Best Sellers
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Extreme Ownership
- How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
- Written by: Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
- Narrated by: Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
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Two U.S. Navy SEAL officers demonstrate how to apply powerful battlefield leadership principles from the battlefield to business and life.
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principles are good
- By Rory Langan on 2018-04-28
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Who Can Hold the Sea
- The U.S. Navy in the Cold War 1945-1960
- Written by: James D. Hornfischer
- Narrated by: Christopher Newton, Sharon Hornfischer
- Length: 17 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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This landmark account of the US Navy in the Cold War, Who Can Hold the Sea combines narrative history with scenes of stirring adventure on—and under—the high seas. In 1945, at the end of World War II, the victorious Navy sends its sailors home....
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The Bomber Mafia
- A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
- Written 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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Amazing!
- By Spinningwheelgirl on 2021-04-30
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Self-Discipline
- How to Build Special Forces Self-Discipline
- Written by: John Winters
- Narrated by: Michael Goldsmith
- Length: 1 hr and 29 mins
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Success in any area of life will depend on your level of self-discipline. There is no one better at creating and maintaining self-discipline than the elite special forces operators from around the world....
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Not worth a credit
- By PB on 2024-01-25
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Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942
- Written by: Ian W. Toll
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 22 hrs and 6 mins
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The planning, the strategy, the sacrifices and heroics - on both sides - illuminating the greatest naval war in history....
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Fascinating account of war in the Pacific
- By Lee G on 2020-08-01
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The Battle of Arnhem
- The Deadliest Airborne Operation of World War II
- Written by: Antony Beevor
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 16 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Antony Beevor has reconstructed the terrible reality of the fighting, which General Student called "The Last German Victory." Yet The Battle of Arnhem, written with Beevor's inimitable style, is about much more than a single dramatic battle - it looks into the very heart of war....
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All the details you need, and more.
- By Dark Alley Dan on 2024-05-25
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Extreme Ownership
- How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
- Written by: Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
- Narrated by: Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Two U.S. Navy SEAL officers demonstrate how to apply powerful battlefield leadership principles from the battlefield to business and life.
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principles are good
- By Rory Langan on 2018-04-28
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Who Can Hold the Sea
- The U.S. Navy in the Cold War 1945-1960
- Written by: James D. Hornfischer
- Narrated by: Christopher Newton, Sharon Hornfischer
- Length: 17 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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This landmark account of the US Navy in the Cold War, Who Can Hold the Sea combines narrative history with scenes of stirring adventure on—and under—the high seas. In 1945, at the end of World War II, the victorious Navy sends its sailors home....
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The Bomber Mafia
- A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
- Written 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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Amazing!
- By Spinningwheelgirl on 2021-04-30
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Self-Discipline
- How to Build Special Forces Self-Discipline
- Written by: John Winters
- Narrated by: Michael Goldsmith
- Length: 1 hr and 29 mins
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Success in any area of life will depend on your level of self-discipline. There is no one better at creating and maintaining self-discipline than the elite special forces operators from around the world....
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Not worth a credit
- By PB on 2024-01-25
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Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942
- Written by: Ian W. Toll
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 22 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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The planning, the strategy, the sacrifices and heroics - on both sides - illuminating the greatest naval war in history....
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Fascinating account of war in the Pacific
- By Lee G on 2020-08-01
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The Battle of Arnhem
- The Deadliest Airborne Operation of World War II
- Written by: Antony Beevor
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 16 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Antony Beevor has reconstructed the terrible reality of the fighting, which General Student called "The Last German Victory." Yet The Battle of Arnhem, written with Beevor's inimitable style, is about much more than a single dramatic battle - it looks into the very heart of war....
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All the details you need, and more.
- By Dark Alley Dan on 2024-05-25
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Chickenhawk
- Written by: Robert Mason
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 14 hrs and 56 mins
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With more than half a million copies sold, Robert Mason's Chickenhawk is one of the best-selling books ever written about the Vietnam War....
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Chickenhawk
- By Amazon Customer on 2021-01-18
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Dead Wake
- The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
- Written by: Erik Larson
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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On May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of children and infants....
