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Forged in Fire
- By: Scott Ryder
- Narrated by: David Tredinnick
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
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Forged in Fire takes us inside the secretive world of the Australian commandos.
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Real, raw and captivating
- By Anonymous on 05-08-2024
By: Scott Ryder
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Stop Screaming, I'm Scared Too
- By: Rod Henderson
- Narrated by: Nicholas Osmond
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
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‘Stop screaming, I'm scared too!' is not what you'd expect to see on the back of a loadmaster's helmet in a Chinook helicopter flying over southern Afghanistan, but for Rod Henderson it sums up his 22 years of service as a soldier in the Australian Army.
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Great story of real Aussie soldiering. Lethargic narrator.
- By Luke on 08-10-2025
By: Rod Henderson
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The Anarchy
- The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
- By: William Dalrymple
- Narrated by: Sid Sagar
- Length: 15 hrs and 43 mins
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The Anarchy tells the remarkable story of how one of the world’s most magnificent empires disintegrated and came to be replaced by a dangerously unregulated private company....
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Directionless and difficult to follow.
- By Howling Fantods on 09-12-2019
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Batavia
- By: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrated by: Richard Aspel
- Length: 17 hrs
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The story begins in 1629, when the pride of the Dutch East India Company, the Batavia, is on its maiden voyage en route from Amsterdam to the Dutch East Indies, laden down with the greatest treasure to leave Holland....
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Batavia - the worst voice ever
- By Karen on 25-02-2016
By: Peter FitzSimons
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The Legend of Albert Jacka
- By: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrated by: Cameron Goodall
- Length: 16 hrs and 58 mins
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Our heroes can come from the most ordinary of places. As a shy young lad growing up in country Victoria, no one in the district had any idea the man Albert Jacka would become.
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True humbled Aussie hero
- By Anonymous on 15-07-2025
By: Peter FitzSimons
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Borneo
- The Last Campaign
- By: Michael Veitch
- Narrated by: Michael Veitch
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
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Borneo: The Last Campaign tells the story of Operation OBOE, the massive, three-pronged assault on the vast Japanese-held island of Borneo in 1945. It was one of the largest amphibious invasions of the entire war, and a virtually all-Australian operation.
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An interesting story well told
- By Andrew on 23-09-2025
By: Michael Veitch
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Forged in Fire
- By: Scott Ryder
- Narrated by: David Tredinnick
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
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Forged in Fire takes us inside the secretive world of the Australian commandos.
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Real, raw and captivating
- By Anonymous on 05-08-2024
By: Scott Ryder
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Stop Screaming, I'm Scared Too
- By: Rod Henderson
- Narrated by: Nicholas Osmond
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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‘Stop screaming, I'm scared too!' is not what you'd expect to see on the back of a loadmaster's helmet in a Chinook helicopter flying over southern Afghanistan, but for Rod Henderson it sums up his 22 years of service as a soldier in the Australian Army.
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Great story of real Aussie soldiering. Lethargic narrator.
- By Luke on 08-10-2025
By: Rod Henderson
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The Anarchy
- The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
- By: William Dalrymple
- Narrated by: Sid Sagar
- Length: 15 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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The Anarchy tells the remarkable story of how one of the world’s most magnificent empires disintegrated and came to be replaced by a dangerously unregulated private company....
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Directionless and difficult to follow.
- By Howling Fantods on 09-12-2019
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Batavia
- By: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrated by: Richard Aspel
- Length: 17 hrs
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The story begins in 1629, when the pride of the Dutch East India Company, the Batavia, is on its maiden voyage en route from Amsterdam to the Dutch East Indies, laden down with the greatest treasure to leave Holland....
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Batavia - the worst voice ever
- By Karen on 25-02-2016
By: Peter FitzSimons
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The Legend of Albert Jacka
- By: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrated by: Cameron Goodall
- Length: 16 hrs and 58 mins
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Our heroes can come from the most ordinary of places. As a shy young lad growing up in country Victoria, no one in the district had any idea the man Albert Jacka would become.
