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Stephen Fry's Edwardian Secrets
- Written by: Stephen Fry, John Woolf, Nick Baker
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 28
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Perhaps thanks to TV period dramas, the popular imagination may picture the Edwardian era as an idyllic window between the wars, a time of manners and tea on the lawn. But below the surface lies a frenetic and often bizarre age where scientific leaps forward went hand in hand with belief in fairies, and secrets of sex, lies and murder simmered. Across 12 episodes, in this sequel to his Victorian Secrets, Stephen Fry uncovers some of the startling and unexpected hidden histories of the Edwardians.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I love this series
- By Michael Myhre on 2023-08-11
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Auschwitz
- A Doctor's Eyewitness Account
- Written by: Richard Seaver - translator, Tibere Kremer - translator, Miklos Nyiszli
- Narrated by: Noah Michael Levine
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 133
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 117
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Story5 out of 5 stars 117
When the Nazis invaded Hungary in 1944, they sent virtually the entire Jewish population to Auschwitz. A Jew and a medical doctor, the prisoner Dr. Miklos Nyiszli was spared death for a grimmer fate: to perform "scientific research" on his fellow inmates under the supervision of the man who became known as the infamous "Angel of Death" - Dr. Josef Mengele. Nyiszli was named Mengele's personal research pathologist. In that capacity he also served as physician to the Sonderkommando, the Jewish prisoners who worked exclusively in the crematoriums and were routinely executed after four months.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Get through the first chapter.
- By Haley bowden-buist on 2021-03-01
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Auschwitz
- A Doctor's Eyewitness Account
- Narrated by: Noah Michael Levine
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 2013-08-31
- Language: English
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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 146
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 133
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Story5 out of 5 stars 132
Over the past two decades, Antony Beevor has established himself as one of the world's premier historians of World War II. His multi-award winning books have included Stalingrad and The Fall of Berlin 1945. Now, in his newest and most ambitious book, he turns his focus to one of the bloodiest and most tragic events of the twentieth century, The Second World War. Thrillingly written and brilliantly researched, Beevor's provocative account is destined to become the definitive work on World War II.
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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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The Second World War
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 39 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 2012-06-20
- Language: English
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The Nuremberg Trial
- Written by: John Tusa, Ann Tusa
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
- Length: 25 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 127
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 108
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Here is a gripping account of the major postwar trial of the Nazi hierarchy in World War II. The Nuremberg Trial brilliantly recreates the trial proceedings and offers a reasoned, often profound examination of the processes that created international law. From the whimpering of Kaltenbrunner and Ribbentrop on the stand to the icy coolness of Goering, each participant is vividly drawn.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Informative (if a little dry) Book. Two Pearls:
- By Langer MD on 2022-09-27
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The Nuremberg Trial
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
- Length: 25 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 2013-02-15
- Language: English
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The Invention of Science
- A New History of the Scientific Revolution
- Written by: David Wootton
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 22 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
In this fascinating history spanning continents and centuries, historian David Wootton offers a lively defense of science, revealing why the Scientific Revolution was truly the greatest event in our history. The Invention of Science goes back 500 years in time to chronicle this crucial transformation, exploring the factors that led to its birth and the people who made it happen. Wootton argues that the Scientific Revolution was actually five separate yet concurrent events that developed independently.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good
- By Eugenius Radius on 2018-01-02
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The Invention of Science
- A New History of the Scientific Revolution
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 22 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 2016-04-19
- Language: English
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The First World War
- A Complete History
- Written by: Martin Gilbert
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 33 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 53
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Story5 out of 5 stars 46
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: Many of the horrors we live with today are rooted in the First World War. The Great War left millions of civilians and soldiers maimed or dead. It also saw the creation of new technologies of destruction: tanks, planes, and submarines; machine guns and field artillery; poison gas and chemical warfare.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Eye opening
- By Xyo on 2022-07-25
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The First World War
- A Complete History
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 33 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 2020-05-12
- Language: English
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Mark Twain
- Written by: Ron Chernow
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 44 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow illuminates the full, fascinating, and complex life of the writer long celebrated as the father of American literature, Mark Twain.
