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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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Absolutely brilliant read
- By Anonymous on 28-07-2025
By: Rod Henderson
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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.
By: Michael Veitch
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Batavia
- By: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrated by: Richard Aspel
- Length: 17 hrs
- Unabridged
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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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Ordinary Men
- Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
- By: Christopher R. Browning
- Narrated by: Kevin Gallagher
- Length: 10 hrs
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Now available in audio for the first time, Christopher R. Browning’s shocking account of how a unit of average middle-aged Germans became the cold-blooded murderers of tens of thousands of Jews - now with a new afterword and additional photographs....
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Jordan B Peterson Mandatory Reading list and for a good reason.
- By Anonymous on 11-01-2021
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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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easy listening history
- By Lucrezia on 21-08-2025
By: Tom Holland
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Forged in Fire
- By: Scott Ryder
- Narrated by: David Tredinnick
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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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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Absolutely brilliant read
- By Anonymous on 28-07-2025
By: Rod Henderson
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Borneo
- The Last Campaign
- By: Michael Veitch
- Narrated by: Michael Veitch
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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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.
By: Michael Veitch
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Batavia
- By: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrated by: Richard Aspel
- Length: 17 hrs
- Unabridged
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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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Ordinary Men
- Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
- By: Christopher R. Browning
- Narrated by: Kevin Gallagher
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Now available in audio for the first time, Christopher R. Browning’s shocking account of how a unit of average middle-aged Germans became the cold-blooded murderers of tens of thousands of Jews - now with a new afterword and additional photographs....
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Jordan B Peterson Mandatory Reading list and for a good reason.
- By Anonymous on 11-01-2021
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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
- Unabridged
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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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easy listening history
- By Lucrezia on 21-08-2025
By: Tom Holland
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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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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
- Unabridged
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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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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
- Unabridged
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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
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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
- Unabridged
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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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The Battle of Long Tan
- By: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrated by: David Tredinnick
- Length: 21 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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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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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
- Unabridged
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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 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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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
- Unabridged
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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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GCHQ
- Centenary Edition
- By: Richard Aldrich
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 25 hrs and 48 mins
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GCHQ is the largest and most secretive intelligence organisation in the UK, and has existed for 100 years - but we still know next to nothing about it....
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One of the best researched books I’ve ever read
- By Peter Mac on 12-02-2025
By: Richard Aldrich
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Overreach
- The Inside Story of Putin’s War Against Ukraine
- By: Owen Matthews
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 15 hrs and 23 mins
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Journalist Owen Matthews dives deep into the war in Ukraine—from the corridors of the Kremlin to the trenches of Mariupol....
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Reads like fantasy
- By Matthew on 04-01-2023
By: Owen Matthews
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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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Eureka
- The Unfinished Revolution
- By: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrated by: Robert Meldrum
- Length: 22 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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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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Crossing the Line
- The Inside Story of Murder, Lies and A Fallen Hero
- By: Nick McKenzie
- Narrated by: Stephen Phillips
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
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An enthralling and meticulously researched book, Crossing the Line tells the untold story of how a small group of brave soldiers and two determined reporters exposed one of the greatest military scandals in Australian history....
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Biased journalism gets a goal in quickly
- By MCG on 06-08-2023
By: Nick McKenzie
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Night
- By: Elie Wiesel
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 4 hrs and 17 mins
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Night is an unmistakably autobiographical account of the author's own gruesome experiences in Nazi Germany's death camps....
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An absolute must read!
- By Amy on 09-02-2020
By: Elie Wiesel
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First Man In
- Leading from the Front
- By: Ant Middleton
- Narrated by: Ant Middleton
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
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No one is born a leader. But through sheer determination and by confronting life’s challenges, Ant Middleton has come to know the meaning of true leadership....
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wow
- By Anonymous on 22-02-2020
By: Ant Middleton
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The Rape of Nanking
- By: Iris Chang
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
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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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Outstanding
- By Anonymous on 08-05-2020
By: Iris Chang
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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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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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Mosul
- Australia's Secret War Inside the ISIS Caliphate
- By: Ben Mckelvey
- Narrated by: Nick Farnell
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
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Mosul details the rise of ISIS influence in Australia, the Iran and Australia allegiance to fight Daesh and shows what led up to the battle and the ramifications that are still being felt at home - by our soldiers and the victims of that war....
