Bestsellers
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The Storm of Steel
- By: Ernst Jünger
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,967
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Performance1,738
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Story1,736
This classic war memoir, first published in 1920, is based on the author's extensive diaries describing hard combat experienced on the Western Front during World War I.....
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Horror and randomness of war
- By 9S on 12-26-14
By: Ernst Jünger
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Five Lieutenants
- The Heartbreaking Story of Five Harvard Men Who Led America to Victory in World War I
- By: James Carl Nelson
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Blaisdell
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall30
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Performance24
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Story24
The dramatic true story of five brilliant young soldiers from Harvard, this is a thrilling tale of combat and heroism. Five Lieutenants tells the story of five young Harvard men who took up the call to arms in the spring of 1917 and met differing fates in the maelstrom of battle on the western...
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Educated men at War
- By Jean on 11-19-12
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Big Boys' Rules
- The SAS and the Secret Struggle Against the IRA
- By: Mark Urban
- Narrated by: Mark Urban
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance2
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Story2
Starting in 1969, Mark Urban reveals the extraordinary history of the special forces' operations in Northern Ireland and the unenviable dilemmas faced by intelligence chiefs engaged in a daily struggle against one of the world's most sophisticated terrorist organisations.
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Irish war for Independence under many other labels!
- By Paul O'Brien on 06-20-25
By: Mark Urban
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African Kaiser
- General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and the Great War in Africa, 1914-1918
- By: Robert Gaudi
- Narrated by: Paul Hodgson
- Length: 18 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,028
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Performance935
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Story931
African Kaiser is the almost-forgotten true account of Wiemar Germany's military escapades on the dark continent. A story of 1,000-mile marches through the harshest landscapes....
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Well Written, Well Read, Well Done!
- By Matthew on 02-25-17
By: Robert Gaudi
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Storm of Steel
- By: Ernst Jünger
- Narrated by: Frasier Mackenzie
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall126
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Performance107
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Story108
Ernst Jünger was a famous German soldier who saw action during World War I. He is best known for his memoirs Storm of Steel, which chronicle his experiences during World War I....
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great book
- By Amazon Customer on 12-28-20
By: Ernst Jünger
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Sergeant York
- His Own Life Story and War Diary
- By: Alvin York, Tom Skeyhill - editor, George E. York - introduction, and others
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall108
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Performance93
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Story94
The inspiring true story of "the reluctant World War I infantryman who became an American legend" - in his own words (The New York Times). October 8, 1918: Amid the last of the Allies' attempts to defeat the Germans, Sgt. Alvin York of Tennessee found himself and his platoon of only 17 men...
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A good history
- By Erick R. on 10-14-20
By: Alvin York, and others
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The Storm of Steel
- By: Ernst Jünger
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,967
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Performance1,738
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Story1,736
This classic war memoir, first published in 1920, is based on the author's extensive diaries describing hard combat experienced on the Western Front during World War I.....
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Horror and randomness of war
- By 9S on 12-26-14
By: Ernst Jünger
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Five Lieutenants
- The Heartbreaking Story of Five Harvard Men Who Led America to Victory in World War I
- By: James Carl Nelson
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Blaisdell
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall30
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Performance24
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Story24
The dramatic true story of five brilliant young soldiers from Harvard, this is a thrilling tale of combat and heroism. Five Lieutenants tells the story of five young Harvard men who took up the call to arms in the spring of 1917 and met differing fates in the maelstrom of battle on the western...
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Educated men at War
- By Jean on 11-19-12
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Big Boys' Rules
- The SAS and the Secret Struggle Against the IRA
- By: Mark Urban
- Narrated by: Mark Urban
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance2
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Story2
Starting in 1969, Mark Urban reveals the extraordinary history of the special forces' operations in Northern Ireland and the unenviable dilemmas faced by intelligence chiefs engaged in a daily struggle against one of the world's most sophisticated terrorist organisations.
