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From Silk to Silicon

The Story of Globalization Through Ten Extraordinary Lives

by Jeffrey E. Garten ...

Narrated by Tom Perkins ...

Unabridged

11 hours 29 min

From Silk to Silicon tells the story of who these men and women were, what they did, how they did it, and how their achievements continue to shape our world today. They include:• Genghis Khan, who united east and west by conquest and by opening new trade routes built on groundbreaking transportation and management innovations.• Mayer Amschel Rothschild, who arose from oppression to establish the ... Read more

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From Silk to Silicon tells the story of who these men and women were, what they did, how they did it, and how their achievements continue to shape our world today. They include:• Genghis Khan, who united east and west by conquest and by opening new trade routes built on groundbreaking transportation and management innovations.• Mayer Amschel Rothschild, who arose from oppression to establish the
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The Matter of Black Lives

Writing from The New Yorker

by Jelani Cobb, David Remnick ...

Narrated by JD Jackson, Adjoa Andoh, January LaVoy, Maggi-Meg Reed, Jane Copland, Kaleo Griffith ...

Unabridged

30 hours 1 min

A collection of The New Yorker‘s groundbreaking writing on race in America—including work by James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Hilton Als, Zadie Smith, and more—with a foreword by Jelani CobbThis anthology from the pages of theNew Yorker provides a bold and complex portrait of Black life in America, told through stories of private triumphs and national tragedies, political vision and ... Read more

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A collection of The New Yorker‘s groundbreaking writing on race in America—including work by James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Hilton Als, Zadie Smith, and more—with a foreword by Jelani CobbThis anthology from the pages of theNew Yorker provides a bold and complex portrait of Black life in America, told through stories of private triumphs and national tragedies, political vision and
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Backpage Indictment

by Department of Justice ...

Narrated by Tony D. Ortega ...

Unabridged

1 hour 42 min

93-count indictment on sex trafficking charges revealed against Backpage founders. ... Read more

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93-count indictment on sex trafficking charges revealed against Backpage founders.
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The World in Books

52 Works of Great Short Nonfiction

by Kenneth C. Davis ...

Narrated by Kenneth C. Davis, Adenrele Ojo, Leon Nixon ...

Series series Great Short Books
Unabridged

15 hours 50 min

A bestselling historian takes readers on an intellectual and cultural adventure, offering a carefully curated guide to great, short nonfiction works by some of the world’s most influential writers—from Plato to Toni Morrison, Ernest Hemingway to bell hooks, and Marcus Aurelius to Joan Didion. A delightful roadmap to a year’s worth of reading briefly, plus biographies, fascinating facts, and idea ... Read more

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A bestselling historian takes readers on an intellectual and cultural adventure, offering a carefully curated guide to great, short nonfiction works by some of the world’s most influential writers—from Plato to Toni Morrison, Ernest Hemingway to bell hooks, and Marcus Aurelius to Joan Didion. A delightful roadmap to a year’s worth of reading briefly, plus biographies, fascinating facts, and idea
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In Defense of History

by Richard J. Evans ...

Narrated by Julian Elfer ...

Unabridged

7 hours 52 min

In his compact, brilliant, and compulsively readable account, Richard J. Evans shows us how historians manage to extract meaning from the recalcitrant past. To materials that are frustratingly meager, or overwhelmingly profuse, they bring an array of tools that range from agreed-upon rules of documentation to the critical application of social and economic theory, all employed with the aim of ... Read more

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In his compact, brilliant, and compulsively readable account, Richard J. Evans shows us how historians manage to extract meaning from the recalcitrant past. To materials that are frustratingly meager, or overwhelmingly profuse, they bring an array of tools that range from agreed-upon rules of documentation to the critical application of social and economic theory, all employed with the aim of
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Illuminating History

A Retrospective of Seven Decades

by Bernard Bailyn ...

Narrated by Tom Parks ...

