-
Purple Heart
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Prime members: New to Audible?Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Purple Heart
Buy for $17.09
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Listeners also enjoyed...
-
Beartown
- By: Fredrik Backman
- Narrated by: Marin Ireland
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 17,601
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 15,829
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 15,787
People say Beartown is finished. A tiny community nestled deep in the forest, it is slowly losing ground to the ever encroaching trees. But down by the lake stands an old ice rink, built generations ago by the working men who founded this town. And in that ice rink is the reason people in Beartown believe tomorrow will be better than today. Their junior ice hockey team is about to compete in the national semifinals, and they actually have a shot at winning.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Miserable
- By Dee Garza on 06-12-17
By: Fredrik Backman
-
War Flower
- My Life After Iraq
- By: Brooke King
- Narrated by: Christine Lakin
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 58
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 53
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 53
Brooke King has been asked over and over what it's like to be a woman in combat, but she knows her answer is not what the public wants to hear. The answers people seek lie in the graphic details of war - the sex, death, violence, and reality of it all as she experienced it. In her riveting memoir War Flower, King breaks her silence and reveals the truth about her experience as a soldier in Iraq.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Wow!
- By Dennis Strubhart on 02-28-20
By: Brooke King
-
The Final Six
- By: Alexandra Monir
- Narrated by: Alexandra Monir, James Fouhey
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 250
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 223
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 222
When Leo and Naomi are drafted, along with 22 of the world's brightest teenagers, into the International Space Training Camp, their lives are forever changed. Overnight, they become global celebrities in contention for one of the six slots to travel to Europa - Jupiter's moon - and establish a new colony, leaving their planet forever. With Earth irreparably damaged, the future of the human race rests on their shoulders. But Naomi is suspicious of the ISTC and the fact that a similar mission failed under mysterious circumstances, killing the astronauts on board.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Ugh. Another teen romance masquerade
- By chasen conaway on 03-02-20
By: Alexandra Monir
-
Under the Dome
- A Novel
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Raul Esparza
- Length: 34 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 28,216
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 21,492
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 21,498
On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester's Mill, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener's hand is severed as "the dome" comes down on it, people running errands in the neighboring town are divided from their families, and cars explode on impact. No one can fathom what this barrier is, where it came from, and when - or if - it will go away.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Glad I Listened to 11-22-63 First
- By Russell on 02-09-12
By: Stephen King
-
Sleeping Beauties
- A Novel
- By: Stephen King, Owen King
- Narrated by: Marin Ireland
- Length: 25 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13,479
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12,274
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 12,237
In a future so real and near it might be now, something happens when women go to sleep: They become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze. If they are awakened, if the gauze wrapping their bodies is disturbed or violated, the women become feral and spectacularly violent; and while they sleep they go to another place.... The men of our world are abandoned, left to their increasingly primal devices. One woman, however, the mysterious Evie, is immune to the blessing or curse of the sleeping disease.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
Just pathetic!!
- By Anonymous User on 06-19-18
By: Stephen King, and others
-
The 5th Wave
- By: Rick Yancey
- Narrated by: Brandon Espinoza, Phoebe Strole
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9,279
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8,349
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8,375
After the first wave, only darkness remains. After the second, only the lucky escape. And after the third, only the unlucky survive. After the fourth wave, only one rule applies: Trust no one. Now, it's the dawn of the fifth wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see. Who have scattered Earth's last survivors. To stay alone is to stay alive, Cassie believes, until she meets Evan Walker. Beguiling and mysterious, Evan Walker may be Cassie's only hope for rescuing her brother - or even saving herself.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Not Your Typical YA Dystopian Fare
- By FanB14 on 05-21-13
By: Rick Yancey
-
Beartown
- By: Fredrik Backman
- Narrated by: Marin Ireland
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 17,601
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 15,829
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 15,787
People say Beartown is finished. A tiny community nestled deep in the forest, it is slowly losing ground to the ever encroaching trees. But down by the lake stands an old ice rink, built generations ago by the working men who founded this town. And in that ice rink is the reason people in Beartown believe tomorrow will be better than today. Their junior ice hockey team is about to compete in the national semifinals, and they actually have a shot at winning.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Miserable
- By Dee Garza on 06-12-17
By: Fredrik Backman
-
War Flower
- My Life After Iraq
- By: Brooke King
- Narrated by: Christine Lakin
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 58
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 53
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 53
Brooke King has been asked over and over what it's like to be a woman in combat, but she knows her answer is not what the public wants to hear. The answers people seek lie in the graphic details of war - the sex, death, violence, and reality of it all as she experienced it. In her riveting memoir War Flower, King breaks her silence and reveals the truth about her experience as a soldier in Iraq.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Wow!