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Every Australian Should Read This Book
- By Mark Cairns on 28-11-2020
By: Ben Mckelvey
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Monash
- The Outsider Who Won a War
- By: Roland Perry
- Narrated by: David Tredinnick
- Length: 25 hrs and 40 mins
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Australian General Sir John Monash changed the way wars were fought and won....
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Very detailed and inspiring
- By Paul Davies on 05-07-2017
By: Roland Perry
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Castaway
- By: Robert Macklin
- Narrated by: Michael Carman
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
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In 1858, 14-year-old Narcisse Pelletier sailed from Marseilles in the French trader Saint-Paul. With a cargo of wine, they stopped in Bombay, then Hong Kong, and from there they set sail with more than 300 Chinese prospectors bound for the goldfields of Ballarat and Bendigo....
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A great story
- By Maniatakos on 21-02-2022
By: Robert Macklin
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Breaker Morant
- By: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrated by: Cameron Goodall
- Length: 23 hrs and 4 mins
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The epic story of the Boer War and Harry 'Breaker' Morant: drover, horseman, bush poet - murderer or hero? Most Australians have heard of the Boer War of 1899 to 1902 and of Harry 'Breaker' Morant, a figure who rivals Ned Kelly as an archetypal Australian folk hero....
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Not bad for an old fella
- By Geoff Alford on 31-03-2021
By: Peter FitzSimons
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The End of Everything
- How Wars Descend into Annihilation
- By: Victor Davis Hanson
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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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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A warning to us all
- By Anonymous on 20-06-2024
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Churchill, Hitler, and 'The Unnecessary War'
- How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World
- By: Patrick J. Buchanan
- Narrated by: Don Leslie
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
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Patrick Buchanan makes the case that, if not for the blunders of British statesmen - Winston Churchill first among them - the horrors of two world wars and the Holocaust might have been avoided....
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Enlightening
- By Anonymous on 25-05-2024
New Releases
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Borneo
- The Last Campaign
- By: Michael Veitch
- Narrated by: Michael Veitch
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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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. Over the final twelve weeks of World War Two, the 1st Australian Army Corps chased down and fought the remnants of the Japanese army over burning oil fields, up languid tropical rivers, along leech-ridden jungle tracks and across endless hills, valleys and ridges.
By: Michael Veitch
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Forged in Chaos
- A Warrior's Origin Story
- By: Tyler Grey
- Narrated by: Tyler Grey
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Tyler Grey was the epitome of the warrior archetype: a Delta Force operator, a master of counterterrorism. He hunted the worst bullies on the world’s playground—high-value targets, bomb makers, warlords—executing covert missions that never made the news. He had perfected the persona—ruthless, efficient, untouchable—until one mission in Sadr City, Iraq changed everything. Stripped of everything that defined him, Tyler reached for chaos: sex, substances, a romance that was either a love worth fighting for or his ultimate kryptonite. But beneath it all, the hunger for chaos never died.
By: Tyler Grey
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Lo que no te contaron de la Segunda Guerra Mundial
- Vergüenzas, secretos y anécdotas en el final del conflicto
- By: Grego Casanova
- Narrated by: Juan Magraner
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Grego Casanova, historiador, periodista y youtuber, revela con gran pulso narrativo y rigor en las páginas de este libro lo que nunca te contaron de una contienda que hasta el final fue destrucción, discordia y sangre. Ochenta años después del final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, son muchos los episodios y secretos que se guardaron a toda prisa en favor de la reconstrucción del mundo.
By: Grego Casanova
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Annapolis Goes to War
- The Naval Academy Class of 1940 and its Trial by Fire in World War II
- By: Craig L. Symonds
- Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne
- Length: 17 hrs and 3 mins
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They arrived in Annapolis as teenagers the year Hitler re-occupied the Rhineland and graduated as young men the week the British Army evacuated Dunkirk. Annapolis Goes to War tells the story of their transformative years at the Naval Academy and the annealing years in the cauldron of war. More than a hundred of them were on duty in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Ten of them died that day—seven remain entombed in the USS Arizona still.
By: Craig L. Symonds
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Beast in the Machine
- How Robotics and AI Will Transform Warfare and the Future of Human Conflict
- By: George Dougherty
- Narrated by: Darren Eliker
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
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A defense technology expert and military leader reveals the future of robotic warfare, and illuminates the path to navigate the approaching storm of global change.
