In “Inventing Baseball Heroes,” author Amber Roessner reflects on what was once referred to as the ungodly union between the sports world and the media. Roessner spotlights the media’s mythical, and often exaggerated, portrayals of two of baseball’s dead ball era stars – Ty Cobb and Christy Mathewson. Both future hall of famer’s benefited greatly […]
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The remarkable, must-listen story of Charlie Chaplin’s years of exile from the United States during the postwar Red Scare, and how it ruined his film career, from bestselling biographer Scott Eyman. Bestselling Hollywood biographer and film historian Scott Eyman tells the story of Charlie Chaplin’s fall from grace. In the aftermath of World War Two,
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On an unseasonably warm April evening in 2001, the headless body of a tiny girl was found discarded in a makeshift dump site in the woods on the southeast side of Kansas City, Missouri. One long night turned into four long years for Sgt. David Bernard and the Kansas City Police Department’s 1020 Squad. They
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By: Carol M. Ford, Dee Young, Linda J. Groundwater Narrated by: Jeff Reim Length: 20 hrs and 14 mins Release date: 07-13-16 Since his untimely death on June 29, 1978, Bob Crane’s unofficial biography has become akin to a broken record. Like a skip in the acetate, his murder and the scandal that grew from
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An exclusive insider account with unprecedented access to Deion Sanders and his players, over the course of one electrifying, near-perfect college football season. Deion Sanders as a head coach is changing the game. Known for decades as one of the most iconic and spectacular playmakers in the NFL, today he’s one of college football’s most
The definitive account of the Dalton Gang and the most brazen bank heist in history, by the multiple New York Times bestselling author. The Last Outlaws is the thrilling true story of the last of one of the greatest outlaw gang. The dreaded Dalton Gang consisted of three brothers and their rotating cast of colorful
The Turbulent Midcentury Years explores the history of organized baseball during the middle of the twentieth century, examining the sport on and off the field and contextualizing its development as both sport and business within the broader contours of American history. Steven P. Gietschier begins with the Great Depression, looking at how those years of
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Gen X is the “forgotten generation.” We made our own meals after school and Saturday mornings, we got dirty, played miles away from home with no way to reach us, we told offensive jokes, we built and jumped bike ramps, broke bones and drank from garden hoses, we had three network channels, we didn’t “mediate”
By: Robert Davidson Narrated by: Kevin Pierce Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins Release date: 06-20-18 June Briand came from a dysfunctional family, was raped as a child, and ended up marrying a thirty eight year old man when she was just a teenager. Unfortunately, these situations are common for women that deal with battered
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Drug transporters. Money launderers. Killers. Street drug vendors. Weapons traffickers. Kidnappers. Extortionists. VICE journalist Deborah Bonello reports from the trenches in this first-ever in-depth exploration of the hidden power women wield in Latin American drug cartels You’ve heard of Pablo Escobar, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, and Rafael Caro Quintero. Their names conjure ghoulish images of
