Bestsellers
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Masters of the Air
- America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
- By: Donald L. Miller
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 24 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Masters of the Air is the riveting history of the American Eighth Air Force in World War II, the story of the young men who flew the bombers that helped bring Nazi Germany to its knees, brilliantly told by historian and World War II expert Donald Miller....
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Depth of Detail was incredible!
- By Gentry S on 03-19-24
By: Donald L. Miller
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The Demon of Unrest
- A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
- By: Erik Larson
- Narrated by: Will Patton, Erik Larson
- Length: 17 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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The #1 New York Times bestselling 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—a simmering crisis that finally tore a deeply divided nation in two....
By: Erik Larson
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The Accidental President
- Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World
- By: A. J. Baime
- Narrated by: Tony Messano
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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The dramatic, pulse-pounding story of Harry Truman's first four months in office, when this unlikely president had to take on Germany, Japan, Stalin, and the atomic bomb....
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Exceptional
- By Jean on 11-14-17
By: A. J. Baime
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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
- How Churchill's Secret Warriors Set Europe Ablaze and Gave Birth to Modern Black Ops
- By: Damien Lewis
- Narrated by: NIgel Carrington
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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From the award-winning historian, war reporter, and author Damien Lewis (Zero Six Bravo, Judy) comes the incredible true story of the top-secret "butcher-and-bolt" black ops units Prime Minister Winston Churchill tasked with stopping the unstoppable German war machine....
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Dropped many parts of critical chapters.
- By Barry Davis on 07-17-21
By: Damien Lewis
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Band of Brothers
- E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne, from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
- By: Stephen E. Ambrose
- Narrated by: Tim Jerome
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, U.S. Army, was as good a rifle company as any in the world....
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High Expectations Met
- By Audrey on 02-12-13
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Hitler's American Friends
- The Third Reich's Supporters in the United States
- By: Bradley W. Hart
- Narrated by: Chris Ciulla
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Hitler's American Friends, by Bradley W. Hart, is an audiobook examining the strange terrain of Nazi sympathizers, nonintervention campaigners, and other voices in America who advocated on behalf of Nazi Germany in the years before World War II....
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Excellent Information
- By Laura on 05-09-19
By: Bradley W. Hart
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Masters of the Air
- America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
- By: Donald L. Miller
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 24 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Masters of the Air is the riveting history of the American Eighth Air Force in World War II, the story of the young men who flew the bombers that helped bring Nazi Germany to its knees, brilliantly told by historian and World War II expert Donald Miller....
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Depth of Detail was incredible!
- By Gentry S on 03-19-24
By: Donald L. Miller
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The Demon of Unrest
- A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
- By: Erik Larson
- Narrated by: Will Patton, Erik Larson
- Length: 17 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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The #1 New York Times bestselling 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—a simmering crisis that finally tore a deeply divided nation in two....
By: Erik Larson
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The Accidental President
- Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World
- By: A. J. Baime
- Narrated by: Tony Messano
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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The dramatic, pulse-pounding story of Harry Truman's first four months in office, when this unlikely president had to take on Germany, Japan, Stalin, and the atomic bomb....
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Exceptional
- By Jean on 11-14-17
By: A. J. Baime
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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
- How Churchill's Secret Warriors Set Europe Ablaze and Gave Birth to Modern Black Ops
- By: Damien Lewis
- Narrated by: NIgel Carrington
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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From the award-winning historian, war reporter, and author Damien Lewis (Zero Six Bravo, Judy) comes the incredible true story of the top-secret "butcher-and-bolt" black ops units Prime Minister Winston Churchill tasked with stopping the unstoppable German war machine....
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Dropped many parts of critical chapters.
- By Barry Davis on 07-17-21
By: Damien Lewis
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Band of Brothers
- E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne, from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
- By: Stephen E. Ambrose
- Narrated by: Tim Jerome
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, U.S. Army, was as good a rifle company as any in the world....
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High Expectations Met
- By Audrey on 02-12-13
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Hitler's American Friends
- The Third Reich's Supporters in the United States
- By: Bradley W. Hart
- Narrated by: Chris Ciulla
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Hitler's American Friends, by Bradley W. Hart, is an audiobook examining the strange terrain of Nazi sympathizers, nonintervention campaigners, and other voices in America who advocated on behalf of Nazi Germany in the years before World War II....
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Excellent Information
- By Laura on 05-09-19
By: Bradley W. Hart
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
- A History of Nazi Germany
- By: William L. Shirer
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 57 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 1961, this worldwide bestselling classic chronicles the most infamous era of our times.
