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Hetty

The Genius and Madness of America's First Female Tycoon

by Charles Slack ...

This acclaimed biography of the Gilded Age's Queen of Wall Street is "a must-read for all aspiring moguls" (Regina Herzlinger, Harvard Business School).When J. P. Morgan called a meeting of New York's financial leaders after the stock market crash of 1907, Hetty Green was the only woman in the room. The Guinness Book of World Records memorialized her as the World's Greatest Miser, and, indeed, ... Read more

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This acclaimed biography of the Gilded Age's Queen of Wall Street is "a must-read for all aspiring moguls" (Regina Herzlinger, Harvard Business School).When J. P. Morgan called a meeting of New York's financial leaders after the stock market crash of 1907, Hetty Green was the only woman in the room. The Guinness Book of World Records memorialized her as the World's Greatest Miser, and, indeed,
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Liberty's First Crisis

Adams, Jefferson, and the Misfits Who Saved Free Speech

by Charles Slack ...

"Slack engagingly reveals how the Federalist attack on the First Amendment almost brought down the Republic . . . An illuminating book of American history." — Kirkus Reviews , starred reviewIn 1798, with the United States in crisis, President John Adams and the Federalists in control of Congress passed an extreme piece of legislation that made criticism of the government and its leaders a crime ... Read more

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"Slack engagingly reveals how the Federalist attack on the First Amendment almost brought down the Republic . . . An illuminating book of American history." — Kirkus Reviews , starred reviewIn 1798, with the United States in crisis, President John Adams and the Federalists in control of Congress passed an extreme piece of legislation that made criticism of the government and its leaders a crime
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QuickValue: Discover Your Value and Empower Your Business in Three Easy Steps

by Reed Phillips ...

Gain the competitive edge by conducting a valuation of your company every year―quickly, accurately, and inexpensivelyBusiness leaders who know their company’s value at any given moment are more likely to seize the competitive edge―especially these days, when adding digital capabilities can dramatically affect value. But most businesses drop the ball because traditional valuation is complex, time ... Read more

$20.99 USD

Gain the competitive edge by conducting a valuation of your company every year―quickly, accurately, and inexpensivelyBusiness leaders who know their company’s value at any given moment are more likely to seize the competitive edge―especially these days, when adding digital capabilities can dramatically affect value. But most businesses drop the ball because traditional valuation is complex, time
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Hetty

The Genius and Madness of America's First Female Tycoon

by Charles Slack ...

Narrated by Nan McNamara ...

Unabridged

8 hours 48 min

“Wonderfully detailed....Today’s vilified moguls look like pussycats compared with Hetty.” —ForbesA biography of the “Witch of Wall Street,” who amassed a fortune of $100 million before women had the right to voteA full century before Oprah and Martha Stewart became icons of female entrepreneurship, there was Hetty Green, America’s richest woman, who stood alone among the roguish giants of the ... Read more

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“Wonderfully detailed....Today’s vilified moguls look like pussycats compared with Hetty.” —ForbesA biography of the “Witch of Wall Street,” who amassed a fortune of $100 million before women had the right to voteA full century before Oprah and Martha Stewart became icons of female entrepreneurship, there was Hetty Green, America’s richest woman, who stood alone among the roguish giants of the
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Poor Richard's Women

Deborah Read Franklin and the Other Women Behind the Founding Father

by Nancy Rubin Stuart ...

Narrated by Ann M. Richardson ...

Unabridged

7 hours 56 min

**“An engrossing look at the human side of Benjamin Franklin . . . Using a post-feminist lens that’s critical of gender essentialism, Stuart rescues these women from obscurity . . . This is a terrific read: poignant, provocative, and probing.”—Library Journal, Starred ReviewA vivid portrait of the women who loved, nurtured, and defended America’s famous scientist and founding father.**Everyone ... Read more

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**“An engrossing look at the human side of Benjamin Franklin . . . Using a post-feminist lens that’s critical of gender essentialism, Stuart rescues these women from obscurity . . . This is a terrific read: poignant, provocative, and probing.”—Library Journal, Starred ReviewA vivid portrait of the women who loved, nurtured, and defended America’s famous scientist and founding father.**Everyone
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The Lost Book of Moses

The Hunt for the World's Oldest Bible

by Chanan Tigay ...

Narrated by Chanan Tigay ...

Unabridged

9 hours 7 min

In the summer of 1883, Moses Wilhelm Shapira—archaeological treasure hunter and denizen of Jerusalem's bustling marketplace—arrived unannounced in London claiming to have discovered the world's oldest Bible scroll. When news of the discovery leaked to the excited English press, Shapira became a household name. But before the British Museum could acquire them, Shapira's nemesis, French ... Read more

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In the summer of 1883, Moses Wilhelm Shapira—archaeological treasure hunter and denizen of Jerusalem's bustling marketplace—arrived unannounced in London claiming to have discovered the world's oldest Bible scroll. When news of the discovery leaked to the excited English press, Shapira became a household name. But before the British Museum could acquire them, Shapira's nemesis, French
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The Drillmaster of Valley Forge

The Baron De Steuben and the Making of the American Army

by Paul Lockhart ...