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This is a great book
- By Barbara on 2018-09-13
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The Warrior Elite
- The Forging of SEAL Class 228
- Written by: Dick Couch
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 12 hrs and 54 mins
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With a postscript describing SEAL efforts in Afghanistan, The Warrior Elite takes you into the toughest, longest, and most relentless military training in the world....
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Rogue Heroes
- The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War
- Written by: Ben Macintyre
- Narrated by: Ben Macintyre
- Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
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The incredible untold story of WWII's greatest secret fighting force, as told by our great modern master of wartime intrigue....
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Absolutely phenomenal
- By Chris H on 2019-04-05
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The Only Thing Worth Dying For
- How Eleven Green Berets Forged a New Afghanistan
- Written by: Eric Blehm
- Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
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On a moonless night just weeks after September 11, 2001, U.S. Special Forces team ODA 574 infiltrates the mountains of southern Afghanistan with a seemingly impossible mission....
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Thank you for sharing this story!
- By Kenneth Langford on 2023-01-14
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Masters of the Air
- America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
- Written by: Donald L. Miller
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 24 hrs and 19 mins
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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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Castles of Steel
- Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea
- Written by: Robert K. Massie
- Narrated by: Richard Matthews
- Length: 40 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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The predominant image of this first world war is of mud and trenches, barbed wire, machine guns, poison gas, and slaughter. A generation of European manhood was massacred, and a wound was inflicted on European civilization that required the remainder of the twentieth century to heal....
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Naval history that helped me understand WW1
- By Will on 2024-05-12
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Manhunt
- The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden - from 9-11 to Abbottabad
- Written by: Peter L. Bergen
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
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From the author of the New York Times best-selling Holy War, Inc., this is the definitive account of the decade-long manhunt for the world’s most wanted man, Osama bin Laden....
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Skunk Works
- A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed
- Written by: Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos
- Narrated by: Pete Larkin
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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From the development of the U-2 to the Stealth fighter, the never-before-told story behind America's high-stakes quest to dominate the skies....
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A must for aviation buffs
- By BH on 2018-04-25
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In the Waves
- My Quest to Solve the Mystery of a Civil War Submarine
- Written by: Rachel Lance
- Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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How a determined scientist cracked the case of the first successful - and disastrous - submarine attack: On the night of February 17, 1864, the tiny Confederate submarine HL Hunley made its way toward the USS Housatonic just outside Charleston harbor....
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Not what I expected
- By SarabeeMe on 2020-09-26
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Sailing True North
- Ten Admirals and the Voyage of Character
- Written by: Admiral James Stavridis
- Narrated by: Marc Cashman, Admiral James Stavridis
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
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From one of the most distinguished admirals of our time and a former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, a meditation on leadership and character refracted through the lives of 10 of the most illustrious naval commanders in history....
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Essential for any military officer, executive or aspiring leader
- By Kara Osborne on 2020-03-07
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By Water Beneath the Walls
- The Rise of the Navy SEALs
- Written by: Benjamin H. Milligan
- Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
- Length: 22 hrs and 46 mins
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A gripping history chronicling the fits and starts of American special operations and the ultimate rise of the Navy SEALs from unarmed frogmen to elite, go-anywhere commandos - as told by one of their own....
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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
- How Churchill's Secret Warriors Set Europe Ablaze and Gave Birth to Modern Black Ops
- Written 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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Adventure Abound
- By Gulo 13 on 2024-04-06
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Carrier Pilot
- Written by: Norman Hanson
- Narrated by: Chris MacDonnell
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
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Brought to life in vivid, visceral detail, Carrier Pilot is one of the finest aviators' memoirs of the war; an awe-inspiring and thrilling account of war in the air....
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The Right Kind of Crazy
- Navy SEAL, Covert Operative, and Boy Scout from Hell
- Written by: Clint Emerson
- Narrated by: Clint Emerson
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
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Clint Emerson, retired Navy SEAL and author of the best-selling 100 Deadly Skills presents an explosive, darkly funny, and often twisted account of being part of an elite clandestine team of covert operatives whose mission was to keep America safe by whatever means necessary....
