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This fascinating audiobook is the first volume in a projected cultural history of the United States, from the earliest English settlements to our own time. It is a history of American folkways as they have changed through time, and it argues a thesis about the importance for the United States of having been British in its cultural origins. While most people in the United States today have no British ancestors, they have assimilated regional cultures which were created by British colonists, even while preserving ethnic identities at the same time.

当全民炒股的投机狂热遭遇信用收缩，一场改写金融史的毁灭性崩盘便在繁荣的巅峰轰然降临，瞬间击穿无数家庭的财富安全感。踏入充满爵士乐与消费狂热的喧嚣时代，见证技术进步催生的盲目自信如何演变为致命的借贷狂...

当狂热的宗教信仰与隐秘的邻里宿怨相互碰撞，一场源于群体恐惧的猎巫行动，瞬间将平静的清教徒村庄拖入撕裂与背叛的深渊。曾经互助共存的普通人，在流言与权力逼迫下，轻易沦为指控至亲好友的伪证者。...

The Yowani Choctaw Exodus is a powerful historical drama that traces the journey of the Wind Clan—descendants of matriarchal leadership and spiritual resilience—through the turbulent landscapes of forced migration, cultural survival, and ancestral memory. Rooted in meticulous research and infused with emotional depth, this narrative illuminates the untold story of the Yowani Choctaws, whose path from Mississippi to Texas was marked by both tragedy and triumph.

アンデスの山脈と海に挟まれた特異な辺境の地で、人々はいかにして支配と共存の軌跡を紡ぎ、一つの国家を形作ってきたのかを紐解く歴史ノンフィクション。知的好奇心を強く刺激する通勤や移動の時間に、わずか二時...

征服者の視点によって塗り替えられたテキサス先住民の壮大な歴史を紐解き、過酷な自然環境を生き抜いた共同体の回復力と、知られざる政治文化を鮮やかに蘇らせます。知的好奇心を刺激する没入感に満ちたこのナレー...

Thousands of years, way before Christopher Columbus set sail, wandering tribes of hunters made their way from Asia across the Bering land bridge to North America. They didn't know it, but they had discovered a New World. The First Americans is a fascinating re-creation of pre-Columbian Native American life, and it's an adventure of a lifetime!

North of Nelson presents six gripping short stories set in the wilderness of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan will hold the listener spellbound as the various protagonists live, and sometimes perish, in this often harsh and rugged land. The mythical village of Nelson frames the life and plights of the various actors as they plunge headlong physically, psychologically, and metaphorically into the treacherous waters of the Sturgeon River Country, where humans live precariously on the edge of a knife, and every mistake could be fatal.

In March of 1975, as New York City hurtles toward bankruptcy and the Bronx burns, newsman Coleridge Taylor roams police precincts and ERs. He is looking for the story that will deliver him from obits. A break comes at Bellevue, where Taylor views the body of a homeless teen picked up in the Meatpacking District. Taylor smells a rat: The dead boy looks too clean, and he's wearing a distinctive army field jacket.

Durante los últimos sesenta años, la CIA ha conseguido mantener una excelente reputación a pesar de su terrible trayectoria, escondiendo sus errores en archivos de alto secreto. Ahora, Tim Weiner, ganador del Pulitzer por sus trabajos periodísticos sobre los servicios secretos estadounidenses, nos ofrece la historia definitiva de la CIA.

Experience a fast-paced Caribbean history of brutal conquest and inspiring rebellion perfect for your daily commute. Journey from the ancient indigenous roots of the Taino people to the intense fight for freedom against empire and slavery. This short listen delivers an educational and highly...

The history of African American Christianity is one of the determined faith of a people driven to pursue spiritual and social uplift for themselves and others to God's glory. Yet stories of faithful Black Christians have often been forgotten or minimized. The dynamic witness of the Black church in the United States is an essential part of Christian history that must be heard and dependably retold. In this book, Walter R. Strickland II does just that through a theological-intellectual history highlighting the ways theology has formed and motivated Black Christianity across the centuries.

Bloomsbury Presents The Battle of Gettysburg 1863: The First Day, by Timothy J. Orr, read by Tom Alexander An authoritative and superbly illustrated exploration of the events of July 3, 1863, incorporating new interpretations that have arisen in the past two decades. The third day of the Battle...

This is a book about a poet, about a poem, about a city, and about a world at a point of change. More than a work of literary criticism or literary biography, it is a record of why and how we create and respond to great poetry. This is a book about a poet – W. H. Auden, a wunderkind, a...

History of the Great American Fortunes Volume One of Three Volumes by Gustavus Myers. Charles H. Kerr 1909.

Rescued by a quirk of fate, Somerset FitzRoy remembers little about his ordeal in the icy water. But he cannot forget the frightened child who begged him for help that night - and her mother's beautiful face haunts his dreams. Days later, he is overjoyed to find Isabel and Eunice among the survivors in New York. Will she remember him? She must - because their love was meant to be.

"Was wissen Sie über Werwesen, Miss O’Shea?" Boston im Winter 1887. Eine klirrend kalte Nacht. Ein grausiger Mord um drei Uhr früh. Ein eisiger Morgen. Ein ganz normaler Arbeitstag für Caohime 'Kiwa' O’Shea, die junge Fotografin des Bostoner Police Departments. Doch dieser Tatort und dieses Verbrechen sind anders als alles, was Miss O’Shea bislang vor die Linse bekommen hat: Das Opfer wurde furchtbar entstellt, als wäre es von einem wilden Tier gerissen worden! Mitten in der Stadt! Wie ist das möglich? Und warum entlädt eine Kutsche zwei merkwürdige Pinkerton Agenten, die die Ermittlung an sich reißen?

Eager to celebrate its history, and display its athletic potential, the United States hosted the nation’s first Olympic games in 1904 St. Louis. But within a few years, the publication of Coubertin’s memoirs turned the praised Olympics into the failed Olympics. America’s First Olympics corrects common misconceptions that began with Coubertin’s memoirs, and presents a fresh view of the 1904 games, which featured first-time African American Olympians, an eccentric and controversial marathon, and documentation by pioneering photojournalist Jessie Tarbox Beals.

The Westside Slugger is the powerful story of civil rights in Las Vegas and Nevada through the eyes and experience of Joe Neal, a history-making state lawmaker in Nevada. Neal rose from humble beginnings in Mound, Louisiana, during the Great Depression to become the first African American to serve in the Nevada State Senate. Pushing through racial and civil rights hurdles and becoming a lifelong advocate for social justice, his dedication and determination are powerful reminders to always fight the good fight and never stop swinging. 

Part 1 covers the New World before 1492, European discovery and contact with Native Americans, the first colonies of Spain, France, the Netherlands, and Britain, British colonial history including the Puritan colonies and the Chesapeake Bay colonies, the French and Indian War, the rise of slavery, the growing tension between the colonies and the British government, the American Revolution, the Articles of Confederation, American Constitutional government, the early Republic, the rise of political parties, Jeffersonian Republicanism, and the War of 1812.