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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Frederic...

by Frederick Douglass

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An eye-opening real-life account of slavery in America.Artfully crafted with the same gri...

Unabridged: 3 hr 50 min
Narrator: Christopher Preece...
Published: 03/28/2021
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas An American Slave, Frederick Douglas

Narrative of the Life of Frederic...

by Frederick Douglas

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This classic of American literature, a dramatic autobiography of the early life of an Ame...

Unabridged: 4 hr 12 min
Narrator: Raymond Hearn
Published: 10/01/2015
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The Butler A Witness to History, Wil Haygood

The Butler

by Wil Haygood

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The Story That Inspired the Major Motion Picture...Read by its Stars David Oyelowo, Fores...

Unabridged: 2 hr 32 min
Narrator: Forest Whitaker
Published: 07/30/2013
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Behind the Scenes in the Lincoln White House Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House, Elizabeth Keckley

Behind the Scenes in the Lincoln ...

by Elizabeth Keckley

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An autobiographical narrative, Behind the Scenes in the Lincoln White House traces Elizab...

Unabridged: 6 hr 55 min
Narrator: Bobbie Frohman
Published: 02/20/2014
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Sundar Singh Footprints Over the Mountains, Janet Benge

Sundar Singh

by Janet Benge

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As Sundar preached the gospel to the crowd, the monastery guard marched forward and arres...

Unabridged: 4 hr 19 min
Christian Heroes: Then & Now
Narrator: Tim Gregory
Published: 02/09/2016
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Custer, Larry McMurtry

Custer

by Larry McMurtry

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Pulitzer Prize winner Larry McMurtry crafts works synonymous with the grandeur and beauty...

Unabridged: 2 hr 55 min
Narrator: Henry Strozier
Published: 11/06/2012
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Lincoln's Gift: How Humor Shaped Lincoln's Life and Legacy, Gordon Leidner

Lincoln's Gift: How Humor Shaped ...

by Gordon Leidner

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"Simply the best book that has been published on this great president's humor and stories...

Unabridged: 5 hr 56 min
Narrator: Frank Gerard
Published: 07/18/2019
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Anne Frank The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank

Anne Frank

by Anne Frank

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Anne Frank, it has been said, gave a face and a name to the horror of the Holocaust. This...

Unabridged: 8 hr 55 min
Narrator: Susan Adams
Published: 01/01/2018
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The Explorations of Captain James Cook: An Introduction, John Lang

The Explorations of Captain James...

by John Lang

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Captain James Cook FRS RN (1728-1779) was an English explorer, navigator and cartographer...

Unabridged: 2 hr 16 min
Narrator: Simon Vance
Published: 07/01/2012
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Samuel Pepys

The Diary of Samuel Pepys

by Samuel Pepys

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Samuel Pepys was born in London in 1633 and died in Clapham in 1703. In his life, he was ...

Unabridged: 4 hr 17 min
Narrator: Alexander Spencer
Published: 02/06/2008
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My Sixty Years on the Plains Trapping, Trading, and Indian Fighting, William Thomas Hamilton

My Sixty Years on the Plains

by William Thomas Hamilton...

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In his concise, richly detailed memoir My Sixty Years on the Plains fur-trapper W. T. Ham...

Unabridged: 4 hr 44 min
Narrator: A.T. Chandler
Published: 05/22/2018
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Napoleon A Concise Biography, David A. Bell

Napoleon

by David A. Bell

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This book provides a concise, accurate, and lively portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte's chara...

Unabridged: 4 hr 30 min
Narrator: Paul Heitsch
Published: 07/31/2018
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Tom Thumb The Remarkable True Story of a Man in Miniature, George Sullivan

Tom Thumb

by George Sullivan

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When Charles S. Stratton was born in 1838, he seemed perfect in every way. But then he st...

