A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal
By: Ben MacIntyre / Narrated By: John Lee
Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
A smarmy, schmoozy, amoral… Hero?!? This is so entertaining as To DIE For!!!
Agent Zigzag
No Man’s Land
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
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!!!
Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
(Abridged)
By: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. / Editor: Clayborne Carson / Narrated By: Levar Burton
Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
BeYONd inspiring; beYONd heartbreaking. Just truly excellent!
Cassandra Speaks
When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes
By: Elizabeth Lesser / Narrated By: Xe Sands
Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
First time? Liked it. Second time? Oh gosh! juuuuuust what I NEEDED!!!
The Partly Cloudy Patriot
By: Sarah Vowell / Narrated By: Sarah Vowell, Conan O'Brien, Seth Green, Stephen Colbert
Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins
No finer essayist on All Things American—The Good, The Bad, The Ugly… The Hilarious…!
Denali's Howl
Once There Was a War
By: John Steinbeck / Edited By: Mark Bowden / Narrated By: Lloyd James
Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
A look at the details of war—often humorous, sometimes touching, always oh so human…
Bikeman
By: Thomas F. Flynn / Narrated By: Jim Dale
Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
The “forever September morning” told in heartrending verse
Nagasaki
Hiroshima Diary
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
A Woman of No Importance
The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
By: Sonia Purnell / Narrated By: Juliet Stevenson
Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
From the print reviews? I do believe Juliet Stevenson makes this is a grand and daring tale
Across That Bridge
The Dog Who Could Fly
The Incredible True Story of a WWII Airman and the Four-Legged Hero Who Flew at His Side
By: Damien Lewis / Narrated By: Derek Perkins
Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
LOVED IT!!!
The Five
The Splendid and the Vile
A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
By: Erik Larson / Narrated By: John Lee / Epilogue By: Erik Larson
Length: 17 hrs and 49 mins
WOW! Can chaos and carnage and political machinations be good ol’ rollicking fun? YES!!!