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True humbled Aussie hero
- By Anonymous on 15-07-2025
By: Peter FitzSimons
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Borneo
- The Last Campaign
- By: Michael Veitch
- Narrated by: Michael Veitch
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
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Borneo: The Last Campaign tells the story of Operation OBOE, the massive, three-pronged assault on the vast Japanese-held island of Borneo in 1945. It was one of the largest amphibious invasions of the entire war, and a virtually all-Australian operation.
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An interesting story well told
- By Andrew on 23-09-2025
By: Michael Veitch
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Kokoda (by Peter FitzSimons)
- By: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrated by: Lewis FitzGerald
- Length: 16 hrs and 47 mins
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For Australians, Kokoda is the iconic battle of World War II, yet few people know just what happened and just what our troops achieved....
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Compulsory listening...we must know this.
- By Phillip on 13-12-2015
By: Peter FitzSimons
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A Book of Five Rings
- The Strategy of Musashi
- By: Miyamoto Musashi
- Narrated by: Alec Sand
- Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
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Legendary 17th century swordsman Miyamoto Musashi’s exposition of sword fighting, strategy and zen philosophy....
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Quick read, simple to understand.
- By Joshua Lewis on 20-02-2021
By: Miyamoto Musashi
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
- A History of Nazi Germany
- By: William L. Shirer
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 57 hrs and 11 mins
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Winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 1961, this worldwide bestselling classic chronicles the most infamous era of our times.
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Thoroughly engaging account of the Third Reich
- By Cherubael on 21-09-2016
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Eureka
- The Unfinished Revolution
- By: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrated by: Robert Meldrum
- Length: 22 hrs and 10 mins
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In 1854, Victorian miners fought a deadly battle under the flag of the Southern Cross at the Eureka Stockade....
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Australian history which put me to sleep
- By Geoff Alford on 22-09-2018
By: Peter FitzSimons
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Black Hawk Down
- By: Mark Bowden
- Narrated by: Alan Sklar
- Length: 15 hrs and 14 mins
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Ninety-nine elite American soldiers are trapped in the middle of a hostile city. As night falls, they are surrounded by thousands of enemy gunmen....
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Terrible book terribly written.
- By dawid johan cilliers on 18-08-2024
By: Mark Bowden
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Task Force Black
- The explosive true story of the SAS and the secret war in Iraq
- By: Mark Urban
- Narrated by: Mark Urban
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
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Following the toppling of Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq in 2003, the SAS launched one of the most intense and secretive operations in its history: Task Force Black.
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Wasn't the one for me
- By Rachael M on 23-06-2025
By: Mark Urban
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Band of Brothers
- E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne, from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
- By: Stephen E. Ambrose
- Narrated by: Tim Jerome
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
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Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, U.S. Army, was as good a rifle company as any in the world....
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Everyone needs to listen to this
- By Anonymous on 11-09-2020
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Rubicon
- The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic
- By: Tom Holland
- Narrated by: Tom Holland
- Length: 14 hrs and 29 mins
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The Roman Republic was the most remarkable state in history. What began as a small community of peasants camped among marshes and hills ended up ruling the known world.
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Great Listen.
- By Robbie on 20-09-2025
By: Tom Holland
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Code Name: Lise
- The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy
- By: Larry Loftis
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
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From New York Times and international best-selling author comes the extraordinary true story of Odette Sansom, the British spy who operated in occupied France and fell in love with her commanding officer during World War II....
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interesting listen, great story
- By Anonymous on 04-12-2019
By: Larry Loftis
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MI6
- Life and Death in the British Secret Service
- By: Gordon Corera
- Narrated by: Gordon Corera
- Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins
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The British Secret Service has been cloaked in secrecy and shrouded in myth since it was created 100 years ago. MI6 provides a unique and unprecedented insight into this secret world and the reality that lies behind the fiction....
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Read at You
- By S.Attenborough on 03-04-2023
By: Gordon Corera
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Across the Fence: Expanded Edition
- The Secret War in Vietnam
- By: John Stryker Meyer
- Narrated by: John Stryker Meyer
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
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For eight years, far beyond the battlefields of Vietnam and the glare of media distortions, American Green Berets fought a deadly secret war in Laos and Cambodia under the aegis of the top secret Military Assistance Command Vietnam - Studies and Observations Group, or SOG....
