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Valley Forge, Jason Cooper

Valley Forge

by Jason Cooper

Rent: $2.06

Explores the history of these historic buildings that show where and how money is made.

Unabridged: 11 min
American Landmarks
Narrator: Rourke Publishing
Published: 01/01/2002
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial American Landmarks, Jason Cooper

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

by Jason Cooper

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This audiobook describes the design and significance of the Vietnam Memorial located in W...

Unabridged: 12 min
American Landmarks
Narrator: Rourke Publishing
Published: 01/01/2002
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From Slavery to Freedom Reading American History | Rourke Discovery Library, Melinda Lilly

From Slavery to Freedom

by Melinda Lilly

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Slavery in the United States began soon after English colonists first settled in Virginia...

Unabridged: 4 min
Reading American History; Rourke Discovery Library
Narrator: Rourke Publishing
Published: 01/01/2006
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Spanish Missions of the Old West Reading American History; Rourke Discovery Library, Melinda Lilly

Spanish Missions of the Old West

by Melinda Lilly

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The Spanish missions were religious outposts established by Spanish Catholics of the Fran...

Unabridged: 5 min
Reading American History; Rourke Discovery Library
Narrator: Rourke Publishing
Published: 01/01/2006
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Historic Boston, Jason Cooper

Historic Boston

by Jason Cooper

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Discover the historic places in Boston where patriots lived, worked, battled, and fought ...

Unabridged: 25 min
American Landmarks
Narrator: Rourke Publishing
Published: 01/01/2002
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Historic Sites & Monuments The Rourke Guide to State Symbols, David Armentrout

Historic Sites & Monuments

by David Armentrout

Rent: $2.61

Describes a variety of historic sites and monuments, from the Alabama-Tuskegee Institute ...

Unabridged: 46 min
Rourke Guide to State Symbols
Narrator: Rourke Publishing
Published: 01/01/2002
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Historic & Famous Cities, David Armentrout

Historic & Famous Cities

by David Armentrout

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Describes a variety of historic and famous cities in the United States, from Mobile, Alab...

Unabridged: 33 min
Rourke Guide to State Symbols
Narrator: Rourke Publishing
Published: 01/01/2002
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The California People Native People, Native Lands, Linda Thompson

The California People

by Linda Thompson

Rent: $3.16

Explores the traditions and culture of the native people of California.

Unabridged: 1 hr 6 min
Native People, Native Lands
Narrator: Rourke Publishing
Published: 01/01/2004
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My Neighbors, Jean Robertson

My Neighbors

by Jean Robertson

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Young Readers Learn About The United States Neighbors, Canada And Mexico, Through Simple ...

Unabridged: 4 min
Little World Social Studies
Narrator: Rourke Publishing
Published: 08/01/2010
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My Capital, Jean Robertson

My Capital

by Jean Robertson

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Young Readers Learn About Washington, Dc Through Simple Text And Photos.

Unabridged: 4 min
Little World Social Studies
Narrator: Rourke Publishing
Published: 08/01/2010
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My Country, Ellen Mitten

My Country

by Ellen Mitten

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Young Readers Learn About The United States Through Simple Text And Photos.

Unabridged: 4 min
Little World Social Studies
Narrator: Rourke Publishing
Published: 08/01/2010
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Owney the Mail Dog, Kim Varner

Owney the Mail Dog

by Kim Varner

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Highlight presents Owney the Mail Dog by Kim Varner. In the 1890s, Owney the dog traveled...

Unabridged: 3 min
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Published: 11/01/2018
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Unearthing the Arabia A Sunken Steamboat Full of Surprises, Lynn Rymarz

Unearthing the Arabia

by Lynn Rymarz

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Readers learn about the unearthing of the Arabia, a steamboat that sunk in the Missouri R...

Unabridged: 7 min
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Published: 11/01/2018
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Flag Day, Cecily Johnson

Flag Day

by Cecily Johnson

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When the Founding Fathers decided on a flag for the United States, they didn't specify ho...

Unabridged: 2 min
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Published: 11/01/2018
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A Girl Named Remember, LeeAnn Blankenship

A Girl Named Remember

by LeeAnn Blankenship

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Remember Allerton was one of the first people to arrive in America from England in 1620

Unabridged: 7 min
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Published: 11/01/2018
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A Game Fit for a President, Holly D. Yount

A Game Fit for a President

by Holly D. Yount

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Highlights presents A Game Fit for a President by Holly D. Yount. Herbert hoover creates ...

