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If you do not want your audiobook to be in the podcast please send us an email to info@thebookvoice.com.]]>enArtsCopyright Vidal Collinshttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/53b36f29f7efb2cacd8d9b4cd431295d.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/listen-to-trending-full-audiobooks-in-biography-memoir-military--6571176Tue, 25 Mar 2025 08:06:34 +0000Vidal CollinsVidal Collinsfeeds@spreaker.comPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/226/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Do you love Horror, Mystery stories, or want to learn about Astronomy & Physics? Our library with over 500,000+...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/226/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Do you love Horror, Mystery stories, or want to learn about Astronomy & Physics? Our library with over 500,000+ audiobooks will meet all your needs. Get 3 free audiobooks right away and start your journey of exploration. Easily listen to books on iPhone, iPad, Android, and other devices. Let audiobooks become your reliable companion! Note: The authors receive royalties paid by the audiobook service provider for this free offer. If you do not want your audiobook to be in the podcast please send us an email to info@thebookvoice.com.]]>cleanepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/oct-7-the-war-against-hamas-through-the-eyes-of-an-israeli-commando-officer-by-capt-elkana-kuno-cohen--65097458https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/818766 to listen full audiobooks. Title: OCT 7: The War Against Hamas Through the Eyes of an Israeli Commando Officer Author: Capt. Elkana (Kuno) Cohen Narrator: Neil Shah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 40 minutes Release date: November 12, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: On the morning of October 7, 2023, Israelis awoke to a harrowing reality. Not only were hundreds of rockets being launched from Gaza into Israeli population centers, but the security border had also been breached by several thousand Hamas terrorists. Carnage, not seen since the Second World War, ensued. Elkana Cohen, Captain of an Elite Commando Unit was called, along with thousands of other reservists, to prepare for war. One that will have to ensure nothing less than Israel's survival. In notebooks he found on the ground in the streets of Gaza, Cohen began writing a diary. Every day, he candidly documented the sights of the war. From an honest, precise, and fluid first-person perspective, Cohen presents the feeling and story of the war from the eyes of the heroes who were there: the dust, the sweat, the brotherhood, the longing, and the awful smell of death and destruction. Cohen's writing poignantly describes his relationships with his fellow comrades, the mass arrests of terrorists, the homes of Hamas members, the story of the fallen soldiers, and the desperate hope to bring the hundreds of Israeli hostages home. OCT 7 is not only the story of one Israeli officer, but it is also the narrative of an entire nation. A nation that stepped up without a moment's hesitation to face an existential challenge with a sense of purpose and mission.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/818766Tue, 12 Nov 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/818766 to listen full audiobooks. Title: OCT 7: The War Against Hamas Through the Eyes of an Israeli Commando Officer Author: Capt. Elkana (Kuno) Cohen Narrator: Neil Shah Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/818766 to listen full audiobooks. Title: OCT 7: The War Against Hamas Through the Eyes of an Israeli Commando Officer Author: Capt. Elkana (Kuno) Cohen Narrator: Neil Shah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 40 minutes Release date: November 12, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: On the morning of October 7, 2023, Israelis awoke to a harrowing reality. Not only were hundreds of rockets being launched from Gaza into Israeli population centers, but the security border had also been breached by several thousand Hamas terrorists. Carnage, not seen since the Second World War, ensued. Elkana Cohen, Captain of an Elite Commando Unit was called, along with thousands of other reservists, to prepare for war. One that will have to ensure nothing less than Israel's survival. In notebooks he found on the ground in the streets of Gaza, Cohen began writing a diary. Every day, he candidly documented the sights of the war. From an honest, precise, and fluid first-person perspective, Cohen presents the feeling and story of the war from the eyes of the heroes who were there: the dust, the sweat, the brotherhood, the longing, and the awful smell of death and destruction. Cohen's writing poignantly describes his relationships with his fellow comrades, the mass arrests of terrorists, the homes of Hamas members, the story of the fallen soldiers, and the desperate hope to bring the hundreds of Israeli hostages home. OCT 7 is not only the story of one Israeli officer, but it is also the narrative of an entire nation. A nation that stepped up without a moment's hesitation to face an existential challenge with a sense of purpose and mission.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/american-heroes-by-james-patterson--65097446https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/757171 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Heroes Author: James Patterson Narrator: Joe Mantegna Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 59 minutes Release date: November 7, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. ‘Life has no meaning unless it’s lived for the benefit of future generations’ Crafted from original interviews, American Heroes tells the vivid, authentic stories of the veterans who give themselves – and even their lives – serving in overseas conflict from World War Two to Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. Outnumbered, under pressure and under fire, these men and women exhibited extraordinary selflessness, camaraderie and patriotism. For their service and sacrifice, they earned the US military’s highest awards for valour. In this powerful collection of never-before-told stories, James Patterson and First Sergeant U.S. Army (Ret.) Matt Eversmann salute America’s most courageous military heroes. PRAISE FOR JAMES PATTERSON 'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades.' LEE CHILD 'James Patterson is The Boss. End of.' IAN RANKIN 'The master storyteller of our times' HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON 'One of the greatest storytellers of all time' PATRICIA CORNWELL 'Patterson is in a class by himself' GUARDIAN © James Patterson 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/757171Thu, 07 Nov 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/757171 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Heroes Author: James Patterson Narrator: Joe Mantegna Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 59 minutes Release date: November 7, 2024...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/757171 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Heroes Author: James Patterson Narrator: Joe Mantegna Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 59 minutes Release date: November 7, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. ‘Life has no meaning unless it’s lived for the benefit of future generations’ Crafted from original interviews, American Heroes tells the vivid, authentic stories of the veterans who give themselves – and even their lives – serving in overseas conflict from World War Two to Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. Outnumbered, under pressure and under fire, these men and women exhibited extraordinary selflessness, camaraderie and patriotism. For their service and sacrifice, they earned the US military’s highest awards for valour. In this powerful collection of never-before-told stories, James Patterson and First Sergeant U.S. Army (Ret.) Matt Eversmann salute America’s most courageous military heroes. PRAISE FOR JAMES PATTERSON 'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades.' LEE CHILD 'James Patterson is The Boss. End of.' IAN RANKIN 'The master storyteller of our times' HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON 'One of the greatest storytellers of all time' PATRICIA CORNWELL 'Patterson is in a class by himself' GUARDIAN © James Patterson 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-melting-point-high-command-and-war-in-the-21st-century-by-gen-kenneth-f-mckenzie-jr-usmc-ret--65097481https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/805205 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Melting Point: High Command and War in the 21st Century Author: Gen. Kenneth F. Mckenzie Jr. Usmc (ret). Narrator: Charles Constant Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 5 minutes Release date: October 29, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: General Frank McKenzie oversaw some of the most important—and controversial operations in modern US military history. The Melting Point has three themes. The first one is the importance of the primacy of civilian control of the military. It has become widely perceived that this control has been eroded over the years. General McKenzie doesn't believe that to be the case, arguing that the civ-mil relationship isn't perfect, but it doesn't have to be. It is, however, more durable than many believe, and is supported and embraced by the military. The second theme is the uniqueness of being a combatant commander. Combatant commanders participate in the development of policy, as junior partners. They are also responsible for the execution of policy—very different than the role of a service chief, or the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. None of these officers are in the chain of command, and they have no ultimate, mortal responsibility or authority for execution. Only the combatant commander stands astride the boundary of decision-making and execution. Finally, the third theme that McKenzie argues is that leaders matter, and the decisions they make have a profound effect on what happens on the battlefield. McKenzie provides an honest assessment of his time in command—describing decisions that were sound, as well as some outcomes he wishes were different.