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First hand accounts of missions is gripping
- By Peter Stapleton on 03-05-2025
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Anzac Guerrillas
- A World War II Story of Resistance, Hope and Humanity in Occupied Europe
- By: Edmund Goldrick
- Narrated by: Edmund Goldrick
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
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When the Germans took thousands of Allied prisoners during the catastrophic Greek campaign of 1941, a handful of Australian soldiers escaped from prison trains in occupied Yugoslavia. What awaited them was not passage home, but a brutal underground war where the fate of a nation was at stake.
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Moving tale of a forgotten history
- By Cris on 08-09-2025
By: Edmund Goldrick
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Mossad
- The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service
- By: Michael Bar-Zohar, Nissim Mishal
- Narrated by: Benjamin Isaac
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
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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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best Mossad summary I've heard.
- By Anonymous on 16-04-2019
By: Michael Bar-Zohar, and others
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The Bomber Mafia
- A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
- By: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
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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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When everything has gravitas, nothing does
- By Athur E. Nonimus on 03-05-2021
By: Malcolm Gladwell
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The Story of World War II
- By: Donald L. Miller, Henry Steele Commager
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 24 hrs and 52 mins
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Drawing on previously unpublished eyewitness accounts, prizewinning historian Donald L. Miller has written what critics are calling one of the most powerful accounts of warfare ever published....
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Best Audible Book I've Listened To!
- By Terry on 09-02-2017
By: Donald L. Miller, and others
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Australia's Secret Army
- By: Michael Veitch
- Narrated by: Michael Veitch
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
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This is the story of these unsung heroes who risked their lives—and sometimes lost them—in the service of their country....
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Truly engaging
- By Bob Hartley on 26-02-2023
By: Michael Veitch
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The Complete Strategy Collection
- The Art of War, The Prince, The Book of Five Rings, On War and Arthashastra
- By: Sun Tzu, Niccolo Machiavelli, Miyamoto Musashi, and others
- Narrated by: Michael Bower, Tom Chandler
- Length: 52 hrs and 43 mins
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The Complete Strategy Collection, a compilation of ancient and historical philosophies, will increase your knowledge of strategy, conflict, and adversity throughout the ages, giving you valuable insight into the past while opening a window to the future....
By: Sun Tzu, and others
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The Operator
- Firing the Shots That Killed Osama Bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior
- 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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Absolutely Amazing
- By Declan on 09-05-2017
By: Robert O'Neill
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The First World War
- A Complete History
- By: Martin Gilbert
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 33 hrs and 34 mins
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It was to be the war to end all wars, and it began at 11:15 on the morning of June 28, 1914, in an outpost of the Austro-Hungarian Empire called Sarajevo. It would officially end nearly five years later. Unofficially, however, it has never ended...
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Review below states that the narrator is no good
- By Anonymous on 12-02-2023
By: Martin Gilbert
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Adolf Hitler
- My Part in His Downfall
- By: Spike Milligan
- Narrated by: Spike Milligan
- Length: 3 hrs and 24 mins
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At Victoria station the R.T.O. gave me a travel warrant, a white feather and a picture of Hitler marked 'This is your enemy'. I searched every compartment, but he wasn't on the train....
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Wonderful
- By Mandy on 27-09-2023
By: Spike Milligan
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Paddy Mayne
- Lt Col Blair 'Paddy' Mayne, 1 SAS Regiment
- By: Hamish Ross
- Narrated by: Alan Turkington
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
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‘Paddy' Mayne was one of the most outstanding special forces leaders of the Second World War....
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Fact not fiction
- By Anonymous on 29-08-2025
By: Hamish Ross
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Trigger Warning
- By: Nathan Bolton
- Narrated by: Walter Williams
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
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Trigger Warning is a story of success, triumph, trauma and overcoming. This is the story of a former Special Operations Engineer as he worked relentlessly to rekindle his life after the war.
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Bloody good
- By Kyle on 12-09-2025
By: Nathan Bolton
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The Battle of Long Tan
- By: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrated by: David Tredinnick
- Length: 21 hrs and 2 mins
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From the bestselling author of Kokoda and Gallipoli comes the epic story of Australia's deadliest Vietnam War battle....