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informative
- By Anonymous User on 2020-07-16
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Total Focus
- Making Better Decisions Under Pressure
- Written by: Brandon Webb, John David Mann
- Narrated by: Johnathan McClain, Brandon Webb
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
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Over his four deployments as a Navy SEAL sniper, Brandon Webb learned all about performing while experiencing heart-pounding stress....
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Excellent read
- By Roger on 2022-10-01
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Shock Factor
- American Snipers in the War on Terror
- Written by: Gunnery Sgt. Jack Coughlin USMC (Ret.), John R. Bruning
- Narrated by: Tony Ward
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
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Retired Marine sniper Jack Coughlin and John Bruning pull back the curtain of secrecy to take an insider's look at the dark and misunderstood world of America's sniper force....
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Wings of War
- The World War II Fighter Plane That Saved the Allies and the Believers Who Made It Fly
- Written by: David Fairbank White, Margaret Stanback White
- Narrated by: René Ruiz
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Wings of War is the incredible true story of the P-51 Mustang fighter and the unlikely crew of designers, engineers, test pilots, and army officers who brought it from the drafting table to the skies over World War II....
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Too Many Mistakes
- By roger in the west on 2023-03-24
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Lions of Kandahar
- The Story of a Fight Against All Odds
- Written by: Major Rusty Bradley, Kevin Maurer
- Narrated by: Eric G. Dove
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
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Lions of Kandahar is an inside account from the unique perspective of an active-duty U.S. Army Special Forces commander....
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Great listen! Must read for Afghanistan veterans!
- By Christian Saulnier on 2019-09-11
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The Operator
- Firing the Shots That Killed Osama Bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior
- Written by: Robert O'Neill
- Narrated by: Robert O'Neill
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
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Stirringly evocative, thought provoking, and often jaw dropping, The Operator ranges across SEAL Team Operator Robert O'Neill's awe-inspiring 400-mission career....
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Amazing... but
- By James on 2021-05-15
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Way of the Reaper
- My Greatest Untold Missions and the Art of Being a Sniper
- Written by: Nicholas Irving, Gary Brozek
- Narrated by: Jeff Gurner
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Way of the Reaper is a step-by-step accounting of how a sniper works, through the lens of Irving's 10 most significant kills - none of which have been told before....
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Amazing stories
- By Daniel C. on 2018-05-16
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Shadow Divers
- The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II
- Written by: Robert Kurson
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 15 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1991, acting on a tip from a local fisherman, two scuba divers discovered a sunken German U-boat, complete with its crew of 60 men, not too far off the New Jersey coast....
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Fantastic
- By Michael.Consiglio on 2020-07-01
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Dirty Wars
- The World Is a Battlefield
- Written by: Jeremy Scahill
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 24 hrs and 9 mins
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In this groundbreaking book of new reportage, sure to stir a global debate, journalist Jeremy Scahill - author of the acclaimed international best seller Blackwater - takes us into the heart of the War on Terror’s most dangerous battlefields....
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A very informative record
- By M. Ryan on 2023-01-13
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Beyond the Call
- The True Story of One World War II Pilot's Covert Mission to Rescue POWs on the Eastern Front
- Written by: Lee Trimble, Jeremy Dronfield
- Narrated by: Donald Corren
- Length: 11 hrs
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This is the compelling, inspiring true story of an American hero who laid his life on the line to bring his fellow men home to safety and freedom....
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I wept
- By LK on 2021-08-30
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Into the Cold Blue
- My World War II Journeys with the Mighty Eighth Air Force
- Written by: John Homan, Jared Frederick - contributor
- Narrated by: Eric Torres
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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A born daredevil, John Homan joined the Army Air Forces after the Pearl Harbor attack. By 1944, he was co-piloting a B-24 Liberator over Nazi Germany, raining death and destruction on the enemy. This first-person account of his harrowing missions—chronicling deadly flights through skies of red-hot flak bursts and airmen bailing out with parachutes aflame—will leave listeners staggered by the determination and grit of World War II aviators.
