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Voices of Olympic Track Greats Audiobook

Hear the voices of Olympic Track Greats, including Jesse Owens, winner of 4 Gold Medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin; Josy Barthel, a Luxembourgish runner who won the men's 1500 meters at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Olympics; and Roger Bannister, an English athlete best known for breaking the 4-minute mile.

Jesse Owens, Josy Barthel, Roger Bannister, Unknown, Unknown (Author), Jesse Owens, Josy Barthel, Roger Bannister (Narrator)

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Voices of Old-Time Boxing Greats, Volume 2

Al Mayer, Benny Leonard, Bill Corum, Jack Dempsey, Jack Johnson, Jim Jeffries, Joe Louis, Luis Firpo, Max Schmeling, Nat Fleisher, Tony Galento (Author), Al Mayer, Benny Leonard, Bill Corum, Jack Dempsey, Jack Johnson, Jim Jeffries, Joe Louis, Luis Firpo, Max Schmeling, Nat Fleisher, Tony Galento (Narrator)

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Voices of Old-Time Boxing Greats

Gene Tunney, Jack Dempsey, James J. Corbett, Jess Willard, Joe Louis, Max Schmeling, Tami Mauriello, Tommy Farr, Tony Galento, Various Authors, Various Authors (Author), Gene Tunney, Jack Dempsey, James J. Corbett, Jess Willard, Joe Louis, Max Schmeling, Tami Mauriello, Tommy Farr, Tony Galento, Various Readers, Various Readers (Narrator)

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Voices of Hollywood's Early Film Stars

Blanche Sweet was an American silent film actress who began her career in the earliest days of the Hollywood. As the Roaring Twenties wound down, Sweet's career faltered with the advent of talkies. Sweet made just three talking pictures, including her critically lauded performance in 1930's Show Girl in Hollywood, before retiring from the screen that same year. Bronco Billy Anderson was an American actor, writer, film director, and film producer, who is best known as the first star of the Western film genre. Anderson played three roles in Edwin Porter's 1903 motion picture The Great Train Robbery. D. W. Griffith was an American film director, mostly remembered as the director of the 1915 film The Birth of a Nation and the subsequent film Intolerance in 1916. The Birth of a Nation made pioneering use of advanced camera and narrative techniques, and its immense popularity set the stage for the dominance of the feature-length film in the United States. Harold Lloyd was an American actor, comedian, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and stunt performer who is most famous for his silent comedy films. Harold Lloyd ranks alongside Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton as one of the most popular and influential film comedians of the silent film era. Jackie Coogan was an American actor who began his movie career as a child actor in silent films. Many years later, he became known as Uncle Fester on the 1960s sitcom The Addams Family. In the interim, he sued his mother and stepfather over his squandered film earnings and provoked California to enact the first known legal protection for the earnings of child performers, widely known as the Coogan Act. Charlie Chaplin was an English comic actor and filmmaker who rose to fame in the silent film era. Chaplin became a worldwide icon through his screen persona "the Tramp" and is considered one of the most important figures of the film industry. His career spanned more than 75 years, from childhood in the Victorian era until a year before his death in 1977, and encompassed both adulation and controversy.

Blanche Sweet, Bronco Billy Anderson, Charlie Chaplin, D.W. Griffith, Harold Lloyd, Jackie Coogan (Author), Blanche Sweet, Bronco Billy Anderson, Charlie Chaplin, D.W. Griffith, Harold Lloyd, Jackie Coogan (Narrator)

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Voices of Early British Female Politicians

Katharine Ramsey, lived from 1874 to 1960. Known as the ‘Red Duchess,' in 1923 she became the first woman member from Scotland elected to the House of Commons. As a crusader against international cruelty, she spoke out against Stalin, Franco, and Hitler. The following is from a 1929 speech. Nancy Astor (May 19, 1879 – May 2, 1964), though born in Danville, Virginia, was the first woman to sit as a Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons. Known for her quick wit and often sharp tongue, she remained an MP from November 28, 1919 through July 5, 1945. Edith Clara Summerskill (April 19, 1901 – February 4, 1980) was a British physician, feminist, writer, and a Labour member of Parliament from 1938 to 1961. In addition to co-founding and acting as the first president of the Married Women's Association, she was a strong advocate for women’s equal rights. The recordings are dated from 1941.

Edith Clara Summerskill, Edith Clara Summerskill, Katharine Ramsey, Katharine Ramsey, Nancy Astor, Nancy Astor (Author), Edith Clara Summerskill, Edith Clara Summerskill, Katharine Ramsey, Katharine Ramsey, Nancy Astor, Nancy Astor (Narrator)

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Voices of Baseball's Shot Heard Round The World

On October 3, 1951, the New York Giants' Bobby Thomson hit a dramatic ninth inning game-winning home run off the Brooklyn Dodgers' Ralph Branca at the Polo Grounds in the decisive third game of a three-game playoff to win the National League pennant. It would be known in baseball lore as the "Shot Heard 'Round the World." The game-the first ever televised nationally-was seen by millions of viewers across America and heard on radio by millions more, including thousands of American servicemen stationed in Korea, listening on Armed Forces Radio.

