Military

"These guys are intense. And they bring that same fire to their narration in the audiobook. Listen to these insanely competent SEAL officers tell you exactly how to make a team successful through their firsthand experiences in business and combat." - The Hustle An updated edition of the...

The Nine follows the true story of the author’s great aunt Hélène Podliasky, who led a band of nine female resistance fighters as they escaped a German forced labor camp and made a ten-day journey across the front lines of World War II from Germany back to Paris. This program includes a...

A propulsive, never-before-told story of one family’s shocking involvement as Nazi and Japanese spies during WWII and the pivotal role they played in the bombing of Pearl Harbor. It began with a letter from a screenwriter, asking about a story. Your family. World War II. Nazi spies. Christine...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A New Yorker Best Book of 2025 A Forbes Best True Crime Book of 2025 “Probably the most gripping, memorable, eye-opening book I’ve read in months.” —David Wallace-Wells, The New York Times “Propulsive.” —The Washington Post “Engrossing...

The definitive account of the warrior-monks who stood as Christendom’s shield against centuries of relentless Islamic aggression and a superlative example of Muscular Christianity for an era marred by effete and effeminized forms of the faith.

The INSTANT New York Times bestseller Instant Los Angeles Times bestseller Finalist, Dayton Literary Peace Prize One of NPR's Books We Love One of Newsweek Staffers' Favorite Books of the Year Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize “In Nuclear War: A Scenario, Annie Jacobsen gives us a...

This sweeping history of the often-violent conflict between Islam and the West sheds a revealing light on current hostilities....

Winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 1961, this worldwide bestselling classic chronicles the most infamous era of our times.

From the award-winning historian and filmmakers of The Civil War, Baseball, Jazz, The Roosevelts, and others: a human-centered history of America’s founding struggle—expanding on the landmark, six-part PBS series to be aired in November 2025 “From a small spark kindled in America, a flame...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War in this “riveting reexamination of a nation in tumult” (Los Angeles Times). “A feast of historical insight...

THE DEFINITIVE EDITION Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, the remarkable diary that has become a world classic—a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit. Updated for the 75th Anniversary of the Diary’s...

Stephen E. Ambrose’s classic New York Times bestseller and inspiration for the acclaimed HBO series about Easy Company, the ordinary men who became the World War II’s most extraordinary soldiers at the frontlines of the war's most critical moments. Featuring a foreword from Tom Hanks. They...

“This beautifully braided story...reveals the best and worst of humanity. A magnificent work of narrative nonfiction, true to the past and essential for the present.”—Mitchell Zuckoff, New York Times bestselling author of Lost in Shangri-La and 13 Hours An epic story of the triumph of good...

A thrilling firsthand account by husband-and-wife CIA operatives who, against all odds, triumphed in a deadly cat-and-mouse game against a mole within the agency—an unprecedented insider account of 21st-century spycraft in the tradition of Argo and Black Ops. Andrew and Jihi Bustamante were a...

Four days before Christmas in 1943, a badly damaged American bomber struggled to fly over wartime Germany....

The New York Times bestselling true account of John Chapman, Medal of Honor recipient and Special Ops Combat Controller, and his heroic one-man stand during the Afghan War, as he sacrificed his life to save the lives of twenty-three comrades-in-arms. In the predawn hours of March 4, 2002, just...

**One of AudioFile Magazine's Best Audiobooks of 2019** "The winning combination of George Newbern's engaging narration and Rick Atkinson's vivid new work of history--the first in a planned trilogy about the American Revolution--brings to life what could have been a dry account of Revolutionary...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The incredible true story of survival and salvation that is the basis for two major motion pictures: Unbroken and Unbroken: Path to Redemption. “Extraordinarily moving . . . a powerfully drawn survival epic.”—The Wall Street Journal Hailed as the top...

