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Talking to the Dead

Kate and Maggie Fox and the Rise of Spiritualism

by Barbara Weisberg ...

Barbara Weisberg's Talking to the Dead blends biography and social history in this revelatory story of the family responsible for the rise of Spiritualism.A fascinating story of spirits and conjurors, skeptics and converts in the second half of nineteenth century America viewed through the lives of Kate and Maggie Fox, the sisters whose purported communication with the dead gave rise to the ... Read more

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Barbara Weisberg's Talking to the Dead blends biography and social history in this revelatory story of the family responsible for the rise of Spiritualism.A fascinating story of spirits and conjurors, skeptics and converts in the second half of nineteenth century America viewed through the lives of Kate and Maggie Fox, the sisters whose purported communication with the dead gave rise to the
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Strong Passions

A Scandalous Divorce in Old New York

by Barbara Weisberg ...

**"Riveting.…Weisberg tells a story that fiction could not touch." —Liesel Schillinger, New York Times Book ReviewShocking revelations of a wife’s adultery explode in an incendiary nineteenth-century trial, exposing upper-crust New York society and its secrets.**What could possibly go wrong in a wealthy matriarch’s country home when her dilettante son, his restless wife, and his widowed brother ... Read more

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**"Riveting.…Weisberg tells a story that fiction could not touch." —Liesel Schillinger, New York Times Book ReviewShocking revelations of a wife’s adultery explode in an incendiary nineteenth-century trial, exposing upper-crust New York society and its secrets.**What could possibly go wrong in a wealthy matriarch’s country home when her dilettante son, his restless wife, and his widowed brother
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Strong Passions

A Scandalous Divorce in Old New York

by Barbara Weisberg ...

Narrated by Elisabeth Ashby ...

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8 hours 52 min

What could possibly go wrong in a wealthy matriarch's country home when her dilettante son, his restless wife, and his widowed brother live there together? Strong Passions, rooted in the beguiling times of Edith Wharton's "old New York," recounts the true story of a tumultuous marriage. In 1862, Mary Strong stunned her husband, Peter, by confessing to a two-year affair with his brother. Peter sued ... Read more

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What could possibly go wrong in a wealthy matriarch's country home when her dilettante son, his restless wife, and his widowed brother live there together? Strong Passions, rooted in the beguiling times of Edith Wharton's "old New York," recounts the true story of a tumultuous marriage. In 1862, Mary Strong stunned her husband, Peter, by confessing to a two-year affair with his brother. Peter sued
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Life After Power

Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House

by Jared Cohen ...

Narrated by Kevin R. Free ...

Unabridged

14 hours 4 min

This “informative…highly readable” (The Wall Street Journal) New York Times bestselling book from the author of the bestseller Accidental Presidents explores what happens after the most powerful job in the world: President of the United States.Former presidents have an unusual place in American life. King George III believed that George Washington’s departure after two terms made him “the greatest ... Read more

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This “informative…highly readable” (The Wall Street Journal) New York Times bestselling book from the author of the bestseller Accidental Presidents explores what happens after the most powerful job in the world: President of the United States.Former presidents have an unusual place in American life. King George III believed that George Washington’s departure after two terms made him “the greatest
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Expect Great Things!

How the Katharine Gibbs School Revolutionized the American Workplace for Women

by Vanda Krefft ...

Narrated by Eliza Foss ...

Unabridged

10 hours 47 min

A fun and fascinating social history of the famed Katharine Gibbs School, which from the 1910s to the 1960s, trained women for executive secretary positions but surreptitiously was instilling the self-confidence and strategic know-how necessary for them to claim equality, power, and authority in the wider world.It’s a safe bet that most of the secretaries on the TV series Mad Men would have ... Read more

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A fun and fascinating social history of the famed Katharine Gibbs School, which from the 1910s to the 1960s, trained women for executive secretary positions but surreptitiously was instilling the self-confidence and strategic know-how necessary for them to claim equality, power, and authority in the wider world.It’s a safe bet that most of the secretaries on the TV series Mad Men would have
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Truth About Lies, The

The Illusion of Honesty and the Evolution of Deceit

by Aja Raden ...

Narrated by Aja Raden ...

Unabridged

9 hours 50 min

2022 Audie Award Finalist for Best Narration by the Author(s)Why do you believe what you believe?You’ve been lied to. Probably a lot. We’re always stunned when we realize we’ve been deceived. We can’t believe we were fooled: What was I thinking? How could I have believed that?We always wonder why we believed the lie. But have you ever wondered why you believe the truth? People tell you the truth ... Read more

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2022 Audie Award Finalist for Best Narration by the Author(s)Why do you believe what you believe?You’ve been lied to. Probably a lot. We’re always stunned when we realize we’ve been deceived. We can’t believe we were fooled: What was I thinking? How could I have believed that?We always wonder why we believed the lie. But have you ever wondered why you believe the truth? People tell you the truth
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Endangered Eating

America's Vanishing Foods

by Sarah Lohman ...

