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Publisher's summary
Tales of Brave Ulysses is book six of the alternative history series Timeline 10/27/62.
Ulysses is the English form of Ulixes, which in turn is the Latin form of the Greek Odysseus, hero Homer’s Iliad that tells the story of the great Trojan Wars, and the Odyssey which recounts the fable of his long journey home from those wars.
It is April 1964 in a world in which the ‘swinging 60s’ never happened.
War is chaos; and chaos is war. The post-October War world is at a bloody crossroads; betrayal and confusion preoccupies and distracts the West to the disasters about to befall newly remade, desperately fragile alliances as long kept secrets surface.
The impenetrable fog of war spreads across the Mediterranean. Even while Malta burns and the survivors of the savage naval battle off its coast fight for their lives in the wreckage-strewn iron grey waters, the brittle rapprochement between the two trans-Atlantic pre-war nuclear superpowers comes under intolerable pressure both from within and without.
The new Anglo-American alliance has failed its first test and while the blame game rages, events are moving at terrifying speed. The enemies of the United States and the United Kingdom are finally ready to strike a devastating blow.
Like the Greeks of classical antiquity after ten years besieging Troy, the war weary, disillusioned peoples of what remains of the pre-October War free world are badly in need of heroes.
And like the Greeks of yore, they too await the return of their brave Odysseus to give them hope for a better future.
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- An urgent warning from senior military command
- By: General Sir General Sir Richard Shirreff
- Narrated by: General Sir Richard Shirreff, Michael Fenner
- Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 294
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 263
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Story4 out of 5 stars 261
Closely modeled on his NATO experience of war gaming future conflicts, War with Russia is a chilling account of where we are heading if we fail to recognise the threat posed by the Russian president. Written by the recently retired Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe and endorsed by senior military figures, this audiobook shows how war with Russia could erupt, with the bloodiest and most appalling consequences, if the necessary steps are not taken urgently.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Book with Outstanding Narrator
- By Stephen Veal on 02-15-17
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Into the Storm
- Destroyermen, Book 1
- By: Taylor Anderson
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Length: 16 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,289
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,301
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,299
Pressed into service when World War II breaks out in the Pacific, the USS Walker---a Great-War vintage "four-stacker" destroyer---finds itself in full retreat from pursuit by Japanese battleships. Its captain, Lieutenant Commander Matthew Patrick Reddy, knows that he and his crew are in dire straits. In desperation, he heads Walker into a squall, hoping it will give them cover---and emerges somewhere else.
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3 out of 5 stars
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It just never grabbed me.
- By Lore on 05-01-12
By: Taylor Anderson
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Countdown 1945
- The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World
- By: Chris Wallace, Mitch Weiss
- Narrated by: Chris Wallace
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,191
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,866
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,852
April 12, 1945: After years of bloody conflict in Europe and the Pacific, America is stunned by news of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s death. In an instant, Vice President Harry Truman, who has been kept out of war planning and knows nothing of the top-secret Manhattan Project to develop the world’s first atomic bomb, must assume command of a nation at war on multiple continents—and confront one of the most consequential decisions in history. Countdown 1945 tells the gripping true story of the turbulent days, weeks, and months to follow.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Chris Wallace killed it!