From an award-winning historian comes a fresh analysis of the rise of Nazi extremism, how such thinking gained popularity, and why it is vital to fight burgeoning extremist movements today How could the SS have committed the crimes they did? How were the killers who shot Jews at close quarters...

Night is an unmistakably autobiographical account of the author's own gruesome experiences in Nazi Germany's death camps....

One of the most influential books of the past fifty years, Team of Rivals is Pulitzer Prize–winning author and esteemed presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin’s modern classic about the political genius of Abraham Lincoln, his unlikely presidency, and his cabinet of former political...

In the second volume of the landmark American Revolution trilogy by the Pulitzer Prize–winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author of The British Are Coming, George Washington’s army fights on the knife edge between victory and defeat. The first twenty-one months of the American...

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers a fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz NAMED ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2020 BY The Washington Post HuffPost The Seattle Times Lit...

The celebrated 2010 HBO miniseries The Pacific, winner of eight Emmy Awards, was based on two classic books about the War in the Pacific, Helmet for My Pillow and With The Old Breed....

At one time, Corrie ten Boom would have laughed at the idea that she had a story to tell.....

A propulsive, never-before-told story of one family’s shocking involvement as Nazi and Japanese spies during WWII and the pivotal role they played in the bombing of Pearl Harbor. It began with a letter from a screenwriter, asking about a story. Your family. World War II. Nazi spies. Christine...

In this magisterial history, Raymond Ibrahim chronicles the long and brutal conflict between Islam and the West through the eyes and lives of Christendom’s original commando forces: the knights of the Temple and Hospital. These warrior monks, whose unprecedented fusion of piety and militancy remains unmatched to this day, played a pivotal—though overlooked if not suppressed—role in defending Christian civilization against the onslaught of Islamic forces during the Crusades and beyond.

""I thought I knew the story but learned much that I didn’t know. Outstanding!""— Richard Rhodes “This is historical research at its best.” — Dan Carlin President Truman’s choice to drop the atomic bomb is the most debated decision in the 20th Century. But what if Truman’s actual...

This compelling history examines the closing months of the vital campaign which ultimately determined the successful conclusion of the Pacific War for the Allies. But it had not been a smooth process. The campaign continued in fits and starts with both the US Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy making crucial errors. But as the pendulum of war swung, there was one distinct advantage to the Allies. This was the successful efforts by the United States Army Signals Intelligence Section and the Navy Communication Special Unit to monitor, intercept, decode and translate Japanese messages.

They performed for millions while secretly serving their nations. The audience never suspected the deadliest act was happening offstage. What if the most celebrated entertainers of the 20th century were also its most effective spies?

“Masterly. . . . Roberts’s portrait of the relationship between the four men who made Allied strategy through the war years is a triumph of vivid description, telling anecdotes, and informed analysis."" —Max Hastings, The New York Review of Books An epic joint biography, Masters and...

At the beginning of 1776, virtually no one in the colonies was advocating independence: Americans based their grievances against Parliament on their rights as British subjects. By the end of 1776, independence was on every patriot's lips. The many tyrannies of a king had made an independent republic necessary. In Declaring Independence, Edward J. Larson gives us a compact, insightful history of that pivotal year.

In Balloon Ace: The Life of an Early Airpower Visionary, historian Charles Dusch reconstructs Louis Bennett Jr.'s lost legacy. Advocating for a national aviation reserve years before the writings of "Billy" Mitchell, Bennett created a state aerial militia in 1917, complete with supporting airbases and an airplane factory. When the US Army refused to accept his unit, a frustrated Bennett joined the Royal Air Force to fight on the Western Front, destroying nine German balloons and three aircraft in a matter of days before he himself was shot down.

An Inspirational Memoir of a Studebaker Dealer Turned Progressive Farmer Alongside an Advocate for Love--The Love Story of Ray and Ocie Lue Snodgrass. The series is also available as color or black and white paperbacks. My 1987 project to gather pictures, stories, and cards for Mom and Dad’s 60th-anniversary scrapbook turned into a journey of wonderment and love that I didn’t foresee. After Mom’s death, I never intended to read their World War II love letters. Mom was so protective of them, it almost seemed like a violation of their passionate love. But I am so glad I read that first ...