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Mark Twain
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 44 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 2025-05-13
- Language: English
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The Rising Sun
- The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945
- Written by: John Toland
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 41 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 66
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Story5 out of 5 stars 48
This Pulitzer Prize-winning history of World War II chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of the Japanese empire, from the invasion of Manchuria and China to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Told from the Japanese perspective, The Rising Sun is, in the author’s words, "a factual saga of people caught up in the flood of the most overwhelming war of mankind, told as it happened - muddled, ennobling, disgraceful, frustrating, full of paradox."
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5 out of 5 stars
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A compelling, very informative book
- By Armstrong on 2023-05-07
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The Rising Sun
- The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 41 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 2014-06-27
- Language: English
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Blood and Iron
- The Rise and Fall of the German Empire; 1871-1918
- Written by: Katja Hoyer
- Narrated by: Natasha Soudek
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 4
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4
Before 1871, Germany was not yet a nation but simply an idea. Its founder, Otto von Bismarck, had a formidable task at hand. How would he bring 39 individual states under the yoke of a single Kaiser? How would he convince proud Prussians, Bavarians, and Rhinelanders to become Germans? Once united, could the young European nation wield enough power to rival the empires of Britain and France - all without destroying itself in the process?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Iron and blood
- By Amazon Customer on 2023-01-25
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Blood and Iron
- The Rise and Fall of the German Empire; 1871-1918
- Narrated by: Natasha Soudek
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 2021-12-07
- Language: English
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The Napoleonic Wars
- Written by: Alexander Mikaberidze
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 35 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 17
The Napoleonic Wars saw fighting on an unprecedented scale in Europe and the Americas. It took the wealth of the British Empire, combined with the might of the continental armies, almost two decades to bring down one of the world's greatest military leaders and the empire that he had created. Napoleon's ultimate defeat was to determine the history of Europe for almost 100 years. From the frozen wastelands of Russia, through the brutal fighting in the Peninsula to the blood-soaked battlefield of Waterloo, this book tells the story of the dramatic rise and fall of the Napoleonic Empire.
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5 out of 5 stars
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informative and broad.
- By bill on 2021-03-11
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The Napoleonic Wars
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 35 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 2020-12-17
- Language: English
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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 67
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Story5 out of 5 stars 63
A sweeping narrative history of the events leading to 9/11, a groundbreaking look at the people and ideas, the terrorist plans and the Western intelligence failures that culminated in the assault on America. Lawrence Wright's remarkable book is based on five years of research and hundreds of interviews that he conducted in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sudan, England, France, Germany, Spain, and the United States.
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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
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The Looming Tower
- Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
- Narrated by: Lawrence Wright
- Length: 16 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 2017-05-16
- Language: English
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We Few
- US Special Forces in Vietnam
- Written by: Nick Brokhausen
- Narrated by: George Spelvin
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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A Green Beret's gripping memoir of American Special Forces in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Incredible book
- By Jonny on 2020-07-03
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We Few
- US Special Forces in Vietnam
- Narrated by: George Spelvin
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 2018-10-30
- Language: English
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Stalin, Volume I
- Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928
- Written by: Stephen Kotkin
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
- Length: 38 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 60
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 51
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Volume One of Stalin begins and ends in January 1928 as Stalin boards a train bound for Siberia, about to embark upon the greatest gamble of his political life. He is now the ruler of the largest country in the world, but a poor and backward one, far behind the great capitalist countries in industrial and military power, encircled on all sides. In Siberia, Stalin conceives of the largest program of social reengineering ever attempted.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant
- By Vladimir Zhivov on 2020-09-01
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Stalin, Volume I
- Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
- Series: Stalin, Book 1
- Length: 38 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 2014-12-04
- Language: English
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The Second World Wars
- How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won
- Written by: Victor Davis Hanson
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 23 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Story5 out of 5 stars 25
The Second World Wars examines how combat unfolded in the air, at sea, and on land to show how distinct conflicts among disparate combatants coalesced into one interconnected global war. Drawing on 3,000 years of military history, Victor Davis Hanson argues that despite its novel industrial barbarity, neither the war's origins nor its geography were unusual. Nor was its ultimate outcome surprising. The Axis powers were well prepared to win limited border conflicts, but once they blundered into global war, they had no hope of victory.