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/805205Tue, 29 Oct 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/805205 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Melting Point: High Command and War in the 21st Century Author: Gen. Kenneth F. Mckenzie Jr. Usmc (ret). Narrator: Charles Constant Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/805205 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Melting Point: High Command and War in the 21st Century Author: Gen. Kenneth F. Mckenzie Jr. Usmc (ret). Narrator: Charles Constant Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 5 minutes Release date: October 29, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: General Frank McKenzie oversaw some of the most important—and controversial operations in modern US military history. The Melting Point has three themes. The first one is the importance of the primacy of civilian control of the military. It has become widely perceived that this control has been eroded over the years. General McKenzie doesn't believe that to be the case, arguing that the civ-mil relationship isn't perfect, but it doesn't have to be. It is, however, more durable than many believe, and is supported and embraced by the military. The second theme is the uniqueness of being a combatant commander. Combatant commanders participate in the development of policy, as junior partners. They are also responsible for the execution of policy—very different than the role of a service chief, or the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. None of these officers are in the chain of command, and they have no ultimate, mortal responsibility or authority for execution. Only the combatant commander stands astride the boundary of decision-making and execution. Finally, the third theme that McKenzie argues is that leaders matter, and the decisions they make have a profound effect on what happens on the battlefield. McKenzie provides an honest assessment of his time in command—describing decisions that were sound, as well as some outcomes he wishes were different.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/surviving-three-shermans-with-the-3rd-armored-division-into-the-battle-of-the-bulge-what-i-didn-t-tell-mother-about-my-war-by-walter-bosto--65097473https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/818397 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Surviving Three Shermans: With the 3rd Armored Division into the Battle of the Bulge: What I Didn’t Tell Mother About My War Author: Walter Boston Stitt Jr. Narrator: Danny Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 20 minutes Release date: October 29, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In 1943, eighteen-year-old Walter Stitt enlisted in the US Army, ready to serve his country. From his time in basic training at Fort Polk in Louisiana, throughout his time as a tank gunner in the 33rd Armored Regiment, to his post-injury service in England, he wrote home to the family he had left at home. Unbeknown to him, his mother carefully numbered and saved the letters, treasuring them until her death. This book brings together the very different two versions of Walter's war: the version that a teenage soldier could reveal to his parents and younger siblings without scaring them or invoking the censor's pen, and the full and often terrifying details of serving as a tank loader and gunner in France, Belgium, and Germany, remembered so clearly eighty years later. Walter explains the forced omissions and partial truths his teenage self offered to comfort his family while he survived the destruction of three Sherman tanks, the death of three crew members, and two wounds. Coming from West Virginia, Walter's Appalachian roots and values are apparent through the memories he held dear as a soldier and the values he clung to while fighting in one of the darkest periods of human history. His memoir recounts his experiences of serving during World War II while honoring those who served and made the ultimate sacrifice.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/818397Tue, 29 Oct 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/818397 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Surviving Three Shermans: With the 3rd Armored Division into the Battle of the Bulge: What I Didn’t Tell Mother About My War Author: Walter Boston...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/818397 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Surviving Three Shermans: With the 3rd Armored Division into the Battle of the Bulge: What I Didn’t Tell Mother About My War Author: Walter Boston Stitt Jr. Narrator: Danny Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 20 minutes Release date: October 29, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In 1943, eighteen-year-old Walter Stitt enlisted in the US Army, ready to serve his country. From his time in basic training at Fort Polk in Louisiana, throughout his time as a tank gunner in the 33rd Armored Regiment, to his post-injury service in England, he wrote home to the family he had left at home. Unbeknown to him, his mother carefully numbered and saved the letters, treasuring them until her death. This book brings together the very different two versions of Walter's war: the version that a teenage soldier could reveal to his parents and younger siblings without scaring them or invoking the censor's pen, and the full and often terrifying details of serving as a tank loader and gunner in France, Belgium, and Germany, remembered so clearly eighty years later. Walter explains the forced omissions and partial truths his teenage self offered to comfort his family while he survived the destruction of three Sherman tanks, the death of three crew members, and two wounds. Coming from West Virginia, Walter's Appalachian roots and values are apparent through the memories he held dear as a soldier and the values he clung to while fighting in one of the darkest periods of human history. His memoir recounts his experiences of serving during World War II while honoring those who served and made the ultimate sacrifice.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-m-just-a-supply-sgt-my-life-and-vietnam-war-experience-by-donald-m-stout--65097471https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/825272 to listen full audiobooks. Title: “I’m Just a Supply Sgt.”: My Life and Vietnam War Experience Author: Donald M. Stout Narrator: David de Vries Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 2 minutes Release date: October 29, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: I'm Just a Supply Sgt. is a compelling narrative of the Vietnam War with a very personal, psychological perspective that is difficult to find in most histories. Don Stout's ability to comprehend and record his feelings during the war, and his struggles after the war, provide not only a window into the suffering of many veterans but also a tool for catharsis for those afflicted with PTSD. Without a doubt, Don's story provides one of the most unique perspectives on the war and is not only a history of his service but a psychological epic.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/825272Tue, 29 Oct 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/825272 to listen full audiobooks. Title: “I’m Just a Supply Sgt.”: My Life and Vietnam War Experience Author: Donald M. Stout Narrator: David de Vries Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/825272 to listen full audiobooks. Title: “I’m Just a Supply Sgt.”: My Life and Vietnam War Experience Author: Donald M. Stout Narrator: David de Vries Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 2 minutes Release date: October 29, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: I'm Just a Supply Sgt. is a compelling narrative of the Vietnam War with a very personal, psychological perspective that is difficult to find in most histories. Don Stout's ability to comprehend and record his feelings during the war, and his struggles after the war, provide not only a window into the suffering of many veterans but also a tool for catharsis for those afflicted with PTSD. Without a doubt, Don's story provides one of the most unique perspectives on the war and is not only a history of his service but a psychological epic.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sas-duty-before-glory-the-true-wwii-story-of-sas-original-reg-seekings-by-anthony-rushmer--65097442https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/816164 to listen full audiobooks. Title: SAS: Duty Before Glory: The True WWII Story of SAS Original Reg Seekings Author: Anthony Rushmer Narrator: Jonathan Keeble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 24, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The biography of remarkable SAS Original Reg Seekings, from his humble beginnings in the Cambridgeshire Fens to his instrumental role in the success of the SAS during the Second World War. Starting at the very bottom of the ranks, Seekings was a farm labourer's son who climbed from private to squadron sergeant-major and became one of the British Army's most highly decorated non-commissioned officers of the Second World War. In short, Seekings was an ordinary man who did extraordinary things. His is a remarkable story – one of fierce ambition, camaraderie, inner strength and heroism as he transcended humble beginnings in the Fen fields of Cambridgeshire. And he was there from the very first day of the SAS, which was born in the late summer of 1941.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/816164Thu, 24 Oct 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/816164 to listen full audiobooks. Title: SAS: Duty Before Glory: The True WWII Story of SAS Original Reg Seekings Author: Anthony Rushmer Narrator: Jonathan Keeble Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/816164 to listen full audiobooks. Title: SAS: Duty Before Glory: The True WWII Story of SAS Original Reg Seekings Author: Anthony Rushmer Narrator: Jonathan Keeble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 24, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The biography of remarkable SAS Original Reg Seekings, from his humble beginnings in the Cambridgeshire Fens to his instrumental role in the success of the SAS during the Second World War. Starting at the very bottom of the ranks, Seekings was a farm labourer's son who climbed from private to squadron sergeant-major and became one of the British Army's most highly decorated non-commissioned officers of the Second World War. In short, Seekings was an ordinary man who did extraordinary things. His is a remarkable story – one of fierce ambition, camaraderie, inner strength and heroism as he transcended humble beginnings in the Fen fields of Cambridgeshire. And he was there from the very first day of the SAS, which was born in the late summer of 1941.