Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D' (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B09Q7PC7S1 | 2022 | 9 hours and 20 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 249 MB
Author: Michael Cecchi-Azzolina
Narrator: Michael Cecchi-Azzolina
A front-of-the-house Kitchen Confidential from a career maître d'hotel who manned the front of the room in New York City's hottest and most in-demand restaurants. From the glamorous to the entitled, from royalty to the financially ruined, everyone who wanted to be seen-or just to gawk-at the hottest restaurants in New York City came to places Michael Cecchi-Azzolina helped run. His phone number was passed around among those who wanted to curry favor, during the decades when restaurants replaced clubs and theater as, well, theater in the most visible, vibrant city in the world.

Young Bloomsbury: The Generation That Redefined Love, Freedom, and Self-Expression in 1920s England (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B09V3FPVHG | 2022 | 6 hours and 40 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 178 MB
Author: Nino Strachey
Narrator: Nino Strachey
An "illuminating" (Daily Mail, London) exploration of the second generation of the iconic Bloomsbury Group who inspired their elders to new heights of creativity and passion while also pushing the boundaries of sexual freedom and gender norms in 1920s England. Revealing an aspect of history not yet explored and with "effervescent detail", Young Bloomsbury celebrates an open way of living and loving that would not be embraced for another hundred years.

Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B09XBYT7J5 | 2022 | 10 hours and 38 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 272 MB
Author: Alice Wong
Narrator: Nancy Wu
In Chinese culture, the tiger is deeply revered for its confidence, passion, ambition, and ferocity. That same fighting spirit resides in Alice Wong. Drawing on a collection of original essays, previously published work, conversations by disabled and Asian American artists, and more, Alice uses her unique talent to share an impressionistic scrapbook of her life as an Asian American disabled activist, community organizer, media maker, and dreamer. From her love of food and pop culture to her unwavering commitment to dismantling systemic ableism, Alice shares her thoughts on creativity, access, power, care, the pandemic, mortality, and the future. As a self-described disabled oracle, Alice traces her origins, tells her story, and creates a space for disabled people to be in conversation with one another and the world. Filled with incisive wit, joy, and rage, Wong's Year of the Tiger will galvanize listeners with big cat energy.

Year of the Hawk: America's Descent into Vietnam, 1965 (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B09TTS25ZN | 2022 | 11 hours and 44 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 336 MB
Author: James A. Warren
Narrator: Fred Sanders
From a celebrated military historian, a powerful, "highly recommended" account of the most pivotal year of the Vietnam War-the cataclysm that "continues to haunt American politics and culture". The Vietnam War was the greatest disaster in the history of American foreign policy. The conflict shook the nation to its foundations, exacerbating already deep cleavages in American society, and left the country baffled and ambivalent about its role in the world. Year of the Hawk is a military and political history of the war in Vietnam during 1965-the pivotal first year of the American conflict, when the United States decided to intervene directly with combat units in a struggle between communist and pro-Western forces in South Vietnam that had raged on and off for 20 years.

World War II: An Enthralling Guide to the Second World War (Audiobook)
English | ISBN: 9798822655782 | 2022 | 6 hours and 15 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 172 MB
Author: Enthralling History
Narrator: Jason Zenobia
Discover the history of one of the most defining events of the 21st century. Regardless of how much has been written about it, new information continues to be discovered about the thousands of events that make up the six years that shaped the world we live in today. WWII is inextricably linked with Hitler and the Nazis; however, there is so much more to discover. In this audiobook, learn about the major events that transpired around the world to create a perfect storm that allowed Hitler to rise to power. As the somewhat shaky peace of the post-war world begins to crumble and tensions begin to brew once more in Europe, it might be more important than ever to learn from the past.

