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The Year of Peril

America in 1942

by Tracy Campbell ...

"[A] thought-provoking. . . .compelling" chronicle exploring how the character of American society revealed itself during WWII (Paul Kennedy, Wall Street Journal ).Winner of the New-York Historical Society's Barbara and David Zalaznick Book PrizeThe Second World War exists in the American historical imagination as a time of unity and optimism. In 1942, however, after a series of defeats in the ... Read more

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"[A] thought-provoking. . . .compelling" chronicle exploring how the character of American society revealed itself during WWII (Paul Kennedy, Wall Street Journal ).Winner of the New-York Historical Society's Barbara and David Zalaznick Book PrizeThe Second World War exists in the American historical imagination as a time of unity and optimism. In 1942, however, after a series of defeats in the
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The Gateway Arch

by Tracy Campbell ...

Series series Icons of America
This "fascinating, engaging" history of St. Louis's monument to American expansion reveals a story of greed, discrimination, and community displacement (NextSTL.com).Rising to a triumphant height of 630 feet, the Gateway Arch is one of the world's most widely recognized structures and attracts millions of tourists to St. Louis every year. Envisioned in 1947 but not completed until the mid-1960s, ... Read more

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This "fascinating, engaging" history of St. Louis's monument to American expansion reveals a story of greed, discrimination, and community displacement (NextSTL.com).Rising to a triumphant height of 630 feet, the Gateway Arch is one of the world's most widely recognized structures and attracts millions of tourists to St. Louis every year. Envisioned in 1947 but not completed until the mid-1960s,
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The Year of Peril

America in 1942

by Tracy Campbell ...

Narrated by Paul Heitsch ...

Unabridged

14 hours 8 min

A fascinating chronicle of how the character of American society revealed itself under the duress of World War II.The Second World War exists in the American historical imagination as a time of unity and optimism. In 1942, however, after a series of defeats in the Pacific and the struggle to establish a beachhead on the European front, America seemed to be on the brink of defeat and was beginning ... Read more

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A fascinating chronicle of how the character of American society revealed itself under the duress of World War II.The Second World War exists in the American historical imagination as a time of unity and optimism. In 1942, however, after a series of defeats in the Pacific and the struggle to establish a beachhead on the European front, America seemed to be on the brink of defeat and was beginning
... Read more

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The Politics of Despair

Power and Resistance in the Tobacco Wars

by Tracy Campbell ...

Shortly after 1900, tens of thousands of tobacco growers throughout Kentucky and Tennessee convulsed the region for nearly a decade in a revolt against the monopolistic practices of the American Tobacco Company. Though the revolt known as the Tobacco Wars remains one of the more remarkable insurgencies of rural America, it is also one of the more misunderstood. In this first major account of the ... Read more

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Shortly after 1900, tens of thousands of tobacco growers throughout Kentucky and Tennessee convulsed the region for nearly a decade in a revolt against the monopolistic practices of the American Tobacco Company. Though the revolt known as the Tobacco Wars remains one of the more remarkable insurgencies of rural America, it is also one of the more misunderstood. In this first major account of the
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Short of the Glory

The Fall and Redemption of Edward F. Prichard Jr.

by Tracy Campbell ...

Arthur Schlesinger Jr. thought that he might one day become president. He was a protege of Felix Frankfurter and Fred Vinson—a political prodigy who held a series of important posts in the Roosevelt and Truman administrations. Whatever became of Edward F. Prichard, Jr., so young and brilliant and seemingly destined for glory?Prichard was a complex man, and his story is tragically ironic. The boy ... Read more

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Arthur Schlesinger Jr. thought that he might one day become president. He was a protege of Felix Frankfurter and Fred Vinson—a political prodigy who held a series of important posts in the Roosevelt and Truman administrations. Whatever became of Edward F. Prichard, Jr., so young and brilliant and seemingly destined for glory?Prichard was a complex man, and his story is tragically ironic. The boy
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I AM

Find Your Identity. Claim Your Freedom. Embrace the Adventure.

Narrated by Tracy Campbell, Christian Bevere, Julianna Bevere, Addison D. Bevere ...

Unabridged

4 hours 15 min

There is a higher way of being, a way that stretches beyond watered-down religion and powerless sentiments. Our world has been waiting for the unveiling of God's glorious sons and daughters, and it's time our generation steps into that reality. In order to do this, we have to defy worldly norms and grab hold of our covenant with God.If you are struggling with finding your calling in this copy-and ... Read more

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There is a higher way of being, a way that stretches beyond watered-down religion and powerless sentiments. Our world has been waiting for the unveiling of God's glorious sons and daughters, and it's time our generation steps into that reality. In order to do this, we have to defy worldly norms and grab hold of our covenant with God.If you are struggling with finding your calling in this copy-and
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Valcour

The 1776 Campaign That Saved the Cause of Liberty

by Jack Kelly ...