Unabridged

8 hours 2 min

Over a remarkable career Bernard Bailyn has reshaped our understanding of the early American past. Inscribing his superb scholarship with passion and imagination honed by a commitment to rigor, Bailyn captures the particularity of the past and its broad significance in precise, elegant prose. His transformative work has ranged from a new reckoning with the ideology that powered the opposition to ... Read more

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Over a remarkable career Bernard Bailyn has reshaped our understanding of the early American past. Inscribing his superb scholarship with passion and imagination honed by a commitment to rigor, Bailyn captures the particularity of the past and its broad significance in precise, elegant prose. His transformative work has ranged from a new reckoning with the ideology that powered the opposition to
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An Unpromised Land

by Leon Gettler ...

Narrated by Leon Gettler ...

Unabridged

4 hours 25 min

In the 1930s, in the wake of the Nazi ascendancy in Germany, a wave of vicious anti-Semitism swept Europe, as Jews became outcasts in their own lands. As they clamoured to escape persecution, the world turned a blind eye to their plight. One man, Isaac Steinberg, had a vision of leading his people from the holocaust to a new paradise on the other side of the world. His enthusiastic and resolute ... Read more

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In the 1930s, in the wake of the Nazi ascendancy in Germany, a wave of vicious anti-Semitism swept Europe, as Jews became outcasts in their own lands. As they clamoured to escape persecution, the world turned a blind eye to their plight. One man, Isaac Steinberg, had a vision of leading his people from the holocaust to a new paradise on the other side of the world. His enthusiastic and resolute
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What Is History, Now?

by Suzannah Lipscomb, Helen Carr ...

Narrated by Suzannah Lipscomb, Helen Carr, Peter Kenny, Sara Powell ...

Unabridged

9 hours 53 min

This groundbreaking new collection addresses the burning issue of how we interpret history today. What stories are told, and by whom, who should be celebrated, and what rewritten, are questions that have been asked recently not just within the history world, but by all of us. Featuring a diverse mix of writers, both bestselling names and emerging voices, this is the history book we need NOW.WHAT ... Read more

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This groundbreaking new collection addresses the burning issue of how we interpret history today. What stories are told, and by whom, who should be celebrated, and what rewritten, are questions that have been asked recently not just within the history world, but by all of us. Featuring a diverse mix of writers, both bestselling names and emerging voices, this is the history book we need NOW.WHAT
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Futuro en tus manos

¡Impulsa tu futuro con "Futuro en tus manos"! Accede a lecciones de audio que maximizarán tu rendimiento en el examen.

by Lucian Fairweather ...

Narrated by Carlos Hernandez ...

Unabridged

2 hours 15 min

Futuro en tus manos⭐⭐ Guía Simplificada con Explicaciones Incluidas ⭐⭐¿Estás buscando avanzar en tu carrera y consolidar tus conocimientos para aprobar con éxito el examen de certificación?¿Buscas una guía integral que contenga todos los elementos necesarios para pasar el examen de certificación?¡Tu búsqueda termina aquí!Esta guía se convierte en tu compañero definit... ... Read more

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Futuro en tus manos⭐⭐ Guía Simplificada con Explicaciones Incluidas ⭐⭐¿Estás buscando avanzar en tu carrera y consolidar tus conocimientos para aprobar con éxito el examen de certificación?¿Buscas una guía integral que contenga todos los elementos necesarios para pasar el examen de certificación?¡Tu búsqueda termina aquí!Esta guía se convierte en tu compañero definit...
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The Europeans

Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Culture

by Orlando Figes ...

Narrated by James Langton ...

Unabridged

21 hours 40 min

From the “master of historical narrative” (Financial Times), a dazzling, richly detailed, panoramic work—the first to document the genesis of a continent-wide European cultureThe nineteenth century in Europe was the first age of cultural globalization—an epoch when mass communications and high-speed rail travel brought Europe together, overcoming national barriers and creating a truly pan-European ... Read more

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From the “master of historical narrative” (Financial Times), a dazzling, richly detailed, panoramic work—the first to document the genesis of a continent-wide European cultureThe nineteenth century in Europe was the first age of cultural globalization—an epoch when mass communications and high-speed rail travel brought Europe together, overcoming national barriers and creating a truly pan-European
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Всеобщая история стран и народов мира. Избранное

by Оскар Егер ...

Narrated by Константин Корольков, Владимир Капитонов ...

