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The Black Count

Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (Pulitzer Prize for Biography)

by Tom Reiss ...

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “richly imagined biography” (The New York Times Book Review) of General Alex Dumas, who rose from slavery to command vast armies in the French Revolutionary Wars—and whose exploits were immortalized in his son’s novels The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers“Fascinating [and] entertaining.”—The Wall Street Journal“Remarkable.... ... Read more

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PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “richly imagined biography” (The New York Times Book Review) of General Alex Dumas, who rose from slavery to command vast armies in the French Revolutionary Wars—and whose exploits were immortalized in his son’s novels The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers“Fascinating [and] entertaining.”—The Wall Street Journal“Remarkable....
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The Orientalist

Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life

by Tom Reiss ...

Part history, part cultural biography, and part literary mystery, The Orientalist traces the life of Lev Nussimbaum, a Jew who transformed himself into a Muslim prince and became a best-selling author in Nazi Germany.Born in 1905 to a wealthy family in the oil-boom city of Baku, at the edge of the czarist empire, Lev escaped the Russian Revolution in a camel caravan. He found refuge in Germany, ... Read more

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Part history, part cultural biography, and part literary mystery, The Orientalist traces the life of Lev Nussimbaum, a Jew who transformed himself into a Muslim prince and became a best-selling author in Nazi Germany.Born in 1905 to a wealthy family in the oil-boom city of Baku, at the edge of the czarist empire, Lev escaped the Russian Revolution in a camel caravan. He found refuge in Germany,
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We Will Never Die

How a Defiant Band of Writers, Filmmakers, Musicians, and Movie Stars Inspired the Greatest Rescue Effort of World War II

by Tom Reiss ...

The epic, untold story of how some of the biggest names on Broadway and in Hollywood fought fascism, opened America's eyes to the Holocaust, and forced the government to take action—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Black CountIn September 1941, a screenwriter sat in the bar of the “21” Club as two men with foreign accents told him a story full of twists and turns that took several ... Read more

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The epic, untold story of how some of the biggest names on Broadway and in Hollywood fought fascism, opened America's eyes to the Holocaust, and forced the government to take action—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Black CountIn September 1941, a screenwriter sat in the bar of the “21” Club as two men with foreign accents told him a story full of twists and turns that took several
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The Orientalist

Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life

by Tom Reiss ...

Narrated by Paul Michael ...

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15 hours 57 min

Part history, part cultural biography, and part literary mystery, The Orientalist traces the life of Lev Nussimbaum, a Jew who transformed himself into a Muslim prince and became a best-selling author in Nazi Germany.Born in 1905 to a wealthy family in the oil-boom city of Baku, at the edge of the czarist empire, Lev escaped the Russian Revolution in a camel caravan. He found refuge in Germany, ... Read more

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Part history, part cultural biography, and part literary mystery, The Orientalist traces the life of Lev Nussimbaum, a Jew who transformed himself into a Muslim prince and became a best-selling author in Nazi Germany.Born in 1905 to a wealthy family in the oil-boom city of Baku, at the edge of the czarist empire, Lev escaped the Russian Revolution in a camel caravan. He found refuge in Germany,
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The Black Count

Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo

by Tom Reiss ...

Narrated by Paul Michael ...

Unabridged

13 hours 30 min

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “richly imagined biography” (The New York Times Book Review) of General Alex Dumas, who rose from slavery to command vast armies in the French Revolutionary Wars—and whose exploits were immortalized in his son’s novels The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers“Fascinating [and] entertaining.”—The Wall Street Journal“Remarkable.... ... Read more

$22.99 USD

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “richly imagined biography” (The New York Times Book Review) of General Alex Dumas, who rose from slavery to command vast armies in the French Revolutionary Wars—and whose exploits were immortalized in his son’s novels The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers“Fascinating [and] entertaining.”—The Wall Street Journal“Remarkable....
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Childish Things

A journey from and to innocence

by Tom Reiss ...

Narrated by Ivan Busenius ...

Unabridged

5 hours 23 min

Astonishing. Searingly honest with plenty of drama it is the true story of a young life led that promised much, delivered more that could ever have been envisaged until the bottom fell out of the authors world.From the realms of high finance and a chance encounter with the President to the comedic pathos of the participation in a football tournament, as an inpatient of a Psychiatric facility.After ... Read more

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Astonishing. Searingly honest with plenty of drama it is the true story of a young life led that promised much, delivered more that could ever have been envisaged until the bottom fell out of the authors world.From the realms of high finance and a chance encounter with the President to the comedic pathos of the participation in a football tournament, as an inpatient of a Psychiatric facility.After
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We Will Never Die

How a Defiant Band of Writers, Filmmakers, Musicians, and Movie Stars Inspired the Greatest Rescue Effort of World War II

by Tom Reiss ...