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/patton-s-shadow-the-making-of-a-hero-in-modern-memory-by-nathan-c-jones--65097497https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/812533 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Patton's Shadow: The Making of a Hero in Modern Memory Author: Nathan C. Jones Narrator: Kent Klineman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 32 minutes Release date: October 19, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Patton's Shadow by Nathan C. Jones, a leading authority on George S. Patton, offers a definitive account of the creation of the Patton legend and what it illuminates about American culture and the worship of heroes. Jones traces how the persona of Patton, a brash and brilliant general in the European theater of World War II, transcended the individual man and became a cultural icon and byword for triumphal American might. Patton was a hero lionized and celebrated in his own time. Patton as well as the US Army cultivated his persona during and after the war. His image was used to promote patriotism, commercial goods, and military recruitment. The 1970 Academy Award-winning film starring George C. Scott cemented his iconic image for millions of Americans, further embellishing Patton's persona and introducing him to entirely new generations of young Americans. Patton's Shadow is an intellectually omnivorous tour de force that draws on ideas about heroes from sources as timeless as ancient mythology and as contemporary as Abraham Maslow, Max Weber, and Carl Jung. Jones artfully locates the honored altar that heroes occupy in the human heart and then answers insightful questions about what America's embrace of Patton in particular as a military hero illuminates about the United States, about Patton's generation, and about our own.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/812533Sat, 19 Oct 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/812533 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Patton's Shadow: The Making of a Hero in Modern Memory Author: Nathan C. Jones Narrator: Kent Klineman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 32...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/812533 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Patton's Shadow: The Making of a Hero in Modern Memory Author: Nathan C. Jones Narrator: Kent Klineman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 32 minutes Release date: October 19, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Patton's Shadow by Nathan C. Jones, a leading authority on George S. Patton, offers a definitive account of the creation of the Patton legend and what it illuminates about American culture and the worship of heroes. Jones traces how the persona of Patton, a brash and brilliant general in the European theater of World War II, transcended the individual man and became a cultural icon and byword for triumphal American might. Patton was a hero lionized and celebrated in his own time. Patton as well as the US Army cultivated his persona during and after the war. His image was used to promote patriotism, commercial goods, and military recruitment. The 1970 Academy Award-winning film starring George C. Scott cemented his iconic image for millions of Americans, further embellishing Patton's persona and introducing him to entirely new generations of young Americans. Patton's Shadow is an intellectually omnivorous tour de force that draws on ideas about heroes from sources as timeless as ancient mythology and as contemporary as Abraham Maslow, Max Weber, and Carl Jung. Jones artfully locates the honored altar that heroes occupy in the human heart and then answers insightful questions about what America's embrace of Patton in particular as a military hero illuminates about the United States, about Patton's generation, and about our own.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-the-sky-is-no-limit-eine-jetpilotin-uber-krisenkompetenz-schnelle-entscheidungen-und-neue-horizonte-10-wege-zum-erfolg-in-job-u--65097436https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/829635 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - The Sky is No Limit: Eine Jetpilotin über Krisenkompetenz, schnelle Entscheidungen und neue Horizonte 10 Wege zum Erfolg in Job und Alltag Author: Nicola Winter Narrator: Nicola Winter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 33 minutes Release date: October 16, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Was kann passieren, wenn du mal richtig Gas gibst?' Nicola Winter findet es heraus: Als eine der ersten Jetpilotinnen Deutschlands verwirklicht sie ihren Traum, das Fliegen zum Beruf zu machen. Sie lernt, in Extremsituationen ruhig zu bleiben und erkennt, dass die Fähigkeiten, die im Cockpit entscheidend sind, auch im Berufs- und Alltagsleben zum Erfolg führen. Mit Klugheit und Humor teilt Nicola Winter ihre Erfahrungen und beantwortet zentrale Fragen ihres Lebens- und Berufswegs: Ist es möglich, einen neuen Job ohne Talent zu beginnen? Wie meistert man die Herausforderungen als Neuling im Team? Warum sind Nachbesprechungen so wertvoll? Was hält ein Team aus Individualisten zusammen? Und wie kann ein Fluch zur richtigen Zeit Wunder wirken? In zehn inspirierenden Lektionen zeigt sie, worauf es ankommt, um sich selbst und andere in schwierigen Zeiten zu Resilienz und Höchstleistungen zu führen – stets nach dem Motto: Ausprobieren, Lehren ziehen und weitermachen! »Dieses Buch motiviert und begeistert bis zum letzten Kapitel.« Prof. Dr. Dr. Philipp Merkt, Professor für Führung und Krisenmanagement]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/829635Wed, 16 Oct 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/829635 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - The Sky is No Limit: Eine Jetpilotin über Krisenkompetenz, schnelle Entscheidungen und neue Horizonte 10 Wege zum Erfolg in Job und Alltag...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/829635 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - The Sky is No Limit: Eine Jetpilotin über Krisenkompetenz, schnelle Entscheidungen und neue Horizonte 10 Wege zum Erfolg in Job und Alltag Author: Nicola Winter Narrator: Nicola Winter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 33 minutes Release date: October 16, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Was kann passieren, wenn du mal richtig Gas gibst?' Nicola Winter findet es heraus: Als eine der ersten Jetpilotinnen Deutschlands verwirklicht sie ihren Traum, das Fliegen zum Beruf zu machen. Sie lernt, in Extremsituationen ruhig zu bleiben und erkennt, dass die Fähigkeiten, die im Cockpit entscheidend sind, auch im Berufs- und Alltagsleben zum Erfolg führen. Mit Klugheit und Humor teilt Nicola Winter ihre Erfahrungen und beantwortet zentrale Fragen ihres Lebens- und Berufswegs: Ist es möglich, einen neuen Job ohne Talent zu beginnen? Wie meistert man die Herausforderungen als Neuling im Team? Warum sind Nachbesprechungen so wertvoll? Was hält ein Team aus Individualisten zusammen? Und wie kann ein Fluch zur richtigen Zeit Wunder wirken? In zehn inspirierenden Lektionen zeigt sie, worauf es ankommt, um sich selbst und andere in schwierigen Zeiten zu Resilienz und Höchstleistungen zu führen – stets nach dem Motto: Ausprobieren, Lehren ziehen und weitermachen! »Dieses Buch motiviert und begeistert bis zum letzten Kapitel.« Prof. Dr. Dr. Philipp Merkt, Professor für Führung und Krisenmanagement]]>185bercleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tough-rugged-bastards-a-memoir-of-a-life-in-marine-special-operations-by-john-a-dailey--65097507https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/812568 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tough Rugged Bastards: A Memoir of a Life in Marine Special Operations Author: John A. Dailey Narrator: Tom Beyer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 20 minutes Release date: October 15, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Following the 9/11 attacks, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld directed the Marine Corps to establish a unit that would answer to US Special Operations Command. The eighty-six-man 'Detachment One' was formed with a two-year charter to train and deploy as a 'proof-of-concept' to assess the viability of a larger Marine Special Operations contribution in support of the Global War on Terror. For such a departure from the norm, a special leader was needed. The Commanding Officer—Colonel Robert J. Coates, a Marine Force Recon legend—was given his pick of personnel. One of the four team leaders he selected was Gunnery Sergeant John A. Dailey. These men built a unit from nothing, trained for unknown missions in an unknown location, and deployed amid controversy and skepticism. Once in Iraq, they were dubbed 'Task Unit Raider' and quickly won over the naysayers who doubted the Marine's ability to operate successfully. This book tells Dailey's story of the creation, training, and volatile 2004 Iraq deployment of Task Unit Raider that led to the creation of the Marine Forces Special Operations Command. Det-1 served as the bridge between the Raiders of WWII and the Marine Raiders of today.