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A reasonable look at an important battle.
- By DGC on 09-12-2022
By: Peter FitzSimons
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American Sniper
- The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
- By: Chris Kyle, Scott McEwan, Jim DeFelice
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
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He is the deadliest American sniper ever, called “the devil” by the enemies he hunted and “the legend” by his Navy SEAL brothers....
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All ego, no sniping
- By Andrew on 24-10-2014
By: Chris Kyle, and others
New Releases
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Hitlers Komplizen
- Helfer und Vollstrecker: Das Dritte Reich in 24 Porträts
- By: Richard J. Evans
- Narrated by: Peter Bieringer
- Length: 21 hrs and 43 mins
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Wer waren die Nazis? Verfolgten sie kriminelle Absichten, oder waren sie »gewöhnliche Deutsche«? Was brachte sie dazu, furchtbare Gräuel gegen wirkliche oder eingebildete Feinde zu begehen oder zu billigen? Warum waren so viele Deutsche an den Verbrechen beteiligt? Wie kam es, dass sie Hitler fast bis zum Ende folgten? Der renommierte Historiker Richard J. Evans zeichnet oft verblüffend neue Porträts der Männer und Frauen, die NS-Deutschland schufen und ihm dienten.
By: Richard J. Evans
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Guadalcanal's Longest Fight
- The Pivotal Battles of the Matanikau Front
- By: Dave R. Holland, Colonel Jon T. Hoffman USMCR (Ret) - foreword
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
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The Matanikau battles proved to be the critical turning points in the land campaign for Guadalcanal—the campaign's longest and bloodiest ground fight. A five-month conflict raged along the river and its basin. The real importance of this area has long remained unrecognized, yet the American and Japanese forces that fought over it knew that it was the key to the ultimate prize of Henderson Airfield. In this mile-long bloody tug-of-war from the river across to the hills and ravines were fought seven major battles and countless smaller skirmishes.
By: Dave R. Holland, and others
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Splendid Liberators
- Heroism, Betrayal, Resistance, and the Birth of American Empire
- By: Joe Jackson
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 31 hrs and 39 mins
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This immersive epic reveals the origins of the American empire and the lives of those who promoted it and those who resisted it. In 1898, the United States won an empire, and—many allege—lost its soul. In Splendid Liberators, Joe Jackson offers an epic narrative of the Spanish-American War...
By: Joe Jackson
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The Longest Walk Home
- By: Ray Bailey, David Wilkins
- Narrated by: Steven France
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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In 1940, Private Raymond Bailey, a 21-year-old Vauxhall motors apprentice, was captured in northern France, becoming a Nazi prisoner of war. But he wouldn't remain one for long... The Longest Walk Home is the incredible account of his daring 2,000 mile escape across Europe and over the Pyrenees, to the safety of British Gibraltar, and home in time for Christmas. Along the way Ray has nerve-shredding encounters with German soldiers and the Spanish Civil Guard. Often he is exhausted and starving.
By: Ray Bailey, and others
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The Rise and Fall of the British Army, 1975–2025
- By: Brigadier Ben Barry
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 26 hrs and 8 mins
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The last half century has seen society, technology, the character of conflict and the British Army itself all change greatly. From a low point in the 1970s, the Army’s war fighting capability increased in the 1980s in the face of a prospective war with the Soviet Union. This capability was then tested on operations from Kuwait in 1991 through to Afghanistan in 2001 and the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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The Tragedy of the Templars
- The Rise and Fall of the Crusader States
- By: Michael Haag
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 14 hrs and 15 mins
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Founded on Christmas Day 1119 in Jerusalem, the Knights Templar was a religious order dedicated to defending the Holy Land and its Christian pilgrims in the decades after the First Crusade. Legendary for their bravery and dedication, the Templars became one of the wealthiest and most powerful bodies of the medieval world—and the chief defenders of Christian society against growing Muslim forces.