Unabridged

17 hours

The epic, untold story of how some of the biggest names on Broadway and in Hollywood fought fascism, opened America's eyes to the Holocaust, and forced the government to take action—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Black CountIn September 1941, a screenwriter sat in the bar of the “21” Club as two men with foreign accents told him a story full of twists and turns that took several ... Read more

$29.99 USD

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The epic, untold story of how some of the biggest names on Broadway and in Hollywood fought fascism, opened America's eyes to the Holocaust, and forced the government to take action—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Black CountIn September 1941, a screenwriter sat in the bar of the “21” Club as two men with foreign accents told him a story full of twists and turns that took several
... Read more

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The Ballad of Bob Dylan

A Portrait

by Daniel Mark Epstein ...

Narrated by Bronson Pinchot ...

Unabridged

15 hours 25 min

The Ballad of Bob Dylan is a vivid, full-bodied portrait of one of the most influential artists of the 20th century—a man widely regarded as the most important lyricist America has ever produced.Acclaimed poet and biographer Daniel Mark Epstein frames Dylan against the backdrop of four seminal concerts—all of which he attended: Lisner Auditorium, Washington, D.C., 1963; Madison Square Garden, New ... Read more

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The Ballad of Bob Dylan is a vivid, full-bodied portrait of one of the most influential artists of the 20th century—a man widely regarded as the most important lyricist America has ever produced.Acclaimed poet and biographer Daniel Mark Epstein frames Dylan against the backdrop of four seminal concerts—all of which he attended: Lisner Auditorium, Washington, D.C., 1963; Madison Square Garden, New
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The Lincolns

Portrait of a Marriage

by Daniel Mark Epstein ...

Narrated by Adam Grupper ...

Unabridged

21 hours 33 min

Daniel Mark Epstein has produced an incisive and balanced portrait of the Lincolns, from their mysterious and troubled courtship in 1840 until his assassination in Ford's Theatre in 1865. For the first time, in The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage we can feel the full force of the tragedy that was the slow crumbling of their marriage, knowing it intimately from the first act to the last. ... Read more

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Daniel Mark Epstein has produced an incisive and balanced portrait of the Lincolns, from their mysterious and troubled courtship in 1840 until his assassination in Ford's Theatre in 1865. For the first time, in The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage we can feel the full force of the tragedy that was the slow crumbling of their marriage, knowing it intimately from the first act to the last.
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The Last Dickens

A Novel

by Matthew Pearl ...

Narrated by Paul Michael ...

Unabridged

12 hours 59 min

In his most enthralling novel yet, the critically acclaimed author Matthew Pearl reopens one of literary history’s greatest mysteries. The Last Dickens is a tale filled with the dazzling twists and turns, the unerring period details, and the meticulous research that thrilled readers of the bestsellers The Dante Club and The Poe Shadow.Boston, 1870. When news of Charles Dickens’s untimely death ... Read more

$22.99 USD

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In his most enthralling novel yet, the critically acclaimed author Matthew Pearl reopens one of literary history’s greatest mysteries. The Last Dickens is a tale filled with the dazzling twists and turns, the unerring period details, and the meticulous research that thrilled readers of the bestsellers The Dante Club and The Poe Shadow.Boston, 1870. When news of Charles Dickens’s untimely death
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Outskirts of Hope, The

A Memoir of the 1960s Deep South

by Jo Ivester ...

Narrated by Clare Radix ...

Unabridged

6 hours 15 min

“A sensitive and powerful memoir of racial change in the South in the 1960s.”―BooklistIn 1967, when Jo Ivester was ten years old, her father transplanted his young family from a suburb of Boston to a small town in the heart of the Mississippi cotton fields, where he became the medical director of a clinic that served the poor population for miles around. But ultimately it was not Ivester’s father ... Read more

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“A sensitive and powerful memoir of racial change in the South in the 1960s.”―BooklistIn 1967, when Jo Ivester was ten years old, her father transplanted his young family from a suburb of Boston to a small town in the heart of the Mississippi cotton fields, where he became the medical director of a clinic that served the poor population for miles around. But ultimately it was not Ivester’s father
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The House of Dies Drear

by Virginia Hamilton ...

Narrated by Lynne Thigpen ...

Unabridged

6 hours 59 min

One hundred years ago, Dies Drear and two runaway slaves hiding in his house, an important station on the Underground Railroad, were murdered. Legend has it that the ghost of Mr. Drear still haunts the lonely old house. But Thomas Small's father, a Civil War history professor, doesn't believe the legends and buys the house. The house is fascinating, thinks Thomas, and it is filled with hidden ... Read more

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One hundred years ago, Dies Drear and two runaway slaves hiding in his house, an important station on the Underground Railroad, were murdered. Legend has it that the ghost of Mr. Drear still haunts the lonely old house. But Thomas Small's father, a Civil War history professor, doesn't believe the legends and buys the house. The house is fascinating, thinks Thomas, and it is filled with hidden
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