chasing the "American Dream" for centuries.

However, for all the promise and opportunities America seemingly held out, and for all of the nostalgia and pride the country's history invokes among Americans today, the simple truth is many never climbed the ladder. Hundreds of years spent trying to eradicate poverty has resulted only in gradual improvements, firm evidence that poverty will never be erased and poor people will be left to their own means of survival. That is how slums are born and maintained, and that is the story behind Five Points and the gangs that ruled it. The neighborhood's colloquial nickname came from its famous five-pointed intersection, created by Orange Street (now Baxter Street), Cross Street (now Mosco Street), and Anthony Street (now Worth Street).

In many ways, Manhattan's notorious Five Points neighborhood represents the best and worst of the American Dream.

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Title: Water to the Angels

Subtitle: William Mulholland, His Monumental Aqueduct, and the Rise of Los Angeles

Author: Les Standiford

Narrator: Robert Fass

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-31-15

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 104 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

The author of Last Train to Paradise tells the story of the largest public water project ever created - William Mulholland's Los Angeles aqueduct - a story of Gilded Age ambition, hubris, greed, and one determined man whose vision shaped the future and continues to impact us today.

In 1907 Irish immigrant William Mulholland conceived and built one of the greatest civil engineering feats in history: the aqueduct that carried water 223 miles from the Sierra Nevada mountains to Los Angeles - allowing this small, resource-challenged desert city to grow into a modern global metropolis. Drawing on new research, Les Standiford vividly captures the larger-than-life engineer and the breathtaking scope of his six-year, $23-million project that would transform a region, a state, and a nation at the dawn of its greatest century.

With energy and colorful detail, Water to the Angels brings to life the personalities, politics, and power - including bribery, deception, force, and bicoastal financial warfare - behind this dramatic event. At a time when the importance of water is being recognized as never before - considered by many experts to be the essential resource of the twenty-first century - Water to the Angels brings into focus the vigor of a fabled era, the might of a larger-than-life individual, and the scale of a priceless construction project and sheds critical light on a past that offers insights for our future.

Critic Reviews:

"As he goes back into Mulholland's life and work, Fass delivers an understated but gripping narration." (AudioFile)

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Título: Nicaragua [Spanish Edition]

Subtitular: Perfil social, político y cultural [Nicaragua: Social, Political and Cultural Profile]

Autor: Online Studio Productions

Narrador: uncredited

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 49 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 03-25-15

Editor: Online Studio Productions

Calificaciones: 4 de 5 de 1 votos

Categorías: History, American

Resumen del editor:

Los pormenores de la existencia en este maravilloso país centroamericano, bañado por las aguas del Océano Pacífico al oeste y el mar Caribe por el este. Sui historia, geografía, economía, sociedad, manifestaciones culturales, y mucho más, en un audio que Usted no se puede perder.

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Title: Iroquoia: The Development of a Native World

Subtitle: Iroquois & Their Neighbors

Author: William Engelbrecht

Narrator: Caleb Rector

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-12-15

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 18 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Drawing on archaeology, historical evidence, oral traditions, and linguistics, this audiobook provides a view of Iroquois life from the prehistoric period and Owasco sites through the establishment of the Five Nations.

Critic Reviews:

"An outstanding survey of this captivating episode of America's heritage." (American Archaeology)

"Accessible and plainspoken account of the Iroquois and their homeland... book's strength lies in its use of enthnohistory." (New York History)

"Essential reading not only for scholars... but also anyone interested in understanding contemporary Iroquois world view and politics." (Ontario Archaeology)

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Title: Band of Giants

Subtitle: The Amateur Soldiers Who Won America's Independence

Author: Jack Kelly

Narrator: James C. Lewis

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-03-15

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 54 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Jefferson, Adams, and Franklin are known to all; men like Morgan, Greene, and Wayne are less familiar. Yet the dreams of the politicians and theorists became real only because fighting men were willing to take on the grim, risky, brutal work of war. The soldiers of the American Revolution were a diverse lot: merchants and mechanics, farmers and fishermen, paragons and drunkards. Most were ardent amateurs. Even George Washington, assigned to take over the army around Boston in 1775, consulted books on military tactics.

Here, Jack Kelly vividly captures the fraught condition of the war - the bitterly divided populace, the lack of supplies, the repeated setbacks on the battlefield, and the appalling physical hardships. That these inexperienced warriors could take on and defeat the superpower of the day was one of the remarkable feats in world history.

Critic Reviews:

"[T]he writing is lively, and [Jack] offers a serious reminder of the brutality of the American Revolution." (

Publishers Weekly)

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Title: Civil War Stories

Subtitle: A 150th Anniversary Collection

Author: The Washington Post

Narrator: Kevin Pariseau

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 hrs and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-13-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 9 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Stories from - and about - a nation divided. At The Washington Post, the Civil War has held an enduring fascination for both readers and writers. Raging from 1861-1865, the Battle Between the States has left a lasting imprint on the United States' collective psyche for 150 years. Civil War Stories: A 150th Anniversary Collection aggregates historical data with contemporary reflections, as journalists and historians put the bloody war into context:

Personal stories of tragedy and triumph still resonate today. From biographical histories to examinations of the war's legacies, Civil War Stories: A 150th Anniversary Collection is a unique compilation of stories of when our nation was divided.

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Title: John C. Calhoun: American Portrait

Author: Margaret L. Coit

Narrator: Charlton Griffin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 29 hrs and 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-17-14

Publisher: Audio Connoisseur

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 43 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Author Margaret Coit's Pulitzer Prize winning biography of John C. Calhoun is a towering accomplishment in the writing of American history, powerful in the fullest sense of the word. This is no bland recital of dates and events. It is a searing, blinding, cascading roller coaster of emotional, spiritual, intellectual, and above all, human, history. The listener lives through hot, sleepy days on the South Carolina frontier of Calhoun's youth; goes with him to Yale in 1802 where the scent of the sea wafted in through his rooms; to the stern, New England town of Litchfield, Connecticut and its law school to study under Federalist mentors, and where students were expected to wear buckled breeches and ruffled stocks.

Muddy, primitive Washington, D.C. comes to life in the terrible years when our national tragedy of disunion was unfolding, with Jackson, Benton, Randolph, Webster, Clay, and Calhoun each struggling in his own way to avert catastrophe. When you have known the great South Carolinian at all the stages of his life; when you have lived through the events which determined his views; and when you have followed the path of his relentless logic - then you will finally understand our Civil War as few of us have ever been able to understand it before. In Miss Coit's brilliant story of Calhoun's personal life we discover a man of human frailties and human magnificence, much different from the image in those brooding photographs. And for the first time we understand how John C. Calhoun held the passionate loyalty of his people.

Critic Reviews:

"Provides far and away the most detailed, vivid, and convincing personal characterization of Calhoun we have." (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Nation)

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