A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles (Library Edition)

Thomas Sowell

History

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Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award The film The Way Back, starring Colin Farrell and Ed Harris, is based on this amazing true story. Twenty-six-year-old cavalry officer Slavomir Rawicz was captured by the Red Army in 1939 during the German-Soviet partition of Poland and sent to the Siberian Gulag. In the spring of 1941, he escaped with six of his fellow prisoners, including one American. Thus began their astonishing trek to freedom. With no map or compass but only an ax head, a homemade knife, and a week's supply of food, the compatriots spent a year making their way on foot to British India, through four thousand miles of the most forbidding terrain on earth. They braved the Himalayas, the desolate Siberian tundra, icy rivers, and the great Gobi Desert, always a hair's breadth from death. Finally returning home, Rawicz reenlisted in the Polish army to fight the Germans. This is his story.

The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom (Library Edition)

Biographies & Memoirs

Slavomir Rawicz

Historical

<p>In 1951, a twenty-five-year old Yale graduate published his first book, which exposed the extraordinarily irresponsible educational attitude that prevailed at his alma mater. This book rocked the academic world and catapulted its young author, William F. Buckley Jr., into the public spotlight.</p>

God and Man at Yale: The Superstitions of ''Academic Freedom'' (Library Edition)

Education & Teaching

William F. Buckley

Higher & Continuing Education

All It Takes Is Guts: A Minority View (Library Edition)

Business & Money

Walter E. Williams

Economics

An intimate look at the life of one of American history's most notable figures. Among other things, Franklin was a printer, philosopher, inventor, statesman, and not least, a writer. Franklin's autobiography captures the essence of his spirit. In it we can see him as a product of the eighteenth century enlightenment, a type of Yankee statesman who could use the language of Addison, Steele, Swift and Defoe. In his autobiography, Franklin asks himself, ''Who am I, how did I come to be, and why am I a human being as I am?'' and he answers with the honesty, wit, and charm that have made this possibly the most famous of all autobiographies.Narrated/Read by Micheal Edwards.

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Library Edition)

Benjamin, Franklin

The Wealth of Nations (Part 1 of 2) (Library Edition)

Adam, Smith

[This is Part 2 of a 2-part Audiobook CASSETTE Library Edition in vinyl case.] First published in 1776, this work is the classic statement of economic liberalism or the policy of laissez-faire. Several fundamental principles or ''axioms'' were introduced in this work, including the division of labor, supply-and-demand, and free market capitalism as some of the most obvious. Smith's political economy is primarily individualistic: self-interest is the incentive for economic action. However, he shows that universal pursuit of self-interest contributes to the public interest, a concept probably best encapsulated by John F. Kennedy when he remarked, ''a rising tide raises all boats.''

The Wealth of Nations (Part 2 of 2) (Library Edition)

[Audiobook CASSETTE Library Edition in vinyl case.] [Read by Bernard Mayes] During the 1930s at Oxford, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams -- remarkable friends, writers, and scholars -- met regularly to discuss philosophy and literature and to read aloud from their own works in progress. Calling themselves the Inklings, their circle grew. It was in this company that such classics as The Lord of the Rings, The Screwtape Letters, and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe first found an audience.  Author Humphrey Carpenter was born in Oxford and was acquainted with Tolkien, Hugo Dryson, and several other Inklings. In this remarkable reconstruction of their meetings and momentous friendships, Carpenter brings to life those warm and enchanting evenings in Lewis' rooms at Magdalen College, when their imaginations ran wild. His account offers exciting insights into the influence these brilliant individuals had on each other's developing ideas and writing.

The Inklings: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friends (Library Edition)

Literature & Fiction

Humphrey Carpenter

Classics

[This is the Audiobook CASSETTE Library Edition in vinyl case.] [Translated from the French by Thomas Nugent] Originally published in 1748, this is possibly the most masterful and influential book ever written on the subject of liberty and justice. Accordingly, it is a work that profoundly influenced America's Founding Fathers. Its success was due partly to the fact that it was the first systematic treatise on politics, partly to Montesquieu's championship of the nobility and the Parliaments, but above all to the brilliant style of his prose.  By the ''spirit of laws,'' Montesquieu means their raison d'etre and the conditions determining their origin, development, and forms. Montesquieu discusses numerous topics, including the general functions of government, relations between the sexes, the morals and customs of the nation, economics and religion, and the theory of law and legislative practice.

The Spirit of Laws (Library Edition)

Politics & Social Sciences

Baron De Montesquieu

Philosophy

<p>This work stands as one of the most remarkable historical endeavors ever fashioned. From Bull Run to Antietam and Perryville, here are the great battles from the begining of the war to the fall of 1862. This is Part One in 13 cassettes.</p>

The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol. 1 : Fort Sumter to Perryville (Part 1 of 2 parts) [Library Binding]

Shelby Foote

Americas

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