Unabridged: 3 hr 15 min
Narrator: Barry Press
Published: 10/01/2012
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My Sixty Years on the Plains Trapping, Trading, and Indian Fighting, W. T.  Hamilton

My Sixty Years on the Plains

by W. T. Hamilton

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In 1842, following the doctors orders for a change of climate, William Thomas Hamilton fo...

Unabridged: 5 hr 5 min
Narrator: Traber Burns
Published: 04/03/2018
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The Greatest Americans Series: Thomas Jefferson A Selection of His Writings, Thomas Jefferson

The Greatest Americans Series: Th...

by Thomas Jefferson

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A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits o...

Unabridged: 46 min
Narrator: Robin Field
Published: 07/01/2010
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The Greatest Americans Series: Geroge Washington's Farewell Address, George  Washington

The Greatest Americans Series: Ge...

by George Washington

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“…a solicitude for your welfare, which cannot end but with my life, and the ...

Unabridged: 1 hr 5 min
Narrator: Robin Field
Published: 07/01/2010
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Andrew Jackson Great Generals Series, Robert V. Remini

Andrew Jackson

by Robert V. Remini

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It was Andrew Jackson’s military heroism that helped to usher him into the preside...

Unabridged: 5 hr 50 min
The Great Generals Series
Narrator: Tom Weiner
Published: 01/01/2007
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Pocahontas My Own Story, Captain John Smith

Pocahontas

by Captain John Smith

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In the early seventeenth century, Captain John Smith led a company of English settlers to...

Unabridged: 2 hr 51 min
Narrator: Jonathan Reese
Published: 10/20/2008
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Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Franklin

Autobiography of Benjamin Frankli...

by Benjamin Franklin

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From printer's apprentice to internationally famous scientist, inventor, statesman, legis...

Unabridged: 5 hr 39 min
Narrator: Grover Gardner
Published: 01/01/2021
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The Greatest Americans Series: Abraham Lincoln A Selection of His Writings, Abraham Lincoln

The Greatest Americans Series: Ab...

by Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, with humility and gentle grit, ...

Unabridged: 1 hr 32 min
Narrator: Robin Field
Published: 07/01/2010
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A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, Samuel Johnson

A Journey to the Western Islands ...

by Samuel Johnson

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In 1773, an unlikely pair-a dominant figure of English literature and a young lawyer-set ...

Unabridged: 4 hr 22 min
Narrator: Alexander Spencer
Published: 03/04/2008
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Frederick Douglass The Story of an American Slave, Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

by Frederick Douglass

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Bring history back to life through Jim Hodges' historically accurate, exciting and edify...

Unabridged: 4 hr 6 min
The Classic Literature Collection
Narrator: Jim Hodges
Published: 05/02/2017
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Marco Polo and the Wonders of the East, Hal Marcovitz

Marco Polo and the Wonders of the...

by Hal Marcovitz

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This is the story of the Italian tourist who became the first European to completely cros...

Unabridged: 46 min
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Narrator: Bill Brooke
Published: 02/22/2013
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Abraham Lincoln: A Life  1809-1837 Lincoln's Frontier Background Shapes the Future President, Michael Burlingame

Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1809-183...

by Michael Burlingame

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Publishers Weekly describes this book as "the most meticulously researched Lincoln biogr...

Unabridged: 8 hr 13 min
Narrator: Sean Pratt
Published: 07/07/2009
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The Greatest Americans Series: George Washington A Selection of His Letters, George  Washington

The Greatest Americans Series: Ge...

by George Washington

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Amidst all legend and lore surrounding America’s first president, the brilliant sta...

Unabridged: 1 hr 10 min
Narrator: Robin Field
Published: 07/01/2010
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Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Benjamin  Franklin

Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography

by Benjamin Franklin

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"Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy," advises Benjamin Franklin, and he was a ...