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Held my interest for 57 hours and 13 minutes
- By Jonnie on 11-08-10
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Robert E. Lee and Me
- A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause
- By: Ty Seidule
- Narrated by: Ty Seidule
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Ty Seidule grew up revering Robert E. Lee. From his southern childhood to his service in the US Army, every part of his life reinforced the Lost Cause myth: that Lee was the greatest man who ever lived, and that the Confederates were underdogs who lost the Civil War with honor....
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Changing a heart and mind
- By Matt Poe on 02-01-21
By: Ty Seidule
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The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel
- Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
- By: Douglas Brunt
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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September 29, 1913: the steamship Dresden is halfway between Belgium and England. On board is one of the most famous men in the world, Rudolf Diesel, whose new internal combustion engine is on the verge of revolutionizing global industry forever....
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Great book!
- By Scott F on 09-24-23
By: Douglas Brunt
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And There Was Light
- Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
- By: Jon Meacham
- Narrated by: Jon Meacham
- Length: 17 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Hated and hailed, excoriated and revered, Abraham Lincoln was at the pinnacle of American power when secessionists gave no quarter in a clash of visions bound up with money, race, identity, and faith. In him we can see the possibilities of the presidency as well as its limitations....
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A Winner
- By Diane Moore on 10-31-22
By: Jon Meacham
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Born Twice
- Memoir of a Special Forces SOG Warrior
- By: Dale Hanson
- Narrated by: Dale Hanson
- Length: 15 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Dale Hanson takes us from a northern Minnesota boyhood to the incredible stresses of US special operations during the Vietnam War....
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Politics
- By Anonymous User on 11-30-23
By: Dale Hanson
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Born Under a Lucky Star
- A Red Army Soldier's Recollections of the Eastern Front of World War II
- By: Ivan Philippovich Makarov, Anastasia Walker - foreword and translator
- Narrated by: Daniel Henning
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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As a Russian recruit in World War II, Ivan Makarov witnessed General Chuikov pull out his pistol and shoot their regimental commander as a traitor. That was on his first day at the front....
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Great story horrible reading
- By Jarvin Nightwind on 08-26-23
By: Ivan Philippovich Makarov, and others
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Grant
- By: Ron Chernow
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 48 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most compelling generals and presidents, Ulysses S. Grant....
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Excellent Book (BUT WHERE IS THE PDF FILES)????
- By Amazon Customer on 10-25-17
By: Ron Chernow
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Operation Pedestal
- The Fleet that Battled to Malta, 1942
- By: Max Hastings
- Narrated by: Max Hastings, John Hopkins
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Renowned historian Max Hastings recreates one of the most thrilling events of World War II: Operation Pedestal, the British action to save its troops from starvation on Malta - an action-packed tale of courage, fortitude, loss, and triumph against all odds....
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Sir Max Hastings at his best
- By J.Brock on 10-27-22
By: Max Hastings
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Dagger 22
- U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan
- By: Michael Golembesky
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Level Zero Heroes, the account of Marine Special Operations Team 8222 in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan, was just the beginning for these now battle-hardened special operations warriors....
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Good Story, but...
- By Donovan Russian on 10-10-16
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Churchill, Hitler, and 'The Unnecessary War'
- How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World
- By: Patrick J. Buchanan
- Narrated by: Don Leslie
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Patrick Buchanan makes the case that, if not for the blunders of British statesmen - Winston Churchill first among them - the horrors of two world wars and the Holocaust might have been avoided....
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A classic of history books
- By Benedict on 04-04-09
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Operation Paperclip
- The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America
- By: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrated by: Annie Jacobsen
- Length: 19 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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In the chaos following World War II, the US government faced many difficult decisions, including what to do with the Third Reich's scientific minds. These were the brains behind the Nazis' once-indomitable war machine. So began Operation Paperclip, a decades-long, covert project....
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The Osenberg list
- By Jean on 08-07-14
By: Annie Jacobsen
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Blind Man's Bluff
- The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage
- By: Sherry Sontag, Christopher Drew
- Narrated by: George Wilson
- Length: 15 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Blind Man's Bluff shows for the first time how the navy sent submarines wired with self-destruct charges into the heart of Soviet seas to tap crucial underwater telephone cables....
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best Cold War documentary...
- By Kojoukhinator Sr. on 11-15-17
By: Sherry Sontag, and others
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Churchill
- Walking with Destiny
- By: Andrew Roberts
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 50 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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In this landmark biography of Winston Churchill based on extensive new material, the true genius of the man, statesman, and leader can finally be fully understood - by the best-selling, award-winning author of Napoleon and The Storm of War....