Series series История Подарочная
Unabridged

25 hours 20 min

Выдающийся немецкий исследователь Оскар Егер в конце XIX века опубликовал фундаментальный труд по мировой истории, в котором проследил прошлое цивилизации от возникновения первых государств до главных событий позапрошлого столетия. Автор, обобщив колоссальный опыт научных достижений предшественников, создал самобытное красочное полотно событий, в которых прослеживались основные тенденции развития ... Read more

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Выдающийся немецкий исследователь Оскар Егер в конце XIX века опубликовал фундаментальный труд по мировой истории, в котором проследил прошлое цивилизации от возникновения первых государств до главных событий позапрошлого столетия. Автор, обобщив колоссальный опыт научных достижений предшественников, создал самобытное красочное полотно событий, в которых прослеживались основные тенденции развития
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50 Oficios Antiguos

Un Fascinante Viaje Al Pasado Cercano

by Mike Ciman ...

Narrated by Voz Digital Simón G ...

Unabridged

1 hour 32 min

Este audiolibro está narrado por una voz digital.Un fascinante viaje al pasado en 50 profesionesExplore en este libro 50 profesiones que han desempeñado papeles importantes a lo largo de la historia, pero que -debido al avance de la tecnología y la evolución de la sociedad- se han ido abandonando poco a poco.Desde el despertador humano hasta los actores de radio, pasando por el lector de fábrica o ... Read more

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Este audiolibro está narrado por una voz digital.Un fascinante viaje al pasado en 50 profesionesExplore en este libro 50 profesiones que han desempeñado papeles importantes a lo largo de la historia, pero que -debido al avance de la tecnología y la evolución de la sociedad- se han ido abandonando poco a poco.Desde el despertador humano hasta los actores de radio, pasando por el lector de fábrica o
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U Up?

An Intimate History of Online Dating

by Hanna Kozlowska ...

Unabridged

12 hours 30 min

Based on in-depth interviews with daters around the globe, a fun and whip-smart social history of online dating tracing the fascinating ways we try to find love in a world that has changed rapidly around us, from Victorian-era personal ads to Hinge prompts and beyond.For better or worse (these days you’re more likely to hear “worse”) online dating has, over the last few decades, become a ... Read more

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Based on in-depth interviews with daters around the globe, a fun and whip-smart social history of online dating tracing the fascinating ways we try to find love in a world that has changed rapidly around us, from Victorian-era personal ads to Hinge prompts and beyond.For better or worse (these days you’re more likely to hear “worse”) online dating has, over the last few decades, become a
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Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me

Debunking the False Narratives Defining America’s School Curricula

by Wilfred Reilly ...

Narrated by Mirron Willis ...

Unabridged

9 hours 28 min

A college professor debunks the myths that have infiltrated America's school curricula.In 1995, James W. Loewen penned the classic work of criticism Lies My Teacher Told Me, a left-leaning corrective that addressed much of what was sanitized and omitted from American history books.But in the decades that followed, false leftist narratives—as wrong as those they supplanted—have come to dominate ... Read more

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A college professor debunks the myths that have infiltrated America's school curricula.In 1995, James W. Loewen penned the classic work of criticism Lies My Teacher Told Me, a left-leaning corrective that addressed much of what was sanitized and omitted from American history books.But in the decades that followed, false leftist narratives—as wrong as those they supplanted—have come to dominate
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Mengembalikan Budaya Belajar

Kebijaksanaan Klasik di Era Kiwari

by Iwan Pranoto ...

Narrated by Karina Chandra ...

Unabridged

4 hours 33 min

"Dalam kumpulan esai yang menarik ini, Iwan Pranoto menyampaikan tantangan belajar dalam masyarakat di Indonesia dari perspektif yang berbeda-beda. Dia menarik inspirasi dari masa lampau. Catatan dari Sriwijaya tidak banyak, tapi catatan dari Nalanda sangat berlimpah, dan karena sistem pendidikan keduanya serupa, kita bisa belajar banyak tentang budaya belajar di Sriwijaya dengan mempelajari ... Read more

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"Dalam kumpulan esai yang menarik ini, Iwan Pranoto menyampaikan tantangan belajar dalam masyarakat di Indonesia dari perspektif yang berbeda-beda. Dia menarik inspirasi dari masa lampau. Catatan dari Sriwijaya tidak banyak, tapi catatan dari Nalanda sangat berlimpah, dan karena sistem pendidikan keduanya serupa, kita bisa belajar banyak tentang budaya belajar di Sriwijaya dengan mempelajari
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Dante and the Early Astronomer

Science, Adventure, and a Victorian Woman Who Opened the Heavens

by Tracy Daugherty ...

