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Operation Paperclip
Nonfiction, History, Biology & Medicine, Science & Technology, Politics, American, European
Operation Paperclip
Nonfiction, History, Biology & Medicine, Science & Technology, Politics, American, European

The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America

Written and Narrated By: Annie Jacobsen

Length: 19 hrs and 26 mins

I Am. GUTTED…

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Nonfiction, History, Biology & Medicine, Science & Technology, Politics, American, European
Travelers in the Third Reich
Nonfiction, History, European, Social Science, Politics
Travelers in the Third Reich
Nonfiction, History, European, Social Science, Politics

The Rise of Fascism: 1919-1945

By: Julia Boyd / Narrated By: Christa Lewis

Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins

Three words? Stunning. Terrifying. Timely…

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Nonfiction, History, European, Social Science, Politics
Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates
Nonfiction, History, American, Politics, Military
Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates
Nonfiction, History, American, Politics, Military

The Forgotten War That Changed American History

By: Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger / Narrated By: Brian Kilmeade

Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins

Uh-oh… one eye firmly on History, the other? Oh ouch… total Squid’s Eye, and I can’t help it…

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Nonfiction, History, American, Politics, Military
Nueva Canción
Nonfiction, History, Social Science
Nueva Canción
Nonfiction, History, Social Science

The Lost Recordings

By: Luis Alberto González Arenas, Diego Morales De Murga / Narrated By: Robb Moreira, Thom Rivera, Ozzie Rodriguez, Gabriel Romero, Pietro Gonzalez, Julia Vera Andrews, Frankie Maria Corzo, Rene Veron

Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins

Intricate, Inspiring, Very Well-Done

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Nonfiction, History, Social Science
Once upon a Time in Russia
Nonfiction, Politics, History
Once upon a Time in Russia
Nonfiction, Politics, History

The Rise of the Oligarchs and the Greatest Wealth in History

By: Ben Mezrich / Narrated By: Jeremy Bobb

Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins

Ben Mezrich ain’t no Luke Harding -but-

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Nonfiction, Politics, History
A Demon-Haunted Land
Nonfiction, History, Social Science
A Demon-Haunted Land
Nonfiction, History, Social Science

Witches, Wonder Doctors, and the Ghosts of the Past in Post-WWII Germany

By: Monica Black / Narrated By: Erin Dion

Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins

I don’t know; but I don’t think Monica Black quite knows either… hmmm…

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Nonfiction, History, Social Science
On Tyranny
Nonfiction, Politics, Social Science, History, European
On Tyranny
Nonfiction, Politics, Social Science, History, European

Updated with Twenty New Lessons from Russia's War on Ukraine

Written and Narrated By: Timothy Snyder

Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins

Timothy Snyder is a MUST Listen!!!

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Nonfiction, Politics, Social Science, History, European
Bloodlands
Nonfiction, History, European, Politics, Social Science
Bloodlands
Nonfiction, History, European, Politics, Social Science

Europe Between Hitler and Stalin

By: Timothy Snyder / Narrated By: Ralph Cosham

Length: 19 hrs and 14 mins

Overwhelming… Familiar…

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Nonfiction, History, European, Politics, Social Science
Fritz Pollard
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Sports, History, Social Science, American
Fritz Pollard
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Sports, History, Social Science, American

Pioneer in Racial Advancement

By: John M. Carroll / Narrated By: JD Jackson

Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins

The man’s story is sooo good, sooo inspiring…!

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Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Sports, History, Social Science, American
Grace Will Lead Us Home
Nonfiction, History, Social Science, Religion & Spirituality
Grace Will Lead Us Home
Nonfiction, History, Social Science, Religion & Spirituality

The Charleston Church Massacre and the Hard, Inspiring Journey to Forgiveness

By: Jennifer Berry Hawes / Introduction: Jennifer Berry Hawes / Narrated By: Karen Chilton

Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins

ExTENsive and even-handed reporting on a tragedy made this a MUST Listen

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Nonfiction, History, Social Science, Religion & Spirituality
Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies
Nonfiction, Social Science, History, Anthropology
Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies
Nonfiction, Social Science, History, Anthropology

Migrant Farmworkers in the United States

By: Seth Holmes / Narrated By: Paul Costanzo

Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins

No really, beYONd a Left/Right Issue—this is just a shared humanity, isn’t it?!?

