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The ultimate rags to riches story, rising to become an international kingpin earning more money annullay than Chrysler or GM. This unassuming family man with fantastic Southern charm who came from humble beginnings, would build his empire with an iron fist and brute force if needed. While some...

In Troy Taylor's latest audiobook of historical horror, discover the true story of the Donner Party, which left Illinois in the spring of 1846 and traveled by wagon toward California. Most of us know how the story ends – with cannibalism in the mountains – but most don't know how they ended up there, snowbound in a winter landscape of ice and snow.

A Brief History of Minneapolis traces the evolution of a city built on water, industry, imagination, and reinvention. From the thunder of St. Anthony Falls to the rise of the world’s flour capital, from immigrant neighborhoods to artistic revolutions, from labor struggles to moments that reshaped national dialogue, Minneapolis emerges as a place defined by its people and their capacity to build, create, and confront change.

Explore a land where towering red cliffs, vast deserts, and alpine mountains come together to create one of the most unforgettable landscapes in North America. Exploring Utah - A Journey Through History & Must-See Destinations takes you beyond the surface of this remarkable state, combining rich historical insight with practical travel guidance. From the ancient cultures that first called this land home to the iconic national parks that draw visitors from around the world, this audiobook offers a deeper understanding of Utah’s past and present.

Brooke at the Bar is a candid, lively, and sometimes humorous autobiography by Brooke Wunnicke, the first woman to be a trial and appellate attorney in Wyoming and who went on to become a legal legend in Colorado. In conversational writing, Brooke provides insights from a lawyer, mentor, and educator. Brooke shares vignettes of her early life—California in the Great Depression, college at Stanford, law school in Colorado during World War II, and the 1946 opening of her Cheyenne law office, a precedent for women in law.

In 1664, England decided to invade the Dutch-controlled city of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. Charles II and his brother, the Duke of York, had dreams of empire, and their archrivals, the Dutch, were in the way. But Richard Nicolls, the military officer who led the English flotilla bent on destruction, changed his strategy once he encountered Peter Stuyvesant, New Netherland’s canny director general.

South Carolina is too small for a republic and too large for an insane asylum. It fired the first shots of the Civil War. It invented nullification. It blockaded its own harbor with pirates. It sent Strom Thurmond to the Senate for 48 years. It built one of the great cities of the colonial world on the labor of enslaved people, nearly got destroyed by the people it was enslaving, survived Sherman's march with its attitude intact, and produced, in the same 350 years, some of the most consequential villains and most remarkable heroes in American history, often from the same county.

Missouri has always had a talent for being exactly in the wrong place at the right time. Too north to be South, too south to be North, and too stubborn to pick a side about anything else, it has spent centuries collecting misunderstandings like souvenirs. Misery, Missouri, and Other Misunderstandings is a fast, irreverent romp through the state’s strangest moments, from frontier chaos and river town hustle to political showdowns that somehow made everything more complicated than it needed to be.

At the meeting point of two great rivers, a city took shape—first as a gathering place, then as a port, and finally as one of America’s most distinctive urban landscapes. A Brief History of Portland traces that sweeping journey with cinematic clarity, revealing how water, timber, ambition, and community shaped a city unlike any other. From the Chinookan world that flourished along the Willamette and Columbia, to the muddy frontier settlement named by a coin toss, Portland’s early chapters unfold with the drama of a place discovering its purpose.

Step into the timeless charm of Annapolis, where colonial history, sailing culture, and waterfront beauty come together along the shores of the Chesapeake Bay. Experience Annapolis: Maryland’s Colonial Charm, Sailing & Waterfront is your immersive guide to one of America’s most distinctive coastal cities — rich in heritage, alive with maritime tradition, and filled with experiences that go far beyond the typical travel itinerary. Wander through brick-lined streets where the past still shapes the present.

A powerful hybrid memoir exploring the connections between father and son, addiction and disease, and what it really means to be a man, from an award-winning queer journalist Growing up in and around New York City, all Mat really knew of his father, Tofi, was that he loved to cook, he loved to...

The fascinating true story of how Taos Pueblo's Indigenous people recruited members of the famous Taos art colony to help spark a movement for Native justice that reshaped the nation. When the first white artists arrived in Taos by horse-drawn wagons, centuries of military conquest and brutal...

The Great Lakes fur trade spanned two centuries and thousands of miles, but the story of one particular family, the Cadottes, illuminates the history of trade and trapping while exploring under-researched stories of French-Ojibwe political, social, and economic relations. Multiple generations of Cadottes were involved in the trade, usually working as interpreters and peacemakers, as the region passed from French to British to American control.

Deep in the American South, poverty was rarely temporary. For many families, it was inherited. In the cotton mill towns of the American South, generations of families lived in a world defined by lint dust, mill whistles, and long days of exhausting labor. Poverty was not simply a hardship. It was a system that shaped communities, reputations, and the expectations placed on entire bloodlines. Families like these were often labeled with a single dismissive word: lintheads.

Author Shane Simmons explores tales of bravery, lore, and bizarre customs within the East Tennessee region. The mountains of East Tennessee are chock full of unique folklore passed down through generations. Locals spin age-old yarns of legends like Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, and Dragging Canoe...

From rugged coastlines and volcanic lakes to vibrant cities and historic towns, Oregon is a place where nature, history, and culture meet in unforgettable ways. Exploring Oregon–A Journey Through History & Must-See Destinations takes you across the state's most remarkable landscapes and landmarks. Discover the stories behind iconic places like Crater Lake, the Oregon Coast, Mount Hood, and the Willamette Valley, while exploring charming communities, scenic byways, and the rich history that shaped the Pacific Northwest.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Joanna Gailey Romersa’s book Auntie Gertrude, Sinner Saint or Slut chronicles the rich family history of Ventura County, California from the late 1800s to 1945, revealing a tapestry woven with love, heartbreak, and resilience. And is read by AI JOE...

As the nation came together to mourn, to support, and to rebuild in the aftermath of 9/11, Virginia Buckingham was singled out for blame. As the head of Boston’s Logan International Airport, the launching pad for the hijacked planes that destroyed the Twin Towers, she was scapegoated by the...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In the wake of WWII, Rob's father moves the family from Brooklyn to a rundown farmhouse in rural Pond Eddy, New York. Told through the keen eyes of a young boy, The Lower Road, captures the joys and trials of country life: building secret treehouses...

When both levees and governments failed in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, an organization calling itself the Common Ground Collective formed to become the largest anarchist inspired organization in modern US history. In solidarity with people in New Orleans, Common Ground built medical clinics, distributed aid, formed neighborhood assemblies and created food security through community gardens. The group also defied unjust laws by resisting home demolitions, and defended communities from white militias and police brutality.