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/812568Tue, 15 Oct 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/812568 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tough Rugged Bastards: A Memoir of a Life in Marine Special Operations Author: John A. Dailey Narrator: Tom Beyer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/812568 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tough Rugged Bastards: A Memoir of a Life in Marine Special Operations Author: John A. Dailey Narrator: Tom Beyer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 20 minutes Release date: October 15, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Following the 9/11 attacks, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld directed the Marine Corps to establish a unit that would answer to US Special Operations Command. The eighty-six-man 'Detachment One' was formed with a two-year charter to train and deploy as a 'proof-of-concept' to assess the viability of a larger Marine Special Operations contribution in support of the Global War on Terror. For such a departure from the norm, a special leader was needed. The Commanding Officer—Colonel Robert J. Coates, a Marine Force Recon legend—was given his pick of personnel. One of the four team leaders he selected was Gunnery Sergeant John A. Dailey. These men built a unit from nothing, trained for unknown missions in an unknown location, and deployed amid controversy and skepticism. Once in Iraq, they were dubbed 'Task Unit Raider' and quickly won over the naysayers who doubted the Marine's ability to operate successfully. This book tells Dailey's story of the creation, training, and volatile 2004 Iraq deployment of Task Unit Raider that led to the creation of the Marine Forces Special Operations Command. Det-1 served as the bridge between the Raiders of WWII and the Marine Raiders of today.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/becoming-eisenhower-how-ike-rose-from-obscurity-to-supreme-allied-commander-by-michael-lee-lanning--65097493https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/803921 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Becoming Eisenhower: How Ike Rose from Obscurity to Supreme Allied Commander Author: Michael Lee Lanning Narrator: Adam Barr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 23 minutes Release date: October 15, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: When Dwight Eisenhower graduated from West Point in 1915, few would have predicted he was destined for greatness. Yet the young officer made the most of the opportunities he was given, made a lasting impression on superiors, and eventually gained a reputation as an excellent staff officer. Fifty-nine graduates became generals during World War II, but none of that was clear at the time, especially not for the young Dwight Eisenhower, who graduated sixty-first in a class of 164. During the 1920s into the early 1930s Eisenhower started to catch the eye of superiors and earned positions under the U.S. Army's leading lights. Eisenhower joined the General Staff in Washington, DC, where he helped develop war plans and eventually became deputy chief of staff under George Marshall. When the time came to appoint a commander to execute the plans, Marshall knew Eisenhower was the man for the job. Becoming Eisenhower is the story of a young man who first pursued the army for its free education, the story of an officer who was initially overlooked, the story of how General Eisenhower carried these experiences not only into Supreme Command but also the presidency.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/803921Tue, 15 Oct 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/803921 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Becoming Eisenhower: How Ike Rose from Obscurity to Supreme Allied Commander Author: Michael Lee Lanning Narrator: Adam Barr Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/803921 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Becoming Eisenhower: How Ike Rose from Obscurity to Supreme Allied Commander Author: Michael Lee Lanning Narrator: Adam Barr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 23 minutes Release date: October 15, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: When Dwight Eisenhower graduated from West Point in 1915, few would have predicted he was destined for greatness. Yet the young officer made the most of the opportunities he was given, made a lasting impression on superiors, and eventually gained a reputation as an excellent staff officer. Fifty-nine graduates became generals during World War II, but none of that was clear at the time, especially not for the young Dwight Eisenhower, who graduated sixty-first in a class of 164. During the 1920s into the early 1930s Eisenhower started to catch the eye of superiors and earned positions under the U.S. Army's leading lights. Eisenhower joined the General Staff in Washington, DC, where he helped develop war plans and eventually became deputy chief of staff under George Marshall. When the time came to appoint a commander to execute the plans, Marshall knew Eisenhower was the man for the job. Becoming Eisenhower is the story of a young man who first pursued the army for its free education, the story of an officer who was initially overlooked, the story of how General Eisenhower carried these experiences not only into Supreme Command but also the presidency.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-devil-s-playground-the-story-of-two-charlie-and-the-arghandab-river-valley-by-andrew-bragg--65097470https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/809312 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Devil's Playground: The Story of Two Charlie and the Arghandab River Valley Author: Andrew Bragg Narrator: Kevin P. Mullan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 13 minutes Release date: October 15, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: This book shares the story of the men of Two Charlie and their fight for survival in the Arghandab River Valley, the Devil’s Playground. “The Devil’s Playground” was anything south of the second canal to the men of Charlie Company’s 2nd Platoon—Two Charlie—during their 2009–2010 deployment to the Arghandab River Valley in Afghanistan. The valley had been a notorious hot spot throughout history, with the Russians unable to maintain a foothold in the 80s and Coalition forces now facing the same problem during Operation Enduring Freedom. The Two Charlie paratroopers deployed as part of the 2-508th PIR, Two Fury, of the 82nd Airborne Division, but always seemed to be on their own. They started their deployment attached to Canadian forces in Panjwai but were shortly moved into the Arghandab with one of the battalion’s biggest Areas of Operation. They inherited a bare-bones outpost that they worked hard to turn into the defendable position known as COP Tynes while patrolling the grape fields and orchards of the valley. Little did they know that when the leaves returned to the valley in the spring, so too would the fighting. As the fighting picked up in the valley, the men of Two Charlie continued to sustain casualties as they fought day in and day out. There was never a dull moment in the Arghandab, and the fact that Two Charlie had to patrol, act as a quick reaction force, and secure their outpost on their own ensured that they never stopped. The men were constantly brought to their breaking point as their numbers dwindled and the fighting intensified. The men all started to believe that they weren’t going to make it out of the valley alive. The one rule of the valley would be proved time and time again: in the end, the valley always wins.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/809312Tue, 15 Oct 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/809312 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Devil's Playground: The Story of Two Charlie and the Arghandab River Valley Author: Andrew Bragg Narrator: Kevin P. Mullan Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/809312 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Devil's Playground: The Story of Two Charlie and the Arghandab River Valley Author: Andrew Bragg Narrator: Kevin P. Mullan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 13 minutes Release date: October 15, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: This book shares the story of the men of Two Charlie and their fight for survival in the Arghandab River Valley, the Devil’s Playground. “The Devil’s Playground” was anything south of the second canal to the men of Charlie Company’s 2nd Platoon—Two Charlie—during their 2009–2010 deployment to the Arghandab River Valley in Afghanistan. The valley had been a notorious hot spot throughout history, with the Russians unable to maintain a foothold in the 80s and Coalition forces now facing the same problem during Operation Enduring Freedom. The Two Charlie paratroopers deployed as part of the 2-508th PIR, Two Fury, of the 82nd Airborne Division, but always seemed to be on their own. They started their deployment attached to Canadian forces in Panjwai but were shortly moved into the Arghandab with one of the battalion’s biggest Areas of Operation. They inherited a bare-bones outpost that they worked hard to turn into the defendable position known as COP Tynes while patrolling the grape fields and orchards of the valley. Little did they know that when the leaves returned to the valley in the spring, so too would the fighting. As the fighting picked up in the valley, the men of Two Charlie continued to sustain casualties as they fought day in and day out. There was never a dull moment in the Arghandab, and the fact that Two Charlie had to patrol, act as a quick reaction force, and secure their outpost on their own ensured that they never stopped. The men were constantly brought to their breaking point as their numbers dwindled and the fighting intensified. The men all started to believe that they weren’t going to make it out of the valley alive. The one rule of the valley would be proved time and time again: in the end, the valley always wins.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-freedom-shield-the-191st-assault-helicopter-company-in-vietnam-by-maj-john-d-falcon-ret--65097463https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/817940 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Freedom Shield: The 191st Assault Helicopter Company in Vietnam Author: Maj. John D. Falcon (Ret) Narrator: Shawn Compton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 10 minutes Release date: October 8, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A Vietnam War helicopter pilot shares arresting accounts of flying troops into hot LZs and medevacking the wounded under fire. The Freedom Shield brings together stories of veterans of the 191st Assault Helicopter Company, who were tasked with carrying troops into battle, attacking enemy positions, and evacuating the wounded in their UH-1 Iroquois 'Huey' helicopters. The unit was assembled from a hodgepodge of hand-me-down aircraft, used equipment, and overlooked personnel—its appearance belied the invaluable work the crews of the 191st would undertake during the Vietnam War. This narrative of the Company, told through collected stories of veterans, defines a breed of soldier newly minted in Vietnam: the combat assault-helicopter crewman. The 191st pilots, crews, and support personnel vividly share the details of what it was like to be at war and forced to rely on your fellow crewmembers for your own survival. Their accounts of helicopter combat at the height of the Vietnam conflict accurately recreate the sights and sounds of the battlefields, the fear and horror of watching close friends torn to pieces, and their feelings on returning to base. Their message is infinitely clear: 'The price of freedom is painful.']