Narrated by David Colacci ...

Unabridged

9 hours 47 min

During the summer of 1776, a British incursion from Canada loomed. In response, citizen soldiers of the newly independent nation mounted a heroic defense. Patriots constructed a small fleet of gunboats on Lake Champlain in northern New York and confronted the Royal Navy in a desperate three-day battle near Valcour Island. Their effort surprised the arrogant British and forced the enemy to call off ... Read more

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During the summer of 1776, a British incursion from Canada loomed. In response, citizen soldiers of the newly independent nation mounted a heroic defense. Patriots constructed a small fleet of gunboats on Lake Champlain in northern New York and confronted the Royal Navy in a desperate three-day battle near Valcour Island. Their effort surprised the arrogant British and forced the enemy to call off
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The Idea of America

Reflections on the Birth of the United States

by Gordon S. Wood ...

Narrated by Robert Fass ...

Unabridged

12 hours 57 min

The preeminent historian of the American Revolution explains why it remains the most significant event in our history.More than almost any other nation in the world, the United States began as an idea. For this reason, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gordon S. Wood believes that the American Revolution is the most important event in our history, bar none. Since American identity is so fluid and ... Read more

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The preeminent historian of the American Revolution explains why it remains the most significant event in our history.More than almost any other nation in the world, the United States began as an idea. For this reason, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gordon S. Wood believes that the American Revolution is the most important event in our history, bar none. Since American identity is so fluid and
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This Book Is Overdue!

How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All

by Marilyn Johnson ...

Narrated by Hillary Huber ...

Unabridged

7 hours 23 min

Buried in information? Cross-eyed over technology? From the bottom of a pile of paper and discs, books, e-books, and scattered thumb drives comes a cry of hope: Make way for the librarians! They want to help. They're not selling a thing. And librarians know best how to beat a path through the googolplex sources of information available to us, writes Marilyn Johnson, whose previous book, The Dead ... Read more

$16.99 USD

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Buried in information? Cross-eyed over technology? From the bottom of a pile of paper and discs, books, e-books, and scattered thumb drives comes a cry of hope: Make way for the librarians! They want to help. They're not selling a thing. And librarians know best how to beat a path through the googolplex sources of information available to us, writes Marilyn Johnson, whose previous book, The Dead
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Seceding from Secession

The Civil War, Politics, and the Creation of West Virginia

by Eric J. Wittenberg, Penny L. Barrick, Edmund A. Sargus, Jr. ...

Narrated by David Stifel ...

Unabridged

1 hour 31 min

"West Virginia was the child of the storm," concluded early Mountaineer historian and Civil War veteran, Maj. Theodore F. Lang. The northwestern third of the Commonwealth of Virginia finally broke away in 1863 to form the Union's thirty-fifth state. In Seceding from Secession: The Civil War, Politics, and the Creation of West Virginia, authors Eric J. Wittenberg, Edmund A. Sargus, and Penny L. ... Read more

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"West Virginia was the child of the storm," concluded early Mountaineer historian and Civil War veteran, Maj. Theodore F. Lang. The northwestern third of the Commonwealth of Virginia finally broke away in 1863 to form the Union's thirty-fifth state. In Seceding from Secession: The Civil War, Politics, and the Creation of West Virginia, authors Eric J. Wittenberg, Edmund A. Sargus, and Penny L.
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Culture in Nazi Germany

by Michael H. Kater ...

Narrated by David de Vries ...

Unabridged

16 hours 39 min

A fresh and insightful history of how the German arts-and-letters scene was transformed under the Nazis.Culture was integral to the smooth running of the Third Reich. In the years preceding WWII, a wide variety of artistic forms were used to instill a Nazi ideology in the German people and to manipulate the public perception of Hitler's enemies. During the war, the arts were closely tied to the ... Read more

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A fresh and insightful history of how the German arts-and-letters scene was transformed under the Nazis.Culture was integral to the smooth running of the Third Reich. In the years preceding WWII, a wide variety of artistic forms were used to instill a Nazi ideology in the German people and to manipulate the public perception of Hitler's enemies. During the war, the arts were closely tied to the
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Why the West Rules---for Now

The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future

by Ian Morris ...

Narrated by Antony Ferguson ...

Unabridged

24 hours 35 min

Sometime around 1750, English entrepreneurs unleashed the astounding energies of steam and coal, and the world was forever changed. The emergence of factories, railroads, and gunboats propelled the West's rise to power in the nineteenth century, and the development of computers and nuclear weapons in the twentieth century secured its global supremacy. Now, at the beginning of the twenty-first ... Read more

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Sometime around 1750, English entrepreneurs unleashed the astounding energies of steam and coal, and the world was forever changed. The emergence of factories, railroads, and gunboats propelled the West's rise to power in the nineteenth century, and the development of computers and nuclear weapons in the twentieth century secured its global supremacy. Now, at the beginning of the twenty-first
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