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Bestsellers
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Say Nothing
- A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
- Written by: Patrick Radden Keefe
- Narrated by: Matthew Blaney
- Length: 14 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 472
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 405
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Story5 out of 5 stars 407
Jean McConville's abduction was one of the most notorious episodes of the vicious conflict known as The Troubles. Everyone in the neighborhood knew the I.R.A. was responsible....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best book I’ve read in years
- By MadameX on 2019-10-26
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Targeted: Beirut
- The 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing and the Untold Origin Story of the War on Terror
- Written by: Jack Carr, James M. Scott
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 14 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
#1 New York Times bestselling author Jack Carr and Pulitzer Prize finalist James M. Scott examine the 1983 barracks terrorist attack that changed the course of history.
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The Only Plane in the Sky
- An Oral History of September 11, 2001
- Written by: Garrett M. Graff
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 15 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 65
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 55
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Story5 out of 5 stars 55
The first comprehensive oral history of September 11, 2001 - a panoramic narrative woven from the voices of Americans on the front lines of an unprecedented national trauma....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing portrait of a terrible day
- By J on 2025-02-04
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The Rape of Nanking
- Written by: Iris Chang
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 324
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 274
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Story5 out of 5 stars 273
In December 1937, in the capital of China, one of the most brutal massacres in the long annals of wartime barbarity occurred.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Eye opening
- By Kooky Canuck on 2019-08-02
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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
- Revisioning American History
- Written by: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 18
Dunbar-Ortiz adroitly challenges the founding myth of the United States and shows how policy against the Indigenous peoples was colonialist and designed to seize the territories....
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5 out of 5 stars
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The history colonists don’t want you to hear
- By Wes B. on 2020-07-01
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Son of Hamas
- A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices
- Written by: Mosab Hassan Yousef, Ron Brackin - contributor
- Narrated by: Mosab Hassan Yousef
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8
Since he was a small boy, Mosab Hassan Yousef has had an inside view of the deadly terrorist group Hamas.....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Eye opening
- By matthew on 2024-05-20
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Say Nothing
- A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
- Written by: Patrick Radden Keefe
- Narrated by: Matthew Blaney
- Length: 14 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 472
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 405
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Story5 out of 5 stars 407
Jean McConville's abduction was one of the most notorious episodes of the vicious conflict known as The Troubles. Everyone in the neighborhood knew the I.R.A. was responsible....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best book I’ve read in years
- By MadameX on 2019-10-26
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Targeted: Beirut
- The 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing and the Untold Origin Story of the War on Terror
- Written by: Jack Carr, James M. Scott
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 14 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
#1 New York Times bestselling author Jack Carr and Pulitzer Prize finalist James M. Scott examine the 1983 barracks terrorist attack that changed the course of history.
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The Only Plane in the Sky
- An Oral History of September 11, 2001
- Written by: Garrett M. Graff
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 15 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 65
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 55
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Story5 out of 5 stars 55
The first comprehensive oral history of September 11, 2001 - a panoramic narrative woven from the voices of Americans on the front lines of an unprecedented national trauma....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing portrait of a terrible day
- By J on 2025-02-04
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The Rape of Nanking
- Written by: Iris Chang
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 324
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 274
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Story5 out of 5 stars 273
In December 1937, in the capital of China, one of the most brutal massacres in the long annals of wartime barbarity occurred.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Eye opening
- By Kooky Canuck on 2019-08-02
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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
- Revisioning American History
- Written by: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 18
Dunbar-Ortiz adroitly challenges the founding myth of the United States and shows how policy against the Indigenous peoples was colonialist and designed to seize the territories....
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5 out of 5 stars
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The history colonists don’t want you to hear
- By Wes B. on 2020-07-01
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Son of Hamas
- A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices
- Written by: Mosab Hassan Yousef, Ron Brackin - contributor
- Narrated by: Mosab Hassan Yousef
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8
Since he was a small boy, Mosab Hassan Yousef has had an inside view of the deadly terrorist group Hamas.....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Eye opening
- By matthew on 2024-05-20
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The Jakarta Method
- Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World
- Written by: Vincent Bevins
- Narrated by: Tim Paige
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 118
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 89
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Story5 out of 5 stars 89
In 1965, the US government helped the Indonesian military kill approximately one million innocent civilians. This was one of the most important turning points of the 20th century, eliminating the largest communist party outside China and the USSR and inspiring copycat terror programs....
