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BOT History & Biography - Spring 2010

A showcase of a wide range of narrative history and biography from award–winning and nationally recognized authors. Before there was the written word, our history was passed along in the oral storytelling tradition. Our BOT bestselling histories and biographies will allow patrons to return to the ancient roots of storytelling while living in our modern world. Featuring authors such as Ken Burns, Jon Meacham, Sally Jenkins, and many more.


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The Pacific: Hell Was an Ocean Away

Author: Hugh Ambrose | Narrator: Mike Chamberlain (Amer.)
Imprint: BOT History & Biography
Genre: General Non-Fiction, History | Release Date: March 2, 2010

Historian Hugh Ambrose deepens the experience of the HBO miniseries The Pacific—revealing the intertwined odysseys of f ... (more)

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CD 19 CDs
Unabridged 		9780307714657 Download Marc Record $100.00  
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Winston's War: Churchill, 1940-1945

Author: Max Hastings | Narrator: Robin Sachs (Amer.)
Imprint: BOT History & Biography
Genre: General Non-Fiction, History | Estimated Release Date: April 27, 2010

A vivid and incisive portrait of Winston Churchill during wartime from acclaimed historian Max Hastings, Winston’s War cap ... (more)

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CD 20 CDs
Unabridged 		9780307712899 Download Marc Record $100.00  
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The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire

Author: Jack Weatherford | Narrator: Robertson Dean (Amer.)
Imprint: BOT History & Biography
Genre: General Non-Fiction, History | Release Date: February 16, 2010

The Mongol queens of the thirteenth century ruled the greatest empire the world has ever known. Yet sometime near the end of the centur ... (more)

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CD 9 CDs
Unabridged 		9780307705488 Download Marc Record $80.00  
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Making Haste from Babylon

Author: Nick Bunker | Narrator: Bernadette Dunne (Amer.)
Imprint: BOT History & Biography
Genre: General Non-Fiction | Estimated Release Date: April 13, 2010

At the end of 1618, a blazing green star soared across the night sky over the northern hemisphere. From the Philippines to the Arctic, ... (more)

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CD 15 CDs
Unabridged 		9780307714466 Download Marc Record $100.00  
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George, Nicholas and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I

Author: Miranda Carter | Narrator: Rosalyn Landor (Brit.)
Imprint: BOT History & Biography
Genre: General Non-Fiction | Estimated Release Date: March 23, 2010

In the years before the First World War, the great European powers were ruled by three first cousins: King George V of Britain, Kaiser ... (more)

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CD 17 CDs
Unabridged 		9780307714497 Download Marc Record $100.00  
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The Man Who Ate His Boots: The Tragic History of the Search for the Northwest Passage

Author: Anthony Brandt | Narrator: Simon Vance (Brit.)
Imprint: BOT History & Biography
Genre: General Non-Fiction, History | Release Date: March 2, 2010

The enthralling and often harrowing history of the adventurers who searched for the Northwest Passage, the holy grail of nineteenth-cen ... (more)

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CD 12 CDs
Unabridged 		9780307712301 Download Marc Record $100.00  
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The Ninth: Beethoven and the World in 1824

Author: Harvey Sachs Narrator: TBD
Imprint: BOT History & Biography
Genre: General Non-Fiction, History | Estimated Release Date: June 15, 2010

For music lovers and history enthusiasts, an engaging and multidimensional look at the premiere of Beethoven's seminal Ninth Symphon ... (more)

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CD 6 CDs
Unabridged 		9780307715708 Download Marc Record $35.00  
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The Tudors

Author: G.J. Meyer | Narrator: Robin Sachs (Amer.)
Imprint: BOT History & Biography
Genre: General Non-Fiction, History | Release Date: February 23, 2010

For the first time in decades, here, in a single volume, is a fresh look at the fabled Tudor dynasty, comprising some of the most enigm ... (more)

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CD 20 CDs
Unabridged 		9780307705679 Download Marc Record $100.00  
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