- By Dennis Strubhart on 02-28-20
By: Brooke King
-
The Final Six
- By: Alexandra Monir
- Narrated by: Alexandra Monir, James Fouhey
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 250
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 223
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 222
When Leo and Naomi are drafted, along with 22 of the world's brightest teenagers, into the International Space Training Camp, their lives are forever changed. Overnight, they become global celebrities in contention for one of the six slots to travel to Europa - Jupiter's moon - and establish a new colony, leaving their planet forever. With Earth irreparably damaged, the future of the human race rests on their shoulders. But Naomi is suspicious of the ISTC and the fact that a similar mission failed under mysterious circumstances, killing the astronauts on board.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Ugh. Another teen romance masquerade
- By chasen conaway on 03-02-20
By: Alexandra Monir
-
Under the Dome
- A Novel
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Raul Esparza
- Length: 34 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 28,216
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 21,492
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 21,498
On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester's Mill, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener's hand is severed as "the dome" comes down on it, people running errands in the neighboring town are divided from their families, and cars explode on impact. No one can fathom what this barrier is, where it came from, and when - or if - it will go away.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Glad I Listened to 11-22-63 First
- By Russell on 02-09-12
By: Stephen King
-
Sleeping Beauties
- A Novel
- By: Stephen King, Owen King
- Narrated by: Marin Ireland
- Length: 25 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13,479
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12,274
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 12,237
In a future so real and near it might be now, something happens when women go to sleep: They become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze. If they are awakened, if the gauze wrapping their bodies is disturbed or violated, the women become feral and spectacularly violent; and while they sleep they go to another place.... The men of our world are abandoned, left to their increasingly primal devices. One woman, however, the mysterious Evie, is immune to the blessing or curse of the sleeping disease.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
Just pathetic!!
- By Anonymous User on 06-19-18
By: Stephen King, and others
-
The 5th Wave
- By: Rick Yancey
- Narrated by: Brandon Espinoza, Phoebe Strole
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9,279
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8,349
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8,375
After the first wave, only darkness remains. After the second, only the lucky escape. And after the third, only the unlucky survive. After the fourth wave, only one rule applies: Trust no one. Now, it's the dawn of the fifth wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see. Who have scattered Earth's last survivors. To stay alone is to stay alive, Cassie believes, until she meets Evan Walker. Beguiling and mysterious, Evan Walker may be Cassie's only hope for rescuing her brother - or even saving herself.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Not Your Typical YA Dystopian Fare
- By FanB14 on 05-21-13
By: Rick Yancey
-
Legend
- By: Marie Lu
- Narrated by: Mariel Stern, Steven Kaplan
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,334
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,709
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,726
What was once the Western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war with its neighbors. Born into an elite family in one of the Republic's wealthiest districts, 15-year-old June is a prodigy being groomed for success in the Republic's highest military circles. Born into the slums, 15-year-old Day is the country's most wanted criminal. But his motives may not be as malicious as they seem. From very different worlds, June and Day have no reason to cross paths - until the day June's brother, Metias, is murdered and Day becomes the prime suspect.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Very Interesting Dystopian!
