"This is the best so far of an already superbly distinguished series which
will constitute when finished one of the finest historical biographies of our time."
--New York Review of Books
"In the grand design of Mr. Malone's comprehensive biography, the present volume maintains
the magnificent quality of the preceding ones and in one sense outstrips them by fulfilling an
urgent need in American scholarship....Henceforth no one will dare to pronounce on any
aspect of it, without having studied closely this [biography] of a great President by a great historian."
--New York Times Book Review
The fourth volume of this Pulitzer Prize-winning biography vividly recounts Jefferson's eventful
first presidential term. Though characterized by calmer seas than his second presidential
voyage, Jefferson's first years in office find him confronting a nation deeply divided following
the administrations of Washington and Adams, and many subsequent conflicts. He acquires
the vast territory of Louisiana for the United States, challenges the growing power of the
federal judiciary, and continues to press his opposition to the Hamiltonian doctrine of an
overriding central government, assumes the unchallenged leadership of his party, and is
universally acknowledged as the preeminent American patron of science and general
learning.
Author : Ed Butchart
Performed By : Ed Butchart
Published By : Brilliance Audio Inc
2 hours 59 minutes
Type : Christianity Autobiography
Download Price : $24.95
Ed Butchart shares his stories as a professional Santa Claus in The Red Suit Diaries. Woven throughout is a faith and a joy of giving that energizes Butchart's mission to spread love to all kinds. More info...
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Author : Paul Strathern
Performed By : Robert Whitfield
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
2 hours
Type : Arts & Drama Autobiography Self Help
Download Price : $19.95 $9.95
In Kafka in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Kafka's life and ideas, and explains their influence on literature and on man's struggle to understand his place in the wo... More info...
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Author : Jane Goodall
Performed By : Jane Goodall
Published By : Hachette Audio
6 hours
Type : Autobiography Women
Download Price : $24.98 $17.49
Dr. Jane Goodall's revolutionary study of chimpanzees in Tanzania's Gombe preserve forever altered the very definition of "humanity". More info...
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Author : Linda Greenlaw
Performed By : Linda Greenlaw
Published By : Brilliance Audio Inc
5 hours 32 minutes
Type : Autobiography
Download Price : $24.95
A must-read for everyone who loves boats and oceans (and lobsters), everyone who has ever reached a crossroads in life, and everyone who is curious about what it is like to live on a very small island More info...
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Author : Mary Rowlandson
Performed By : Carrington MacDuffie
Published By : In Audio
2 hours 20 minutes
Type : American Pre 1900 Biographical Autobiography
Download Price : $16.95 $12.50
This marvelous reading of Mary Rownlandson's account of the Narragansett Indian siege, descriptive and mindful of the will of God, this is a very powerful audiobook. More info...
Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography Biographical Travel
Price : $16.75
The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.
McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.
Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.
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