Bobby Thompson, Duke Snider, Eddie Stankey, Ralph Branca, Roy Campanella (Author), Bobby Thompson, Duke Snider, Eddie Stankey, Ralph Branca, Roy Campanella (Narrator)

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Voices of All-Time Tennis Greats

Althea Gibson, Bill Tilden, Don Budge (Author), Althea Gibson, Bill Tilden, Don Budge (Narrator)

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Voices of All-Time Baseball Greats

Hear the voices of all-time baseball greats, including Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Carl Hubbell, Johnny Vander Meer, and broadcaster Mel Allen. Also, includes the radio call of Brooklyn Dodgers' Cookie Lavagetto's 1947 World Series game-winning double against the New York Yankees, Babe Ruth's final goodbye at Yankee Stadium, and the New York Giants' Bobby Thomson's three-run walk off 'Shot Heard Run The World' home run off Brooklyn's Ralph Branca to win the 1951 National League pennant.

Babe Ruth, Carl, Hubbell, Johnny Van De Meer, Lou Gehrig, Mel Allen, Unknown, Unknown (Author), Babe Ruth, Carl, Hubbell, Johnny Van De Meer, Johnny Van de Meer, Lou Gehrig, Mel Allen, Various Readers, Various Readers (Narrator)

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Voices From Hollywood's Golden Age

Stan Laurel, was an English comic actor, writer and film director, most famous as Laurel of comedic duo Laurel and Hardy. Laurel’s career stretched between 1917 and 1951, and included a starring role in the 1932 film The Music Box. Buster Keaton was an American actor, vaudevillian, comedian, filmmaker, stunt performer, and writer. He was best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression. Keaton's most enduring feature-length film was the 1927 The General. Lillian Gish was an American stage, screen and television actress, director and writer whose film acting career spanned from 1912 to 1987. She was particularly associated with the films of director D. W. Griffith, including her leading role in one of the highest grossing films of the Silent era, Birth of a Nation in 1915. Ethel Barrymore was the sister of actors John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore, the aunt of actor John Drew Barrymore, and the grand-aunt of actress Drew Barrymore. Barrymore won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the 1944 film None but the Lonely Heart opposite Cary Grant. John Barrymore was a member of the Drew and Barrymore theatrical dynasties. He began his career in 1903 and first gained attention as a stage actor in light comedy, then high drama, culminating in productions of Justice, Richard III and Hamlet. Lionel Barrymore was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in 1931’s A Free Soul, and remains perhaps best known for the role of the villainous Mr. Potter character in Frank Capra's 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life.

Buster Keaton, Ethel Barrymore, John Barrymore, Lillian Gish, Lionel Barrymore, Stan Laurel (Author), Buster Keaton, Ethel Barrymore, John Barrymore, Lillian Gish, Lionel Barrymore, Stan Laurel (Narrator)

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Today's Authors' Series: A Discussion With Tim Cockey

Tim Cockey is the bestselling author of "Backstabber," the latest in his celebrated mystery series, and the creator of the inimitable undertaker/detective Hitchcock Sewell. In this 25-minute interview, Cockey discusses a variety of subjects, including his entry into the mystery-writing world, how he creates his characters, and the importance of his hometown of Baltimore in his novels.

Tim Cockey (Author), Tim Cockey (Narrator)

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TODAY'S AUTHORS SERIES: Michael Davis

This hour-long interview is also available on the last CD of the audiobook Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street. Hear a fascinating discussion between author, Michael Davis, and narrator Caroll Spinney, the man (and voice) behind two of America's most iconic children's characters--Big Bird and Oscar The Grouch--listeners will learn about Spinney's contributions to the creation and history of the media masterpiece and pop culture landmark TV series, "Sesame Street." Spinney discusses, among other things, impressions of his early days on TV, the creation of Big Bird and Oscar The Grouch, and, of course, working with Muppet's creator Jim Hensen.

Michael Davis (Author), Caroll Spinney (Narrator)

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Thought Economics

Since 2007, entrepreneur and philanthropist Vikas Shah MBE has been on a mission to interview the people shaping our century. Including conversations with world leaders, Nobel prizewinners, business leaders, artists and Olympians, he quizzes the minds that matter on the big questions that concern us all. We often talk of war and conflict, the economy, culture, technology and revolutions as if they are something other than us. But all these things are a product of us - people like you, who have ideas that matter. We live in fast-moving and extraordinary times, and the changes we're experiencing now, in these first decades of the twenty-first century, feel particularly poignant as decisions are made that will inform our existence for decades to come. Vikas Shah is not a journalist. But he is curious and persistent - two things that have driven his business success, but have also been instrumental in getting him access to some of the most extraordinary people on the planet. In Thought Economics, Vikas presents some of his most emotive and insightful interviews to date.

Vikas Shah (Author), Raj Ghatak (Narrator)

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