This history of American Indigenous people sounds like a well-constructed college lecture. But that's no surprise since author Kathleen DuVal is a university professor. But Carolina Hoyos's narration is far from a dry academic recitation. Rather, she comes across as a storyteller. Her voice is smooth and easy to listen to. Her pace allows listeners to absorb the author's points effectively. For most listeners, this audiobook will be a revelation. Nearly all U.S. history books give Native people short shrift. They make it seem like these people died out after encounters with white settlers. But the truth is they didn't disappear. They were written out of U.S. history. This work does a good job of writing them back into the American historical narrative.
Pub Date: April 9, 2024
Duration: 21 hrs, 30 mins
DD ISBN: 9780593821954
Publisher: Random House Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
Carol Matthau epitomizes a glamour and lifestyle not associated with the 1990's. Here is a life of privilege, tragedy and worry about what friends would think of her new frock or lover. Matthau possesses a voice and delivery that simply could not be improved on. In her coy whisper, she tells compelling stories involving everyone from William Saroyan (husband #1) and Truman Capote to Carson McCullers, Gloria Vanderbilt, and Walter Matthau (husband #2). This excellent audio presentation will leave you wanting to read the entire book to discover what juicy tidbits were left out.
Pub Date: N/A
Duration: 3 hrs
Publisher: The Publishing Mills
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
With a panoramic narrative, a colorful cast of characters, and a gifted narrator, this is popular history at its best.
Narrator George Newbern makes every word count in this compelling, richly satisfying history. Author Ahamed won a Pulitzer Prize for Lords of Finance (2009), which focused on the men behind the 1929 stock market crash. The equally catastrophic 1873 crash hit both more broadly and more sporadically: It affected Austria but not France or Great Britain, halted transcontinental railway building in the western U.S., and overthrew the sultan in Istanbul. What a story. And what a cast of characters—President Grant, Cornelius Vanderbilt, assorted Rothschilds. Newbern, an accomplished voice actor, resists any urge to embellish as he faithfully and expertly delivers the author’s fluent prose.
With a panoramic narrative, a colorful cast of characters, and a gifted narrator, this is popular history at its best.Pub Date: June 2, 2026
Duration: 9 hrs, 40 mins
DD ISBN: 9798217336623
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Review Posted Online: June 8, 2026
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