- By Tabitha on 07-21-12
By: Marie Lu
-
The Escape Artist
- By: Brad Meltzer
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, January LaVoy
- Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 6,899
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,279
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 6,248
Who is Nola Brown? Nola is a mystery. Nola is trouble. And Nola is supposed to be dead. Her body was found on a plane that mysteriously fell from the sky as it left a secret military base in the Alaskan wilderness. Her commanding officer verifies she's dead. The US government confirms it. But Jim "Zig" Zigarowski has just found out the truth: Nola is still alive. And on the run.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Not His Best
- By Amazon Customer on 03-10-18
By: Brad Meltzer
-
Library at Mount Char
- By: Scott Hawkins
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 16 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,703
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,322
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,319
Carolyn's not so different from the other human beings around her. After all, she was a normal American herself once. That was a long time ago, of course - before the time she calls "adoption day", when she and a dozen other children found themselves being raised by a man they learned to call Father.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Not Your Local Library
- By Lorfet on 04-05-16
By: Scott Hawkins
-
Youngblood
- A Novel
- By: Matt Gallagher
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 43
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 39
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 39
The US military is preparing to withdraw from Iraq, and newly minted lieutenant Jack Porter struggles to accept how it's happening - through alliances with warlords who have Arab and American blood on their hands. Day after day Jack tries to assert his leadership in the sweltering, dreary atmosphere of Ashuriyah. But his world is disrupted by the arrival of veteran sergeant Daniel Chambers, whose aggressive style threatens to undermine the fragile peace that the troops have worked hard to establish.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Great book about an unclear war
- By Benjamin D Douglass on 03-16-16
By: Matt Gallagher
-
Lexicon
- A Novel
- By: Max Barry
- Narrated by: Heather Corrigan, Zach Appelman
- Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 3,168
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,845
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 2,854
At an exclusive school somewhere outside of Arlington, Virginia, students aren't taught history, geography, or mathematics - at least not in the usual ways. Instead, they are taught to persuade. Here the art of coercion has been raised to a science. Students harness the hidden power of language to manipulate the mind and learn to break down individuals by psychographic markers in order to take control of their thoughts. The very best will graduate as "poets": adept wielders of language who belong to a nameless organization that is as influential as it is secretive.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Fasten your seat belt...
- By Tango on 06-22-13
By: Max Barry
-
Paradise General
- Riding the Surge at a Combat Hospital in Iraq
- By: David Hnida M.D.
- Narrated by: George K. Wilson
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 84
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 68
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 67
A family doctor with limited surgical experience, Dr. Dave Hnida volunteered for two tours of duty in Iraq - first as a battalion surgeon with a combat unit and then as trauma chief at the busiest Combat Support Hospital (CSH) during the Surge. Like a modern-day M*A*S*H, Dr. Hnida and his team conducted surgery under terrible conditions in a series of tents connected to the occasional run-down building.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Fans of M*A*S*H will enjoy this book!
- By Elle Kay on 06-18-16
By: David Hnida M.D.
-
Nine Line
- By: Zachary J. Kitchen
- Narrated by: Kelli White
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 45
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 44
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 44
When Nick Patterson signed up for the Navy reserves, he just wanted some money for medical school. He never imagined he’d someday find himself fighting for life and limb in the sands of Iraq. Frustrated by a military bureaucracy he cannot begin to understand and an increasingly pointless war, he doubts why he is there and what he is doing. When the plucky and idealistic MEDIVAC pilot Samantha Brown crashes into his life, he sees another side to the war.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Gripping!
- By Cindy on 12-12-19
-
Billy Boyle
- A World War II Mystery
- By: James R. Benn
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
- Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 301
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 236
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 235
What's a 22-year-old Irish American cop who's never been out of Massachusetts before doing at Beardsley Hall, an English country house, having lunch with King Haakon of Norway? Billy Boyle himself wonders. Back home in Southie, hed barely made detective when war was declared. Unwilling to fight and perhaps die for England, he was relieved when his mother wangled a job for him on the staff of a general married to her distant cousin.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
"boys own " adventure with wider appeal
- By connie on 02-19-12
By: James R. Benn
-
Flowertown
- By: S. G. Redling
- Narrated by: Tanya Eby
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 405
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 362
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 363
Seven years ago, a chemical spill brought the U.S. Army to rural Penn County, Iowa, where soldiers established a long-term, medically maintained quarantine. Officially, it’s called the PennCo Containment Area. But to the people trapped inside, their bodies tainted with chemicals that give off a sweet smell, it’s known simply as Flowertown. The quarantine was supposed to save their lives, but many of the survivors have grown suspicious of the government’s real motives. But not Ellie Cauley - her rage long ago burned down to hard, cynical pessimism. When a series of deadly events forces Ellie out of her apathy, she must prepare to face an enemy powerful enough to unleash her greatest nightmare.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
My favorite new smart-aleck heroine
- By GremlinGrrl on 06-13-12
By: S. G. Redling
-
Superheroes
- By: Peter S. Beagle, Daryl Gregory, James Patrick Kelly, and others
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman, Joe Barrett, Christina Delaine, and others
- Length: 17 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 169
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 149
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 148
Modern gods and goddesses, remote, revered - and like the pantheon of heroes and heroines of ancient myth - possessing great power tempered with flaws. Now, find within this anthology great tales by gifted and award-winning authors who move superheroes from the four-color panels of comic books to the fantastic pages of fiction, stories that will remind anyone who ever wanted to wear a cape or don a cowl of the extraordinary powers of the imagination!