Unabridged: 8 hr 16 min
Narrator: Robin Field
Published: 07/01/2010
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Mary Jones and Her Bible A Victorian Classic for Children, Mary Emily Ropes

Mary Jones and Her Bible

by Mary Emily Ropes

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A Young Girl Tries to Buy a Bible!This is a true story of a girl called Mary Jones. As so...

Unabridged: 1 hr 48 min
Narrator: James Wood
Published: 09/11/2019
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Dolley and James Madison An Unlikely Love Story That Saved America, Rodney K Smith

Dolley and James Madison

by Rodney K Smith

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Power couples aren't a modern phenomenon. The greatest American couple ever to have serve...

Unabridged: 10 hr 49 min
Narrator: Kate Burns
Published: 02/11/2020
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Wild Bill - The Story of James Butler Hickok, Donald Aday

Wild Bill - The Story of James Bu...

by Donald Aday

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Wild Bill Hickok was a man of strong character - a colorful and imposing personality with...

Unabridged: 1 hr 13 min
Narrator: Don Aday
Published: 06/29/2014
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Christopher Columbus and the Discovery of the New World, Carole Gallagher

Christopher Columbus and the Disc...

by Carole Gallagher

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Christopher Columbus never knew he had discovered a New World. He died unaware that his d...

Unabridged: 52 min
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Narrator: Bill Brooke
Published: 02/15/2013
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Why Was Socrates Executed?: And Other Papers on Plato , J.-M. Kuczynski

Why Was Socrates Executed?: And O...

by J.-M. Kuczynski

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Pithy, easy-to-understand papers on Plato's epistemology, metaphysics, and political phil...

Unabridged: 26 min
Narrator: Cameron Scriven
Published: 11/03/2019
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Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, Mary Rowlandson

Narrative of the Captivity and Re...

by Mary Rowlandson

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Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, also called The Sover...

Unabridged: 2 hr 4 min
Narrator: Cathi Colas
Published: 05/01/2020
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The Diary of Anne Frank, Frances Goodrich

The Diary of Anne Frank

by Frances Goodrich

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This Drama Play is a wonderful addition to anyone who has a passion for Anne Frank relate...

Unabridged: 3 hr 21 min
Narrator: Jason Damron
Published: 01/01/2018
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Antoni Gaudi and Frank Lloyd Wright: The Lives and Works of the Most Influential Modern Architects, Charles River Editors

Antoni Gaudi and Frank Lloyd Wrig...

by Charles River Editors

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Halfway into the 19th century, Spain's Catalonia underwent a sweeping transformation when...

Unabridged: 2 hr 25 min
Narrator: Dan Gallagher
Published: 03/24/2023
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Chandragupta Maurya: Founder Of Mauryan Empire, Saurabh Kumar

Chandragupta Maurya: Founder Of M...

by Saurabh Kumar

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Chandragupta Maurya, also known as Sandrakotos or Sandrokotos in Greek, was the founder a...

Unabridged: 7 min
Narrator: Saurabh Kumar
Published: 08/16/2023
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Davy Crockett Speaks A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, David Crockett

Davy Crockett Speaks

by David Crockett

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The subject of stage plays, books, movies and one of the most popular television series o...

Unabridged: 4 hr 9 min
Narrator: Chris Wright
Published: 01/28/2023
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Cola di Rienzo: The Controversial Life and Legacy of the Medieval Roman Who Attempted to Unify Italy, Charles River Editors

Cola di Rienzo: The Controversial...

by Charles River Editors

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In the wake of the Roman Empire’s collapse, Italy found itself fractured, and near...

Unabridged: 1 hr 14 min
Narrator: Colin Fluxman
Published: 04/07/2020
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Aleister Crowley: The Life and Legacy of the Notorious Cult Leader and Novelist, Charles River Editors

Aleister Crowley: The Life and Le...

by Charles River Editors

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“What a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in ...

Unabridged: 1 hr 23 min
Narrator: Colin Fluxman
Published: 03/20/2019
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On the road to find out, Robert C. Brewster

On the road to find out

by Robert C. Brewster

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On the road to find out  is a thought provoking memory emoting read for a gener...

