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In this book, Burton Egbert Stevenson writes a brief biography of some of the most noteworthy men in American history. He begins at the very beginning of the history of America with Christopher Columbus and proceeds forward with the story of people who made America what it is today by their respective vocations. It is interesting to note that the vast majority of the subjects started in poverty and excelled financially and in stature. He makes something that could be very dull, a very readable and enjoyable book. Burton Egbert Stevenson was an American author, anthologist, and librarian. As well as being a librarian, Stevenson wrote numerous novels, including four young adult's novels, edited others' works, and created numerous anthologies of verse, familiar quotations, and the like. Many of his anthologies are still in print.

Burton E. Stevenson (Author), William Tomcho (Narrator)

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American Men of Mind

"American Men of Mind" is a collection of short biographies of men of note in various disciplines. It is an absorbing collection of short biographies of men who made a difference in American history; most beginning life in very humble circumstances, both in the United States and in foreign countries. Although "men" is mentioned in the title, Mr. Stevenson also relates biographies of several women. This is a most interesting book. Burton Egbert Stevenson was an American author, anthologist, and librarian. As well as being a librarian, Stevenson wrote numerous novels, including four young adult's novels, edited others' works, and created numerous anthologies of verse, familiar quotations, and the like. Many of his anthologies are still in print.

Burton E. Stevenson (Author), William Tomcho (Narrator)

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Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie

This autobiography of Andrew Carnegie is a very well written and interesting history of one of the most wealthy men in the United states. He was born in Scotland in 1835 and emigrated to America in 1848. Among his many accomplishments and philanthropic works, he was an author, having written, besides this autobiography, Triumphant Democracy (1886; rev. ed. 1893), The Gospel of Wealth, a collection of essays (1900), The Empire of Business (1902), and Problems of To-day (1908)]. Although this autobiography was written in 1919, it was published posthumously in 1920. Andrew Carnegie (November 25, 1835 - August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century.

Andrew Carnegie (Author), William Tomcho (Narrator)

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David Crockett His Life and Adventures

David "Davy" Crockett (August 17, 1786 - March 6, 1836) was a celebrated 19th century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician. He is commonly referred to in popular culture by the epithet "King of the Wild Frontier." He represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives, served in the Texas Revolution, and died at the Battle of the Alamo. This narrative attempts faithfully to record the influences under which David Crockett was reared and the incidents of his wild and wondrous life. It begins with his ancestors' immigration to the American wilderness, his adventures among the Indians, his political career in Tennessee and beyond, and ending with his heroic stand at the Alamo. John Stevens Cabot Abbott was an American historian, pastor, and pedagogical writer.

John S. C. Abbott (Author), Brett W Downey (Narrator)

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Daniel Boone

This is a detailed biography of the life and adventures of Daniel Boone. His accomplishments are brushed over in history classes these days and not given the recognition they deserve. This biography clearly paints a picture of the benevolent person of Daniel Boone as well as the achievements he made in furthering European settlement in America. John Stevens Cabot Abbott was an American historian, pastor, and pedagogical writer.

John S. C. Abbott (Author), Allyson Hester (Narrator)

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My First Summer in the Sierra

The journal of nature-lover John Muir who spent the summer of 1869 walking California's Sierra Nevada range. From French Bar to Mono Lake and the Yosemite Valley, Muir was awestruck by everything he saw. The antics of the smallest "insect people" amazed him as much as stunted thousand-year old Juniper trees growing with inconceivable tenacity from tiny cracks in the stone. Muir spent the rest of his life working to preserve the high Sierra, believing that "the clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness." John Muir (1838-1914) was born in Dunbar, Scotland and grew up in Wisconsin, USA.

John Muir (Author), Adrian Praetzellis (Narrator)

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Black Hand - Jagd auf die erste Mafia New Yorks (Ungekürzte Lesung)

Mit den italienischen Einwanderern sind Kriminelle in die Stadt gekommen, und im Sommer 1903 versinkt New York im Verbrechen: Entführungen, Bombenanschläge, Erpressungen - in großem Stil, verantwortet von einer Organisation: der Black Hand, Gegen sie zieht Joseph Petrosino in den Kampf, er ist der erste italienische Detective New Yorks, seine Methoden knallhart ,,, Stephan Talty erzählt von den Anfängen der amerikanischen Mafia, und dem ersten Mann, der sich ihr entgegenstellt - eine wahre, eine umwerfende Heldengeschichte, Als Kind wandert Joseph Petrosino zusammen mit seiner Familie aus Süditalien nach Amerika aus, Jugend in Little Italy, Prügeleien, Hunger, Jobs als Schuhputzer, Straßenfeger, Kadaverräumer, Doch Petrosino ist fleißig und er will nach oben, Schließlich bekommt er seine Chance bei der Polizei, und als die Black Hand ganz New York mit Terror überzieht, soll er die Stadt retten, Er stellt eine eigene Einheit aus Italienern zusammen, er perfektioniert Verkleidungen, er verdrischt Mafiagrößen auf offener Straße, er kennt keine Furcht, Spektakuläre Festnahmen folgen, darauf der Ruhm des Boulevards und Morddrohungen jeden Tag ,,, Black Hand erzählt die Geschichte eines sagenhaften Mannes, dem am Ende eines Lebens im Kampf gegen das Verbrechen 250,000 Menschen das letzte Geleit geben werden quer durch Manhattan,

Stephen Talty (Author), Michael Hansonis (Narrator)

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En un lugar de África

Novela autobiográfica de Stefanie Zweig, una maravillosa novela ambientada en Kenya, una historia de amor y supervivencia. La autora recrea la historia de su familia, una de las tantas familias judías que tuvieron que huir de Alemania durante el Holocausto. Los Redlich, obligados a abandonar su país llegan a Kenya dónde les espera una nueva vida. Su adaptación cinematográfica ha recibido el Oscar 2002 a la mejor película extranjera. Grabado en español ibérico (España).