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
Pretentious tired old concepts
- By BookofJoy on 12-29-14
By: Peter S. Beagle, and others
-
The Right Side
- By: Spencer Quinn
- Narrated by: Susan Bennett
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 618
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 572
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 568
LeAnne Hogan went to Afghanistan as a rising star in the military and came back a much lesser person, mentally and physically. Now missing an eye and with half her face badly scarred, she can barely remember the disastrous desert operation that almost killed her. She is confused, angry, and suspects the fault is hers, even though nobody will come out and say it. Shattered by one last blow - the sudden death of her hospital roommate, Marci - LeAnne finds herself on a fateful drive across the country, reflecting on her past and seeing no future.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Congratulations to Spencer Quinn
- By cherry patrick jamison on 07-14-17
By: Spencer Quinn
-
Sunrise Over Fallujah
- By: Walter Dean Myers
- Narrated by: J. D. Jackson
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 169
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 143
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 142
Acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers presents a compelling novel that looks at America's occupation of Iraq through the eyes of those who live it first hand. Charged with building up relations between the U.S. military and the Iraqi people, a team of soldiers strives to make real connections and bridge the divide between two very different cultures. On constant guard from frequent suicide bomb attacks and deadly skirmishes, their situation reveals a tragic human toll.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Excellent, moving account of soldiers' lives.
- By Stanley on 07-14-12
Publisher's summary
When Private Matt Duffy wakes up in an army hospital in Iraq, he's honored with a Purple Heart. But he doesn't feel like a hero.
There's a memory that haunts him: an image of a young Iraqi boy as a bullet hits his chest. Matt can't shake the feeling that he was somehow involved in his death. But because of a head injury he sustained just moments after the boy was shot, Matt can't quite put all the pieces together.
Eventually Matt is sent back into combat with his squad--Justin, Wolf, and Charlene, the soldiers who have become his family during his time in Iraq. He just wants to go back to being the soldier he once was. But he sees potential threats everywhere and lives in fear of not being able to pull the trigger when the time comes. In combat there is no black and white, and Matt soon discovers that the notion of who is guilty is very complicated indeed.
National Book Award finalist Patricia McCormick has written a visceral and compelling portrait of life in a war zone, where loyalty is valued above all, and death is terrifyingly commonplace.
More from the same
Author
Related to this topic
-
The Last Policeman
- The Last Policeman, Book 1
- By: Ben H. Winters
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,958
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,769
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 1,764
What’s the point in solving murders if we’re all going to die soon, anyway? Detective Hank Palace has faced this question ever since asteroid 2011GV1 hovered into view. There’s no chance left. No hope. Just six precious months until impact. The economy spirals downward while crops rot in the fields. Churches and synagogues are packed. People all over the world are walking off the job—but not Hank Palace. He’s investigating a death by hanging in a city that sees a dozen suicides every week—except this one feels suspicious, and Palace is the only cop who cares.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Not your regular mystery
- By Victor @ theAudiobookBlog dot com on 09-20-16
By: Ben H. Winters
-
Superheroes
- By: Peter S. Beagle, Daryl Gregory, James Patrick Kelly, and others
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman, Joe Barrett, Christina Delaine, and others
- Length: 17 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 169
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 149
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 148
Modern gods and goddesses, remote, revered - and like the pantheon of heroes and heroines of ancient myth - possessing great power tempered with flaws. Now, find within this anthology great tales by gifted and award-winning authors who move superheroes from the four-color panels of comic books to the fantastic pages of fiction, stories that will remind anyone who ever wanted to wear a cape or don a cowl of the extraordinary powers of the imagination!