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Superb Biography
- By Jean on 03-03-19
By: Andrew Roberts
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The Splendid and the Vile
- A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
- By: Erik Larson
- Narrated by: John Lee, Erik Larson
- Length: 17 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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On Winston Churchill’s first day as prime minister, Adolf Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland and Czechoslovakia had already fallen, and the Dunkirk evacuation was just two weeks away....
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John Lee’s narration is a struggle
- By Leslie Rathjens on 03-05-20
By: Erik Larson
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Team of Rivals
- The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
- By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 41 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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On May 18, 1860, William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Bates, and Abraham Lincoln waited in their hometowns for the results from the Republican National Convention....
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Beautiful, Heartbreaking, and Informative
- By JJ on 09-10-12
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The Watchmaker's Daughter
- The True Story of World War II Heroine Corrie ten Boom
- By: Larry Loftis
- Narrated by: Christa Lewis
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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The Watchmaker’s Daughter is one of the greatest stories of World War II that listeners haven’t heard: the remarkable and inspiring life story of Corrie ten Boom—a groundbreaking, female Dutch watchmaker, whose family unselfishly transformed their house into a hiding place....
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Good effort!
- By Michele on 03-07-23
By: Larry Loftis
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Alone at Dawn
- Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World's Deadliest Special Operations Force
- By: Dan Schilling, Lori Longfritz
- Narrated by: Kiff VandenHeuvel, Betsy Foldes Meiman
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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In the predawn hours of March 4, 2002, just below the 10,000-foot peak of a mountain in eastern Afghanistan, a fierce battle raged. Outnumbered by Al Qaeda fighters, Air Force Combat Controller John Chapman and a handful of SEALs struggled to take the summit....
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Wasted chance to honor a hero.
- By Scott on 07-11-19
By: Dan Schilling, and others
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The Bomber Mafia
- A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
- By: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small band of idealistic strategists had a different view. Malcolm Gladwell reexamines moments from the past and asks whether we got it right the first time....
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Listen to the same story on his podcast for free
- By Dustin on 04-28-21
By: Malcolm Gladwell
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The Guns of August
- By: Barbara W. Tuchman
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 19 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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In this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, historian Barbara Tuchman brings to life the people and events that led up to World War I....
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Wonderful
- By Mike From Mesa on 10-28-08
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The Escape Artist
- The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
- By: Jonathan Freedland
- Narrated by: Jonathan Freedland
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Award-winning journalist and bestselling novelist Jonathan Freedland tells the astonishing true story of Rudolf Vrba, the man who broke out of Auschwitz to warn the world of a truth too few were willing to hear....
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Good
- By Matt on 11-10-22
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The End of Everything
- How Wars Descend into Annihilation
- By: Victor Davis Hanson
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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A New York Times-bestselling historian charts how and why societies from ancient Greece to the modern era chose to utterly destroy their foes, and warns that similar wars of obliteration are possible in our time....
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The Field of Blood
- Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War
- By: Joanne B. Freeman
- Narrated by: Joanne B. Freeman
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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The previously untold story of the violence in Congress that helped spark the Civil War....
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fascinating look at an untold aspect of US.history
- By P. Cardella on 09-27-18
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The Unit
- My Life Fighting Terrorists as One of America's Most Secret Military Operatives
- By: Adam Gamal, Kelly Kennedy
- Narrated by: Adam Gamal, Peter Ganim
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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The first and only book to ever be written by a member of America's most secret military unit―an explosive and unlikely story of immigration, service, and sacrifice....
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Meh
- By Anonymous User on 03-06-24
By: Adam Gamal, and others
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The Return of Great Powers
- Russia, China, and the Next World War
- By: Jim Sciutto
- Narrated by: Jim Sciutto
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
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The essential new book by CNN Chief National Security Correspondent Jim Sciutto, reporting from the front lines of political hotspots and warzones across the globe....
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Disappointing
- By Douglas Peifer on 03-14-24
By: Jim Sciutto
New releases
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Sky Warriors
- British Airborne Forces in the Second World War
- By: Saul David
- Narrated by: Adam James
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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The legendary ‘Red Devils’ were among the finest combat troops of the Second World War. Created at Churchill’s instigation in June 1940, they began as a single parachute battalion of 500 men and grew into three 10,000-strong airborne divisions: the 1st, 6th and 44th Indian, each composed of parachutists and glider-borne troops. Wearing their distinctive maroon berets, steel helmets and Dennison smocks, they served with distinction in every major theatre of the conflict and played a starring role in some most iconic airborne operations in history.