Narrated by David Stifel ...

Unabridged

6 hours 10 min

Explore the evolution of astronomy from Dante to Einstein, as seen through the eyes of trailblazing Victorian astronomer Mary Acworth Evershed.In 1910, Mary Acworth Evershed (1867–1949) sat on a hill in southern India staring at the moon as she grappled with apparent mistakes in Dante’s Divine Comedy. Was Dante’s astronomy unintelligible? Or was he, for a man of his time and place, as insightful ... Read more

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Explore the evolution of astronomy from Dante to Einstein, as seen through the eyes of trailblazing Victorian astronomer Mary Acworth Evershed.In 1910, Mary Acworth Evershed (1867–1949) sat on a hill in southern India staring at the moon as she grappled with apparent mistakes in Dante’s Divine Comedy. Was Dante’s astronomy unintelligible? Or was he, for a man of his time and place, as insightful
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History's Greatest Speeches - Vol. II

by Abraham Lincoln, Susan B. Anthony, the Prophet Muhammad, Patrick Henry, WEB DuBois, Alexander the Great and King Charles I ...

Narrated by Kevin Theis, Amir Abdullah, Darren Stephens, Christopher M. Walsh, Siiri Scott, Rosney Mauger and Ronald Keaton ...

Unabridged

2 hours 19 min

This is a SoundCraft Audiobooks production featuring digitally enhanced performances of some of history's greatest speeches - all presented as they might have originally been heard.The immersive audio experience presented here - complete with sound effects, music and atmospherics - allows the listener to feel as if they were in attendance when these speeches were first delivered. The orations are ... Read more

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This is a SoundCraft Audiobooks production featuring digitally enhanced performances of some of history's greatest speeches - all presented as they might have originally been heard.The immersive audio experience presented here - complete with sound effects, music and atmospherics - allows the listener to feel as if they were in attendance when these speeches were first delivered. The orations are
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Worldland Chaque pays dans son époque

by Eric Giegelmann ...

Narrated by Voix Numérique Fabien G ...

Series Audiobook 66 - Histoire, société et politique
Unabridged

2 hours 45 min

Ce livre audio est narré par une voix numérique.Et si l’histoire du monde n’était pas une ligne droite, mais une mosaïque de trajectoires simultanées ?Dans Worldland : Chaque pays dans son époque, Eric Giegelmann propose une lecture originale et transversale de l’histoire humaine.Ici, les civilisations ne sont pas comparées pour être hiérarchisées, mais observées dans leur moment propre, avec ... Read more

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Ce livre audio est narré par une voix numérique.Et si l’histoire du monde n’était pas une ligne droite, mais une mosaïque de trajectoires simultanées ?Dans Worldland : Chaque pays dans son époque, Eric Giegelmann propose une lecture originale et transversale de l’histoire humaine.Ici, les civilisations ne sont pas comparées pour être hiérarchisées, mais observées dans leur moment propre, avec
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Le Mystère du Sac à Main des Dieux

by Eric Giegelmann ...

Narrated by Voix Numérique Fabien G ...

Series Audiobook 37 - Sciences, philosophie et réflexion
Unabridged

4 hours 10 min

Ce livre audio est narré par une voix numérique.Et si un objet oublié était la clef de notre histoire commune ?Dans les bas-reliefs de Sumer, sur les murs des temples égyptiens, dans les Andes, l’Inde, l’Amazonie ou les ruines mésoaméricaines, une énigme persiste : des figures mystérieuses, sac à la main, pouce tendu, figées dans une posture répétée à travers les siècles et les continents.Que ... Read more

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Ce livre audio est narré par une voix numérique.Et si un objet oublié était la clef de notre histoire commune ?Dans les bas-reliefs de Sumer, sur les murs des temples égyptiens, dans les Andes, l’Inde, l’Amazonie ou les ruines mésoaméricaines, une énigme persiste : des figures mystérieuses, sac à la main, pouce tendu, figées dans une posture répétée à travers les siècles et les continents.Que
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History of Australia: A Captivating Guide to Australian History, Starting from the Aborigines Through the Dutch East India Company, James Cook, and World War II to the Present

by Captivating History ...