Written by: John Homan, and others
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Vanishing Act
- The Enduring Mystery Behind the Legendary Doolittle Raid Over Tokyo
- Written by: Dan Hampton
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
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In the dark days after the devastating Pearl Harbor attacks during the spring of 1942, the United States was determined to show the world that the Axis was not invincible. Their bold plan? Bomb Tokyo. On April 18, 1942, sixteen B-25s, known as the Doolittle Raiders, hit targets across Japan before escaping to China. The eighth plane, however, did not follow the other raiders. Instead, Plane 8's pilots, Captain Edward "Ski" York and Lieutenant Bob Emmens, never attacked Tokyo, but headed across Japan to the Soviet Union, supposedly due to low fuel.
Written by: Dan Hampton
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Sabotage!
- An In-Depth Investigation of the 1943 Liberator Crash That Killed Polish General Sikorski
- Written by: Chris Wroblewski, Garth Barnard
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 5 hrs and 5 mins
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On the night of July 4, 1943, transport aircraft Liberator AL523 took off from Gibraltar's North Front tarmac and within moments crashed into the sea with only one survivor, the pilot. The commander-in-chief of the Polish army and prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile, General Wladyslaw Sikorski, was dead. Rumors as to the cause of the crash abounded. Was it pilot error? Was it, as officially classified, merely an accident, or was it, as the authors conclude in this riveting and meticulous study, an act of sabotage?
Written by: Chris Wroblewski, and others
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Hercules
- Written by: Scott Bateman
- Narrated by: Angus King
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Anytime, Anywhere, Anyhow. Whether it’s war, natural disaster, or humanitarian emergency, for over fifty years the RAF’s Hercules force was the first in and last out of any crisis faced by the UK government around the globe. Former RAF Hercules Captain Scott Bateman opens the cockpit to give an action-packed insider’s account of what it’s like to fly this legendary flying machine in peace and war, and at home and abroad, paying tribute to the remarkable men and women who operated this much-loved aircraft, and to those comrades in arms who, in doing so, made the ultimate sacrifice.
Written by: Scott Bateman
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I’m in the Army Now
- World War 2 Letters, of Glenn Max Whitacre
- Written by: Martin Whitacre
- Narrated by: William Savage
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
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These letters were discovered in an Army Air Force footlocker after being locked away for almost 80 years. Follow the story of one World War 2 Army Air Force soldier, Glenn Max Whitacre, from Bowling Green Ohio through basic training, schooling, combat prep, and into battle. He wrote home almost every day to keep in touch with his family, his friends, and the girl he loved. While also sharing details of everyday military life, as he prepares for, and eventually enters into the battle.
Written by: Martin Whitacre
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Lady Doreen
- A Wartime Memoir
- Written by: Edward Nebinger
- Narrated by: Mark Holmes Newton
- Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
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The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, solved the problem for a lot of American kids who wanted to be Army pilots but didn't meet the two years of college requirement for acceptance into the aviation cadet program. In mid-1942, under wartime pressures, the Army Air Corps dropped that requirement and made an exception for applicants who could pass a stiff written test.
Written by: Edward Nebinger
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Into the Cold Blue
- My World War II Journeys with the Mighty Eighth Air Force
- Written by: John Homan, Jared Frederick - contributor
- Narrated by: Eric Torres
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
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A born daredevil, John Homan joined the Army Air Forces after the Pearl Harbor attack. By 1944, he was co-piloting a B-24 Liberator over Nazi Germany, raining death and destruction on the enemy. This first-person account of his harrowing missions—chronicling deadly flights through skies of red-hot flak bursts and airmen bailing out with parachutes aflame—will leave listeners staggered by the determination and grit of World War II aviators.
Written by: John Homan, and others
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Vanishing Act
- The Enduring Mystery Behind the Legendary Doolittle Raid Over Tokyo
- Written by: Dan Hampton
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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In the dark days after the devastating Pearl Harbor attacks during the spring of 1942, the United States was determined to show the world that the Axis was not invincible. Their bold plan? Bomb Tokyo. On April 18, 1942, sixteen B-25s, known as the Doolittle Raiders, hit targets across Japan before escaping to China. The eighth plane, however, did not follow the other raiders. Instead, Plane 8's pilots, Captain Edward "Ski" York and Lieutenant Bob Emmens, never attacked Tokyo, but headed across Japan to the Soviet Union, supposedly due to low fuel.
Written by: Dan Hampton
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Sabotage!