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5 out of 5 stars
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VDH is person I respect his character and intent.
- By Eric McAuley on 2021-06-06
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The Second World Wars
- How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 23 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 2018-12-25
- Language: English
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About Face
- Written by: Colonel David H. Hackworth US Army Ret., Julie Sherman
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 40 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 204
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 176
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From age 15 to 40, David Hackworth devoted himself to the US Army and fast became a living legend. In 1971, however, he appeared on television to decry the doomed war effort in Vietnam. With About Face, he has written what many Vietnam veterans have called the most important book of their generation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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awesome
- By The bestest friends on 2021-07-12
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About Face
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 40 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 2019-07-02
- Language: English
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Imperial Twilight
- The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age
- Written by: Stephen R. Platt
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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As one of the most potent turning points in the country's modern history, the Opium War has since come to stand for everything that today's China seeks to put behind it. In this dramatic, epic story, award-winning historian Stephen Platt sheds new light on the early attempts by Western traders and missionaries to "open" China even as China's imperial rulers were struggling to manage their country's decline and Confucian scholars grappled with how to use foreign trade to China's advantage.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Well written but not the story I was hoping for
- By Simon on 2022-02-03
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Imperial Twilight
- The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 2018-05-15
- Language: English
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Leave No Man Behind
- The Untold Story of the Rangers’ Unrelenting Search for Marcus Luttrell, the Navy SEAL Lone Survivor in Afghanistan
- Written by: Dr. Tony Brooks
- Narrated by: Chris Abell
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Leave No Man Behind is a story of courage, perseverance, and patriotism behind the 75th Army Rangers’ rescue mission following one of the deadliest Special Operations incidents in Afghanistan - a grueling search for 12 Navy SEAL casualties and eight downed Night Stalkers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good book
- By Rodney Wingrove on 2025-06-16
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Leave No Man Behind
- The Untold Story of the Rangers’ Unrelenting Search for Marcus Luttrell, the Navy SEAL Lone Survivor in Afghanistan
- Narrated by: Chris Abell
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 2021-08-10
- Language: English
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Agent Sonya
- Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy
- Written by: Ben Macintyre
- Narrated by: Ben Macintyre
- Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 125
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In 1942, in a quiet village in the leafy English Cotswolds, a thin, elegant woman lived in a small cottage with her three children and her husband, who worked as a machinist nearby. Ursula Burton was friendly but reserved, and spoke English with a slight foreign accent. By all accounts, she seemed to be living a simple, unassuming life. Her neighbors in the village knew little about her. They didn’t know that she was a high-ranking Soviet intelligence officer. They didn’t know that her husband was also a spy, or that she was running powerful agents across Europe.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Work-life balance gone awry
- By andrew on 2020-10-21
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Agent Sonya
- Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy
- Narrated by: Ben Macintyre
- Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 2020-09-15
- Language: English
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The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Volume I: Visions of Glory 1874-1932
- Written by: William Manchester
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 41 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Winston Churchill is perhaps the most important political figure of the 20th century. His great oratory and leadership during the Second World War were only part of his huge breadth of experience and achievement. Studying his life is a fascinating way to imbibe the history of his era and gain insight into key events that have shaped our time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant
- By Anonymous on 2023-02-10
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The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Volume I: Visions of Glory 1874-1932
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Series: Last Lion, Book 1
- Length: 41 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 2007-12-12
- Language: English
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Gulag
- A History
- Written by: Anne Applebaum
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 27 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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The Gulag - a vast array of Soviet concentration camps that held millions of political and criminal prisoners - was a system of repression and punishment that terrorized the entire society, embodying the worst tendencies of Soviet communism. In this magisterial and acclaimed history, Anne Applebaum offers the first fully documented portrait of the Gulag, from its origins in the Russian Revolution, through its expansion under Stalin, to its collapse in the era of glasnost.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Essential reading in today's times
- By Kendall L. Harding on 2022-04-10
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Gulag
- A History
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 27 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 2012-03-15
- Language: English
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