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Irish war for Independence under many other labels!
- By Paul O'Brien on 06-20-25
By: Mark Urban
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African Kaiser
- General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and the Great War in Africa, 1914-1918
- By: Robert Gaudi
- Narrated by: Paul Hodgson
- Length: 18 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,028
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Performance935
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Story931
African Kaiser is the almost-forgotten true account of Wiemar Germany's military escapades on the dark continent. A story of 1,000-mile marches through the harshest landscapes....
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Well Written, Well Read, Well Done!
- By Matthew on 02-25-17
By: Robert Gaudi
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Storm of Steel
- By: Ernst Jünger
- Narrated by: Frasier Mackenzie
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall126
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Performance107
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Story108
Ernst Jünger was a famous German soldier who saw action during World War I. He is best known for his memoirs Storm of Steel, which chronicle his experiences during World War I....
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great book
- By Amazon Customer on 12-28-20
By: Ernst Jünger
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Sergeant York
- His Own Life Story and War Diary
- By: Alvin York, Tom Skeyhill - editor, George E. York - introduction, and others
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall108
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Performance93
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Story94
The inspiring true story of "the reluctant World War I infantryman who became an American legend" - in his own words (The New York Times). October 8, 1918: Amid the last of the Allies' attempts to defeat the Germans, Sgt. Alvin York of Tennessee found himself and his platoon of only 17 men...
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A good history
- By Erick R. on 10-14-20
By: Alvin York, and others
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Fighting the Flying Circus
- By: Eddie V. Rickenbacker
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall434
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Performance407
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Story407
Captain Eddie V. Rickenbacker was best known as one of the commanders of the 94th "Hat-in-the-Ring" Squadron, a crack unit of pilots....
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World War 1 ace
- By Jean on 09-25-12
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The Storm of Steel
- By: Ernst Jünger, Basil Creighton
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance4
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Story4
The Storm of Steel is a first-hand account of World War I trench combat lifted from the diaries of Ernst Junger, a German infantryman who would become one of Europe's most renowned writers.
By: Ernst Jünger, and others
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No Parachute
- A Classic Account of War in the Air in WWI
- By: Arthur Gould Lee
- Narrated by: Chris MacDonnell
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall125
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Performance108
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Story106
This account of the Great War puts you right in the action - from one of the fighter pilots of the Royal Flying Corps. From the young airmen who took their frail machines high above the trenches of World War I and fought their foes in single combat, there emerged a renowned company of brilliant...
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One of the most interesting reads I've ever had.
- By Amazon Customer on 12-08-21
By: Arthur Gould Lee
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Sergeant Stubby
- How a Stray Dog and His Best Friend Helped Win World War I and Stole the Heart of a Nation
- By: Ann Bausum
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall135
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Performance110
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Story110
Told for the first time, here is the story of a stray dog who eventually became affectionately known as Sergeant Stubby, the most famous war dog of World War I. Beloved award-winning children's author Ann Bausum brings her friendly writing style and in-depth research to her first book for adults...
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Amazing historical story ruined by campy narration
- By Josh on 03-31-16
By: Ann Bausum
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Churchill's Confidant
- Enemy to Lifelong Friend
- By: Richard Steyn
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall17
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Performance13
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Story13
Brought together first as enemies in the Anglo-Boer War and later as allies in the First World War, the remarkable and often touching friendship between Winston Churchill and Jan Smuts is a rich study in contrasts....
By: Richard Steyn
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Alvin York: A New Biography of the Hero of the Argonne
- American Warriors Series
- By: Douglas V. Mastriano
- Narrated by: Gary L. Willprecht
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall81
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Performance70
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Story71
Douglas V. Mastriano sorts fact from myth in the first full-length biography of York in decades. He meticulously examines York's youth, his service in the Great War, and....
