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…
The Tunnels of Cu Chi
Unfamiliar Fishes
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!!!
Dispatches
By: Michael Herr / Narrated By: Ray Porter
Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
I may say this a lot, but oh yes: STUNNING
A Night to Remember
We Were One
Shoulder-to-Shoulder with the Marines Who Took Fallujah
By: Patrick K. O'Donnell / Narrated By: Richard Powers
Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
Fantastic stories, but oh soooo poorly read. You want a feel for grueling combat? Do READ the book, like, the print version. I’m serious…
Churchill's Hellraisers
The Secret Mission to Storm a Forbidden Nazi Fortress
By: Damien Lewis / Narrated By: Matt Bates
Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
Is it just me, or did the Publisher’s Summary get this AWEsome story entirely wrong?!
When Books Went to War
The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II
By: Molly Guptill Manning / Narrated By: Bernadette Dunne
Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
A trifle repetitious, but seriously! Huzzah!
The Last Kings of Shanghai
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!
On Tyranny
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!!!
Mutiny on the Rising Sun
A Tragic Tale of Slavery, Smuggling, and Chocolate
By: Jared Ross Hardesty / Narrated By: Joe Barrett
Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
Yikes, I’ve a feeling Hardesty tried his darn-tootin’ best, but this is a noooo… Weep with me!
Bloodlands
Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
By: Timothy Snyder / Narrated By: Ralph Cosham
Length: 19 hrs and 14 mins
Overwhelming… Familiar…
No Man’s Land
The Disappearing Spoon
And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
By: Sam Kean / Narrated By: Sean Runnette
Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
SUCH True Science, I mean, like, reeeeally! has me Wanting ‘bout, ooooh I dunno, TWELVE of My Hours Back…?!
Fritz Pollard
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…!
You Never Forget Your First
Grace Will Lead Us Home
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
Civil Rights Queen
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!!!
The Longest Winter
The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon
By: Alex Kershaw / Narrated By: Grover Gardner
Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
Kiiiiinda misleading secondary title. That noted, however? 9+ hours fly by when you’re actually there with the men
Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat
Written and Narrated By: Giles Milton
Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
ZOUNDS!!!!!!