Stefanie Zweig (Author), Gustavo Cantolla, María Pérez (Narrator)

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Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey

The definitive biography of Edward Gorey, the eccentric master of macabre nonsense. 'A genius book about a bookish genius' Daniel Handler, author of A Series of Unfortunate Events From The Gashlycrumb Tinies to The Doubtful Guest, Edward Gorey's wickedly funny and deliciously sinister little books have influenced our culture in innumerable ways, from the works of Tim Burton and Neil Gaiman to Lemony Snicket. Some even call him the Grandfather of Goth. But who was this man, who lived with over twenty thousand books and six cats, who roomed with Frank O'Hara at Harvard, and was known - in the late 1940s, no less - to traipse around in full-length fur coats, clanking bracelets, and an Edwardian beard? An eccentric, a gregarious recluse, an enigmatic auteur of whimsically morbid masterpieces, yes - but who was the real Edward Gorey behind the Oscar Wildean pose? He published over a hundred books and illustrated works by Samuel Beckett, T.S. Eliot, Edward Lear, John Updike, Charles Dickens, Hilaire Belloc, Muriel Spark, Bram Stoker, Gilbert & Sullivan, and others. At the same time, he was a deeply complicated and conflicted individual, a man whose art reflected his obsessions with the disquieting and the darkly hilarious. Based on newly uncovered correspondence and interviews with personalities as diverse as John Ashbery, Donald Hall, Lemony Snicket, Neil Gaiman, and Anna Sui, Born to be Posthumous draws back the curtain on the eccentric genius and mysterious life of Edward Gorey.

Mark Dery (Author), Adam Sims (Narrator)

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ثمار رحلة عبدالوهاب المسيري الفكرية

دائمًا ما نسمع عن موسوعة الدكتور عبد الوهاب المسيري حول اليهودية والصهيونية فقد اعتادت الصحف اليومية نشر ما يكتب من مقالات وتحليلات يوميًا وأصبحت كتبه في علم السياسة وعلم الاجتماع والأدب تدرَّس كمنهجٍ في الجامعات ولم يكن مفاجئًا أن يحصل المسيري على جائزة الدولة التقديرية في الآداب فقد سبق وحصل على جائزةٍ عالمية عن مجمل أعماله وكان المسيري قد كتب سيرته الذاتية قبل موته في كتابه الأشهر: 'رحلتي الفكرية في البذور والجذور والثمر' ليأتي هذا الكتاب ويربط هذه السيرة والرحلة الذاتية بفكره ومفاهيمه حول أمور الحياة المختلفة. كما تحدَّث الكتاب عن الثمرات الفكرية التي نخرج بها من التعمّق في أبحاث الدكتور المسيري ابتداءً من أفكاره حول التدوير والتبذير وانتهاءً بإصلاح المنظومة السياسية التي أكلها الفساد. إذا أردت جرعة مختصرة ومكثفة من أعظم الأفكار التي طرحها الدكتور المسيري طوال حياته بأسلوب سلس وميسَّر فما عليك سوى الاستماع لهذا الكتاب.

عمرو شريف (Author), جورج غرام (Narrator)

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Cronache infedeli

Un diario di viaggio. Un viaggio di trent'anni attraverso i cambiamenti di un mondo in tumulto. Nuove geografie e frontiere, fragili paesi che nascono, antiche nazioni che si spengono come stelle fredde, intere comunità costrette all'esilio. Da Sarajevo assediata a Berlino liberata dal muro, da New York inginocchiata davanti alle rovine delle Twin Towers a Mosca che maledice il proprio passato, il cronista raccoglie e racconta, cercando di mettere ordine nel caos che lo circonda. Il cronista è un testimone incantato: di notte vengono a trovarlo in sogno gli spettri benevoli dei compagni che ha incontrato lungo i sentieri dell'Africa, nei villaggi massacrati dell'America Latina e dei Balcani, nelle province dell'Impero sovietico in agonia. Il cronista non è un giudice, ma sempre e soltanto un complice: di volta in volta ritrova i tanti fratelli che non ha mai conosciuto negli esseri umani con cui gli capita di dividere il pane e le giornate. Un libro di memorie, sogni e ricordi. Una storia vera, autentica e infedele: una storia, in fondo, sommamente bugiarda.

Flavio Fusi (Author), Gualtiero Scola (Narrator)

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Wounds of the Father: A True Story of Child Abuse, Betrayal, and Redemption

In the bestselling tradition of Smashed and The Glass Castle, this raw, eye-opening memoir tells the powerful story of Elizabeth Garrison's fractured childhood, descent into teenage drug addiction, and struggle to overcome nearly insurmountable odds. Elizabeth invites the listener behind the closed doors of a picture-perfect Christian family to reveal a dark, hidden world of child abuse, domestic violence, and chilling family secrets all performed in the name of God under the tyrannical rule of her father. Like countless teenage girls, Elizabeth turns to drugs and alcohol to escape. With smack-you-in-the-face honesty, Elizabeth chronicles the dark realities and real-life horrors of teenage drug abuse, living on the streets, foster homes, and treatment centers. She paints an unsparing portrait of scratching and clawing her way out of the grips of child abuse, addiction, and betrayal to find the strength within herself to save her own life. Contains mature themes.

Elizabeth Garrison (Author), Hillary Huber (Narrator)

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