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Nonfiction, Social Science, History, Anthropology
The Real History of Witches and Witch Hunts
Nonfiction, History, Lecture & Course, Social Science
The Real History of Witches and Witch Hunts
Nonfiction, History, Lecture & Course, Social Science

Written and Narrated By: Thomas Fudge

Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins

Snooooze… hypotheses suggested… snooooze…. no conclusions drawn… snooooooze… Whazza? Is it over?!

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Nonfiction, History, Lecture & Course, Social Science
Wilmington's Lie
Nonfiction, History, American, Social Science
Wilmington's Lie
Nonfiction, History, American, Social Science

The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy

By: David Zucchino / Narrated By: Victor Bevine

Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins

How come this isn’t widely known? A disgustingly successful coup on American soil

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Nonfiction, History, American, Social Science
Assassination Vacation
Nonfiction, History, American, Politics
Assassination Vacation
Nonfiction, History, American, Politics

By: Sarah Vowell / Narrated By: Sarah Vowell, Conan O'Brien, Catherine Keener, Stephen King, Dave Eggers, Jon Stewart

Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins

Uneven guest narrators don’t throw off a delight. Morbid meets Road Trip

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Nonfiction, History, American, Politics
Everything Trump Touches Dies
Nonfiction, History, American, Politics, Well Known Figure
Everything Trump Touches Dies
Nonfiction, History, American, Politics, Well Known Figure

A Republican Strategist Gets Real About the Worst President Ever

Written and Narrated By: Rick Wilson

Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins

Was crying from Minute One—dunno whether from laughter or from deepest sorrow

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Nonfiction, History, American, Politics, Well Known Figure
American Dunkirk
Nonfiction, History, 21st Century, Social Science
American Dunkirk
Nonfiction, History, 21st Century, Social Science

The Waterborne Evacuation of Manhattan on 9/11

By: James Kendra, Tricia Wachtendorf / Narrated By: Peter Lerman

Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins

You looking for almost-mythological heroes? Nooooo, look far away from this study of the mechanics of rescues…!

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Nonfiction, History, 21st Century, Social Science
So You've Been Publicly Shamed
Nonfiction, History, Social Science
So You've Been Publicly Shamed
Nonfiction, History, Social Science

Written and Narrated By: Jon Ronson

Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins

Deep and fraught; shallow and histrionic: Ronson always, ALWAYS provides a hilarious descent into Hell

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Nonfiction, History, Social Science
Good Pirates of the Forgotten Bayous
Nonfiction, Social Science, History, 21st Century
Good Pirates of the Forgotten Bayous
Nonfiction, Social Science, History, 21st Century

Fighting to Save a Way of Life in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina

By: Ken Wells / Narrated By: Chris Andrews

Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins

Not quite what I thought it was gonna be…

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Nonfiction, Social Science, History, 21st Century
Stride Toward Freedom
Nonfiction, History, Politics
Stride Toward Freedom
Nonfiction, History, Politics

The Montgomery Story

Series: The King Legacy

By: Martin Luther King Jr. / Narrated By: JD Jackson

Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins

Ponderous narration (And I mean PONDEROUS!) doesn’t mar this incredibly fine account

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Nonfiction, History, Politics
Insane Clown President
Nonfiction, History, American, Politics, Well Known Figure
Insane Clown President
Nonfiction, History, American, Politics, Well Known Figure

By: Matt Taibbi / Narrated By: Rob Shapiro

Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins

Listened to it; now I’m ready for a bleach dip…

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Nonfiction, History, American, Politics, Well Known Figure
The Five
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, History, Crime, Well Known Figure
The Five
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, History, Crime, Well Known Figure

The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

By: Hallie Rubenhold / Narrated By: Louise Brealey

Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins

Very much wanted to love this, but… >Meh<

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Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, History, Crime, Well Known Figure
The Boys in the Bunkhouse
Nonfiction, History, American, Social Science
The Boys in the Bunkhouse
Nonfiction, History, American, Social Science

Servitude and Salvation in the Heartland

By: Dan Barry / Narrated By: Fred Sanders

Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins

Read one review of this audiobook that TOTALLY shows WHY this happened for so long and continues to happen today…