- An In-Depth Investigation of the 1943 Liberator Crash That Killed Polish General Sikorski
- Written by: Chris Wroblewski, Garth Barnard
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 5 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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On the night of July 4, 1943, transport aircraft Liberator AL523 took off from Gibraltar's North Front tarmac and within moments crashed into the sea with only one survivor, the pilot. The commander-in-chief of the Polish army and prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile, General Wladyslaw Sikorski, was dead. Rumors as to the cause of the crash abounded. Was it pilot error? Was it, as officially classified, merely an accident, or was it, as the authors conclude in this riveting and meticulous study, an act of sabotage?
Written by: Chris Wroblewski, and others
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Hercules
- Written by: Scott Bateman
- Narrated by: Angus King
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
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Anytime, Anywhere, Anyhow. Whether it’s war, natural disaster, or humanitarian emergency, for over fifty years the RAF’s Hercules force was the first in and last out of any crisis faced by the UK government around the globe. Former RAF Hercules Captain Scott Bateman opens the cockpit to give an action-packed insider’s account of what it’s like to fly this legendary flying machine in peace and war, and at home and abroad, paying tribute to the remarkable men and women who operated this much-loved aircraft, and to those comrades in arms who, in doing so, made the ultimate sacrifice.
Written by: Scott Bateman
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I’m in the Army Now
- World War 2 Letters, of Glenn Max Whitacre
- Written by: Martin Whitacre
- Narrated by: William Savage
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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These letters were discovered in an Army Air Force footlocker after being locked away for almost 80 years. Follow the story of one World War 2 Army Air Force soldier, Glenn Max Whitacre, from Bowling Green Ohio through basic training, schooling, combat prep, and into battle. He wrote home almost every day to keep in touch with his family, his friends, and the girl he loved. While also sharing details of everyday military life, as he prepares for, and eventually enters into the battle.
Written by: Martin Whitacre
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Lady Doreen
- A Wartime Memoir
- Written by: Edward Nebinger
- Narrated by: Mark Holmes Newton
- Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, solved the problem for a lot of American kids who wanted to be Army pilots but didn't meet the two years of college requirement for acceptance into the aviation cadet program. In mid-1942, under wartime pressures, the Army Air Corps dropped that requirement and made an exception for applicants who could pass a stiff written test.
Written by: Edward Nebinger
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Aaron Bank and the Early Days of US Army Special Forces
- Written by: Darren Sapp
- Narrated by: Dean Wagner
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
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Aaron Bank was an OSS Jedburgh in World War II and the subject of William Donovon's quote, "Tell Bank to get Hitler." He’d later become the inaugural commander of the 10th Special Forces Group earning the moniker, Father of the Green Berets. The development and use of unconventional warfare in WWII created a desire to develop permanent units for future wars.
Written by: Darren Sapp
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Skies of Thunder
- The Deadly World War II Mission over the Roof of the World
- Written by: Caroline Alexander
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 14 hrs and 5 mins
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In April 1942, the Imperial Japanese Army steamrolled through Burma, capturing the only ground route from India to China. Supplies to this critical zone would now have to come from India by air—meaning across the Himalayas, on the most hazardous air route in the world. SKIES OF THUNDER is a story of an epic human endeavor, in which Allied troops faced the monumental challenge of operating from airfields hacked from the jungle, and took on “the Hump,” the fearsome mountain barrier that defined the air route.
Written by: Caroline Alexander
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Fat Leonard
- How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy
- Written by: Craig Whitlock
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
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Based on reams of confidential documents—including the blackmail files that Francis kept on Navy officers—Fat Leonard is the full, unvarnished story of a world-class con man and a captivating testament to the corrosive influence of greed within the ranks of the American military.
Written by: Craig Whitlock
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Normandy
- The Sailor's Story: A Naval History of D-Day and the Battle for France
- Written by: Nick Hewitt
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Nick Hewitt draws on fascinating new material to describe the violent sea battle which mirrored the fighting on land, and the complex campaign at sea which enabled the Allied assault. Aboard ships ranging from frail plywood landing craft to sleek destroyers, sailors were active combatants in the operation of June 1944, and had worked tirelessly to secure the Seine Bay in the months preceding it. They fought battles against German submarines, aircraft, and warships, and maintained careful watch to keep control of the English Channel.