Narrated by Sarah Lohman ...

Unabridged

11 hours 6 min

Apples, a common New England crop, have been called the United States' most endangered food. The iconic Texas Longhorn cattle is categorized at critical risk for extinction. Unique date palms, found nowhere else on the planet, grow in California’s Coachella Valley, but the family farms that caretake them are shutting down. Apples, cattle, dates?these are foods that carry significant cultural ... Read more

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Apples, a common New England crop, have been called the United States' most endangered food. The iconic Texas Longhorn cattle is categorized at critical risk for extinction. Unique date palms, found nowhere else on the planet, grow in California’s Coachella Valley, but the family farms that caretake them are shutting down. Apples, cattle, dates?these are foods that carry significant cultural
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Becoming Ella Fitzgerald

The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song

by Judith Tick ...

Narrated by Carmen Jewel Jones ...

Unabridged

19 hours 55 min

Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996) possessed one of the twentieth century's most astonishing voices. Historian Judith Tick offers a sublime portrait of this ambitious risk-taker whose exceptional musical spontaneity made her a transformational artist.Becoming Ella Fitzgerald clears up long-enduring mysteries. Archival research and in-depth family interviews shed new light on the singer's difficult ... Read more

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Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996) possessed one of the twentieth century's most astonishing voices. Historian Judith Tick offers a sublime portrait of this ambitious risk-taker whose exceptional musical spontaneity made her a transformational artist.Becoming Ella Fitzgerald clears up long-enduring mysteries. Archival research and in-depth family interviews shed new light on the singer's difficult
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Camera Girl

The Coming of Age of Jackie Bouvier Kennedy

by Carl Sferrazza Anthony ...

Narrated by Imani Jade Powers ...

Unabridged

11 hours 57 min

This revealing biography of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy explores her early years as a writer, photographer, and ambitious young woman—offering a fresh portrait of the future First Lady before her life with John F. Kennedy.“One of the most detailed, nuanced portraits of Jackie to date.” —The Washington PostFrom New York Times bestselling author and presidential historian Carl Sferrazza Anthony, ... Read more

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This revealing biography of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy explores her early years as a writer, photographer, and ambitious young woman—offering a fresh portrait of the future First Lady before her life with John F. Kennedy.“One of the most detailed, nuanced portraits of Jackie to date.” —The Washington PostFrom New York Times bestselling author and presidential historian Carl Sferrazza Anthony,
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A Rome of One's Own

The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire

by Emma Southon ...

Narrated by Danielle Cohen ...

Unabridged

14 hours 1 min

From the acclaimed author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum comes a wildly entertaining new history of Rome that uses the lives of twenty-one extraordinary women to upend our understanding of the ancient worldThe history of Rome has long been narrow and one-sided, essentially a history of “the Doing of Important Things.” It is a history of winning battles, passing laws, and “Having ... Read more

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From the acclaimed author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum comes a wildly entertaining new history of Rome that uses the lives of twenty-one extraordinary women to upend our understanding of the ancient worldThe history of Rome has long been narrow and one-sided, essentially a history of “the Doing of Important Things.” It is a history of winning battles, passing laws, and “Having
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The Great Silence

Britain from the Shadow of the First World War to the Dawn of the Jazz Age

by Juliet Nicolson ...

Narrated by Jennifer M. Dixon ...

Unabridged

12 hours 34 min

As the euphoria of Armistice Day in 1918 quickly subsided, there was no denying the carnage that the Great War had left in its wake. Grief and shock overwhelmed the psyche of the British people—but from their despair, new life would slowly emerge.For veterans with faces demolished in the trenches, surgeon Harold Gillies brings hope with his miraculous skin-grafting procedure. Women win the vote, ... Read more

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As the euphoria of Armistice Day in 1918 quickly subsided, there was no denying the carnage that the Great War had left in its wake. Grief and shock overwhelmed the psyche of the British people—but from their despair, new life would slowly emerge.For veterans with faces demolished in the trenches, surgeon Harold Gillies brings hope with his miraculous skin-grafting procedure. Women win the vote,
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Eight Bears

Mythic Past and Imperiled Future

by Gloria Dickie ...

Narrated by Cassidy Brown ...

Unabridged

8 hours 40 min

A global exploration of the eight remaining species of bears—and the dangers they face.Bears have always held a central place in our collective memory, from Indigenous folklore and Greek mythology to nineteenth-century fairytales and the modern toy shop. But as humans and bears come into ever-closer contact, our relationship nears a tipping point. Today, most of the eight remaining bear species ... Read more

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A global exploration of the eight remaining species of bears—and the dangers they face.Bears have always held a central place in our collective memory, from Indigenous folklore and Greek mythology to nineteenth-century fairytales and the modern toy shop. But as humans and bears come into ever-closer contact, our relationship nears a tipping point. Today, most of the eight remaining bear species
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