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3 out of 5 stars
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unconscious vs conscious bias
- By Wells Cushnie on 2021-09-11
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Mossad
- The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service
- Written by: Michael Bar-Zohar, Nissim Mishal
- Narrated by: Benjamin Isaac
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story5 out of 5 stars 27
Authors MichaelBar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal take us behind the closed curtain with riveting, eye-opening, boots-on-the-ground accounts of the most dangerous, most crucial missions....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Mossad
- By Anonymous User on 2022-03-01
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Fateful Triangle
- The United States, Israel, and the Palestinians (Updated Edition)
- Written by: Noam Chomsky
- Narrated by: Brian Jones
- Length: 30 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story5 out of 5 stars 9
From its establishment to the present day, Israel has enjoyed a special position in the American roster of international friends. In Fateful Triangle, Noam Chomsky explores....
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The Second World War
- Written by: Antony Beevor
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 39 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 143
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 131
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Story5 out of 5 stars 130
Beevor's grand and provocative account is destined to become the definitive work on this complex, tragic, and endlessly fascinating period in world history....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Weak coverage of certain battles, unless American.
- By Jordan on 2019-02-26
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City of Death
- Humanitarian Warriors in the Battle of Mosul
- Written by: Ephraim Mattos, Scott McEwen
- Narrated by: Ephraim Mattos
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 22
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 20
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Story5 out of 5 stars 20
This is the true story of Ephraim Mattos, a former US Navy SEAL, and what he witnessed while volunteering as a frontline combat medic during the historic battle to retake Mosul from ISIS - the deadliest urban combat the world has seen since WWII....
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5 out of 5 stars
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I was left speechless many times
- By C B on 2024-10-24
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Bloodlands
- Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
- Written by: Timothy Snyder
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
- Length: 19 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5
Bloodlands is a new kind of European history, presenting the mass murders committed by the Nazi and Stalinist regimes as two aspects of a single history, in the time and place where they occurred: between Germany and Russia, when Hitler and Stalin both held power....
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The Hunt
- The True Story of the Secret Mission to Catch a Taliban Warlord
- Written by: Andy McNab
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
The first book in a new series telling, for the first time ever, the true stories of Special Forces missions. The Hunt is the story of the secret mission to catch the military commander of the Taliban, Mullah Dadullah....
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The Reluctant Spy
- My Secret Life in the CIA's War on Terror
- Written by: John Kiriakou, Michael Ruby
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 3
Long before the waterboarding controversy exploded in the media, one CIA agent had already gone public....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great insights into the CIA’s role
- By Jason Martinko on 2024-11-20
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A Mighty Heart
- The Brave Life and Death of My Husband Danny Pearl
- Written by: Mariane Pearl
- Narrated by: Mariane Pearl
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
- Abridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
For five weeks, the world waited for news about Danny Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter who was kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan....
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5 out of 5 stars
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So moving
- By Roberta W on 2024-11-15
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They Can Live in the Desert but Nowhere Else
- A History of the Armenian Genocide
- Written by: Ronald Grigor Suny
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 15 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Starting in early 1915, the Ottoman Turks began deporting and killing hundreds of thousands of Armenians in the first major genocide of the 20th century....
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The Holocaust Industry
- Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering
- Written by: Norman G. Finkelstein
- Narrated by: Barry Abrams
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
This iconoclastic study was one of the most widely debated books of 2000. Finkelstein indicts with vigor and honesty those who exploit the tragedy of the Holocaust for their own personal political and financial gain.
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Black Ops
- The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior
- Written by: Ric Prado
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14
A memoir by the highest-ranking covert warrior to lift the veil of secrecy and offer a glimpse into the shadow wars that America has fought since the Vietnam Era....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- By METT Adventures on 2023-07-19
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First Platoon
- A Story of Modern War in the Age of Identity Dominance
- Written by: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrated by: Annie Jacobsen
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 22
A powerful story of war in our time, of love of country, the experience of tragedy, and a platoon at the center of it all....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very interesting.