Written by: Nick Hewitt
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The Pirate Menace
- Uncovering the Golden Age of Piracy
- Written by: Angus Konstam
- Narrated by: David Monteath
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
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The growth of piracy led to a major surge in attacks in the Caribbean and along North America’s Atlantic seaboard. With the fragile maritime economy of the Americas threatened with collapse, major ports were threatened and trade brought to a standstill, the British government finally declared war on the pirates. The Pirate Menace draws on extensive research, as well as a wide range of first-hand accounts, to produce a new history of the heyday of historical piracy.
Written by: Angus Konstam
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The Things Our Fathers Saw
- Written by: Matthew Rozell
- Narrated by: John Pirhalla
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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At the height of World War II, LOOK Magazine profiled a small American community for a series of articles portraying it as the wholesome, patriotic model of life on the home front. Decades later, author Matthew Rozell tracks down over thirty survivors who fought the war in the Pacific, from Pearl Harbor to the surrender at Tokyo Bay. Rage is instantaneous. He's looking at me from a crawling position. I didn't shoot him; I went and kicked him in the head. Rage does funny things. After I kicked him, I shot and killed him. ~Thomas Jones, Marine veteran, Battle of Guadalcanal
Written by: Matthew Rozell
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Left for Dead
- Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
- Written by: Eric Jay Dolin
- Narrated by: L.J. Ganser
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
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The best-selling author of Black Flags, Blue Waters tells the story of a wild encounter between an American sealing vessel, a shipwrecked British brig, and a British warship in the Falkland Islands during the War of 1812. Fraught with misunderstandings and mistrust, the incident left three British sailors and two Americans including the captain of the sealer, Charles H. Barnard abandoned in the Falklands for eighteen months.
Written by: Eric Jay Dolin
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The Unvanquished
- The Untold Story of Lincoln's Special Forces, the Manhunt for Mosby's Rangers, and the Shadow War That Forged America's Special Operations
- Written by: Patrick K. O'Donnell
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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The Civil War is most remembered for the grand battles that have come to define it: Gettysburg, Antietam, Shiloh, among others. However, as bestselling author Patrick K. O’Donnell reveals in The Unvanquished, a vital shadow war raged amid and away from the major battlefields that was in many ways equally consequential to the conflict’s outcome.
Written by: Patrick K. O'Donnell
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Marshall's Great Captain
- Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews and Air Power in the World Wars
- Written 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.
Written by: Kathy Wilson
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Atrocity on the Atlantic
- Attack on a Hospital Ship During the Great War
- Written by: Nate Hendley
- Narrated by: Adam Barr
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
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On the evening of June 27, 1918, the Llandovery Castle—an unarmed, clearly marked hospital ship used by the Canadian military—was torpedoed off the Irish Coast by U-Boat 86, a German submarine. Sinking hospital ships violated international law. To conceal his actions, the U-86 commander had the submarine deck guns fire on survivors. One lifeboat escaped with witnesses to the atrocity. Global outrage over the attack ensued.
Written by: Nate Hendley
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Searching for Franklin
- New Answers to the Great Arctic Mystery
- Written by: Ken McGoogan
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
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This book interweaves two narratives. The first treats the Royal Navy's Arctic Overland Expedition of 1819, a harbinger-misadventure during which Franklin rejected the advice of Dene and Metis leaders and lost eleven of his twenty-one men. The second discovers a startling new answer to that greatest of Arctic mysteries: what was the root cause of the catastrophe that engulfed Franklin's last expedition?
Written by: Ken McGoogan
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A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks
- Written by: David Gibbins
- Narrated by: Kent Klineman
- Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
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Since we first set sail on the open sea, ships and their wrecks have been an inevitable part of human history. Archaeologists have made spectacular discoveries excavating these sunken ships, their protective underwater cocoon keeping evidence of past civilizations preserved. World renowned maritime archeologist David Gibbins ties together the stories of some of the most significant shipwrecks in time to form a single overarching narrative of world history.
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Fascinating Look at History & Underwater Archeology
- By Maxine McLister on 2024-05-20
Written by: David Gibbins