By: Saul David
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The Forbidden Daughter
- By: Zipora Klein Jakob
- Narrated by: Robin Siegerman
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Elida Friedman was never supposed to have been born. In the Kovno Ghetto in Lithuania, Nazi law forbade Jewish women from giving birth. Yet despite the danger they faced, Dr. Jonah Friedman and his wife, Tzila, choose to bring a daughter into the world – a little girl they name Elida, meaning non-birth in Hebrew. To ensure her survival, the couple must smuggle their precious baby out of the ghetto into the arms of strangers. So begins a life of constant upheaval, with Elida changing families, countries, continents and even names, countless times.
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Facing the Lion - Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe
- By: Simone Arnold-Liebster
- Narrated by: Simone Arnold-Liebster
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Abridged
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FACING THE LION is the autobiographical account of a young girl's faith and courage. In the years immediately preceding World War II, Simone Arnold is a young girl who delights in life – her doting parents, her loving aunts and uncles, and her grandparents at their mountain farm in the Alsace-Lorraine region of France. As Simone grows into her preteen years, her parents turn from the Catholic Church and become devout Jehovah's Witnesses. Simone, too, embraces the faith. The Nazi party (the "Lion") takes over Alsace-Lorraine, and Simone's schools become Nazi propaganda machines.
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Against The Commissar
- (Book II in The Winter Sniper Series)
- By: James Mullins
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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INVADED by four Soviet armies, and outnumbered more than ten to one by the world’s best equipped modern military, the Finnish Army is in big trouble. Can the Finns stop the Red Army, once they fall back to the Mannerheim Line? Or will the Soviet Bear continue to push on into the heart of the small Nordic Nation and put an end to their freedom under the unforgiving boot of Communism? TRAPPED between the Soviet’s Union’s 19th Rifle Corps and the Commissar’s pursuing forces, Hale must lead the surviving members of his family on a desperate quest. His mission, lead his family through ...
By: James Mullins
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The Gettysburg Campaign
- A Captivating Guide to the Military Invasion of Pennsylvania That Culminated in the Battle of Gettysburg During the American Civil War (Battles of the Civil War)
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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In the summer of 1863, Confederate General Robert E. Lee, fresh off a victory at the Battle of Chancellorsville, decided to invade Union territory. Taking his Army of Northern Virginia into Pennsylvania, Lee was drawn to a place where the areas major roads converged at Gettysburg. There, over seventy thousand Southern troops waged a dogged, bloody battle against over ninety thousand Union soldiers in the fields and on the boulder-strewn heights surrounding the town.
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The War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl, 1864-1865
- By: Eliza Frances Andrews
- Narrated by: Aundrea Cery
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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"The War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl, 1864-1865" is an evocative and historically significant diary penned by Eliza Frances Andrews, which vividly captures the tumult and transformation of the American South during the waning days of the Civil War and the onset of Reconstruction.
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Sky Warriors
- British Airborne Forces in the Second World War
- By: Saul David
- Narrated by: Adam James
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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The legendary ‘Red Devils’ were among the finest combat troops of the Second World War. Created at Churchill’s instigation in June 1940, they began as a single parachute battalion of 500 men and grew into three 10,000-strong airborne divisions: the 1st, 6th and 44th Indian, each composed of parachutists and glider-borne troops. Wearing their distinctive maroon berets, steel helmets and Dennison smocks, they served with distinction in every major theatre of the conflict and played a starring role in some most iconic airborne operations in history.
By: Saul David
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The Forbidden Daughter
- By: Zipora Klein Jakob
- Narrated by: Robin Siegerman
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Elida Friedman was never supposed to have been born. In the Kovno Ghetto in Lithuania, Nazi law forbade Jewish women from giving birth. Yet despite the danger they faced, Dr. Jonah Friedman and his wife, Tzila, choose to bring a daughter into the world – a little girl they name Elida, meaning non-birth in Hebrew. To ensure her survival, the couple must smuggle their precious baby out of the ghetto into the arms of strangers. So begins a life of constant upheaval, with Elida changing families, countries, continents and even names, countless times.