Unabridged: 7 hr 49 min
Clarity
Narrator: Robert C. Brewster...
Published: 04/04/2014
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Harun al-Rashid: The Life and Legacy of the Abbasid Caliph during the Islamic Golden Age, Charles River Editors

Harun al-Rashid: The Life and Leg...

by Charles River Editors

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Like many historical figures, Harun al-Rashid’s biography has become part reality ...

Unabridged: 1 hr 52 min
Narrator: Ken Teutsch
Published: 04/20/2019
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Samuel Colt: The Life and Legacy of the Man Who Invented America’s Most Famous Guns, Charles River Editors

Samuel Colt: The Life and Legacy ...

by Charles River Editors

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By the time weapons industrialist Samuel Colt was born, the Lewis and Clark Expedition se...

Unabridged: 1 hr 16 min
Narrator: Bill Hare
Published: 06/24/2019
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The Ambulance Man and the Spanish Civil War Forgotten Stories from Spain, Paul Read

The Ambulance Man and the Spanish...

by Paul Read

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The True Story of the Canadian Doctor and Ambulance driver that came to help a city in ex...

Unabridged: 49 min
Forgotten Stories From Spain
Narrator: Paul Read
Published: 08/08/2018
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King Xerxes I: The Life and Legacy of the Achaemenid Persian Empire’s Most Notorious Ruler, Charles River Editors

King Xerxes I: The Life and Legac...

by Charles River Editors

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It was not until the excavations of the 1930s that many of the relics, reliefs, and clay...

Unabridged: 2 hr 19 min
Narrator: Jim Johnston
Published: 09/05/2019
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Irma Brings Love Surviving a category five hurricane, Maureen A. Peters

Irma Brings Love

by Maureen A. Peters

Rent: $4.74

Hurricane Irma forced Joshua from the comfort of his new home. This category five hu...

Unabridged: 3 hr 24 min
Irma-proof
Narrator: Kathleen Godwin
Published: 09/29/2020
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Izola Martha Mills, Troy Cowan

Izola Martha Mills

by Troy Cowan

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This is the true story of an orphaned girl that managed to survive in an unforgiving worl...

Unabridged: 1 hr 42 min
Narrator: Melissa Durbin
Published: 09/25/2020
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Frederic Bastiat: The Life and Legacy of the Influential French Economist, Charles River Editors

Frederic Bastiat: The Life and Le...

by Charles River Editors

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Among those who championed free markets, perhaps no economist has written so forcefully ...

Unabridged: 1 hr 31 min
Narrator: Colin Fluxman
Published: 10/31/2020
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Gandhi A Very Short Introduction, Bhikhu Parekh

Gandhi

by Bhikhu Parekh

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) was one of the few men in history to fight simulta...

Unabridged: 4 hr 3 min
Narrator: Mark Ashby
Published: 06/01/2021
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Kimpa Vita: The Life and Legacy of the Influential Christian Prophet in the Kingdom of Kongo, Charles River Editors

Kimpa Vita: The Life and Legacy o...

by Charles River Editors

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In 1515, a Portuguese missionary explorer by the name of Father Francisco Alvares entere...

Unabridged: 1 hr 31 min
Narrator: Colin Fluxman
Published: 07/27/2020
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Great Loves, DK

Great Loves

by DK

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For centuries, human history has been shaped by politics, power, and war – but what...

Unabridged: 3 hr 55 min
DK Great
Narrator: Emma Hignett
Published: 03/22/2022
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Edmund Burke A Genius Reconsidered, Russell Kirk

Edmund Burke

by Russell Kirk

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In this, the liveliest and most accessible one-volume life of Edmund Burke, Russell Kirk ...

Unabridged: 6 hr 7 min
Narrator: Jeff Riggenbach
Published: 01/01/2007