A piece of groundbreaking technology becomes available in the UK - a theoretical invention that would make F-36 fighter jets imperious in aerial combat. The British Muslim woman who developed the system is threatened with an honor killing if she does not hand it over to her parents' homeland. Pakistan send their most accomplished ISI agents to intervene and take possession of the flash drive when the woman goes missing. The New York based trio of former Special Forces personnel decide on a short vacation to the North of England. If Pakistan were ever to get their hands on the flash drive, ...

Discover the definitive account of the military campaign that shattered the old world order and established the French Empire as the supreme power in Europe. This narrative follows the rapid maneuvers of the Grande Armee as it pivots from the English Channel to the heart of the Holy Roman Empire. You will witness the strategic genius of Napoleon Bonaparte as he faces the combined might of Britain, Russia, and Sweden. Experience the roar of the cannons at the Battle of Trafalgar where the British Royal Navy secured mastery of the seas for a century. The book provides a detailed look at the ...

The War of the Second Coalition stands as the definitive turning point where the chaos of the French Revolution transformed into the ordered might of the Napoleonic era. This gripping narrative follows the struggle of a fractured Europe as it gathered its greatest monarchies to crush the rising Republic. From the burning sands of Egypt to the frozen heights of the Alps, the fate of the modern world hung in the balance of a single decade. Experience the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte as he gambles his future on a desperate journey from isolated commander to the master of France. While legendary ...

"Masterful character development and impeccable historical detail. Ferrier has created something rare—a Pearl Harbor novel that's as much about identity as it is about war." "THE WEIGHT OF WATER delivers on every level—psychological depth, moral complexity, and the kind of prose that reminds you why you fell in love with literary fiction. This is Pulitzer-caliber work." "Ferrier doesn't just write about the USS Arizona—he makes you feel the weight of command, the cost of transformation, the burden of becoming real. Unforgettable." On December 7, 1941, at 0755 hours, Lieutenant Thomas ...

BEFORE THE WATER ROSE In the literary tradition of The Things They Carried and All Quiet on the Western Front—a devastating portrait of a young man learning to disappear. Calvin Webb stands at windows. In small-town Kansas during the Dust Bowl, watching is safer than participating. Observation is easier than action. When a boy falls from a roof and Calvin freezes instead of running for help, he learns what paralysis costs. The U.S. Navy promises to fix what's broken. Boot camp will teach him to act without thinking. To move without hesitating. To become useful instead of frozen. And it ...

History tells us that the technological explosion of the 20th century was a triumph of human genius, but the timeline suggests a different and darker origin. This book exposes the secret history of the crash retrievals that began in the deserts of New Mexico and changed the course of our civilization forever. We trace the path of the debris from the impact crater to the classified laboratories where the modern world was reverse-engineered. You will discover the unsettling truth behind the inventions you use every day, from the silicon microchip to fiber optic cables. We reveal how the ...

60,000+ women burned or hanged. So, why fear the healers more than those who killed them? Why did humanity's healers become history's most hunted? She delivered your babies. She saved your mother. She sat with your dying father. Then, accused of witchcraft, she died. The questions that haunt us: Why does the witch still fascinate us, inspire us, and terrify us? Why did entire communities turn on their healers? How did moles, pets, or poverty become proof of witchcraft? What made neighbors betray women they'd known for decades? Why did witch trials spread like a contagion across continents? ...

A distinctive collection of essays capturing Lawrence Freedman's insightful analysis across war, strategy, and foreign policy and providing a unique view of the key thinkers that shaped history.