By: Michael Haag
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Hitlers Komplizen
- Helfer und Vollstrecker: Das Dritte Reich in 24 Porträts
- By: Richard J. Evans
- Narrated by: Peter Bieringer
- Length: 21 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Wer waren die Nazis? Verfolgten sie kriminelle Absichten, oder waren sie »gewöhnliche Deutsche«? Was brachte sie dazu, furchtbare Gräuel gegen wirkliche oder eingebildete Feinde zu begehen oder zu billigen? Warum waren so viele Deutsche an den Verbrechen beteiligt? Wie kam es, dass sie Hitler fast bis zum Ende folgten? Der renommierte Historiker Richard J. Evans zeichnet oft verblüffend neue Porträts der Männer und Frauen, die NS-Deutschland schufen und ihm dienten.
By: Richard J. Evans
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Guadalcanal's Longest Fight
- The Pivotal Battles of the Matanikau Front
- By: Dave R. Holland, Colonel Jon T. Hoffman USMCR (Ret) - foreword
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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The Matanikau battles proved to be the critical turning points in the land campaign for Guadalcanal—the campaign's longest and bloodiest ground fight. A five-month conflict raged along the river and its basin. The real importance of this area has long remained unrecognized, yet the American and Japanese forces that fought over it knew that it was the key to the ultimate prize of Henderson Airfield. In this mile-long bloody tug-of-war from the river across to the hills and ravines were fought seven major battles and countless smaller skirmishes.
By: Dave R. Holland, and others
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Splendid Liberators
- Heroism, Betrayal, Resistance, and the Birth of American Empire
- By: Joe Jackson
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 31 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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This immersive epic reveals the origins of the American empire and the lives of those who promoted it and those who resisted it. In 1898, the United States won an empire, and—many allege—lost its soul. In Splendid Liberators, Joe Jackson offers an epic narrative of the Spanish-American War...
By: Joe Jackson
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The Longest Walk Home
- By: Ray Bailey, David Wilkins
- Narrated by: Steven France
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1940, Private Raymond Bailey, a 21-year-old Vauxhall motors apprentice, was captured in northern France, becoming a Nazi prisoner of war. But he wouldn't remain one for long... The Longest Walk Home is the incredible account of his daring 2,000 mile escape across Europe and over the Pyrenees, to the safety of British Gibraltar, and home in time for Christmas. Along the way Ray has nerve-shredding encounters with German soldiers and the Spanish Civil Guard. Often he is exhausted and starving.
By: Ray Bailey, and others
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The Rise and Fall of the British Army, 1975–2025
- By: Brigadier Ben Barry
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 26 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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The last half century has seen society, technology, the character of conflict and the British Army itself all change greatly. From a low point in the 1970s, the Army’s war fighting capability increased in the 1980s in the face of a prospective war with the Soviet Union. This capability was then tested on operations from Kuwait in 1991 through to Afghanistan in 2001 and the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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The Tragedy of the Templars
- The Rise and Fall of the Crusader States
- By: Michael Haag
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 14 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Founded on Christmas Day 1119 in Jerusalem, the Knights Templar was a religious order dedicated to defending the Holy Land and its Christian pilgrims in the decades after the First Crusade. Legendary for their bravery and dedication, the Templars became one of the wealthiest and most powerful bodies of the medieval world—and the chief defenders of Christian society against growing Muslim forces.
By: Michael Haag
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Rhineland
- Hitler’s Last Defence, 1944–45
- By: Anthony Tucker-Jones
- Narrated by: Richard Trinder
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
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The Rhineland was where Adolf Hitler sowed the seeds for the Second World War when he remilitarized it in breach of the Treaty of Versailles in 1936, and by late 1944 the Rhine provided the last major obstacle to the advancing Allied armies that were threatening the Fatherland itself. In this new history of this vital campaign, respected military historian Anthony Tucker-Jones describes the race against time as the Germans fought to stave off the inevitable.
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Jungle Commandos
- The Battle for Arakan, Burma 1945
- By: Lucy Betteridge-Dyson
- Narrated by: Catrin Walker-Booth
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
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Following the battles of Kohima and Imphal in mid-1944, the tide was turning against the Imperial Japanese Army. By the end of that fateful year, the Allies were preparing to launch an offensive in the Arakan region of Burma, to deliver a knockout blow to the increasingly desperate Japanese 28th Army. This fascinating new history details the actions of 3 Commando Brigade, who would spearhead this attack in a series of daring amphibious landings into the depths of the Burmese jungle, culminating in the brutal fight for Hill 170.
