Tragic History

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    • A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness
    • By: Jack El-Hai
    • Narrated by: Peter Lerman
    • Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 16-03-21
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • The Lobotomist explores one of the darkest chapters of American medicine: the desperate attempt to treat the hundreds of thousands of psychiatric patients in need of help during the middle decades of the 20th century....

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    • The Tragic History and Spectacular Future of Everything According to Jesus of Nazareth
    • By: Blaine Eldredge
    • Narrated by: Blaine Eldredge
    • Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 18-11-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • The Bible is a piercing drama, a tale of prophets and wandering spirits, heroic mothers and flashing swords, cosmic mountains, and a dry, shadowy Sheol. It is a true story that defines the nature and purpose of reality, and its claims are astonishing....

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    • Terry and Jan Todd Series on Physical Culture and Sports
    • By: John D. Fair
    • Narrated by: Brian McKiernan
    • Length: 19 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 16-06-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • For most of the 20th century, the “Mr. America” image epitomized muscular manhood. From humble beginnings in 1939 at a small gym in Schenectady, New York, the Mr. America Contest became the world’s premier bodybuilding event over the next 30 years....

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    • From Boy General to Tragic Hero
    • By: James S Robbins
    • Narrated by: E. Roy Worley
    • Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 05-12-14
    • Language: English
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    • The Real Custer takes a good hard look at the life and storied military career of George Armstrong Custer....

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    • Fascinating Historical Facts of Titanic’s Tragic Tale
    • By: Scott Matthews
    • Narrated by: Daniel Jones
    • Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
    • Release date: 17-09-24
    • Language: English
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    • A Brief History of the Titanic brings to life the captivating narrative of the world's most famous ship. This book isn't just about a tragedy; it's about the people, the dreams, and the innovations that defined an era.

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    • The Brief Reign and Tragic Demise of the American Rigid Airship
    • By: John J. Geoghegan
    • Narrated by: Tom Perkins
    • Length: 13 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 27-06-23
    • Language: English
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    • When Giants Ruled the Sky tells the true but little-known story of the USS Macon (ZRS-5), the world's largest, most expensive, and most technologically advanced airship of her day, and the four men responsible for conceiving, designing, building, and flying her....

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    • The Rise and Tragic Fall of America's Mayor
    • By: Andrew Kirtzman
    • Narrated by: Gibson Frazier
    • Length: 15 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 13-09-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 20 ratings
    • What happened to Rudy Giuliani? Andrew Kirtzman, who has been following Giuliani since the 1990s, answers that question in this biography.

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    • A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art
    • By: Carl Hoffman
    • Narrated by: Joe Barrett
    • Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 18-03-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • The mysterious disappearance of Michael Rockefeller in remote New Guinea in 1961 has kept the world, and even Michael's powerful, influential family, guessing for years....

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    • The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition
    • By: Buddy Levy
    • Narrated by: Will Damron
    • Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 03-12-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • Based on the author's exhaustive research, the incredible true story of the Greely Expedition, one of the most harrowing adventures in the annals of polar exploration....

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    • The Tragic Love Story of Captain Moonlite and the Bloody End of the Bushrangers
    • By: Garry Linnell
    • Narrated by: Ryan Corr
    • Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 29-09-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • Charismatic, intelligent and handsome, George Scott is unlike any other bushranger. Born into a privileged life in famine-wracked Ireland, Scott's family loses its fortune and is forced to flee to New Zealand....

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    • The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland
    • By: John Mack Faragher
    • Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
    • Length: 17 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 06-08-19
    • Language: English
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    • John Mack Faragher draws on original research to weave 150 years of history into a gripping narrative of both the civilization of Acadia and the British plot to destroy it....

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    • The Charmed Life and Tragic Death of the Favorite Kennedy Daughter
    • By: Barbara Leaming
    • Narrated by: Eliza Foss
    • Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 12-04-16
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy was the incandescent life force of the fabled Kennedy family, her father's acknowledged "favorite of all the children" and her brother Jack's "psychological twin"....

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    • The Tragic Failure of the M16 in Vietnam
    • By: Bob Orkand, Lyman Duryea
    • Narrated by: Jim Seybert
    • Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 17-10-19
    • Language: English
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    • The M16 rifle is one of the world’s most famous firearms, iconic as the American weapon of the Vietnam War and, indeed, as the US military’s standard service rifle until only a few years ago. But the story of the M16 in Vietnam is anything but a success story....

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    • A Memoir of the Tragic Sinking of HMS Glorious
    • By: Ronald Healiss
    • Narrated by: Chris MacDonnell
    • Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 17-08-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • On the 8th June 1940, the Nazi battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau opened their guns on the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious. Within minutes the Glorious was taking on water, and the order was given to abandon ship. Hundreds of men leapt into the the sea....

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    • Enduring Forbidden Tragic Unforgettable
    • By: DK
    • Narrated by: Emma Hignett
    • Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 06-01-22
    • Language: English
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    • Great Loves celebrates history's most famous romances - the joyful, the tragic and the epic - in one stunning guide, showing that, regardless of age, race, gender or orientation, love has always been a force to be reckoned with....

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    • The Tragic Story of the Colt Family Curse
    • By: M. William Phelps
    • Narrated by: Mark Holcomb
    • Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 11-05-15
    • Language: English
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    • M. William Phelps reveals an unfathomable pattern surrounding repeating arms inventor Samuel Colt - from the death of all his children, to the eccentric life of his widow....

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    • The Tragic Story of the Wild West's Most Notorious Journey
    • By: Charles River Editors
    • Narrated by: Neil Holmes
    • Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
    • Release date: 24-04-15
    • Language: English
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    • While people still romanticize the Wild West, many Americans are still all too familiar with the fate of the Donner Party....

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    • The Tragic Race for Shangri-La
    • By: Todd Balf
    • Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
    • Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 09-07-12
    • Language: English
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    • The Last River: The Tragic Race for Shangri-la is a breathtaking account of the ill-fated October 1998 expedition of an American whitewater kayaking team who traveled deep into the Tsangpo Gorge in Tibet to run the Yarlung Tsangpo, known in paddling circles as the "Everest of rivers"....

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