- By Gaming Pancakes on 06-11-20
By: Chris Wallace, and others
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Enola Gay
- Mission to Hiroshima
- By: Gordon Thomas, Max Morgan-Witts
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Story5 out of 5 stars 68
Painstakingly researched, the story behind the decision to send the Enola Gay to bomb Hiroshima is told through firsthand sources. From diplomatic moves behind the scenes to Japanese actions and the US Army Air Force's call to action, no detail is left untold. Touching on the early days of the Manhattan Project and the first inkling of an atomic bomb, investigative journalist Gordon Thomas and his writing partner Max Morgan-Witts, take WWII enthusiasts through the training of the crew of the Enola Gay and the challenges faced by pilot Paul Tibbets.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Poor reader
- By Dee on 04-17-22
By: Gordon Thomas, and others
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Killing Jesus
- A History
- By: Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
- Narrated by: Bill O'Reilly
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9,540
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8,409
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8,421
Millions of people have thrilled to best-selling authors Bill O'Reilly and historian Martin Dugard's Killing Kennedy and Killing Lincoln, works of nonfiction that have changed the way we view history. Now the anchor of The O'Reilly Factor details the events leading up to the murder of the most influential man in history: Jesus of Nazareth. Nearly 2,000 years after this beloved and controversial young revolutionary was brutally killed by Roman soldiers, more than 2.2 billion human beings attempt to follow his teachings and believe he is God.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Jesus story in context
- By Kimberly on 10-01-13
By: Bill O'Reilly, and others
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The Winds of War
- By: Herman Wouk
- Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
- Length: 45 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,547
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,569
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,556
Herman Wouk's sweeping epic of World War II stands as the crowning achievement of one of America's most celebrated storytellers. Like no other books about the war, Wouk's spellbinding narrative captures the tide of global events - and all the drama, romance, heroism, and tragedy of World War II - as it immerses us in the lives of a single American family drawn into the very center of the war's maelstrom.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Masterpiece
- By Robert on 05-24-13
By: Herman Wouk
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Wingman #1
- Wingman
- By: Mack Maloney
- Narrated by: Terence Aselford
- Length: 2 hrs and 49 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 146
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 105
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Story4 out of 5 stars 107
Disarmed and leaderless, the United States is united no longer! Evil Russian warlords have reduced the Capitol to a smoking pile of radioactive rubble. While the destitute citizens are frozen in a state of panic, one man steps forward to seek retribution. He is a brilliant ace fighter pilot: Hawk Hunter, a lone warrior on a mission to keep alive the indomitable spirit of a forgotten dream called "America".
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5 out of 5 stars
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Interesting
- By Audiobook Addict on 02-14-11
By: Mack Maloney
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Sten
- Sten Series, Book 1
- By: Chris Bunch, Allan Cole
- Narrated by: Jerry Sciarrio
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 282
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 214
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Story4 out of 5 stars 218
The first book in an action–packed new SF adventure series. Vulcan is a factory planet, centuries old, Company run, ugly as sin, and unfeeling as death. Vulcan breeds just two types of native: complacent or tough. Sten is tough. When his family is killed in a mysterious accident, Sten rebels, harassing the Company from the metal world’s endless maze-like warrens. He could end up just another burnt–out Delinquent. But people like Sten never give up.
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5 out of 5 stars
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THE MASTERPIECE BY JERRY SCIARRIO
- By Professor on 10-31-12
By: Chris Bunch, and others
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The Lion at Sea
- Captain Kelly Maguire Trilogy Series, Book 1
- By: Max Hennessy
- Narrated by: Christopher Weeks
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 28
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 28
Kelly Maguire knew from a young age that he could accomplish great things. As World War I begins, Kelly enlists in the Royal Navy, hoping to win both the war and glory. But from the barbarous battles of Gallipoli to the nightmarish action of Antwerp, Kelly learns the trials a soldier must face: trials that will forge him into a man. As the epic battle of Jutland approaches, everything is at stake.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Navy Tale
- By David on 10-21-20
By: Max Hennessy
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A Game of Birds and Wolves
- The Ingenious Young Women Whose Secret Board Game Helped Win World War II
- By: Simon Parkin
- Narrated by: Elliot Fitzpatrick
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 785
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 676
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 670
Combining vibrant novelistic storytelling with extensive research, interviews, and previously unpublished accounts, Simon Parkin describes for the first time the role that women played in developing the Allied strategy that, in the words of one admiral, "contributed in no small measure to the final defeat of Germany." Rich with unforgettable cinematic detail and larger-than-life characters, A Game of Birds and Wolves is a heart-wrenching tale of ingenuity, dedication, perseverance, and love, bringing to life the imagination and sacrifice required to defeat the Nazis at sea.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A lost story thrillingly revealed
- By Maudiemanding on 02-18-20
By: Simon Parkin
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Night of the Assassins
- The Untold Story of Hitler's Plot to Kill FDR, Churchill, and Stalin
- By: Howard Blum
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 66
The year is 1943, and the three Allied leaders - Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin - are meeting for the first time at a top-secret conference in Tehran. But the Nazis have learned about the meeting, and Hitler sees it as his last chance to turn the tide. Although the war is undoubtedly lost, the Germans believe that perhaps a new set of Allied leaders might be willing to make a more reasonable peace in its aftermath. And so, a plan is devised - code name Operation Long Jump - to assassinate FDR, Churchill, and Stalin.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very inaccurate background.