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Putin's Revenge
- Why Russia Invaded Ukraine
- By: Lucian Kim
- Narrated by: David Lee Huynh
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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In February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in a bloody escalation of a conflict that had begun eight years earlier. What drove Vladimir Putin to launch Europe's largest land war since World War II? Putin's Revenge features insight from Lucian Kim's first-hand reporting on key moments, such as Russia's occupation of Crimea and the beginning of the Russian-backed insurgency in eastern Ukraine. This book tells the story of the lead-up to the invasion with revelatory detail and fresh analysis, shedding new light on a conflict that has roiled the post–Cold War order.
By: Lucian Kim
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La Grande Guerre
- Les Conflits Mondiaux Majeurs t. 1
- By: History Nerds
- Narrated by: Joel Choucas
- Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
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La Première Guerre mondiale a été appelée « la guerre qui mettrait fin à toutes les guerres »... ce ne fut pas le cas. Dans ce récit concis de la Première Guerre mondiale, nous examinons les raisons de son déclenchement, les réactions qu'elle a suscitées et, finalement, la mort de ceux qui ont consenti le plus grand sacrifice. Nous entendons souvent parler du grand sacrifice consenti lors des guerres ultérieures, mais l'histoire de la Première Guerre mondiale offre une profondeur d'analyse sur le contexte de la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
By: History Nerds
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The Rothschilds, the KGB Masterspy and the Gay Royal Traitor
- The Fifth Man: A 30 Year Update
- By: Roland Perry
- Narrated by: David Tredinnick
- Length: 16 hrs and 23 mins
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The UK’s Cambridge University Ring of Spies were the most dangerous agents the West has known, causing great damage to the intelligence services in the UK and US over more than half a century. Four double agents of the key Ring, Burgess, Maclean, Philby and Blunt were uncovered by 1979. Only two – a husband and wife team – escaped detection. This updated edition of The Fifth Man reveals that the last of the infamous spy ring were Lord (Victor) Rothschild of the grand banking dynasty and his wife Tess.
By: Roland Perry
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Responsabilité absolue
- By: Jocko Willinck, Leif Babin
- Narrated by: Simon Jeannin
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
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Jocko Willink et Leif Babin ont été déployés sur le champ de bataille le plus violent et le plus dangereux d'Irak. En tant que responsables de l'unité Cogneur de l'équipe SEAL Trois, leur mission était impossible : reprendre la ville de Ramadi, bastion d'Al-Qaïda réputé "perdu". Après avoir quitté les équipes SEALs, ils ont créé une société, Echelon Front, pour enseigner ces mêmes principes dans le monde civil.
By: Jocko Willinck, and others
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McNamara at War
- A New History
- By: Philip Taubman, William Taubman
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 18 hrs and 4 mins
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Robert S. McNamara was widely considered to be one of the most brilliant men of his generation. While he could be cold and arrogant, he was an invaluable friend to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson as US secretary of defense and had a deeply moving relationship with Jackie Kennedy. McNamara was the leading advocate for American escalation in Vietnam during the summer of 1965, strongly urging Johnson to send hundreds of thousands of American ground troops just weeks before he concluded that the war was unwinnable.
By: Philip Taubman, and others
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The Montford Point Marines
- The History of America’s First Black Marines in World War II
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: KC Wayman
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
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The United States has no shortage of famous military units, from the Civil War’s Iron Brigade to the 101st Airborne, but one would be hard pressed to find one that had to go through as many hardships off the battlefield as the Montford Point Marines, a group of African American soldiers who overcame Jim Crow at home and official segregation in the military to serve their country in the final years of World War II.
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The Two Hundred Years War
- The Bloody Crowns of England and France, 1292–1492
- By: Dr Michael Livingston
- Narrated by: Rupert Farley
- Length: 19 hrs and 20 mins
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Livingston argues that the English lens through which the war has been viewed has led historians to define it in terms of English interests (most famously, the claim of the English Plantagenet king Edward III to be the rightful king of France), and that the events collectively labelled the ‘Hundred Years War’ are best seen as a sequence of steps in France’s struggle to define itself as a nation. For much of the period, France’s primary rival was indeed England. But it was by no means the only combatant. Burgundy stood in its way, too, as did Brittany, Flanders, Navarre and other rival powers.