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
Pretentious tired old concepts
- By BookofJoy on 12-29-14
By: Peter S. Beagle, and others
-
The Right Side
- By: Spencer Quinn
- Narrated by: Susan Bennett
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 618
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 572
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 568
LeAnne Hogan went to Afghanistan as a rising star in the military and came back a much lesser person, mentally and physically. Now missing an eye and with half her face badly scarred, she can barely remember the disastrous desert operation that almost killed her. She is confused, angry, and suspects the fault is hers, even though nobody will come out and say it. Shattered by one last blow - the sudden death of her hospital roommate, Marci - LeAnne finds herself on a fateful drive across the country, reflecting on her past and seeing no future.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Congratulations to Spencer Quinn
- By cherry patrick jamison on 07-14-17
By: Spencer Quinn
-
Blackout
- By: Robison Wells
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 78
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 70
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 71
The virus has spread...and four teens are infected. This new life isn't what I asked for. And if I can't learn to protect myself, it will destroy me. My mission is clear. My enemies will fall. And nothing will stand in my way. I knew there was something wrong with me. But maybe I can be more than just a freak. People always underestimate me. They only see a pretty face. And that mistake is going to cost them.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Wished for more.
- By Brent Mair on 10-03-13
By: Robison Wells
-
Paradise General
- Riding the Surge at a Combat Hospital in Iraq
- By: David Hnida M.D.
- Narrated by: George K. Wilson
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 84
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 68
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 67
A family doctor with limited surgical experience, Dr. Dave Hnida volunteered for two tours of duty in Iraq - first as a battalion surgeon with a combat unit and then as trauma chief at the busiest Combat Support Hospital (CSH) during the Surge. Like a modern-day M*A*S*H, Dr. Hnida and his team conducted surgery under terrible conditions in a series of tents connected to the occasional run-down building.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Fans of M*A*S*H will enjoy this book!
- By Elle Kay on 06-18-16
By: David Hnida M.D.
-
I, Who Did Not Die
- A Sweeping Story of Loss, Redemption, and Fate
- By: Zahed Haftlang, Najah Aboud
- Narrated by: Mikael Naramore
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 57
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 53
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 53
Khorramshahr, Iran, May 1982 - It was the bloodiest battle of one of the most brutal wars of the twentieth century, and Najah, a 29-year-old wounded Iraqi conscript, was face to face with a 13-year-old Iranian child soldier who was ordered to kill him. Instead, the boy committed an astonishing act of mercy. It was an act that decades later would save his own life.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
- By jennie on 04-10-24
By: Zahed Haftlang, and others
-
The Last Policeman
- The Last Policeman, Book 1
- By: Ben H. Winters
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,958
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,769
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 1,764
What’s the point in solving murders if we’re all going to die soon, anyway? Detective Hank Palace has faced this question ever since asteroid 2011GV1 hovered into view. There’s no chance left. No hope. Just six precious months until impact. The economy spirals downward while crops rot in the fields. Churches and synagogues are packed. People all over the world are walking off the job—but not Hank Palace. He’s investigating a death by hanging in a city that sees a dozen suicides every week—except this one feels suspicious, and Palace is the only cop who cares.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Not your regular mystery
- By Victor @ theAudiobookBlog dot com on 09-20-16
By: Ben H. Winters
-
Superheroes
- By: Peter S. Beagle, Daryl Gregory, James Patrick Kelly, and others
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman, Joe Barrett, Christina Delaine, and others
- Length: 17 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 169
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 149
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 148
Modern gods and goddesses, remote, revered - and like the pantheon of heroes and heroines of ancient myth - possessing great power tempered with flaws. Now, find within this anthology great tales by gifted and award-winning authors who move superheroes from the four-color panels of comic books to the fantastic pages of fiction, stories that will remind anyone who ever wanted to wear a cape or don a cowl of the extraordinary powers of the imagination!
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
Pretentious tired old concepts
- By BookofJoy on 12-29-14
By: Peter S. Beagle, and others
-
The Right Side
- By: Spencer Quinn
- Narrated by: Susan Bennett
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 618
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 572
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 568
LeAnne Hogan went to Afghanistan as a rising star in the military and came back a much lesser person, mentally and physically. Now missing an eye and with half her face badly scarred, she can barely remember the disastrous desert operation that almost killed her. She is confused, angry, and suspects the fault is hers, even though nobody will come out and say it. Shattered by one last blow - the sudden death of her hospital roommate, Marci - LeAnne finds herself on a fateful drive across the country, reflecting on her past and seeing no future.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Congratulations to Spencer Quinn
- By cherry patrick jamison on 07-14-17
By: Spencer Quinn
-
Blackout
- By: Robison Wells
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 78
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 70
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 71
The virus has spread...and four teens are infected. This new life isn't what I asked for. And if I can't learn to protect myself, it will destroy me. My mission is clear. My enemies will fall. And nothing will stand in my way. I knew there was something wrong with me. But maybe I can be more than just a freak. People always underestimate me. They only see a pretty face. And that mistake is going to cost them.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Wished for more.