- By Christa on 2021-04-16
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Defying Jihad
- The Dramatic True Story of a Woman Who Volunteered to Kill Infidels - and Then Faced Death for Becoming One
- Written by: Esther Ahmad, Craig Borlase
- Narrated by: Julia Farhat
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 64
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 55
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Story5 out of 5 stars 55
It was the final test. A chance to win not only the love of Allah, but the love of her father - something she had never been able to earn. Esther took a deep breath and raised her hand in the air. At the age of 18, she had just volunteered to become a suicide bomber....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Captivating conversion to Christianity
- By julrab on 2024-12-28
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Benghazi: Know Thy Enemy
- A Cold Case Investigation
- Written by: Sarah Adams, Dave Benton
- Narrated by: Brian Sears
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Starting on September 11th, 2012, al-Qa'ida carried out a series of terrorist attacks on the U.S. Consulate and CIA Annex in Benghazi, Libya, killing four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens....
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5 out of 5 stars
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History repeating itself
- By Dominus on 2024-07-13
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A Problem From Hell
- America and the Age of Genocide
- Written by: Samantha Power
- Narrated by: Joyce Bean
- Length: 22 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story5 out of 5 stars 6
Samantha asks the haunting question: Why do American leaders who vow “never again” repeatedly fail to stop genocide?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Chilling
- By Amazon Customer on 2019-10-27
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Homegrown
- Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism
- Written by: Jeffrey Toobin
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Toobin
- Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
Acclaimed journalist Jeffrey Toobin reveals the definitive account of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the enduring legacy of Timothy McVeigh, leading to the January 6 insurrection....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding historical connection
- By SWSRTBoots on 2024-01-11
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The Peace
- A Warrior's Journey
- Written by: Romeo Dallaire
- Narrated by: Paul Gross
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9
In The Peace, Roméo Dallaire shows us the past, present and future of war through the prism of his own life....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Incredibly powerful, but poor sound editing
- By Listener on 2024-11-18
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The End of Everything
- How Wars Descend into Annihilation
- Written by: Victor Davis Hanson
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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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Killing the SS
- Written by: Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard - contributor
- Narrated by: Bill O'Reilly
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 22
As the true horrors of the Third Reich began to be exposed immediately after World War II, the Nazi war criminals who committed genocide went on the run....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very detailed
- By Amazon Customer on 2024-03-07
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Japan's Infamous Unit 731
- Firsthand Accounts of Japan's Wartime Human Experimentation Program
- Written by: Hal Gold, Yuma Totani - foreword
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 14
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14
Some of the cruelest deeds of Japan's war in Asia did not occur on the battlefield, but in quiet, antiseptic medical wards in obscure parts of China. Far from front lines and prying eyes, Japanese doctors and their assistants subjected human guinea pigs to gruesome medical experiments....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Reads like documentary
- By Vjaceslavs Rogozins on 2024-09-17
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Not a Good Day to Die
- The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda
- Written by: Sean Naylor
- Narrated by: John Henry Cox
- Length: 19 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 5
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5
On March 2, 2002, America's first major battle of the 21st century began. Over 200 soldiers flew into Afghanistan's Shah-i-Kotvalley - and into the mouth of a buzz saw....
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American Nightmare
- Facing the Challenge of Fascism
- Written by: Henry A. Giroux
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
As white supremacy, ultra-nationalism, rabid misogyny, and anti-immigrant fervor coalesce, a new and uniquely American form of fascism looms. Could our current moment actually bring about the end of democracy in the United States? Listen to find out more....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Going Beyond the Most Surface-Level Complaints
- By Jack on 2021-03-12
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The Looming Tower
- Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
- Written by: Lawrence Wright
- Narrated by: Lawrence Wright
- Length: 16 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 66
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Story5 out of 5 stars 62
This is a sweeping narrative history of the events leading to 9/11, a groundbreaking look at the people and ideas that culminated in the assault on America....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Why an Author Should Not Narrate Their Own Work
- By Amazon Customer on 2020-07-08