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Alvin York - The Full Measure
- By Stephen on 03-21-16
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Hero
- The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia
- By: Michael Korda
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
- Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
- Abridged
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Overall439
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Performance341
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Story342
From Michael Korda, author of the New York Times bestselling Eisenhower biography Ike and the captivating Battle of Britain book With Wings Like Eagles, comes the critically-acclaimed definitive biography of T. E. Lawrence—the legendary British soldier, strategist, scholar, and adventurer...
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Excellent book and narration
- By Ron L. Caldwell on 12-11-10
By: Michael Korda
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Sagittarius Rising
- By: Cecil Lewis
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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Performance10
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Story10
Cecil Lewis was an illustrious and passionate fighter pilot of the First World War, described by Bernard Shaw in 1935 as 'a thinker, a master of words, and a bit of a poet'. In this account the author sets his love of the skies and flying against his bitter experience of the horrors of war.
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The vigour inherent in the author's narrative. At 6' 4", he must have been a towering figure. in his day.
- By R. R. Wilkins on 01-24-25
By: Cecil Lewis
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I Will Hold
- The Story of USMC Legend Clifton B. Cates from Belleau Wood to Victory in the Great War
- By: James Carl Nelson
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall148
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Performance139
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Story136
The incredible true story of Clifton B. "Lucky" Cates, whose service in World War I and beyond made him a legend in the annals of the Marine Corps. Cates knew that he and his small band of marines were in a desperate spot. Before handing the note over to a runner, he added three words that would...
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I Cannot Hold!
- By Matthew on 10-22-16
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Forgotten Voices of the Great War
- By: Max Arthur
- Narrated by: Richard Bebb
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall22
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Performance19
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Story19
In 1960, the Imperial War Museum began a momentous task. A team of academics, archivists and volunteers set about tracing ordinary men and women who had lived through one of the most harrowing periods of modern history, the First World War. Veterans were interviewed in details about their...
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Excellent Soundscape
- By Pat Sloat on 12-20-23
By: Max Arthur
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The Last of the Doughboys
- The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War
- By: Richard Rubin
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 20 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall337
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Performance312
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Story315
In 2003, eighty-five years after the armistice, it took Richard Rubin months to find just one living American veteran of World War I. But then, he found another. And another. Eventually, he found dozens, aged 101 to 113, and interviewed them. All are gone now. A decade-long odyssey to recover...
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Flawed But Worthwhile: History Buffs Should Get It
- By Jim on 01-12-14
By: Richard Rubin
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Shards: Dialogues of War
- By: George Heuston
- Narrated by: Benjamin Powell
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
War stories inhere in all generations. This book is about the shards of war--the deep sharp edges left within those who have seen combat, survived it, and lived beyond it.
By: George Heuston
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The Doughboys
- America and the First World War
- By: Gary Mead
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall18
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Performance14
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Story14
More than three million American men, many of them volunteers, joined the AEF in the first twenty months of US involvement in the First World War. Of these, over 50,000 were killed on European soil. These were the Doughboys, the young men recruited from the cities and farms of the United States...
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Entertaining
- By Tim Ward on 03-21-25
By: Gary Mead
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Akenfield
- Portrait of an English Village
- By: Ronald Blythe
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
Only a man who had lived all his life in Suffolk could produce such a vivid and accurate portrayal of Akenfield and its inhabitants.
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Terrible, unauthentic Suffolk accents.
- By Anonymous on 10-29-25
By: Ronald Blythe
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Good-Bye to All That
- An Autobiography
- By: Robert Graves
- Narrated by: Joel Schrank
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall18
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Performance17
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Story17
"Good-Bye to All That: An Autobiography" by Robert Graves is a seminal work that vividly captures the harrowing experiences of a young British officer during World War I.
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Great Story, Poor Choice or Narrator narrator.