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Beirut Rules
- The Murder of a CIA Station Chief and Hezbollah's War Against America
- By: Fred Burton, Samuel M. Katz
- Narrated by: Rich Miller
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
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New York Times bestselling coauthors of Under Fire tell the story of CIA Station Chief William Buckley and the beginning of the CIA’s war against Islamic radicalism.
By: Fred Burton, and others
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Utah Beach
- The Amphibious Landing and Airborne Operations on D-Day, June 6, 1944
- By: Joseph Balkoski
- Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 15 hrs and 14 mins
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Added to the invasion plan largely at the insistence of British General Bernard Montgomery, the attack at Utah Beach aimed to secure the Cotentin Peninsula and ultimately seize the port of Cherbourg. Although the assault on Utah Beach became one of the most successful American military operations of World War II, it was fraught with risk from the beginning: Not only was Utah the most isolated of the five D-Day beaches, but the airborne operation was of unprecedented size and scope.
By: Joseph Balkoski
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The Greenbrier Bunker
- The History of the Emergency Cold War Bunker Designed for Congress During a Nuclear War
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: KC Wayman
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
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In October 1962, American spy planes discovered the Soviets were building nuclear missile sites in Cuba, and intelligence officials informed President John F. Kennedy of this on October 16th. It went without saying that nuclear missile sites located just miles off the coast of the American mainland posed a grave threat to the country, especially because missiles launched from Cuba would reach their targets in mere minutes. That would throw off important military balances in nuclear arms and locations that had previously ensured the Cold War stayed cold.
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Catapult
- Harry and I Build a Siege Weapon
- By: Jim Paul
- Narrated by: Colby Elliott
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
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Catapult is the magical but true story of two men, a microscopic arts grant, and the siege weapon this volatile combination somehow produced. Bristling with idiosyncrasy, Jim and Harry are an odd couple whose story is the occasion for a sly meditation on the nature of modern masculinity. Their comic oscillations—between knowledge and innocence, for example, or science and art, each man taking his turn on the other side—amuse us even as they shed light on who and what we are.
By: Jim Paul
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SOG Operation Blackjack and the Mobile Guerrilla Force
- By: Roger Lockshier
- Narrated by: Justin Smallbridge
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
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Roger Lockshier enlisted in the US Army in April 1966. After completing Airborne (Paratrooper) Jump Training at Fort Benning GA, he was assigned to Aviation Battalion 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell Kentucky, December 1966. In December of 1967 the 101st Airborne Division was transferred to Viet Nam. Lockshier was a Crewchief / Doorgunner with the 101st Airborne's Black Angels Huey Helicopter Gunships assigned to provide combat support to the 101st Airborne and 5th Special Forces MACVSOG. He returned to the States in December of 1968.
By: Roger Lockshier
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Inside Naval Aviation
- A Memoir
- By: David Maybury
- Narrated by: David Maybury
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
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This memoir adventure takes the listener through a twenty year career in naval aviation that included flying attack jets from aircraft carriers, flight instructing, Naval Test Pilot School, experimental and operational flight test, engineering management for F/A-18 aircraft, initial flight test of the Super Hornet aircraft and overseas aircraft maintenance after 11 September 2001. NASA was the start of David's career while working with astronauts and engineers.
By: David Maybury
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At Sea Against the Soviet Fleet
- The Evolution of U.S. Navy Operational Intelligence in the Cold War
- By: Bryan H. Leese
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
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At Sea Against the Soviet Fleet examines the critical transformation of naval intelligence during a pivotal era marked by the Cold War and the Vietnam conflict. Bryan Leese meticulously details how US Navy operational intelligence evolved to meet the complexities of modern naval warfare, particularly in response to the increasing threats posed by the Soviet Navy. This book begins by examining the Vietnam War and the institutionalization of shipboard operational intelligence, or what Navy intelligence calls Opintel.