- By Brent Mair on 10-03-13
By: Robison Wells
-
Paradise General
- Riding the Surge at a Combat Hospital in Iraq
- By: David Hnida M.D.
- Narrated by: George K. Wilson
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 84
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 68
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 67
A family doctor with limited surgical experience, Dr. Dave Hnida volunteered for two tours of duty in Iraq - first as a battalion surgeon with a combat unit and then as trauma chief at the busiest Combat Support Hospital (CSH) during the Surge. Like a modern-day M*A*S*H, Dr. Hnida and his team conducted surgery under terrible conditions in a series of tents connected to the occasional run-down building.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Fans of M*A*S*H will enjoy this book!
- By Elle Kay on 06-18-16
By: David Hnida M.D.
-
I, Who Did Not Die
- A Sweeping Story of Loss, Redemption, and Fate
- By: Zahed Haftlang, Najah Aboud
- Narrated by: Mikael Naramore
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 57
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 53
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 53
Khorramshahr, Iran, May 1982 - It was the bloodiest battle of one of the most brutal wars of the twentieth century, and Najah, a 29-year-old wounded Iraqi conscript, was face to face with a 13-year-old Iranian child soldier who was ordered to kill him. Instead, the boy committed an astonishing act of mercy. It was an act that decades later would save his own life.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
- By jennie on 04-10-24
By: Zahed Haftlang, and others
-
The Boy in the Suitcase
- A Nina Borg Mystery
- By: Lene Kaaberbøl - author/translator, Agnete Friis
- Narrated by: Katherine Kellgren
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,058
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,837
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 1,842
Nina Borg, a Red Cross nurse, wife, and mother of two, is trying to live a quiet life. The last thing her husband wants is for her to go running off on another dangerous mission to help illegal refugees. But when Nina's estranged friend, Karin, leaves her a key to a public locker in the Copenhagen train station, and begs her to take care of its contents, Nina gets suckered into her most dangerous case yet.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Not recommended
- By Sarah C on 06-18-12
By: Lene Kaaberbøl - author/translator, and others
-
Purple Hearts
- A Novel
- By: Tess Wakefield
- Narrated by: Kyle Mason, Shayna Thibodeaux
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 245
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 216
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 215
Cassie Salazar and Luke Morrow couldn't be more different. Sharp-witted Cassie works nights at a bar in Austin, Texas, to make ends meet while pursuing her dream of becoming a singer/songwriter. Luke is an army trainee, about to ship out for duty, who finds comfort in the unswerving discipline of service. But a chance encounter at Cassie's bar changes the course of both their lives.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
RATING PURPLE HEARTS BOOK VS PURPLE HEARTS MOVIE
- By Rozzy on 02-05-23
By: Tess Wakefield
-
The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell
- An Accidental Soldier's Account of the War in Iraq
- By: John Crawford
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 339
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 156
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 158
John Crawford joined the Florida National Guard to pay for his college tuition; it had seemed a small sacrifice to give up one weekend a month and two weeks a year in exchange for a free education. But one semester short of graduating, and newly married, he was called to active duty, to serve in Kuwait, then on the front lines of the invasion of Iraq, and ultimately in Baghdad. While serving in Iraq, Crawford began writing short nonfiction stories, his account of what he and his fellow soldiers experienced.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
An honest, real account of the Iraq War
- By Michael J. Mountain on 09-07-05
By: John Crawford
-
You Know When the Men Are Gone
- By: Siobhan Fallon
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 148
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 103
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 103
In Fort Hood housing, like all army housing, you get used to hearing through the walls. You learn too much. And you learn to move quietly through your own small domain. You also know when the men are gone. As Siobhan Fallon shows in this collection of loosely interconnected short stories, each woman deals with her husband's absence differently.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
You know when you've got a great read!
- By Pamela Harvey on 01-22-11
By: Siobhan Fallon
-
Pandemonium
- By: Daryl Gregory
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 66
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 59
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 59
It is a world like our own in every respect, save one. In the 1950s, random acts of possession begin to occur. Ordinary men, women, and children are the targets of entities that seem to spring from the depths of the collective unconscious, pop-cultural avatars some call demons. As a boy, Del Pierce is possessed by the Hellion, an entity whose mischief-making can be deadly. With the help of Del's family and a caring psychiatrist, the demon is exorcised... or is it?