World War I: An Enthralling Guide from Beginning to End (Audiobook)
English | ISBN: 9798822660885 | 2022 | 5 hours and 32 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 306 MB
Author: Enthralling History
Narrator: Jason Zenobia
World War I is infamous for revolutionizing modern warfare as we know it. It is well known that World War I was kicked off by the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The world superpowers engaged in the bloodiest conflict in history at that time, with millions of casualties on either side. World War I transformed the socio-political landscape of the early 20th century and shaped the lives of countless people for decades to come. However, there is much more to World War I than Franz Ferdinand's assassination and the clash of the Entente and Central Powers. It was a conflict deeply rooted in hateful rivalries of the world's most powerful states and came as a somewhat logical conclusion to the endless balancing and political maneuvering of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. And it would change the course of history forever. This audiobook will dive into the Great War, exploring what caused it, how it unfolded, and its short- and long-term consequences.

Women in the Middle Ages: The Lives of Real Women in a Vibrant Age of Transition (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B09W4F25GF | 2022 | 6 hours and 49 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 184 MB
Author: Frances Gies, Joseph Gies
Narrator: Anne Flosnik
Reissued for the first time in decades, this ambitious work of Medieval scholarship by bestselling historians Frances and Joseph Gies traces the stories and fates of women in Medieval Europe over the course of a millennium. Medieval history is often written as a series of battles and territorial shifts. But the essential contributions of women during this period have been too often relegated to the dustbin of history. In Women in the Middle Ages, Frances and Joseph Gies reclaim this lost history, in a lively historical survey that charts the evolution of women's roles throughout the period and profiles eight individual women in depth.

With Great Power: How Spider-Man Conquered Hollywood During the Golden Age of Comic Book Blockbusters (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BJRTHH5N | 2022 | 8 hours and 29 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 228 MB
Author: Sean O'Connell
Narrator: Matt Weisgerber
If Hollywood had a superhero throne, Spider-Man would be perched upon it. As the most popular superhero in the world, the web-slinger plays a pivotal role in three of the six highest-grossing film franchises in history: the Marvel Cinematic Universe; the Avengers quadrilogy; and the Spider-Man movies themselves. Spidey has come a long way since Marvel guru Stan Lee first concocted him in 1962, but until now his cinematic journey has not been fully documented. The wall-crawler's history in Hollywood is a saga filled with failed attempts, behind-the-scenes squabbles, franchise reboots, corporate intrigue, and a host of A-list names-including, of course, stars Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, and Tom Holland. With Great Power is a lively and memorable account of the character's rise to box-office supremacy, revealing how his movies continue to influence the comic-book adaptations being made today. Drawing on exclusive access to and extensive interviews with directors, actors, producers, and screenwriters, veteran film reporter and author Sean O'Connell here gives the inside scoop on how Spider-Man clambered his way to the top of Hollywood's superhero heap.

Witches: The History of a Persecution (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B09SPZ8BCJ | 2022 | 9 hours and 42 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 282 MB
Author: Nigel Cawthorne
Narrator: Gabrielle Glaister
When bigotry and power mania take control, disaster always follows for subjugated persons - even when the power is wielded by the Church. Witchcraft was viewed as devil-worship. Between 1450 and 1750, 100,000 people were accused, subject to the most bestial tortures and usually executed. Witches examines the wildfire-spread of witch-hunting across Europe and America, revealing the disturbing and brutal realities of these witch hunts and their roots in misogyny and religious persecution.

Wings of War: The World War II Fighter Plane That Saved the Allies and the Believers Who Made It Fly (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B09X98MT3H | 2022 | 9 hours and 24 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 241 MB
Author: David Fairbank White, Margaret Stanback White
Narrator: René Ruiz
The incredible, untold story behind the rise of the P-51 Mustang, the World War II fighter plane that destroyed the Luftwaffe and made D-Day possible. When the P-51 Mustang began tearing across European skies in early 1944, the Allies had been losing the air war for years. Staggering numbers of bomber crews, both British and American, had been shot down and killed thanks to the Luftwaffe's superior fighter force. Not only did the air war appear grim, but any landing of troops in France was impossible while German fighters hunted overhead. But behind the scenes, a team of visionaries had begun to design a bold new type of airplane, one that could outrun and outmaneuver Germany's best.