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/817940Tue, 08 Oct 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/817940 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Freedom Shield: The 191st Assault Helicopter Company in Vietnam Author: Maj. John D. Falcon (Ret) Narrator: Shawn Compton Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/817940 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Freedom Shield: The 191st Assault Helicopter Company in Vietnam Author: Maj. John D. Falcon (Ret) Narrator: Shawn Compton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 10 minutes Release date: October 8, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A Vietnam War helicopter pilot shares arresting accounts of flying troops into hot LZs and medevacking the wounded under fire. The Freedom Shield brings together stories of veterans of the 191st Assault Helicopter Company, who were tasked with carrying troops into battle, attacking enemy positions, and evacuating the wounded in their UH-1 Iroquois 'Huey' helicopters. The unit was assembled from a hodgepodge of hand-me-down aircraft, used equipment, and overlooked personnel—its appearance belied the invaluable work the crews of the 191st would undertake during the Vietnam War. This narrative of the Company, told through collected stories of veterans, defines a breed of soldier newly minted in Vietnam: the combat assault-helicopter crewman. The 191st pilots, crews, and support personnel vividly share the details of what it was like to be at war and forced to rely on your fellow crewmembers for your own survival. Their accounts of helicopter combat at the height of the Vietnam conflict accurately recreate the sights and sounds of the battlefields, the fear and horror of watching close friends torn to pieces, and their feelings on returning to base. Their message is infinitely clear: 'The price of freedom is painful.']]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/task-force-black-the-explosive-true-story-of-the-sas-and-the-secret-war-in-iraq-by-mark-urban--65097443https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/816105 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Task Force Black: The explosive true story of the SAS and the secret war in Iraq Author: Mark Urban Narrator: Mark Urban Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 32 minutes Release date: September 23, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: 'One of the few truly authentic accounts of the modern SAS outside the world of fiction.' THE TIMES 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. Operating out 'The Station' in Bagdad, Task Force Black's role was to hunt down senior members of Al-Qaeda operating in Iraq. Using the latest weaponry, combining with other international special forces units, the group waged a sustained covert campaign against terrorist groups across the county. Combining intelligence with brute force, the SAS went on the attack and had multiple successes, including the killing of several key Al-Qaeda commanders. BBC journalist Mark Urban uncovers the sensational story of this operation and the extraordinary men who carried it out. PRAISE FOR TASK FORCE BLACK 'That Mark Urban, a BBC journalist also known for excellent recent books on the Napoleonic Wars, has been able to tell this story is a testament to his determination and investigative skill. Few reporters succeed in cultivating any sources within the closed world of the British special forces; Urban has found dozens who have spoken with unprecedented candour. The result is gripping and troubling in equal measure and an invaluable addition to the increasingly comprehensive literature on the Iraq war.' Jason Burke, OBSERVER ** 'Urban's book, Task Force Black, deserves to do well. It is the first account, as full as it can be under the circumstances, of the clandestine war waged by the SAS and their Royal Marines equivalent, the SBS, alongside US Delta Force in the height of that murderous war' Kim Sengupta, INDEPENDENT]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/816105Mon, 23 Sep 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/816105 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Task Force Black: The explosive true story of the SAS and the secret war in Iraq Author: Mark Urban Narrator: Mark Urban Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/816105 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Task Force Black: The explosive true story of the SAS and the secret war in Iraq Author: Mark Urban Narrator: Mark Urban Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 32 minutes Release date: September 23, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: 'One of the few truly authentic accounts of the modern SAS outside the world of fiction.' THE TIMES 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. Operating out 'The Station' in Bagdad, Task Force Black's role was to hunt down senior members of Al-Qaeda operating in Iraq. Using the latest weaponry, combining with other international special forces units, the group waged a sustained covert campaign against terrorist groups across the county. Combining intelligence with brute force, the SAS went on the attack and had multiple successes, including the killing of several key Al-Qaeda commanders. BBC journalist Mark Urban uncovers the sensational story of this operation and the extraordinary men who carried it out. PRAISE FOR TASK FORCE BLACK 'That Mark Urban, a BBC journalist also known for excellent recent books on the Napoleonic Wars, has been able to tell this story is a testament to his determination and investigative skill. Few reporters succeed in cultivating any sources within the closed world of the British special forces; Urban has found dozens who have spoken with unprecedented candour. The result is gripping and troubling in equal measure and an invaluable addition to the increasingly comprehensive literature on the Iraq war.' Jason Burke, OBSERVER ** 'Urban's book, Task Force Black, deserves to do well. It is the first account, as full as it can be under the circumstances, of the clandestine war waged by the SAS and their Royal Marines equivalent, the SBS, alongside US Delta Force in the height of that murderous war' Kim Sengupta, INDEPENDENT]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/heroes-among-us-an-interview-with-james-patterson-by-james-patterson--65097434https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/820734 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Heroes Among Us: An Interview with James Patterson Author: James Patterson Narrator: Joe Mantegna, James Patterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 54 minutes Release date: September 23, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Find inspiration in riveting first-person tales from our nation’s greatest heroes, the dedicated, and hardworking men and women whom we all depend on to run our armies, police forces and emergency rooms.    These cops, ER nurses, and military members shared their stories with bestselling author James Patterson, and we share with you now in this audiobook sampler. Enjoy excerpts from Walk In My Combat Boots, Walk the Blue Line, and ER Nurses, and hear exclusive original audio from the new book, American Heroes, which highlights stories from those who have been awarded military’s most distinguished service medals.    There has never been a better time for all of us to think about duty, sacrifice, and what it means to be an American hero.   Features an exclusive interview with James Patterson on his dedication to these heroes’ stories.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/820734Mon, 23 Sep 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/820734 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Heroes Among Us: An Interview with James Patterson Author: James Patterson Narrator: Joe Mantegna, James Patterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/820734 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Heroes Among Us: An Interview with James Patterson Author: James Patterson Narrator: Joe Mantegna, James Patterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 54 minutes Release date: September 23, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Find inspiration in riveting first-person tales from our nation’s greatest heroes, the dedicated, and hardworking men and women whom we all depend on to run our armies, police forces and emergency rooms.    These cops, ER nurses, and military members shared their stories with bestselling author James Patterson, and we share with you now in this audiobook sampler. Enjoy excerpts from Walk In My Combat Boots, Walk the Blue Line, and ER Nurses, and hear exclusive original audio from the new book, American Heroes, which highlights stories from those who have been awarded military’s most distinguished service medals.    There has never been a better time for all of us to think about duty, sacrifice, and what it means to be an American hero.   Features an exclusive interview with James Patterson on his dedication to these heroes’ stories.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hueys-over-khe-sanh-missions-with-vmo-6-by-peter-greene--65097492https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/805211 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hueys over Khe Sanh: Missions with VMO-6 Author: Peter Greene Narrator: Joe Barrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 11 minutes Release date: September 14, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A vivid memoir of the Vietnam War by a crew chief who flew on hundreds of flights during his tour. During Vietnam, the basic role of the USMC gunship squadrons was to protect the transport helicopters during medevac missions, troop insertions and extractions, resupply missions, and supporting the Marines on the ground during operations and patrols. Basically, whenever the Marines or South Vietnam friendlies got in trouble the gunships were dispatched to assist them. As a gunner, and later crew chief, Pete Greene flew hundreds of missions on Huey gunships—flying practically every day with different pilots and gunners. In this vivid memoir he recalls many of those missions, including providing gunship support for MACV-SOG in and around I Corps area, working with Marine Recon, and undertaking frequent, perilous resupply and medevac and medevac support missions.