Narrated by Norman Dietz ...

Unabridged

12 hours 8 min

The image of the Baron de Steuben training Washington's ragged, demoralized troops in the snow at Valley Forge is part of the iconography of our Revolutionary heritage, but most history fans know little more about this fascinating figure.In the first book on Steuben since 1937, Paul Lockhart, an expert on European military history, finally explains the significance of Steuben's military experience ... Read more

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The image of the Baron de Steuben training Washington's ragged, demoralized troops in the snow at Valley Forge is part of the iconography of our Revolutionary heritage, but most history fans know little more about this fascinating figure.In the first book on Steuben since 1937, Paul Lockhart, an expert on European military history, finally explains the significance of Steuben's military experience
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The Bohemians

The Lovers Who Led Germany's Resistance Against the Nazis

by Norman Ohler ...

Narrated by Peter Ganim ...

Unabridged

11 hours 50 min

“A detailed and meticulously researched tale… that reads like a thriller.”—New York Times Book ReviewFrom the New York Times best-selling author of Blitzed, the incredible true story of two idealistic young lovers who led the anti-Nazi resistance in the darkening heart of BerlinSummertime, 1935. On a lake near Berlin, a young man is out sailing wh... ... Read more

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“A detailed and meticulously researched tale… that reads like a thriller.”—New York Times Book ReviewFrom the New York Times best-selling author of Blitzed, the incredible true story of two idealistic young lovers who led the anti-Nazi resistance in the darkening heart of BerlinSummertime, 1935. On a lake near Berlin, a young man is out sailing wh...
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Operation Columba--The Secret Pigeon Service

The Untold Story of World War II Resistance in Europe

by Gordon Corera ...

Narrated by Derek Perkins ...

Unabridged

9 hours 35 min

The fascinating, untold story of how British intelligence secretly used homing pigeons as part of a clandestine espionage operation to gather information, communicate, and coordinate with members of the Resistance to defeat the Nazis in occupied Europe during World War II.Between 1941 and 1944, British intelligence dropped sixteen thousand homing pigeons in an arc across Nazi-occupied Europe, from ... Read more

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The fascinating, untold story of how British intelligence secretly used homing pigeons as part of a clandestine espionage operation to gather information, communicate, and coordinate with members of the Resistance to defeat the Nazis in occupied Europe during World War II.Between 1941 and 1944, British intelligence dropped sixteen thousand homing pigeons in an arc across Nazi-occupied Europe, from
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World Before Us, The

The New Science Behind Our Human Origins

by Tom Higham ...

Narrated by John Sackville ...

Unabridged

9 hours 4 min

A fascinating investigation of the origin of humans based on incredible new discoveries and advanced scientific technologyFifty thousand years ago, Homo sapiens was not the only species of humans in the world. There were also Neanderthals in what is now Europe, the Near East, and parts of Eurasia, Hobbits (H. floresiensis) on the island of Flores in Indonesia, Denisovans in Siberia and eastern ... Read more

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A fascinating investigation of the origin of humans based on incredible new discoveries and advanced scientific technologyFifty thousand years ago, Homo sapiens was not the only species of humans in the world. There were also Neanderthals in what is now Europe, the Near East, and parts of Eurasia, Hobbits (H. floresiensis) on the island of Flores in Indonesia, Denisovans in Siberia and eastern
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Women in the Middle Ages

The Lives of Real Women in a Vibrant Age of Transition

by Frances Gies, Joseph Gies ...

Narrated by Anne Flosnik ...

Unabridged

6 hours 49 min

Reissued for the first time in decades, this ambitious work of Medieval scholarship by bestselling historians Frances and Joseph Gies traces the stories and fates of women in Medieval Europe over the course of a millennium.Medieval history is often written as a series of battles and territorial shifts. But the essential contributions of women during this period have been too often relegated to the ... Read more

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Reissued for the first time in decades, this ambitious work of Medieval scholarship by bestselling historians Frances and Joseph Gies traces the stories and fates of women in Medieval Europe over the course of a millennium.Medieval history is often written as a series of battles and territorial shifts. But the essential contributions of women during this period have been too often relegated to the
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How to Survive the Titanic

Or, The Sinking of J. Bruce Ismay

by Frances Wilson ...

Narrated by Robin Sachs ...

Unabridged

11 hours 20 min

On the terrifying, chaotic night of April 14, 1912, while the Titanic was sinking, Bruce J. Ismay, the ship's owner, made a decision that would save his life - and end it. Ismay boarded a lifeboat meant for women and children, and within days became 'The Most Talked-of Man in the World.' Branded a coward, he became a flesh-and-blood embodiment of Joseph Conrad's legendary eponymous character, Lord ... Read more

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On the terrifying, chaotic night of April 14, 1912, while the Titanic was sinking, Bruce J. Ismay, the ship's owner, made a decision that would save his life - and end it. Ismay boarded a lifeboat meant for women and children, and within days became 'The Most Talked-of Man in the World.' Branded a coward, he became a flesh-and-blood embodiment of Joseph Conrad's legendary eponymous character, Lord
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