Experience the front lines of history in Men at War—a powerful audiobook anthology narrated by Vietnam veteran Mike Vendetti. This collection unites legendary works by Sun Tzu, Erich Maria Remarque, William Faulkner, Thomas Boyd, Ambrose Bierce, Liam O'Flaherty, and Ernest Hemingway, exploring the tactics, tragedy, and triumph of war across cultures and centuries. From the cold logic of The Art of War to the devastating realism of All Quiet on the Western Front, each selection plunges listeners into the chaos of battle and the haunting silence that follows.

El martes 6 de junio de 1944, las playas de Normandía, al norte de Francia, se convirtieron en un auténtico infierno de acero y fuego. Lo que para los Aliados supuso el glorioso Día D, para los soldados del III Reich se reveló, tal cual había presagiado su mariscal más joven, como «el día más largo» y toda una pesadilla. El desembarco dio paso a una batalla brutal, espléndida muestra de confrontación estratégica y logística pero también del poder devastador de la guerra, que evidenció la absoluta incapacidad germana de hacer frente a la arrolladora potencia aliada.

High above the Ho Chi Minh Trail, Navy pilot Mustang and radar operator Books are running a routine reconnaissance mission when their F-4 Phantom is torn apart by enemy flak. Ejecting over the hostile karst mountains of Laos, they crash-land on razor-sharp limestone ridges that slice through the jungle like broken glass. Books suffers a devastating compound fracture, and with temperatures plummeting and enemy forces mobilizing, hypothermia becomes as deadly an enemy as the North Vietnamese troops hunting them. The terrain is so treacherous that conventional rescue is impossible—sheer ...

La guerre de Crimée fut un conflit majeur qui se déroula entre 1853 et 1856, impliquant la Russie, l'Empire ottoman, la France et le Royaume-Uni. Dans cet ouvrage d'histoire concis, vous découvrirez les causes, les événements et les conséquences de cette guerre brutale. De la Charge de la Brigade légère au Siège de Sébastopol, ce livre offre un aperçu complet des batailles clés et des tournants décisifs qui ont marqué ce conflit.

In the chaos of 1945, the United States faced a terrifying new reality where the defeat of Germany merely cleared the board for a deadlier conflict with the Soviet Union. American military planners realized that the Third Reich possessed technological capabilities in rocketry and aviation that were far beyond anything in the Allied arsenal. To secure the nation's future against a looming communist threat, Washington authorized a daring and controversial intelligence program known as Operation Paperclip to seize these assets before they fell behind the Iron Curtain. This operation ...

The twentieth century was nearly consumed by a seductive idea that promised heaven on earth but delivered the deadliest era in human history. From the frozen wastelands of the Siberian gulags to the killing fields of Cambodia, the attempt to forge a perfect society through force left a trail of one hundred million corpses. This book peels back the layers of propaganda to reveal the brutal machinery of the communist state, exposing a system that viewed human life as nothing more than raw material for a failed experiment. You will journey through the rise and fall of the Red Empire, examining...

Just off the coast of Long Island lies a forbidden territory patrolled by armed guards and shrouded in seventy years of secrecy. Plum Island has served as the nation’s primary fortress against foreign animal diseases, housing the deadliest pathogens on earth within its aging concrete walls. This book takes you past the deadly force warning signs to reveal the true history of a facility that has long terrified its neighbors. Discover the classified origins of the laboratory under the guidance of former Nazi scientist Erich Traub and the U.S. Army Chemical Corps. We investigate the ...

A VANISHED BOMBER. A LEGENDARY SURVIVOR. A SEARCH THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE. Before history remembered Louis Zamperini as an icon of endurance, there was a day when he disappeared into the vast blue of the Pacific—swallowed without warning, without witnesses, and without mercy. Lost Beyond the Horizon pulls back the curtain on the forgotten air–sea hunt that followed, exposing the terror, courage, and staggering uncertainty that defined one of World War II’s most desperate rescue missions. This is the chapter history overlooked: a moment when technology failed, the ocean ...