- By Anna Goforth on 04-19-22
By: Howard Blum
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Stars & Stripes Forever
- A Novel of Alternate History
- By: Harry Harrison
- Narrated by: Robin Bloodworth
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 123
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 114
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 114
In a war room in Washington, William Tecumseh Sherman and General Robert E. Lee huddle together and plan their next, joint military operation. In the jungles of Mexico, Ulysses S. Grant is locked in brutal combat with the best of the British Army. And in the heart of the new American South a fragile peace is threatened...
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5 out of 5 stars
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Terrific alternate history
- By Michael Jacobi on 10-02-15
By: Harry Harrison
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The Jersey Brothers
- A Missing Naval Officer in the Pacific and His Family's Quest to Bring Him Home
- By: Sally Mott Freeman
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 18 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 534
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 482
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Story5 out of 5 stars 481
They are three brothers, all navy men, who end up coincidentally and extraordinarily at the epicenter of three of the war's most crucial moments. Bill is picked by Roosevelt to run his first map room in Washington. Benny is the gunnery and antiaircraft officer on the USS Enterprise, one of the only carriers to escape Pearl Harbor and by the end of 1942 the last one left in the Pacific to defend against the Japanese. Barton, the youngest and least distinguished of the three, is shuffled off to the Navy Supply Corps because his mother wants him out of harm's way.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brothers Unbroken
- By Gillian on 05-12-17
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Pearl Harbor
- From Infamy to Greatness
- By: Craig Nelson
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 18 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 298
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 268
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 267
Published in time for the 75th anniversary, a gripping and definitive account of the event that changed 20th-century America - Pearl Harbor - based on years of research and new information uncovered by a New York Times best-selling author.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Poorly researched, author loses credibility.
- By booger on 12-23-18
By: Craig Nelson
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The Road to Station X
- From Debutante Ball to Fighter-Plane Factory to Bletchley Park: A Memoir of One Woman’s Journey Through World War Two
- By: Sarah Baring
- Narrated by: Polly Lee
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 80
In 1938, Sarah Baring was enjoying life as a young debutante. Only a few years later, at the height of World War Two, she was working alongside some of the greatest minds of Britain in their code-breaking operations at Bletchley Park. How did she end up in the top-secret world of cyphers and codes?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing historical fiction
- By Andrea Gengler on 07-23-22
By: Sarah Baring
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Operation Kronstadt
- The Greatest True Tale of Espionage to Come Out of the Early Years of MI6
- By: Harry Ferguson
- Narrated by: Gideon Emery
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 95
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 67
Part Blackhawk Down, part The Riddle of the Sands, former MI6 officer Harry Ferguson has written an extraordinarily gripping non-fiction thriller. Operation Kronstadt not only reveals the early days of intelligence services but also uncovers a truly dramatic story from the Russian Revolution involving a daring rescue attempt and a "mission impossible" against the best defended naval target in Russia.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gripping Story
- By Anonymous User on 06-21-10
By: Harry Ferguson