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/805211Sat, 14 Sep 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/805211 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hueys over Khe Sanh: Missions with VMO-6 Author: Peter Greene Narrator: Joe Barrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 11 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/805211 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hueys over Khe Sanh: Missions with VMO-6 Author: Peter Greene Narrator: Joe Barrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 11 minutes Release date: September 14, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A vivid memoir of the Vietnam War by a crew chief who flew on hundreds of flights during his tour. During Vietnam, the basic role of the USMC gunship squadrons was to protect the transport helicopters during medevac missions, troop insertions and extractions, resupply missions, and supporting the Marines on the ground during operations and patrols. Basically, whenever the Marines or South Vietnam friendlies got in trouble the gunships were dispatched to assist them. As a gunner, and later crew chief, Pete Greene flew hundreds of missions on Huey gunships—flying practically every day with different pilots and gunners. In this vivid memoir he recalls many of those missions, including providing gunship support for MACV-SOG in and around I Corps area, working with Marine Recon, and undertaking frequent, perilous resupply and medevac and medevac support missions.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/alive-day-finding-hope-and-purpose-after-losing-everything-by-amy-brown-captain-sam-brown--65097437https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/808198 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alive Day: Finding Hope and Purpose after Losing Everything Author: Amy Brown, Captain Sam Brown Narrator: Brooke Persoon, Adam Barr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 9 minutes Release date: September 4, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: How long does it take to burn to death? This question raced through Sam Brown’s mind as he burned alive alongside a dirt road in Afghanistan. At 24, he was pursuing his lifelong ambition of serving in the US military when his vehicle detonated one of the Taliban’s bombs. Sam was desperate for death to end his pain. Instead, a fellow soldier extinguished the blaze. Sam’s life had been saved, but for what purpose? Sustained by his newfound faith, Sam endured a long, painful recovery as he grappled with losing his physical identity, his military career, and his dreams of making an impact. Yet he also discovered the power of serving others and embarked on a seemingly impossible love story. In Alive Day, Sam shares his inspiring story of perseverance, hope, and faith, taking readers from the ashes of a life lost to the freedom of an identity that cannot be shaken.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/808198Wed, 04 Sep 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/808198 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alive Day: Finding Hope and Purpose after Losing Everything Author: Amy Brown, Captain Sam Brown Narrator: Brooke Persoon, Adam Barr Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/808198 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alive Day: Finding Hope and Purpose after Losing Everything Author: Amy Brown, Captain Sam Brown Narrator: Brooke Persoon, Adam Barr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 9 minutes Release date: September 4, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: How long does it take to burn to death? This question raced through Sam Brown’s mind as he burned alive alongside a dirt road in Afghanistan. At 24, he was pursuing his lifelong ambition of serving in the US military when his vehicle detonated one of the Taliban’s bombs. Sam was desperate for death to end his pain. Instead, a fellow soldier extinguished the blaze. Sam’s life had been saved, but for what purpose? Sustained by his newfound faith, Sam endured a long, painful recovery as he grappled with losing his physical identity, his military career, and his dreams of making an impact. Yet he also discovered the power of serving others and embarked on a seemingly impossible love story. In Alive Day, Sam shares his inspiring story of perseverance, hope, and faith, taking readers from the ashes of a life lost to the freedom of an identity that cannot be shaken.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-last-para-by-stuart-tootal-john-humphreys--65097464https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/735984 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Para Author: Stuart Tootal, John Humphreys Narrator: Peter Noble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 26 minutes Release date: August 29, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin A powerful and authentic account of one soldier's war from Tobruk to Arnhem and all points in between. John Humphreys was just a boy soldier in the Royal Engineers when war was declared in 1939. By the war's end he had jumped into Arnhem with the Parachute Regiment to spearhead the attack on the bridge. For days Humphreys and the rest of his squad held on, outnumbered and outgunned by the German army fighting to the last bullet, and refusing to surrender. But the Bridge Too Far is only the climax of Humphreys’ remarkable war. Twice captured as a prisoner of war, he twice escaped from the enemy to make his way back to Allied lines in order to rejoin the fight. Aged 101, Humphreys began to pen his extraordinary story, with the help of bestselling author and former paratrooper Stuart Tootal. The Last Para is Humphrey’s parting gift, and the final time we will read an account from soldier of our Greatest Generation bearing witness to the heroism and sacrifice of this legendary action – told with incredible honesty and irrepressible spirit. 'The last of the legends. A gripping, visceral and immensely moving read. Courage beyond measure, coupled with humility to act as a lesson to us all. No more fitting tribute - we remember them.' DAMIEN LEWIS © John Humphreys and Stuart Tootal 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/735984Thu, 29 Aug 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/735984 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Para Author: Stuart Tootal, John Humphreys Narrator: Peter Noble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 26 minutes Release date: August...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/735984 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Para Author: Stuart Tootal, John Humphreys Narrator: Peter Noble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 26 minutes Release date: August 29, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin A powerful and authentic account of one soldier's war from Tobruk to Arnhem and all points in between. John Humphreys was just a boy soldier in the Royal Engineers when war was declared in 1939. By the war's end he had jumped into Arnhem with the Parachute Regiment to spearhead the attack on the bridge. For days Humphreys and the rest of his squad held on, outnumbered and outgunned by the German army fighting to the last bullet, and refusing to surrender. But the Bridge Too Far is only the climax of Humphreys’ remarkable war. Twice captured as a prisoner of war, he twice escaped from the enemy to make his way back to Allied lines in order to rejoin the fight. Aged 101, Humphreys began to pen his extraordinary story, with the help of bestselling author and former paratrooper Stuart Tootal. The Last Para is Humphrey’s parting gift, and the final time we will read an account from soldier of our Greatest Generation bearing witness to the heroism and sacrifice of this legendary action – told with incredible honesty and irrepressible spirit. 'The last of the legends. A gripping, visceral and immensely moving read. Courage beyond measure, coupled with humility to act as a lesson to us all. No more fitting tribute - we remember them.' DAMIEN LEWIS © John Humphreys and Stuart Tootal 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/frogman-stories-life-and-leadership-lessons-from-the-seal-teams-by-rick-kaiser--65097523https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/813861 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Frogman Stories: Life and Leadership Lessons from the SEAL Teams Author: Rick Kaiser Narrator: Rick Kaiser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 40 minutes Release date: August 27, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A compelling look at US Navy SEALs through a true-to-life lens focused on the triumphs and challenges of the elite warriors of the Special Forces community. Master Chief (SEAL) Rick Kaiser (Ret.) captures over forty-five years of events in and around the SEAL Teams. It is not a blood-and-guts portrayal of battlefield victories and losses, but an authentic view of how things are done in the Teams. The SEALs truly are silent professionals and the most memorable stories often don't feature combat but are the moments that shape these exceptional warriors. A Silver Star recipient for his leadership during the battle of Mogadishu—'Black Hawk Down'—and a prominent member of both SEAL Team TWO and SEAL Team Six, Rick has been recognized throughout his career for his courage, commitment, and fortitude. Continuing to serve the SEALs as chief operating officer of the National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum, Rick is the perfect person to tell the Navy SEAL story the way it really is, sharing the life and leadership lessons he learned along the way.