By: George Dougherty
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The Life and Death of Richard III
- By: Anthony Cheetham
- Narrated by: Dan Jones, Jonathan Oliver
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Richard III is one of the most mysterious figures in English history, and as such is the source of perennial fascination. Comparatively little is known of his early life, his appearance, his interests, for up to 1483 he played second fiddle to his more glorious older brothers, Edward 'this sun of York', and the feckless Clarence. This new edition of a classic royal biography includes an account of the discovery of Richard’s remains in a Leicester car park in September 2012 and what his skeleton revealed about the physical condition of the last Plantagenet and the manner of his death.
By: Anthony Cheetham
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Borneo
- The Last Campaign
- By: Michael Veitch
- Narrated by: Michael Veitch
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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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. Over the final twelve weeks of World War Two, the 1st Australian Army Corps chased down and fought the remnants of the Japanese army over burning oil fields, up languid tropical rivers, along leech-ridden jungle tracks and across endless hills, valleys and ridges.
By: Michael Veitch
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Forged in Chaos
- A Warrior's Origin Story
- By: Tyler Grey
- Narrated by: Tyler Grey
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Story
Tyler Grey was the epitome of the warrior archetype: a Delta Force operator, a master of counterterrorism. He hunted the worst bullies on the world’s playground—high-value targets, bomb makers, warlords—executing covert missions that never made the news. He had perfected the persona—ruthless, efficient, untouchable—until one mission in Sadr City, Iraq changed everything. Stripped of everything that defined him, Tyler reached for chaos: sex, substances, a romance that was either a love worth fighting for or his ultimate kryptonite. But beneath it all, the hunger for chaos never died.
By: Tyler Grey
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Lo que no te contaron de la Segunda Guerra Mundial
- Vergüenzas, secretos y anécdotas en el final del conflicto
- By: Grego Casanova
- Narrated by: Juan Magraner
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Grego Casanova, historiador, periodista y youtuber, revela con gran pulso narrativo y rigor en las páginas de este libro lo que nunca te contaron de una contienda que hasta el final fue destrucción, discordia y sangre. Ochenta años después del final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, son muchos los episodios y secretos que se guardaron a toda prisa en favor de la reconstrucción del mundo.
By: Grego Casanova
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Annapolis Goes to War
- The Naval Academy Class of 1940 and its Trial by Fire in World War II
- By: Craig L. Symonds
- Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne
- Length: 17 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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They arrived in Annapolis as teenagers the year Hitler re-occupied the Rhineland and graduated as young men the week the British Army evacuated Dunkirk. Annapolis Goes to War tells the story of their transformative years at the Naval Academy and the annealing years in the cauldron of war. More than a hundred of them were on duty in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Ten of them died that day—seven remain entombed in the USS Arizona still.
By: Craig L. Symonds
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Beast in the Machine
- How Robotics and AI Will Transform Warfare and the Future of Human Conflict
- By: George Dougherty
- Narrated by: Darren Eliker
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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A defense technology expert and military leader reveals the future of robotic warfare, and illuminates the path to navigate the approaching storm of global change.
By: George Dougherty
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The Life and Death of Richard III
- By: Anthony Cheetham
- Narrated by: Dan Jones, Jonathan Oliver
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Richard III is one of the most mysterious figures in English history, and as such is the source of perennial fascination. Comparatively little is known of his early life, his appearance, his interests, for up to 1483 he played second fiddle to his more glorious older brothers, Edward 'this sun of York', and the feckless Clarence. This new edition of a classic royal biography includes an account of the discovery of Richard’s remains in a Leicester car park in September 2012 and what his skeleton revealed about the physical condition of the last Plantagenet and the manner of his death.
By: Anthony Cheetham
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Nagasaki
- The Last Witnesses (Embers, Book 2)
- By: M. G. Sheftall
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 14 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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On August 6, 1945, the United States unleashed a weapon unlike anything the world had ever seen. Then, just three days later, when Japan showed no sign of surrender, the United States took aim at Nagasaki. Rendered in harrowing detail, this historical narrative is the second and final volume in M. G. Sheftall’s series Embers. Sheftall has spent years personally interviewing hibakusha—the Japanese word for atomic bomb survivors.