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
loved it
- By swyrlgirl on 09-17-19
By: Daryl Gregory
-
In the Bleak Midwinter
- By: Julia Spencer-Fleming
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 448
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 361
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 359
Clare Fergusson, St. Alban's new priest, fits like a square peg in the conservative Episcopal parish at Miller's Kill, New York. She is not just a "lady"; she's a tough ex-Army chopper pilot, and nobody's fool. Then a newborn infant left at the church door brings her together with the town's police chief, Russ Van Alstyne, who's also ex-Army and a cynical good shepherd for the stray sheep of his hometown.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Ice Cold Complex Small Town Police Procedural/Mystery
- By Sara on 12-27-14
-
The Death Trust
- Vin Cooper, Book 1
- By: David Rollins
- Narrated by: Mel Foster
- Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 45
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 27
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 27
Amid the dust, death, and chaos of Iraq, an American soldier on a routine patrol is killed by an unseen enemy. It's a tragedy but not a crime - until it's linked to the bizarre death of a decorated four-star general who happens to be the dead man's father...and the son-in-law of history's most feared and powerful U.S. vice president.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
An action book with out much action...
- By Susan on 07-13-10
By: David Rollins
-
Marvel's Black Widow: Forever Red
- By: Margaret Stohl
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 631
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 575
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 569
Natasha Romanoff is one of the world's most lethal assassins. Trained from a young age in the arts of death and deception, Natasha was given the title of Black Widow by Ivan Somodorov, her brutal teacher at the Red Room, Moscow's infamous academy for operatives.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
Not a guilty pleasure - a waste of a credit
- By Floyd on 06-26-17
By: Margaret Stohl
-
Allison Hewitt Is Trapped
- A Zombie Novel
- By: Madeleine Roux
- Narrated by: Piper Goodeve
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 351
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 289
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 290
One woman's story as she blogs about - and fights back against - the zombie apocalypse.
Allison Hewitt and her five colleagues at the Brooks and Peabody Bookstore are trapped together when the zombie outbreak hits. Allison reaches out for help through her blog, writing on her laptop. It may also be her only chance to reach her mother. But as the reality of their situation sinks in, Allison's blog becomes a harrowing account of her edge-of-the-seat adventures.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
lots of potential but disappointing
- By Linda B on 04-29-11
By: Madeleine Roux
-
The Silent History
- By: Eli Horowitz, Matthew Derby, Kevin Moffett
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman, LJ Ganser
- Length: 14 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 76
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 72
-
Story3.5 out of 5 stars 72
It begins as a statistical oddity: a spike in children born with acute speech delays. Physically normal in every way, these children never speak and do not respond to speech; they don't learn to read, don't learn to write. As the number of cases grows to an epidemic level, theories spread. Maybe it's related to a popular antidepressant; maybe it's environmental. Or maybe these children have special skills all their own.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
A Thought-Provoking Premise
- By Doug - Audible on 03-31-15
By: Eli Horowitz, and others
-
Scarred
- By: Joanne Macgregor
- Narrated by: Kelsey Egan, Richard Lothian
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 62
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 59
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 59
Sloane Munster had the perfect life - until she didn't. Now 17-year-old Sloane is trying to reboot her life after a serious accident left her badly scarred and emotionally traumatized. Starting her senior year at a different school, she recognizes Luke Naughton, a swimmer whom she once had a crush on, in her new class. But when she smiles at him, he glares back with revulsion, and she's sure he's disgusted by her ugly scar.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
The ending is just STUPID
- By Effie on 02-05-19
By: Joanne Macgregor
-
Lost Boy
- By: Tim Green
- Narrated by: Tim Green
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 41
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 34
It's always been just Ryder and his mom. But on the way home from Ryder's baseball practice, everything comes to a halt. An accident sends his mom to the hospital, and now she is fighting for her life. So Ryder goes on a search to find his father, determined to help pay for the expensive operation to save his mother's life. But with only a signed baseball and a letter as his clues, and the help of his next-door neighbor and a New York City firefighter, will everything fall into place in time, or will Ryder become a lost boy forever?
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Great story!!!
- By Nina Queen on 09-23-21
By: Tim Green