- By marc on 12-04-25
By: Robert Graves
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Muse of Fire
- World War I as Seen Through the Lives of the Soldier Poets
- By: Michael Korda
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance7
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Story7
The First World War comes to harrowing life through the intertwined lives of the soldier-poets in Michael Korda's epic Muse of Fire. With Muse of Fire, Michael Korda, the bestselling author of Alone and Hero, takes a novel approach to World War I by telling its history through the lives of the...
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Very Compelling
- By Fred G on 05-20-24
By: Michael Korda
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The Red Baron
- The Life and Legacy of Manfred von Richthofen
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Jem Matzan
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall29
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Performance27
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Story27
Few participants in World War I are more famous than Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, better known as the Red Baron....
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Informative but short
- By Jeff Wise on 07-21-15
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Monash's Masterpiece
- The battle of Le Hamel and the 93 minutes that changed the world
- By: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrated by: Michael Carman
- Length: 15 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall51
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Performance41
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Story41
The Battle of Le Hamel on 4 July 1918 was an Allied triumph, and strategically very important in the closing stages of WWI. A largely Australian force, commanded by the brilliant Sir John Monash, fought what has been described as the first modern battle - where infantry, tanks, artillery and...
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Excellent history, almost unknown in US
- By Paul Gallagher on 09-28-23
By: Peter FitzSimons
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The Storm of Steel
- By: Ernst Junger
- Narrated by: Steve Fortune
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall15
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Performance13
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Story13
Ernst Jünger (1895-1998) was a decorated German soldier and author who became famous for his World War I memoir Storm of Steel, published in 1920, shortly after the end of the war....
By: Ernst Junger
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My Fellow Soldiers
- General John Pershing and the Americans Who Helped Win the Great War
- By: Andrew Carroll
- Narrated by: Andrew Carroll
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall131
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Performance108
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Story111
From the New York Times bestselling author of War Letters and Behind the Lines, Andrew Carroll’s My Fellow Soldiers draws on a rich trove of both little-known and newly uncovered letters and diaries to create a marvelously vivid and moving account of the American experience in World War I...
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Don’t pass this up
- By PineappleSmoothy on 03-29-18
By: Andrew Carroll
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The Beauty and the Sorrow
- An Intimate History of the First World War
- By: Peter Englund, Peter Graves - translator
- Narrated by: David Stifel
- Length: 21 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall17
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Performance15
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Story15
An intimate narrative history of World War I told through the stories of 20 men and women from around the globe - a powerful, illuminating, heart-rending picture of what the war was really like. In this masterful book, renowned historian Peter Englund describes this epoch-defining event by...
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Great narration but exceedingly long chapters
- By Michelle on 04-26-22
By: Peter Englund, and others
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The York Patrol
- The Real Story of Alvin York and the Unsung Heroes Who Made Him World War I's Most Famous Soldier
- By: James Carl Nelson
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall50
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Performance45
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Story45
In the vein of Band of Brothers and American Sniper, a riveting history of Alvin York, the World War I legend who killed two dozen Germans and captured more than 100, detailing York's heroics yet also restoring the unsung heroes of his patrol to their rightful place in history—from renowned...
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So many regiments & divisions
- By Pat Newell on 01-26-23
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Masters of Mayhem
- Lawrence of Arabia and the British Military Mission to the Hejaz
- By: James Stejskal
- Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance0
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Story0
“Written with great accuracy, detail, enthusiasm, and insight . . . a new perspective on the well-trodden story of the Arab Revolt” (Military History Matters on its Book of the Year, Silver Award-winner). Striking where the enemy is weakest and melting away into the darkness before he can...
By: James Stejskal
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Sergeant York
- A Biography of an American Patriot and World War I Hero
- By: John Perry
- Narrated by: Milton Bagby
- Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance4
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Story4
Growing up in the Tennessee hills, Alvin York was equally renowned as a marksman and as a hard-drinking brawler. A dramatic New Year's conversion convinced him that killing was against God's will, and yet this shy, big-boned mountaineer single-handedly dispatched two dozen Germans and captured...
By: John Perry