By: M. G. Sheftall
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Milena and Margarete
- A Love Story in Ravensbrück
- By: Gwen Strauss
- Narrated by: Julie Teal
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Milena and Margarete loved each other at the risk of their lives. But in the post-war survivors’ accounts, lesbians were stigmatized, and survivors kept silent. This book explores those silences, and finally celebrates two strong women who never gave up and continue to inspire. As Margaret wrote: “I was thankful for having been sent to Ravensbrück, because it was there I met Milena.”
By: Gwen Strauss
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Children of Mars: The Origins of Rome's Empire
- Ancient Warfare and Civilization
- By: Jeremy Armstrong
- Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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Before the Romans could become masters of the Mediterranean, they had to first conquer the people of their own peninsula. This book explores the origins of Roman imperialism and the creation of Rome's early Italian empire, bringing new light and interpretations to this important but problematic period in Roman history. It explains how and why the Romans were able to expand their influence within Italy, often through the use of armed conflict, laying the foundations for their great imperial project.
By: Jeremy Armstrong
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Nations in Arms
- Five Armies That Made Europe
- By: Sir Barney White-Spunner
- Narrated by: Chris Courtenay
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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The most important task of any government remains the defence of its state and its citizens. Traditionally governments have used armed forces to do this. World events and comparative peace in Europe since 1989 have led most European governments to lose their focus on defence. However, recent events have proved that war is now as nasty, violent, destructive and prevalent as it has ever been, and governments need to fundamentally re-think their relationship with armies and soldiers.
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Counting on Death
- A Marine Infantryman's Journey from the Front Lines of Combat to the Fight for Peace
- By: Joshua Shores
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
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Joshua Shores was just nineteen years old when he deployed to Iraq in 2005. A Midwestern kid raised in a close-knit, supportive family, he had developed a strong sense of duty and honor. Both sides of his family had proudly served their country, fostering a legacy of service that would guide his own path. Serving in Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Shores was a teenager among battle-hardened peers, far removed from the naïve assumptions of war that he had once held.
By: Joshua Shores
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Auschwitz. En beskrivelse
- By: Peter Langwithz Smith
- Narrated by: Jesper Bøllehuus
- Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins
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Koncentrationslejren Auschwitz er symbolet på Tysklands og Europas store kollektive traume. Det er en nøgtern, men grundig beskrivelse og gennemgang af historien bag Auschwitz: Om de mennesker, der blev fængslet i lejrene, om forbrydelserne og dagligdagen og om processerne, der fulgte i kølvandet på anden verdenskrigs afslutning.
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La grande storia della prima guerra mondiale
- By: Martin Gilbert, Carla Lazzari - traduttore
- Narrated by: Toni Mazzara
- Length: 35 hrs and 7 mins
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La guerra del 1914-1918 fu il primo conflitto che coinvolse tutti i paesi d'Europa. Due possenti coalizioni, l'Intesa (Gran Bretagna, Francia e Russia) e gli imperi centrali (Germania e Austria-Ungheria), si misurarono in uno scontro tanto violento quanto logorante. In termini di costi economici e umani - nove milioni di morti - i quattro anni di combattimenti ebbero sulle potenze belligeranti un effetto disastroso.
By: Martin Gilbert, and others
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Sun Tzu's the Art of War
- By: Sun Tzu, Kevin Theis - editor, Lionel Giles - translator
- Narrated by: Mark Lancaster
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
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In this treatise, Sun Tzu lays out his basic philosophy of how to wage military campaigns, including a description of the correct temperament of a general, flanking and attack strategies, the use of spies, the employment of deception and counter-intelligence and dozens of other time-honored pieces of military advice. The book has been studied by scores of leaders, presidents, generals and even corporate titans and Sun Tzu is often praised as the finest military strategist in history.
By: Sun Tzu, and others
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The Kennedys at Cape Cod, 1944
- The Summer That Changed Everything
- By: Leigh Straw
- Narrated by: Patricia Rodriguez
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
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The Kennedys considered their home in Hyannis Port, Cape Cod, 'The big white house', to be a haven from their busy lives. Yet in the summer of 1944, against the backdrop of WWII, the events that unfolded for them there changed the family forever. Following these events as they played out over the summer of 1944, it culminates with the event that would change them forever: the tragic death of Joe Jr.
