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The attacks of September 11, 2001, prompted the creation of a robust and deadly special operations force—Task Force Dagger. Alan C. Mack, Callsign Razor 03, led a team of MH-47E helicopters and armed MH-60s. Their two-fold mission–Personnel Recovery (PR) and Unconventional Warfare (UW) involved flying in terrain and weather previously not thought possible. If that wasn’t enough, they pushed the flight envelope of their specially modified Chinooks to the limit and beyond.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent story
- De Amazon Customer en 05-22-24
De: Alan C. Mack
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Inside Marine One
- Four U.S. Presidents, One Proud Marine, and the World's Most Amazing Helicopter
- De: Lee Kelley, Ray L'Heureux
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 7 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Inside Marine One is Colonel L'Heureux's inspiring story of a young man who dreamed of flying, trained, studied, and worked hard to become the pilot who ended up serving four US Presidents - George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. It's also a personal guided tour inside the world's most famous helicopter by a man who knows that flying machine better than any other. Inside Marine One is a great American success story of a young boy who dreamed big, worked hard, and finally flew the President of the United States as his number one passenger.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great book
- De John A. en 01-05-23
De: Lee Kelley, y otros
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An Officer, Not a Gentleman
- The Inspirational Journey of a Pioneering Female Fighter Pilot
- De: Mandy Hickson
- Narrado por: Mandy Hickson
- Duración: 7 h y 47 m
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Flying a multi-million pound fighter jet in hostile territory is not an everyday career, and it comes with a high degree of pressure and responsibility. It’s a dream job that takes years of ambition, training and commitment, but for Mandy Hickson, it was a dream that became reality. Find out about Mandy’s incredible journey to become one of the UK’s first female, fast-jet pilots and how she overcame many obstacles to develop the skills to succeed in such a demanding career.
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2 out of 5 stars
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These reviews are getting hard to trust
- De Justin Campbell en 02-18-22
De: Mandy Hickson
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One More Day Everywhere
- Crossing Fifty Borders on the Road to Global Understanding
- De: Glen Heggstad
- Narrado por: John Morgan
- Duración: 15 h y 52 m
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In 2001, martial arts-trained biker Glen Heggstad began a journey from California to the tip of South America on his motorcycle and made it as far as Colombia, where he was kidnapped by local rebels and held captive. Undeterred by more than a month of traumatic incarceration, the 'Striking Viking' finished his trip after being released. Three years later he set out into the world on his bike again, this time searching for truth on his own terms in a world that had become strangled by a climate of fear.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A 'true' adventurer
- De Mallik Kovuri en 10-29-16
De: Glen Heggstad
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Sully
- My Search for What Really Matters
- De: Chesley B. Sullenberger, Jeffrey Zaslow
- Narrado por: Michael McConnohie, Chesley B. Sullenberger
- Duración: 8 h y 44 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 763
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On January 15, 2009, the world witnessed a remarkable emergency landing when Captain "Sully" Sullenberger skillfully glided US Airways flight 1549 onto the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 passengers and crew. His cool actions not only averted tragedy but made him a hero and an inspiration worldwide. His story is now a major motion picture from director/producer Clint Eastwood and starring Tom Hanks, Laura Linney, and Aaron Eckhart.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Really Dull.
- De Nick en 09-14-16
De: Chesley B. Sullenberger, y otros
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The Day the World Came to Town
- 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
- De: Jim DeFede
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
- Duración: 6 h y 28 m
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When 38 jetliners bound for the United States were forced to land at Gander International Airport in Canada by the closing of US airspace on September 11, the population of this small town on Newfoundland Island swelled from 10,300 to nearly 17,000. The citizens of Gander met the stranded passengers with an overwhelming display of friendship and goodwill.
