"Donald's swift prose makes this a satisfying read."Publishers Weekly
"Aida D. Donald's elegant and affectionate portrait of Theodore Roosevelt is less a biography than a masterful essay on idealism and power.[A] beautifully written and deeply intelligent book."Alan Brinkley, Columbia University
New York state assemblyman, assistant secretary of the Navy, New York City police commissioner, governor of New York, vice president and, at forty-two, the youngest president ever-in his own words, Theodore Roosevelt "rose like a rocket." He was also a cowboy, a soldier, a historian, an intrepid explorer, and an unsurpassed environmentalist, all in all perhaps the most accomplished chief executive in our nation's history. Roosevelt built the Panama Canal and engaged the country in world affairs, putting a temporary end to American isolationism. And he won the Nobel Peace Prize, the only sitting president so honored. In Lion in the White House, historian Aida D. Donald masterfully chronicles the life of this first modern president.
Written By : Richard Feynman
Performed By : Raymond Todd
Publisher : Blackstone Audio Inc
Length : 3 hours
Biographical
Download Price : $25.95 $12.95
In this collection of lectures Feynman originally gave in 1963, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist discusses several mega questions of science. Marked by Feynman's characteristic combination of rationality and humor, these lectures provide an intimate glimpse at the man behind the legend. More...
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Written By : Giles Milton
Performed By : Tim Pigott-Smith
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 3 hours
Biographical Social & Economic Historical
Download Price : $29.61 $14.25
In 1716, Cornish cabin boy Thomas Pellow and fifty-two comrades were captured by Barbary corsairs. Their captors - fanatical Islamic slave traders - had declared war on Christendom. More...
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Written By : William Franklin Graham
Performed By : Cliff Barrows
Publisher : Harper Collins US
Length : 6 hours 30 minutes
Autobiography Christianity Biographical
Download Price : $19.95 $16.95
Billy Graham looks back at it all with down-to-earth warmth and candor -- remembering his dairy farm upbringing, his early preaching experiences. More...
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Written By : Edward E. Leslie
Performed By : Patrick Cullen
Publisher : Blackstone Audio Inc
Length : 22 hours
Biographical World
Download Price : $49.95 $39.95
Subtitled True Stories of Castaways and Other Survivors, this is the ultimate book of ordeals, with remarkable stories of castaways and other survivors from the 1500s to the present. Included are a... More...
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Written By : James Gleick
Performed By : Allan Corduner
Publisher : Harper Collins US
Length : 5 hours 30 minutes
Historical Social & Economic Biographical
Download Price : $29.95 $16.95
In this original, sweeping, and intimate biography, Gleick moves between a comprehensive historical portrait and a dramatic focus on Newton's significant letters and unpublished notebooks. More...
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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