By: Leigh Straw
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La orquesta de mujeres de Auschwitz
- By: Anne Sebba
- Narrated by: Diana Huicochea
- Length: 13 hrs and 15 mins
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En 1943, los oficiales de la SS alemana a cargo del campo de concentración Auschwitz-Birkenau ordenaron la formación de una orquesta entre las prisioneras. Durante nueve meses cruciales, entre 1943 y 1944, Alma Rosé, virtuosa violinista y sobrina de Gustav Mahler, reclutó y dirigió a las mejores intérpretes entre la vasta población cautiva, sin importar la nacionalidad, etnia o lengua materna. Casi cincuenta mujeres y niñas de 11 países integraron esta banda que era obligada a tocar marchas en cualquier condición climática y a dar conciertos semanales para los oficiales nazis.
By: Anne Sebba
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X2 Patrol
- Long Range Desert Group September: November 1943
- By: Capt. John Olivey MC & BAR, Anthony Rogers - introduction
- Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
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John Olivey, an officer in the Long Range Desert Group, saw action in the Western Desert, where he was awarded the Military Cross; he fought in the Dodecanese, for which he was decorated a second time; and saw active service on mainland Greece, and in Istria. In autumn 1943, he was deployed to the Aegean and in October tasked with leading 'Olforce' in an ill-conceived operation to take the island of Levitha. Of some fifty LRDG, he was one of only seven to avoid capture. During the battle for Leros in November, he commanded X2 Patrol at Clidi, a key hilltop position.
By: Capt. John Olivey MC & BAR, and others
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The Real Rommel
- Desert Fox or Nazi Loyalist?
- By: Alastair Penrose
- Narrated by: Paul Wong
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
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Field Marshal Erwin Rommel remains one of the most enigmatic and controversial figures of World War II. Celebrated by some as a brilliant commander and chivalrous adversary, and condemned by others as a willing servant of the Nazi war machine, Rommel's legacy stands at the crossroads of myth and reality. But who was the man behind the legend of the "Desert Fox"?
By: Alastair Penrose
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Strife!
- Europe’s Inevitable and (Un)Avoidable Descent into World War II
- By: John Huber
- Narrated by: Ty Lasky
- Length: 19 hrs and 10 mins
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History is not just a tale of treaties, timelines, and tyrants. It’s a story of people—conflicted, courageous, calculating, and sometimes catastrophically wrong. Strife! pulls listeners deep into Europe’s tumultuous march from the ashes of Napoleon to the thunderclap of September 1939, not through dry recitations of dates, but through the eyes of those who lived, ruled, broke, and burned. Following the companion volume on Asia’s path to war, this second book in the Strife! series dives headfirst into Europe’s long and winding road to World War II.
By: John Huber
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Battle of Britain
- By: World History
- Narrated by: Patrick Warner
- Length: 3 hrs and 30 mins
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In the summer of 1940, darkness was falling over Europe. Led by Winston Churchill, the British rediscovered the virtues that had made a humble people the rulers of the world. In June 1940, Winston Churchill called the battle Britain's "finest hour", and he was right.
By: World History
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Those Who Face Death
- The Untold Story of Special Forces and the Iraqi Kurdish Resistance
- By: Mark Grdovic
- Narrated by: Mark Grdovic
- Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins
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Spring, 2003. A small group of Special Forces and CIA operatives must establish a second front to tie down the Iraqi Army in the north to support the pending US-led invasion in the south. The mission sounds simple. The reality is anything but. The plan is to infiltrate into Iraq ahead of the invasion, link up with the Kurdish Peshmerga, and coordinate their efforts against the Iraqi Army. The Peshmerga, which translates to those who face death, have risen up several times in the recent past, only to be abandoned by the US and subsequently slaughtered by the Iraqi army.
By: Mark Grdovic
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Fascinating Facts About Submarine Crews
- Life Under the Waves (Machines of War: Inside the World’s Most Powerful Military Technology)
- By: Hugh Ravenscroft
- Narrated by: Matthew Humphreys
- Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
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What is it really like to live inside a submerged steel tube for months at a time? Fascinating Facts About Submarine Crews: Life Under the Waves takes you deep into one of the most extreme, demanding, and remarkable environments on Earth—life aboard a military submarine. While submarines are often discussed in terms of stealth, strategy, and technological power, this compelling book focuses on the human story—on the men and women who inhabit these incredible machines and navigate their complexities every single day.