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5 out of 5 stars
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👍👍 From one of the Plane People
- De Timothy en 12-30-19
De: Jim DeFede
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From Para to Dakar
- Overcoming Paralysis and Conquering the Dakar Rally
- De: Joey Evans
- Narrado por: Joey Evans, Meredith Evans
- Duración: 10 h y 40 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 57
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From Para to Dakar is so much more than the story of one man reaching the Dakar finish line. It is a story of friendship and respect, compassion and kindness. It is about defying the odds to reach a dream, it is about grit, endurance and raw courage, and it is inspiring in its true heroism.
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5 out of 5 stars
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We are what we think
- De Joanne Scott en 03-02-24
De: Joey Evans
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Life Lived Wild
- Adventures at the Edge of the Map (Patagonia)
- De: Rick Ridgeway
- Narrado por: Rick Ridgeway
- Duración: 12 h y 10 m
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At the beginning of his memoir Life Lived Wild: Adventures at the Edge of the Map, Rick Ridgeway tells us that if you add up all his many expeditions, he’s spent over five years of his life sleeping in tents: “And most of that in small tents pitched in the world’s most remote regions.” It’s not a boast so much as an explanation. Whether at elevation or raising a family back at sea level, those years taught him, he writes, “to distinguish matters of consequence from matters of inconsequence.” He leaves it to his listeners to do the final sort of which is which.
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1 out of 5 stars
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The hypocrisy and boasting ego. Blood boiling.
- De Amazon Customer en 12-30-21
De: Rick Ridgeway
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No Summit out of Sight
- The True Story of the Youngest Person to Climb the Seven Summits
- De: Jordan Romero, Linda LeBlanc - contributor
- Narrado por: Kyle Tait
- Duración: 7 h y 51 m
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On May 22, 2010, at the age of 13, American teenager Jordan Romero became the youngest person to climb to the summit of Mount Everest. At 15, he became the youngest person to reach the summits of the tallest mountains on each of the seven continents. In this energizing memoir for young adults, Jordan recounts his experience, which started as a spark of an idea at the age of nine and, many years of training and hard work later, turned into a dream come true.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book. Very inspiring for the youth of today.
- De Amazon Customer en 08-31-20
De: Jordan Romero, y otros
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Red Sea Spies
- The True Story of Mossad's Fake Diving Resort
- De: Raffi Berg
- Narrado por: Peter Noble
- Duración: 9 h y 50 m
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In the early 1980s on a remote part of the Sudanese coast, a new luxury holiday resort opened for business. Catering for divers, it attracted guests from around the world. Little did the holidaymakers know that the staff were undercover spies, working for the Mossad - the Israeli secret service. Providing a front for covert night-time activities, the holiday village allowed the agents to carry out an operation unlike any seen before. What began with one cryptic message pleading for help, turned into the secret evacuation of thousands of Ethiopian Jews....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very intriguing story
- De Cindy en 10-31-22
De: Raffi Berg
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Dreaming of Jupiter
- De: Ted Simon
- Narrado por: Rupert Degas
- Duración: 16 h y 30 m
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When Ted Simon rode 64,000 miles round the world on his 500c Triumph Tiger, he inspired thousands of motorcyclists to begin their own adventures, including Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman, who chronicled their travels in Long Way Round. Nearly 30 years later, Ted Simon took to the road again to retrace the epic journey he made in his 40s. He meets up with old friends and acquaintances, revisits old landmarks and locations, and rediscovers himself, as well as the world, along the way.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing book, Amazing Man
- De Roxanna en 08-16-18
De: Ted Simon
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This Is Minuteman: Two, Three...Go!