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Nonfiction, History, American, Social Science
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Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians but Were Afraid to Ask
Nonfiction, History
Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians but Were Afraid to Ask
Nonfiction, History

By: Anton Treuer / Narrated By: Kaipo Schwab

Length: 5 hrs and 1 min

It’s a Start… so PHEW…

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Nonfiction, History
The Day the World Ended at Little Big Horn
Nonfiction, History
The Day the World Ended at Little Big Horn
Nonfiction, History

Written and Narrated By: Joseph M. Marshall III

Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins

Mostly about a lost Way of Life

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Nonfiction, History
This Land Is Their Land
Nonfiction, History, American
This Land Is Their Land
Nonfiction, History, American

The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving

By: David J. Silverman / Narrated By: William Roberts

Length: 14 hrs and 55 mins

We reeeeally should lay the Thanksgiving Myth to rest… oh. my. gosh…

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Nonfiction, History, American
The Real All Americans
Nonfiction, History, Bio & Memoir, Sports
The Real All Americans
Nonfiction, History, Bio & Memoir, Sports

The Team That Changed a Game, a People, a Nation

By: Sally Jenkins / Narrated By: Don Leslie

Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins

A mightily inspirational listen… that’s pretty god awfully depressing as well…

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Nonfiction, History, Bio & Memoir, Sports
Code Talker
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, History, Military
Code Talker
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, History, Military

The First and Only Memoir by One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WW II

By: Chester Nez, Judith Schiess Avila / Narrated By: David Colacci

Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins

You’d better believe this is a good book about a great man

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Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, History, Military
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Unfamiliar Fishes
Nonfiction, History, Politics, American
Unfamiliar Fishes
Nonfiction, History, Politics, American

By: Sarah Vowell / Narrated By: Sarah Vowell, Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, John Hodgman, Catherine Keener, Edward Norton, Keanu Reeves, Paul Rudd, Maya Rudolph, John Slattery

Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins

“Caustic rhetoric”?!? Yesssss!!!

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Nonfiction, History, Politics, American
The Last Kings of Shanghai
Nonfiction, History
The Last Kings of Shanghai
Nonfiction, History

The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China

By: Jonathan Kaufman / Narrated By: Joel Richards

Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins

Engaging, a real treat!

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Nonfiction, History
Nagasaki
Nonfiction, History, Bio & Memoir
Nagasaki
Nonfiction, History, Bio & Memoir

Life After Nuclear War

By: Susan Southard / Narrated By: Traci Kato-Kiriyama

Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins

75 years later, and I’m devastated, and I’m a tad confused (I do admit it…!)

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Nonfiction, History, Bio & Memoir
Hiroshima Diary
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, History
Hiroshima Diary
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, History

The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945

By: Michihiko Hachiya MD / Narrated By: Robertson Dean

Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins

Boooooo, Robertson DEAN! …but at least he didn’t ruin this one…! Verrrry touching, soul-stirring

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Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, History
North Korea Confidential
Nonfiction, History
North Korea Confidential
Nonfiction, History

Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors

By: Daniel Tudor, James Pearson / Narrated By: Derek Perkins

Length: 4 hrs and 45 mins

A HIGHly respectful look at what we don’t know about North Korea

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Nonfiction, History
Honor Before Glory
Nonfiction, History, Military
Honor Before Glory
Nonfiction, History, Military

The Epic World War II Story of the Japanese American GIs Who Rescued the Lost Battalion

By: Scott McGaugh / Narrated By: Traber Burns

Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins

Riveting Military History of Heroes, but oh! Traber Burns :(

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Nonfiction, History, Military
Featured
Fritz Pollard
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Sports, History, Social Science, American
Fritz Pollard
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Sports, History, Social Science, American

Pioneer in Racial Advancement

By: John M. Carroll / Narrated By: JD Jackson

Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins

The man’s story is sooo good, sooo inspiring…!

Read More →
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Sports, History, Social Science, American
Grace Will Lead Us Home
Nonfiction, History, Social Science, Religion & Spirituality
Grace Will Lead Us Home
Nonfiction, History, Social Science, Religion & Spirituality

The Charleston Church Massacre and the Hard, Inspiring Journey to Forgiveness

By: Jennifer Berry Hawes / Introduction: Jennifer Berry Hawes / Narrated By: Karen Chilton

Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins

ExTENsive and even-handed reporting on a tragedy made this a MUST Listen

Read More →
Nonfiction, History, Social Science, Religion & Spirituality
Civil Rights Queen
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Empowerment, History
Civil Rights Queen
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Empowerment, History

Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality

By: Tomiko Brown-Nagin / Narrated By: Karen Chilton

Length: 15 hrs and 57 mins

Okay, this jumps around ALL OVER THE PLACE, but boy is it awesome!!!