Narrated by Jason Zenobia ...

Unabridged

4 hours 5 min

Did you know that Australia was once thought of as an undesirable place to live?Long before Australia started to be considered one of the best places in the world to live, it was thought to be completely unlivable. In the 15th century, the European race to claim land began. Despite the fact that Australia was a large landmass, no nation believed it was worth colonizing. The land was claimed by the ... Read more

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Did you know that Australia was once thought of as an undesirable place to live?Long before Australia started to be considered one of the best places in the world to live, it was thought to be completely unlivable. In the 15th century, the European race to claim land began. Despite the fact that Australia was a large landmass, no nation believed it was worth colonizing. The land was claimed by the
... Read more
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50 Forgotten Professions

A Fascinating Journey Into The Near Past

by Mike Ciman ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Marcus G ...

Unabridged

1 hour 22 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A Fascinating Journey into the Past in 50 ProfessionsWelcome to the fascinating world of forgotten professions. In this book, explore 50 professions that have played important roles throughout history, but which - due to the advance of technology and the evolution of society - have gradually been abandoned.From the Human Alarm Clock to Radio Actors, ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A Fascinating Journey into the Past in 50 ProfessionsWelcome to the fascinating world of forgotten professions. In this book, explore 50 professions that have played important roles throughout history, but which - due to the advance of technology and the evolution of society - have gradually been abandoned.From the Human Alarm Clock to Radio Actors,
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Freud and Beyond

A History of Modern Psychoanalytic Thought

by Stephen A. Mitchell, Margaret J. Black ...

Narrated by John Malone ...

Unabridged

12 hours 24 min

The definitive history of a century of psychoanalytic thought**“Absolutely crucial in reformulating the psychoanalytic project to meet the intellectual and emotional demands upon it a century after its birth.” —**The GuardianSigmund Freud's concepts have become a part of our psychological vocabulary: unconscious thoughts and feelings, the meaning of dreams, the sensuality of childhood. But ... Read more

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The definitive history of a century of psychoanalytic thought**“Absolutely crucial in reformulating the psychoanalytic project to meet the intellectual and emotional demands upon it a century after its birth.” —**The GuardianSigmund Freud's concepts have become a part of our psychological vocabulary: unconscious thoughts and feelings, the meaning of dreams, the sensuality of childhood. But
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Everything Explained That Is Explainable!

The Creation of the Encyclopedia Britannica’s Celebrated Eleventh Edition 1910-1911

by Denis Boyles ...

Narrated by Corrie James ...

Unabridged

13 hours 22 min

In Everything Explained that is Unexplainable, Denis Boyles tells the story of the American, entrepreneur, Horace Everett Hooper, a natural-born salesman who found an outdated set of reference books in a warehouse and sold them as "one-shelf libraries." His Western Book and Stationary Co. became one of the largest publishers in the Midwest, selling books directly to readers, and forging a business ... Read more

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In Everything Explained that is Unexplainable, Denis Boyles tells the story of the American, entrepreneur, Horace Everett Hooper, a natural-born salesman who found an outdated set of reference books in a warehouse and sold them as "one-shelf libraries." His Western Book and Stationary Co. became one of the largest publishers in the Midwest, selling books directly to readers, and forging a business
... Read more
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The People Speak

American Voices, Some Famous, Some Little Known

by Howard Zinn ...

Narrated by James Earl Jones ...

Unabridged

1 hour 41 min

To celebrate the millionth copy sold of Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, Zinn drew on the words of Americans -- some famous, some little known -- across the range of American history. These words were read by a remarkable cast at an event held at the 92nd Street Y in New York City that included James Earl Jones, Alice Walker, Kurt Vonnegut, Alfre Woodard, Marisa Tomei, Danny ... Read more

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To celebrate the millionth copy sold of Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, Zinn drew on the words of Americans -- some famous, some little known -- across the range of American history. These words were read by a remarkable cast at an event held at the 92nd Street Y in New York City that included James Earl Jones, Alice Walker, Kurt Vonnegut, Alfre Woodard, Marisa Tomei, Danny
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