- Memoirs of a Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan
- De: Wayne Chasson
- Narrado por: Rodney Miles
- Duración: 5 h y 50 m
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Relive six decades of flying helicopters, including an extended tour in Vietnam and the mountains of Afghanistan, with a little Iraq, Kuwait, and National Guard thrown in. This is Minuteman: Two, Three…Go! recounts Wayne Chasson’s times, from the early, young, and dumb days to becoming a more seasoned pilot of Huey and other helicopters in three American wars and the National Guard here at home. Chasson relives it all for us in this gritty and honest memoir — with humility, humor, and gratitude — as he himself is still trying to figure out how he made it through alive.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great story
- De Amazon Customer en 04-20-24
De: Wayne Chasson
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Appel
- A Canadian in the French Foreign Legion
- De: Joel Adam Struthers
- Narrado por: Paul Boucher
- Duración: 9 h y 29 m
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Appel: A Canadian in the French Foreign Legion is the first-hand account of the author’s six years as a professional soldier during the 1990s, and his experience in the Legion's elite Groupe des Commandos Parachutistes (GCP). Joel Struthers recounts the dangers and demands of military life, from the rigours of recruitment and operational training in the rugged mountains of France, to face-to-face combat in the grasslands of some of Africa’s most troubled nations.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Book
- De Tristan en 06-21-23
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The Father, Son, and Holy Shuttle
- Growing Up an Astronaut's Kid in the Glorious 80s
- De: Patrick Mullane
- Narrado por: Luke Covert
- Duración: 9 h y 14 m
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The families behind America’s astronaut heroes are just like yours...sort of. This is the hilarious true story of one of those families. While many children grow up wanting to become an astronaut, Patrick Mullane grew up the child of one. In his memoir, The Father, Son, and Holy Shuttle: Growing Up an Astronaut’s Kid in the Glorious 80s, Mullane shares his hilarious coming-of-age story. It’s a story about his quirky and death-defying father, a mother with a secret, and a cast of characters from his extended family who showed their love for him in often bizarre ways.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great personal story! Entertaining and funny.
- De Alex MacPhail en 01-10-22
De: Patrick Mullane
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Warriors at 500 Knots
- Intense Stories of Valiant Crews Flying the Legendary F-4 Phantom II in the Vietnam Air War.
- De: Robert F Kirk
- Narrado por: Dick Hill
- Duración: 8 h y 3 m
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As the ground war struggled for success in Vietnam, it became intensely clear that the skies had to be owned by the allies for victory to have a chance. It was the F-4 and its pilots that made that possible. The author, a Phantom pilot himself, details intense stories of undaunted and valiant American pilots with their legendary fierce Phantom. These are personal stories of intrepid courage and self-sacrifice to get the mission done - whatever the cost.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Material
- De Mark Murphy en 12-31-14
De: Robert F Kirk
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Amazon Woman
- Facing Fears, Chasing Dreams, and My Quest to Kayak the Largest River from Source to Sea
- De: Darcy Gaechter
- Narrado por: Laura Jennings
- Duración: 8 h y 55 m
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This 148-day journey began on Darcy Gaechter’s 35th birthday. She sold her successful outdoor adventure business, upsetting her partner and boyfriend of 12 years and getting them both fired in the process. The emotional waters that would fester and erupt on the ensuing journey were often more challenging to navigate than the mighty river itself. With blistering lips and irradiated fingernails, Darcy would tackle raging Class Five whitewater for 25 days straight, barely surviving a dynamite-filled canyon being prepared for a new hydroelectric plant.
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5 out of 5 stars
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More than just an adventure book...
- De Scott Shepherd en 04-19-20
De: Darcy Gaechter
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Running on Empty
- An Ultramarathoner’s Story of Love, Loss, and a Record-Setting Run Across America
- De: Marshall Ulrich
- Narrado por: Adam Verner
- Duración: 7 h y 10 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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The ultimate endurance athlete, Marshall Ulrich has run more than 100 foot races averaging over 100 miles each, completed 12 expedition-length adventure races, and ascended the seven summits - including Mount Everest. Yet, his run from California to New York - the equivalent of running two marathons and a 10k every day for nearly two months straight - proved to be his most challenging effort yet. In Running on Empty, he shares the gritty backstory of his run and the excruciating punishments he endured on the road.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Selfish man, lacking insight
- De Amanda M. en 09-11-20
De: Marshall Ulrich