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Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Empowerment, History
Wilmington's Lie
Nonfiction, History, American, Social Science
Wilmington's Lie
Nonfiction, History, American, Social Science

The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy

By: David Zucchino / Narrated By: Victor Bevine

Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins

How come this isn’t widely known? A disgustingly successful coup on American soil

Read More →
Nonfiction, History, American, Social Science
Across That Bridge
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, History
Across That Bridge
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, History

A Vision for Change and the Future of America

By: John Lewis / Narrated By: Keith David

Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins

Beautiful, brutal, at times disheartening but ALWAYS filled with such love

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Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, History
In the Shadow of Liberty
Nonfiction, History, American
In the Shadow of Liberty
Nonfiction, History, American

The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives

By: Kenneth C. Davis / Narrated By: Kenneth C. Davis, Frankie Faison, Keith David, JD Jackson, Adenrele Ojo, Adam Lazarre-White, Dion Graham, Mark Bramhall

Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins

Behind our great men? An army of enslaved men, women, and children… Happy Presidents Day, y’all…

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Nonfiction, History, American
Enemies in Love
Nonfiction, History, American
Enemies in Love
Nonfiction, History, American

A German POW, a Black Nurse, and an Unlikely Romance

By: Alexis Clark / Narrated By: Allyson Johnson

Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins

A book combining History, Romance, and WWII?!? I SHOULD’VE loved this!

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Nonfiction, History, American
Stride Toward Freedom
Nonfiction, History, Politics
Stride Toward Freedom
Nonfiction, History, Politics

The Montgomery Story

Series: The King Legacy

By: Martin Luther King Jr. / Narrated By: JD Jackson

Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins

Ponderous narration (And I mean PONDEROUS!) doesn’t mar this incredibly fine account

Read More →
Nonfiction, History, Politics
Help Me to Find My People
Nonfiction, History, American
Help Me to Find My People
Nonfiction, History, American

The African American Search for Family Lost in Slavery

By: Heather Andrea Williams / Narrated By: Robin Miles

Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins

If you ever thought you knew about the evils of slavery? You have NO idea—here we go

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Nonfiction, History, American
Brothers in Arms
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, History, Military
Brothers in Arms
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, History, Military

The Epic Story of the 761st Tank Battalion, WWII’s Forgotten Heroes

By: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Anthony Walton / Narrated By: Richard Allen

Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins

A very proud addition to Audiobook Accomplice’s Military History!

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Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, History, Military
When They Call You A Terrorist
Nonfiction, History, Bio & Memoir
When They Call You A Terrorist
Nonfiction, History, Bio & Memoir

A Black Lives Matter Memoir

By: Patrisse Khan-Cullors, asha bandele / Narrated By: Patrisse Khan-Cullors

Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins

Because Black lives matter…

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Nonfiction, History, Bio & Memoir
Warriors Don’t Cry
Nonfiction, History, Bio & Memoir
Warriors Don’t Cry
Nonfiction, History, Bio & Memoir

A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock’s Central High

By: Melba Pattillo Beals / Narrated By: Lisa Reneé Pitts

Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins

Unbelievable! Filled with rage, violence. Filled with love, innocence.

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Nonfiction, History, Bio & Memoir
Hidden Figures
Nonfiction, History, American, Empowerment
Hidden Figures
Nonfiction, History, American, Empowerment

The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

By: Margot Lee Shetterly / Narrated By: Robin Miles

Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins

Worth it for the prologue and the epilogue

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Nonfiction, History, American, Empowerment
Death of a King
Nonfiction, Well Known Figure, Bio & Memoir, History
Death of a King
Nonfiction, Well Known Figure, Bio & Memoir, History

The Real Story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Final Year

By: Tavis Smiley, David Ritz / Narrated By: Tavis Smiley

Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins

Fraught narration sometimes mars a good account

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Nonfiction, Well Known Figure, Bio & Memoir, History

 

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