Unabridged: 4 min
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Published: 11/01/2018
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Nurses in the Wilderness Not even a flooded river could stand between Mary Breckinridge and the hospital her patients needed., Ruth L. Ewers

Nurses in the Wilderness

by Ruth L. Ewers

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Frontier nurse Mary Breckinridge brought medical services to rural Kentucky.

Unabridged: 4 min
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Published: 11/01/2018
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Phillis Wheatley: Slave Poet; An Hymn to the Evening, Doris Boyko

Phillis Wheatley: Slave Poet; An ...

by Doris Boyko

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An African American slave girl, raised by a prominent Boston family, became a published p...

Unabridged: 10 min
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Published: 11/01/2018
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Sarah's Pen and Thanksgiving Day, Muriel L. Dubois

Sarah's Pen and Thanksgiving Day

by Muriel L. Dubois

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This woman's efforts helped make Thanksgiving a national holiday.

Unabridged: 4 min
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Published: 11/01/2018
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Star-Spangled Seamstress, Lynn E. McElfresh

Star-Spangled Seamstress

by Lynn E. McElfresh

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Highlights presents Star-Spangled Seamstress by Lynn E. McElfresh: The story of the sewin...

Unabridged: 7 min
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Published: 11/01/2018
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Waste Not, Want Not, Earl M. Weber

Waste Not, Want Not

by Earl M. Weber

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Learn about life on a small farm during the Great Depression.

Unabridged: 6 min
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Published: 11/01/2018
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Abraham Lincoln Has His Neck Shortened, Harold Holzer

Abraham Lincoln Has His Neck Shor...

by Harold Holzer

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Photographer Mathew Brady covered up Lincoln's neck to make him appear handsomer in his C...

Unabridged: 4 min
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Published: 11/01/2018
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Stephen Bishop: Cave Explorer, Judith Boogaart

Stephen Bishop: Cave Explorer

by Judith Boogaart

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Highlights presents Stephen Bishop: Cave Explorer by Judith Boogaart. This African-Americ...

Unabridged: 5 min
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Published: 11/01/2018
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Laugh With Lincoln, Gale Sypher Jacob

Laugh With Lincoln

by Gale Sypher Jacob

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Our sixteenth President was famous for playing pranks, making jokes, and telling riddles....

Unabridged: 5 min
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Published: 11/01/2018
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Stop the Atlantic Express!, Kate Sharp

Stop the Atlantic Express!

by Kate Sharp

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Highlights presents Stop the Atlantic Express! by Kate Sharp. Fifteen-year-old Kate Shell...

Unabridged: 5 min
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Published: 11/01/2018
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Soaring on the Wings of the Wind, Lois Miner Huey

Soaring "on the Wings of the Wind...

by Lois Miner Huey

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In the 1780s, 13-year-old Edward Warren Jr. became the first American to fly in a hot-air...

Unabridged: 3 min
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Published: 11/01/2018
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George and Martha Washington's Christmas Surprises, Barbara Gowan

George and Martha Washington's Ch...

by Barbara Gowan

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This article details the ways in which George Washington and his family celebrated Christ...

Unabridged: 4 min
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Published: 11/01/2018
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Rescuing Our Documents of Freedom, Sharlene P. Nelson

Rescuing Our Documents of Freedom...

by Sharlene P. Nelson

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Highlights presents Rescuing Our Documents of Freedom by Sharlene P. Nelson. The document...

Unabridged: 5 min
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Published: 11/01/2018
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From Scribbles to Spacious Skies, Highlights for Children

From Scribbles to Spacious Skies

by Highlights for Children...

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While on a trip to the Rockies Katherine Lee Bates was inspired to write "American the Be...

Unabridged: 5 min
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Published: 11/01/2018
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An Ancient Disk's Secret Message, Mary Morton Cowan

An Ancient Disk's Secret Message

by Mary Morton Cowan

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For nearly a century scholars have been trying to solve the mystery of the Phaistos Disk....

Unabridged: 5 min
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Published: 11/01/2018
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A President's Toys, Dan Risch

A President's Toys

by Dan Risch

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Play the way former President Jimmy Carter did when he was a kid.

Unabridged: 2 min
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Published: 11/01/2018
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A Hard Lesson, John I. White

A Hard Lesson

by John I. White

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Highlights presents A Hard Lesson by John I. White. Young Ben Franklin learned an importa...

Unabridged: 2 min
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Published: 11/01/2018
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Rebecca Lee Crumpler, Sarah Kovatch

Rebecca Lee Crumpler

by Sarah Kovatch

Rent: $3.55

The book is a biography of Rebecca Lee Crumpler, the first African American woman to beco...