By: Hugh Ravenscroft
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A Military History of Britain, 1914-1945
- By: Liem Gerard
- Narrated by: Liem Gerard
- Length: 26 hrs
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A groundbreaking new account of Britain’s military strategy from 1914 to 1945—spanning both World Wars and the turbulent interwar years—this book offers a comprehensive analysis of how Britain navigated one of the most intense and consequential periods in modern history. Though separated by just two decades, the two global conflicts demanded radically different strategic responses. How did Britain adapt its military planning between and during these wars? And how were high-level decisions shaped by the complex interplay between political leaders and military commanders?
By: Liem Gerard
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Island by Island: The Pacific War in Brutal Detail
- Everything World War 2 - WWII, Book 5
- By: Cyril Marlen
- Narrated by: Lt Col Tom Briggs US Army (ret)
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
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World War II was a truly global conflict, but no theatre of the war tested the limits of human endurance, strategy, and brutality like the Pacific. In Island by Island: The Pacific War in Brutal Detail, author Cyril Marlen delivers a visceral, unflinching account of the long, bitter struggle between Allied forces and the Empire of Japan. This is not a broad-strokes overview—it’s a deep dive into the raw, punishing reality of the Pacific War, told through vivid detail, gripping analysis, and a relentless focus on the battles that defined the ocean-spanning campaign.
By: Cyril Marlen
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The Swimmer of Auschwitz
- The Incredible True Story of the Olympic Hero Who Swam For His Life
- By: Renaud Leblond
- Narrated by: James Meunier
- Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
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Alfred Nakache, a Jewish child from Constantine, never imagined that he would one day swim for France at the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936, nor than he would achieve a world record, as he did in 1941. As a child he was petrified of the water and yet, somehow, through sheer willpower and determination, he rose to become one of the very best swimmers in the world. That was until 1943, when he was banned from the pool - and in the same year, deported and sent to Auschwitz.
By: Renaud Leblond
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The Vietnam War
- America's Longest War
- By: Wayne T. Richards
- Narrated by: B Fike
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
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Journey into the heart of one of the most controversial and complex conflicts in modern history. This gripping account goes beyond surface-level facts to offer a powerful, balanced narrative from both American and Vietnamese perspectives.
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One Dog at a time
- By: Pen Farthing, Raconteurs Audio LLP
- Narrated by: Kerry Hutchinson
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
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In a remote outpost of Now Zad, in Helmand Province, Pen Farthing’s tour of duty will change his life forever, but for entirely unexpected reasons... Appalled by the horrors of a local dog fight, he intervenes to free the victims. One of these dogs finds his way into the Marine compound—and into Pen’s heart. Soon other strays are being drawn to the sanctuary provided by Pen’s makeshift pound. But as his time in Helmand draws to an end, Pen cannot leave the dogs of Now Zad to their own fates. He begins hatching plans to help them escape to a better life.
By: Pen Farthing, and others
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The Roots of Military Science
- Understanding the Intersection of Conflict, Mental Health and Wellness
- By: Dr. Christina Rahm
- Narrated by: Dylan Craven
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
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The Roots of Military Science: Understanding the Intersection of Conflict, Mental Health and Wellness is about the psychology of conflict, the scars conflict leaves behind, and the generational healing that must follow. It is a plea for empathy, a call to learn from the past, and an optimistic blueprint for a future where the pen is mightier than the sword.
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Defying Silence
- The Untold Jewish Strategies of Survival in the Holocaust
- By: Davis Truman
- Narrated by: Steffan Rudiger
- Length: 1 hr and 52 mins
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Discover the hidden stories of courage, resilience, and ingenuity that defy the silence surrounding Jewish survival during the Holocaust. This groundbreaking book uncovers the lesser-known strategies Jewish individuals and families used to endure unimaginable horrors and sustain hope against all odds.
By: Davis Truman
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The SRR: Britain’s Covert Surveillance Regiment
- By: Mick Trenlow-Symes
- Narrated by: Jason M. Palmer
- Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins
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In the evolving landscape of modern warfare, where the enemy may not wear a uniform and the battlefield may be a city street, surveillance has become not just important, but indispensable. At the heart of Britain’s response to this new reality stands one of its most elusive and misunderstood special forces units: the Special Reconnaissance Regiment (SRR). In The SRR: Britain’s Covert Surveillance Regiment, former military intelligence officer and historian Mick Trenlow-Symes pulls back the curtain—if only slightly—on this shadowy arm of UK Special Forces.