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Facing the Lion - Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe
- By: Simone Arnold-Liebster
- Narrated by: Simone Arnold-Liebster
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Abridged
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FACING THE LION is the autobiographical account of a young girl's faith and courage. In the years immediately preceding World War II, Simone Arnold is a young girl who delights in life – her doting parents, her loving aunts and uncles, and her grandparents at their mountain farm in the Alsace-Lorraine region of France. As Simone grows into her preteen years, her parents turn from the Catholic Church and become devout Jehovah's Witnesses. Simone, too, embraces the faith. The Nazi party (the "Lion") takes over Alsace-Lorraine, and Simone's schools become Nazi propaganda machines.
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Against The Commissar
- (Book II in The Winter Sniper Series)
- By: James Mullins
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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INVADED by four Soviet armies, and outnumbered more than ten to one by the world’s best equipped modern military, the Finnish Army is in big trouble. Can the Finns stop the Red Army, once they fall back to the Mannerheim Line? Or will the Soviet Bear continue to push on into the heart of the small Nordic Nation and put an end to their freedom under the unforgiving boot of Communism? TRAPPED between the Soviet’s Union’s 19th Rifle Corps and the Commissar’s pursuing forces, Hale must lead the surviving members of his family on a desperate quest. His mission, lead his family through ...
By: James Mullins
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The Gettysburg Campaign
- A Captivating Guide to the Military Invasion of Pennsylvania That Culminated in the Battle of Gettysburg During the American Civil War (Battles of the Civil War)
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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In the summer of 1863, Confederate General Robert E. Lee, fresh off a victory at the Battle of Chancellorsville, decided to invade Union territory. Taking his Army of Northern Virginia into Pennsylvania, Lee was drawn to a place where the areas major roads converged at Gettysburg. There, over seventy thousand Southern troops waged a dogged, bloody battle against over ninety thousand Union soldiers in the fields and on the boulder-strewn heights surrounding the town.
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The War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl, 1864-1865
- By: Eliza Frances Andrews
- Narrated by: Aundrea Cery
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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"The War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl, 1864-1865" is an evocative and historically significant diary penned by Eliza Frances Andrews, which vividly captures the tumult and transformation of the American South during the waning days of the Civil War and the onset of Reconstruction.
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The Great Abolitionist
- Charles Sumner and the Fight for a More Perfect Union
- By: Stephen Puleo
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 17 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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The Great Abolitionist is the first major biography of Charles Sumner to be published in over fifty years. Acclaimed historian Stephen Puleo relates the story of one of the most influential non-presidents in American history with evocative and accessible prose, transporting listeners back to an era when our leaders exhibited true courage and authenticity in the face of unprecedented challenges.
By: Stephen Puleo
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J.E.B. Stuart
- The Soldier and the Man
- By: Edward G. Longacre
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 16 hrs and 41 mins
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J. E. B. Stuart: The Soldier and the Man is the first thoroughly scrutinized study of the life and service of the Civil War's most famous cavalryman. James Ewell Brown Stuart led the Army of Northern Virginia's cavalry to the all-but-complete satisfaction of his superiors. Being human, Stuart occasionally underperformed.
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Mannerheim, Marshal of Finland
- A Life in Geopolitics
- By: Henrik Meinander
- Narrated by: Bruce Mann
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Field marshal and statesman Gustaf Mannerheim (1867-1951) was the most acclaimed and the most hated Finn of the twentieth century. After three decades of loyal and distinguished service in the Russian Tsarist army, he returned to his homeland in 1917 to defend its new independence. This iconic figure led the Finnish forces as Commander-in-Chief during both World Wars, then ended his career as President of Finland.
By: Henrik Meinander
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Marshall's Great Captain
- Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews and Air Power in the World Wars
- By: Kathy Wilson
- Narrated by: Kitty Hendrix
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
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In Marshall's Great Captain, author Kathy Wilson details Andrews's extraordinary life and career. The first biography dedicated to the namesake of Joint Base Andrews, this book sheds a light on Andrews's crucial role in orchestrating US involvement in WWII, as well as the professional relationship between Andrews and Marshall. Wilson raises Andrews's legacy to its legitimate place within the annals of both air power and WWII history and posits that there is a high probability that Andrews was Marshall's first choice for the office of Supreme Allied Commander.
By: Kathy Wilson
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Afgantsy
- The Russians in Afghanistan 1979-89
- By: Rodric Braithwaite
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
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In this brilliant, myth-busting account, Rodric Braithwaite, the former British ambassador to Moscow, challenges much of what we know about the Soviets in Afghanistan. He provides an inside look at this little-understood episode, using first-hand accounts and piercing analysis to show the war as it was fought and experienced by the Russians.