By: Bryan H. Leese
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Islands of Fire and Freedom
- The Untold Story of the Philippines in World War II
- By: Amihan Ramirez Navarro
- Narrated by: John B Leen
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
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Islands of Fire and Freedom: The Untold Story of the Philippines in World War II by Amihan Ramirez Navarro is a sweeping narrative of courage, tragedy, and resilience set against one of the most devastating chapters of the twentieth century. While much of the world remembers Pearl Harbor, D-Day, and the fall of Berlin, the Philippines’ ordeal often lingers in the shadows of history. This book brings that forgotten front to the forefront, restoring the voices of a people who endured invasion, occupation, and liberation in a crucible of fire that reshaped their nation forever.
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Finding Hester
- The Incredible Story of the Hidden Woman Whose Love Letters Changed World War II
- By: Claudia Caplan Wolff, Erin Edwards, Greg Callus, and others
- Narrated by: Sarah Cullum
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
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Finding Hester explores the untold story of Hester Leggatt, a woman who helped trick the Nazis, and is a fascinating listen for fans of West End musical Operation Mincemeat and anyone with an interest in women’s war stories.
By: Claudia Caplan Wolff, and others
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Searcy County
- The Civil War’s Secret Heroes
- By: Todd Samuelson, Dede Samuelson
- Narrated by: Hunter Peterson
- Length: 13 hrs and 50 mins
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It’s 1861 and Searcy County, Arkansas, is divided by the Civil War. One man, David Crockett Ruff, has some hard choices. The godson of David Crockett and cousin to the famous cattle driver Charles Goodnight, he wants to fight. But how can he? His state sides with slavery, yet joining the Union means fighting against neighbors, friends, and family. So he chooses peace. When state officials discover he won’t fight, they send out the militia to arrest him and his fellow Peace Society members.
By: Todd Samuelson, and others
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A Rare Recording of President Truman’s 1945 Radio Address on the Potsdam Conference and Bombing of Hiroshima
- By: Harry S. Truman
- Narrated by: Harry S. Truman
- Length: 29 mins
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Harry S. Truman was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as vice president from January to April 1945 under FDR and as a US senator from Missouri from 1935 to January 1945. The following recording is an August 9, 1945, radio address President Harry S. Truman gave on the results of the Potsdam Conference and the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
By: Harry S. Truman
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Matisse at War
- By: Christopher C. Gorham
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
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In 1940, with the Nazis sweeping through France, Henri Matisse found himself at a personal and artistic crossroads. His marriage had ended, he was gravely ill, and after decades at the forefront of modern art, he was beset by doubt. As scores of famous figures escaped the country, Matisse took refuge in Nice, with his companion, Lydia. By defiantly remaining, Matisse was a source of inspiration for his nation.
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The Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto
- The True Story of Five Courageous Young Women Who Sparked an Uprising
- By: Elizabeth R. Hyman
- Narrated by: Gilli Messer
- Length: 9 hrs
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A Holocaust historian, archivist, and history blogger adds a new dimension to the story of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising during World War II, shining a long overdue spotlight on five young, Polish Jewish women—champions who helped lead the resistance, sabotage the Nazis, and aid Jews in hiding across occupied Poland and Eastern Europe.
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Letters from a WWII Airman
- How His Faith Sustained Him
- By: Dale K. Hathaway
- Narrated by: Benjamin Chamberlain
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
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Letters from a WWII Airman: How His Faith Sustained Him, is the true story of one of those men from what we acknowledge as "the "Greatest Generation". Like so many who experienced war, Ken Hathaway (1918-2001) was reluctant to talk about those experiences, but the letters and scrapbooks he left behind contained information that, when pieced together, provided a compelling story.
By: Dale K. Hathaway
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Broken Supremacy
- The Rise and Fall of the Wehrmacht in Russia
- By: Davis Truman
- Narrated by: Steffan Rudiger
- Length: 2 hrs and 36 mins
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A searing chronicle of ambition, brutality, and collapse, Broken Supremacy: The Rise and Fall of the Wehrmacht in Russia reveals the untold dimensions of the most catastrophic military campaign in modern history.
By: Davis Truman