Unabridged: 6 min
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Published: 07/27/2018
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Marian Anderson, Lisa Trumbauer

Marian Anderson

by Lisa Trumbauer

Rent: $3.55

This is a biography of singer Marian Anderson. Marian faced discrimination as a young sin...

Unabridged: 15 min
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Published: 07/27/2018
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Drummer Boys, Penny Dowdy

Drummer Boys

by Penny Dowdy

Rent: $3.55

During the Civil War, boys had to be eighteen to fight for either side. Younger boys enli...

Unabridged: 11 min
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Published: 07/27/2018
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A Soldier's Secret Voices Leveled Library Readers, Mason Roberts

A Soldier's Secret

by Mason Roberts

Rent: $3.55

Highlights presents A Soldier's Secret written by Mason Roberts. This audiobook tells the...

Unabridged: 8 min
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Published: 07/27/2018
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Westward by Wagon Train, Jeff Hendricks

Westward by Wagon Train

by Jeff Hendricks

Rent: $6.48

In the mid-1800s pioneers traveled west across the United States. During their journey, f...

Unabridged: 1 hr 2 min
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Published: 07/27/2018
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We the Peoples, Lisa Harkrader

We the Peoples

by Lisa Harkrader

Rent: $6.48

Formed in 1945, the United Nations has had one goal: to keep peace in the world. This boo...

Unabridged: 3 hr 10 min
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Published: 07/27/2018
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Voices for Justice and Dignity, Kira Freed

Voices for Justice and Dignity

by Kira Freed

Rent: $6.48

This book examines the lives of Eleanor Roosevelt and Marian Anderson. These were two ama...

Unabridged: 1 hr 51 min
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Published: 07/27/2018
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Virginia Durr, Marilyn Bousquin

Virginia Durr

by Marilyn Bousquin

Rent: $5.75

Virginia Durr was a White American advocate for desegregation. As her understanding of an...

Unabridged: 18 min
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Published: 07/27/2018
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Thurgood Marshall, Genevieve Stamper

Thurgood Marshall

by Genevieve Stamper

Rent: $3.55

This is a biography about Thurgood Marshall, the first African American justice on the Su...

Unabridged: 23 min
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Published: 07/27/2018
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The Underground Railroad, Ellen Wettersten

The Underground Railroad

by Ellen Wettersten

Rent: $3.55

This book tells about many of the important people who helped make the Underground Railro...

Unabridged: 25 min
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Published: 07/27/2018
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The Tuskegee Airmen, Meish Goldish

The Tuskegee Airmen

by Meish Goldish

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The Tuskegee Airmen who served in World War II as pilots were African American men held t...

Unabridged: 25 min
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Published: 07/27/2018
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The Power of Friendship, Erin Fry

The Power of Friendship

by Erin Fry

Rent: $3.55

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony worked for equal rights under the law.

Unabridged: 5 min
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Published: 07/27/2018
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The National Mall, David Meissner

The National Mall

by David Meissner

Rent: $5.75

The National Mall is a large park located in Washington, D.C. The White House, U.S. Capit...

Unabridged: 1 hr 4 min
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Published: 07/27/2018
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The Life of Coretta Scott King, Lillian Forman

The Life of Coretta Scott King

by Lillian Forman

Rent: $5.75

Coretta Scott King was the wife, friend, and tireless supporter of Martin Luther King Jr....

Unabridged: 1 hr 5 min
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Published: 07/27/2018
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The Highlander Center, Jeanne Baca Shulte

The Highlander Center

by Jeanne Baca Shulte

Rent: $5.75

Tucked away in the hills of Tennessee is a place like no other. It is a place where well-...

Unabridged: 37 min
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Published: 07/27/2018
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The Civil Rights Act, Sarah Kovatch

The Civil Rights Act

by Sarah Kovatch

Rent: $3.55

Civil rights acts are laws that make things equal for everyone.

Unabridged: 6 min
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Published: 07/27/2018
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The Children's March for Civil Rights, Kira Freed

The Children's March for Civil Ri...

by Kira Freed

Rent: $5.75

This book is about the march made by protesters, many of them children, in Birmingham, Al...

Unabridged: 18 min
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Published: 07/27/2018
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The 54th Massachusetts Regiment, Lana Cruce

The 54th Massachusetts Regiment

by Lana Cruce

Rent: $6.48

This book is about the African American volunteers that made up the 54th Massachusetts Re...

Unabridged: 18 min
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Published: 07/27/2018