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The Battle of Atlanta
- A Captivating Guide to a Battle of the Atlanta Campaign That Changed the Course of the American Civil War (Battles of the Civil War)
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
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Atlanta was the linchpin of the South's hopes and the North's determination, and the city became the epicenter of a battle that would change the course of history forever. The Union Army moved in to capture the city, but the Confederates defended it. Each army employed cunning strategies in their relentless pursuit of victory. But in the summer of 1864, the struggle reached its peak. It was also the time when the nations destiny hung in the balance. Every decision made by the generals affected the future of the United States, and the Battle of Atlanta became the center stage of the war.
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Song Book of the 4th Marine Division Original World War II Edition Updated and Expanded
- By: Dr David Powers, Chesty Puller
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 6 mins
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Singing seems like a weird thing for military men to do together in the modern age of TikTok dances and faux manliness, but it used to be very common, especially when alcoholic beverages were made available. These song books were handed out to Marines during World War II. The images contained herein are from the book given to my grandfather in 1944. As a matter of fact, you’ll see his signature at the top of one of the pages. The Fighting Fourth Marine Division fought in countless battles in World War II and beyond. I was privileged to serve in the same division 50 years to the month ...
By: Dr David Powers, and others
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Fire for Effect- Unedited World War II Journals of a Marine Artilleryman- Vol 2
- By: Henry Powers, Dr David Powers
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 6 mins
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During the hot sweltering August of 1943, in a world filled with messages of war, a young man of twenty-one years stepped off a cattle train filled to the brim with scared and eager young men. Most of them had never been this far south or met the dreaded sand flea that calls this place home. Henry Powers went on to serve in the Fourth Marine Division during World War II. He participated in the island-hopping campaigns of the Pacific Ocean and fought on Iwo Jima, Saipan, Tarawa, and Roi Namur. Powers was an avid note-taker and artist and filled multiple journals with doodles and words. It is...
By: Henry Powers, and others
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World War II
- The 103d Cactus Division Incredible True Story
- By: djv murphy
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 54 mins
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This is a true story of the U.S. Army's 103rd Cactus division in an updated and eBook version of the paperback book. It bases the story upon a booklet "Report After Action The Story of the 103d Infantry Division.” written by two former journalists who were part of the 103d. Follow the exploits as the men of the Cactus Division as they march across France pushing the Nazi's back into Germany and then on to victory in Innsbruck, Austria. The men celebrate where the war against the Nazi's ended in May 1945. Critics have said "it will amaze World War II buffs and general interest readers as ...
By: djv murphy
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A Gathering Storm
- Historical Patterns and Warning Signs of Global Conflict
- By: Barrett Williams, ChatGPT ChatGPT
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
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"A Gathering Storm" is an illuminative journey into the heart of global conflicts, unravelling their complex and multi-dimensional roots, right at your fingertips. This compelling eBook unravels the evolution of global conflict, deeply examining the markers in history and the pivotal role of historical context. In a world where conflict often shapes societies, you'll navigate through core economic, political, religious, and ethnic drivers that breathe life into these global strife. This book goes back in time, using the World Wars as benchmark conflicts, and brings you forward into the ...
By: Barrett Williams, and others
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
- By: Alan Caillou
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
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BASED ON ACTUAL EVENTS. THE STIRRING EPIC OF HIGH ACTION AND BRAVE MEN RIDING INTO HELL. The Crimea, Russia, 1854. The armies of England, France and Turkey join forces against the iron-clad onslaught of Imperial Russia. This will be a battle to decide the fate of Europe, and every man who lifts a saber brandishes history in his clenched fist... THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE pulses with drama and passion of that mighty encounter. Heroes and cowards, madmen and valiant lovers spring to life from its action-swept pages. Here is a novel equaled in power only the legendary adventure which ...
By: Alan Caillou
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Our Final Stand
- The Defining Battle to Reclaim Earth from Alien Forces
- By: Barrett Williams, ChatGPT ChatGPT
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins
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Step into a reality where the fate of humanity hangs by a thread, where extraterrestrial forces unlike anything you've ever imagined threaten to overwrite the world as we know it. Welcome to "Our Final Stand". Starting with the shock waves of the initial alien attack, "Our Final Stand" takes you on a grueling journey through humanity’s desperate attempt to survive. Watch as panic turns to resolve in the establishment of the World Defense Force, promising to reclaim our world from the cosmic intruders. Our narrative delves deep into the intricacies of our otherworldly enemies, their ...
By: Barrett Williams, and others