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Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA (Unabridged)Our 20th century audio book collection offers a wide variety of great titles. Choose from a broad selection of books including Columbine, The Guns of August and Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA to name a few. Our selection of 20th century audiobooks includes works from well known authors such as Barbara W. Tuchman, Dave Cullen and Tim Weiner. And they're conveniently available as downloadable audiobooks, streaming audiobooks and books on CD. At The Audio Book Store you're assured of the widest compatibility you'll find anywhere online regardless of whether you own an Android device, Apple iPad, iPod, Amazon Kindle, iPhone or any of other hundreds of compatible MP3 players. Browse our amazing selection and get ready to enjoy listening to all of your favorite audiobooks!

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The Forgotten 500 (Unabridged)


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Avg. Rating: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5 (123 ratings)
Author: Gregory A. Freeman
Audio Length: 10 hours and 40 min.
Release Date: 9/21/2007
Narrator: Patrick Lawlor
Format: Unabridged
The astonishing, never-before-told story of the greatest rescue mission of World War II: when the OSS set out to recover more than 500 airmen trapped behind enemy lines. During a...

Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba...and Then Lost It to the Revolution (Unabridged)


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Avg. Rating: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5 (558 ratings)
Author: T. J. English
Audio Length: 13 hours and 15 min.
Release Date: 8/20/2008
Narrator: Mel Foster
Format: Unabridged
In Havana Nocturne, T. J. English offers a riveting, multifaceted true tale of organized crime, political corruption, roaring nightlife, revolution, and international conflict that interweaves the dual stories of the...

The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America (Unabridged)


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Avg. Rating: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5 (975 ratings)
Author: Timothy Egan
Audio Length: 10 hour 2 min
Release Date: 9/30/2009
Narrator: Robertson Dean
Format: Unabridged
In The Worst Hard Time, Timothy Egan put the environmental disaster of the Dust Bowl at the center of a rich history, told through characters he brought to indelible life....

Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory (Unabridged)


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Author: Ben MacIntyre
Audio Length: 11 hours and 18 min.
Release Date: 4/26/2010
Narrator: John Lee
Format: Unabridged
As plans got under way for the Allied invasion of Sicily in June 1943, British counter-intelligence agent Ewen Montagu masterminded a scheme to mislead the Germans into thinking the next...

The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington (Unabridged)


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Avg. Rating: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5 (3 ratings)
Author: Jennet Conant
Audio Length: 11 hour 36 min
Release Date: 8/13/2008
Narrator: Simon Prebble
Format: Unabridged
Prior to the U.S. entering WWII, a small coterie of British spies in Washington, D.C., was formed. They called themselves the Baker Street Irregulars after the band of street urchins...

No Simple Victory: World War II in Europe, 1939-1945 (Unabridged)


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Avg. Rating: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5 (85 ratings)
Author: Norman Davies
Audio Length: 20 hours and 35 min.
Release Date: 9/28/2007
Narrator: Simon Vance
Format: Unabridged
If history really belongs to the victor, what happens when there's more than one side declaring victory? That's the conundrum Norman Davies unravels in his groundbreaking book No Simple Victory....

Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon (Unabridged)


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Avg. Rating: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5 (216 ratings)
Author: Craig Nelson
Audio Length: 17 hours and 12 min.
Release Date: 6/18/2009
Narrator: Richard McGonagle
Format: Unabridged
A richly detailed and dramatic account of one of the greatest achievements of humankind.At 9:32 A.M. on July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 rocket launched in the presence of more...

The Coming of the Third Reich (Unabridged)


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Avg. Rating: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5 (2 ratings)
Author: Richard J. Evans
Audio Length: 21 hours and 10 min.
Release Date: 2/11/2010
Narrator: Sean Pratt
Format: Unabridged
There is no story in 20th-century history more important to understand than Hitler's rise to power and the collapse of civilization in Nazi Germany. With The Coming of the Third...

FDRs Folly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression (Unabridged)


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Avg. Rating: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5 (94 ratings)
Author: Jim Powell
Audio Length: 9 hour 26 min
Release Date: 2/4/2008
Narrator: William Hughes
Format: Unabridged
Think FDR was a great president? Think again.In the minds of historians and the American public alike, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was one of our greatest presidents, not least because he...

Citizens of London: The Americans Who Stood with Britain in Its Darkest, Finest Hour (Unabridged)


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Avg. Rating: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5 (229 ratings)
Author: Lynne Olson
Audio Length: 17 hour 28 min
Release Date: 2/18/2010
Narrator: Arthur Morey
Format: Unabridged
In Citizens of London, Lynne Olson has written a work of World War II history even more relevant and revealing than her acclaimed Troublesome Young Men. Here is the behind-the-scenes...

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