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/813861Tue, 27 Aug 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/813861 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Frogman Stories: Life and Leadership Lessons from the SEAL Teams Author: Rick Kaiser Narrator: Rick Kaiser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/813861 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Frogman Stories: Life and Leadership Lessons from the SEAL Teams Author: Rick Kaiser Narrator: Rick Kaiser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 40 minutes Release date: August 27, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A compelling look at US Navy SEALs through a true-to-life lens focused on the triumphs and challenges of the elite warriors of the Special Forces community. Master Chief (SEAL) Rick Kaiser (Ret.) captures over forty-five years of events in and around the SEAL Teams. It is not a blood-and-guts portrayal of battlefield victories and losses, but an authentic view of how things are done in the Teams. The SEALs truly are silent professionals and the most memorable stories often don't feature combat but are the moments that shape these exceptional warriors. A Silver Star recipient for his leadership during the battle of Mogadishu—'Black Hawk Down'—and a prominent member of both SEAL Team TWO and SEAL Team Six, Rick has been recognized throughout his career for his courage, commitment, and fortitude. Continuing to serve the SEALs as chief operating officer of the National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum, Rick is the perfect person to tell the Navy SEAL story the way it really is, sharing the life and leadership lessons he learned along the way.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/destroyer-captain-the-life-of-ernest-e-evans-by-david-j-hornfischer-james-d-hornfischer--65097468https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/783928 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Destroyer Captain: The Life of Ernest E. Evans Series: Part of American War Heroes Author: David J. Hornfischer, James D. Hornfischer Narrator: Lou Del Bianco, David J. Hornfischer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 27, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: From James D. Hornfischer, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Stand of the Tin Can Soldiers, a riveting account of the life of WWII hero Commander Ernest E. Evans and his heroics and sacrifice during the Leyte Gulf Battle of Samar. For the first time ever, acclaimed naval historian James D. Hornfischer, “the dean of World War II naval history,' writing with his son David J. Hornfischer, explores Capt. E. Evans’s incredible story, from his humble upbringing as a child of a Cherokee and Creek family in Pawnee, Oklahoma, and his graduation from the Naval Academy in 1931, to his service on fighting ships during the Pacific War and his selfless bravery and cool command during a valiant faceoff with the pride of the Japanese Navy.   Interspersed with impeccable research, interviews with men who fought alongside Capt. E. Evans, and thrilling anecdotes about United States Navy experiences during WWII, Destroyer Captain provides insight into an incredible man who spent his life beating the odds through courage, ability, and sheer determination. Never were these attributes better on display than on the morning of October 25, 1944, when, in the waters off Samar, a small flotilla of US Navy ships encountered a Japanese fleet superior in both vessels and firepower. Aboard the USS Johnston, Capt. Ernest E. Evans seized the moment, ordering his destroyer to steam forward and attack. Heavily outgunned, Evans and his sailors fired torpedo after torpedo, all the while maneuvering to dodge enemy shells, as two other American destroyers joined the fight. It was a valiant last stand for Capt. E. Evans, one of the toughest warriors in the Navy, but thanks to his bravery and steadiness under fire, these dogged Americans routed one of the most powerful naval forces that Tokyo had ever put to sea.   A remarkable story of patriotism and courageousness, Destroyer Captain honors a singular American hero whose name shall never be forgotten.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/783928Tue, 27 Aug 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/783928 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Destroyer Captain: The Life of Ernest E. Evans Series: Part of American War Heroes Author: David J. Hornfischer, James D. Hornfischer Narrator: Lou Del...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/783928 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Destroyer Captain: The Life of Ernest E. Evans Series: Part of American War Heroes Author: David J. Hornfischer, James D. Hornfischer Narrator: Lou Del Bianco, David J. Hornfischer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 27, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: From James D. Hornfischer, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Stand of the Tin Can Soldiers, a riveting account of the life of WWII hero Commander Ernest E. Evans and his heroics and sacrifice during the Leyte Gulf Battle of Samar. For the first time ever, acclaimed naval historian James D. Hornfischer, “the dean of World War II naval history,' writing with his son David J. Hornfischer, explores Capt. E. Evans’s incredible story, from his humble upbringing as a child of a Cherokee and Creek family in Pawnee, Oklahoma, and his graduation from the Naval Academy in 1931, to his service on fighting ships during the Pacific War and his selfless bravery and cool command during a valiant faceoff with the pride of the Japanese Navy.   Interspersed with impeccable research, interviews with men who fought alongside Capt. E. Evans, and thrilling anecdotes about United States Navy experiences during WWII, Destroyer Captain provides insight into an incredible man who spent his life beating the odds through courage, ability, and sheer determination. Never were these attributes better on display than on the morning of October 25, 1944, when, in the waters off Samar, a small flotilla of US Navy ships encountered a Japanese fleet superior in both vessels and firepower. Aboard the USS Johnston, Capt. Ernest E. Evans seized the moment, ordering his destroyer to steam forward and attack. Heavily outgunned, Evans and his sailors fired torpedo after torpedo, all the while maneuvering to dodge enemy shells, as two other American destroyers joined the fight. It was a valiant last stand for Capt. E. Evans, one of the toughest warriors in the Navy, but thanks to his bravery and steadiness under fire, these dogged Americans routed one of the most powerful naval forces that Tokyo had ever put to sea.   A remarkable story of patriotism and courageousness, Destroyer Captain honors a singular American hero whose name shall never be forgotten.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/imminent-inside-the-pentagon-s-hunt-for-ufos-by-luis-elizondo--65097474https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/773193 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Imminent: Inside the Pentagon’s Hunt for UFOs Author: Luis Elizondo Narrator: Christopher Mellon, Luis Elizondo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 20, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.63 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 4.7 of Total 10 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The former head of the Pentagon program responsible for the investigation of UFOs—now known as Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP)—reveals long-hidden truths with profound implications for not only national security but our understanding of the universe. Luis “Lue” Elizondo is a former senior intelligence official and special agent who was recruited into a strange and highly sensitive US Government program to investigate UAP incursions into sensitive military installations and air space. To accomplish his mission, Elizondo had to rely on decades of experience gained working some of America’s most sensitive and classified programs. Even then, he was not prepared for what he would learn, and the truth about the government’s long shadowy involvement in UAP investigations, and the lengths officials would take to keep them a secret. The stakes could not be higher. Imminent is a first-hand, revelatory account inside the Pentagon’s most closely guarded secret and a call to action to confront humanity’s greatest existential questions. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/773193Tue, 20 Aug 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/773193 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Imminent: Inside the Pentagon’s Hunt for UFOs Author: Luis Elizondo Narrator: Christopher Mellon, Luis Elizondo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/773193 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Imminent: Inside the Pentagon’s Hunt for UFOs Author: Luis Elizondo Narrator: Christopher Mellon, Luis Elizondo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 20, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.63 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 4.7 of Total 10 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The former head of the Pentagon program responsible for the investigation of UFOs—now known as Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP)—reveals long-hidden truths with profound implications for not only national security but our understanding of the universe. Luis “Lue” Elizondo is a former senior intelligence official and special agent who was recruited into a strange and highly sensitive US Government program to investigate UAP incursions into sensitive military installations and air space. To accomplish his mission, Elizondo had to rely on decades of experience gained working some of America’s most sensitive and classified programs. Even then, he was not prepared for what he would learn, and the truth about the government’s long shadowy involvement in UAP investigations, and the lengths officials would take to keep them a secret. The stakes could not be higher. Imminent is a first-hand, revelatory account inside the Pentagon’s most closely guarded secret and a call to action to confront humanity’s greatest existential questions. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/american-mercenary-the-riveting-high-risk-world-of-an-elite-seal-team-operator-turned-hired-gun-by-daniel-corbett--65097460https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/733870 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Mercenary: The Riveting, High-Risk World of an Elite SEAL Team Operator Turned Hired Gun Author: Daniel Corbett Narrator: Daniel Corbett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 10 minutes Release date: August 20, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: An elite Navy SEAL Team 6 operator trained to kill the United States’ most dangerous enemies takes readers inside the unadulterated, morally complicated and riveting post-military adventures of a lethal American mercenary. In American Mercenary, Daniel Corbett takes readers on a wild ride through the unadulterated, morally ambiguous, and riveting world of being a hired gun. From Abu Dhabi to Washington, DC, Cairo to San Diego, Belgrade to places that must remain secret, this is a world where money rules, and where adventure, danger, and absurdity often follow. A star high school athlete, Corbett passed on a Division I football career and opted for the US Navy.  He began his career at SEAL Team 5 and eventually checked into SEAL Team 6. The navy spent millions teaching him and his fellow Team members how to sneak, subvert, recruit, disappear, survive, resist, and exert. And of course, how to shoot, a discipline at which Corbett excelled. What the navy did not do was prepare these men for post-military lives beyond the usual suite of veterans’ benefits and unimaginative job-training programs. So what does Corbett do? He goes private. There are still plenty of bad men in the world, and the only sin worse than wasting talent in dead-end pursuits is not using it at all. He starts small, but quickly moves up. The work is simultaneously familiar and foreign. The command structure is shady. The clients are dubious. The equipment is subpar. But what the fuck: the pay is good. Then things change in 2017 when Corbett is arrested on a job in Belgrade, Serbia. When the authorities discover he’s a Navy SEAL, they imagine the worst: he’s in Belgrade to assassinate the Serbian president. They throw Corbett in jail, where he spends the next 18 months making international headlines and fighting for his freedom in a kangaroo court. Ultimately, American Mercenary highlights the struggle of many veterans: how to reconcile military service with civilian life. For Corbett, becoming a mercenary isn’t just the best option, it feels like the only option. It’s a lot better than drowning in a bottle or holding a pistol under your chin and pulling the trigger, but is it enough?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/733870Tue, 20 Aug 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/733870 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Mercenary: The Riveting, High-Risk World of an Elite SEAL Team Operator Turned Hired Gun Author: Daniel Corbett Narrator: Daniel Corbett...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/733870 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Mercenary: The Riveting, High-Risk World of an Elite SEAL Team Operator Turned Hired Gun Author: Daniel Corbett Narrator: Daniel Corbett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 10 minutes Release date: August 20, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: An elite Navy SEAL Team 6 operator trained to kill the United States’ most dangerous enemies takes readers inside the unadulterated, morally complicated and riveting post-military adventures of a lethal American mercenary. In American Mercenary, Daniel Corbett takes readers on a wild ride through the unadulterated, morally ambiguous, and riveting world of being a hired gun. From Abu Dhabi to Washington, DC, Cairo to San Diego, Belgrade to places that must remain secret, this is a world where money rules, and where adventure, danger, and absurdity often follow. A star high school athlete, Corbett passed on a Division I football career and opted for the US Navy.  He began his career at SEAL Team 5 and eventually checked into SEAL Team 6. The navy spent millions teaching him and his fellow Team members how to sneak, subvert, recruit, disappear, survive, resist, and exert. And of course, how to shoot, a discipline at which Corbett excelled. What the navy did not do was prepare these men for post-military lives beyond the usual suite of veterans’ benefits and unimaginative job-training programs. So what does Corbett do? He goes private. There are still plenty of bad men in the world, and the only sin worse than wasting talent in dead-end pursuits is not using it at all. He starts small, but quickly moves up. The work is simultaneously familiar and foreign. The command structure is shady. The clients are dubious. The equipment is subpar. But what the fuck: the pay is good. Then things change in 2017 when Corbett is arrested on a job in Belgrade, Serbia. When the authorities discover he’s a Navy SEAL, they imagine the worst: he’s in Belgrade to assassinate the Serbian president. They throw Corbett in jail, where he spends the next 18 months making international headlines and fighting for his freedom in a kangaroo court. Ultimately, American Mercenary highlights the struggle of many veterans: how to reconcile military service with civilian life. For Corbett, becoming a mercenary isn’t just the best option, it feels like the only option. It’s a lot better than drowning in a bottle or holding a pistol under your chin and pulling the trigger, but is it enough?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-mission-without-borders-why-a-father-and-son-risked-it-all-for-the-people-of-ukraine-by-chad-robichaux--65097477https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/723420 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Mission Without Borders: Why a Father and Son Risked it All for the People of Ukraine Author: Chad Robichaux Narrator: Hunter Robichaux, James R. Cheatham, Chad Robichaux Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 17 minutes Release date: August 13, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: USA TODAY BESTSELLER Read by the author Chad Robichaux. Author, speaker, and former Force Recon Marine Chad Robichaux offers an honest, no-holds-barred account of what has really been happening in Ukraine and shares powerful stories that are soaked in resiliency and determination, faith and sacrifice in the face of overwhelming opposition. When Russian forces invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, former Force Recon Marine Chad Robichaux knew that innocent people were about to be exposed to untold brutality. He also knew that God was inviting him to get involved. With little idea of the trials that would follow, Chad's response was simple and clear: 'yes.' As he gathered a team of elite special operations veterans, he invited his twenty-five-year-old son, Hunter--also a Marine combat veteran--to partner with him in Ukraine. Over the course of seven trips, Chad saw a change in Hunter as his confidence grew and he exceled among the team. Chad's own faith also grew as he learned to relinquish control and trust God with his son and what he witnessed in the brutality of war. A Mission Without Borders is a powerful account of the lessons we can learn whenever we say yes to God. Chad's experience will help readers - understand what the conflict in Ukraine was like for everyday citizens beyond the political fog; - discover how a bond can grow between a father and son as they face hardship together; and - realize that God doesn't just call us to go to the aid of the people we know and love, sometimes he calls us to help strangers--because it's the right thing to do.   A Mission Without Borders will take readers deep into the war in Ukraine. From Russia's use of ballistic and chemical weapons on civilians, to the inspirational story of the role that the Ukrainian church has played in the war, Chad's story of courage and hope needs to be heard. It is rich in human and spiritual truth and will connect deeply with readers of all walks. The photo gallery and more information about the podcast, Resilient, can be found in the audiobook companion PDF download.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/723420Tue, 13 Aug 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/723420 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Mission Without Borders: Why a Father and Son Risked it All for the People of Ukraine Author: Chad Robichaux Narrator: Hunter Robichaux, James R....https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/723420 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Mission Without Borders: Why a Father and Son Risked it All for the People of Ukraine Author: Chad Robichaux Narrator: Hunter Robichaux, James R. Cheatham, Chad Robichaux Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 17 minutes Release date: August 13, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: USA TODAY BESTSELLER Read by the author Chad Robichaux. Author, speaker, and former Force Recon Marine Chad Robichaux offers an honest, no-holds-barred account of what has really been happening in Ukraine and shares powerful stories that are soaked in resiliency and determination, faith and sacrifice in the face of overwhelming opposition. When Russian forces invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, former Force Recon Marine Chad Robichaux knew that innocent people were about to be exposed to untold brutality. He also knew that God was inviting him to get involved. With little idea of the trials that would follow, Chad's response was simple and clear: 'yes.' As he gathered a team of elite special operations veterans, he invited his twenty-five-year-old son, Hunter--also a Marine combat veteran--to partner with him in Ukraine. Over the course of seven trips, Chad saw a change in Hunter as his confidence grew and he exceled among the team. Chad's own faith also grew as he learned to relinquish control and trust God with his son and what he witnessed in the brutality of war. A Mission Without Borders is a powerful account of the lessons we can learn whenever we say yes to God. Chad's experience will help readers - understand what the conflict in Ukraine was like for everyday citizens beyond the political fog; - discover how a bond can grow between a father and son as they face hardship together; and - realize that God doesn't just call us to go to the aid of the people we know and love, sometimes he calls us to help strangers--because it's the right thing to do.   A Mission Without Borders will take readers deep into the war in Ukraine. From Russia's use of ballistic and chemical weapons on civilians, to the inspirational story of the role that the Ukrainian church has played in the war, Chad's story of courage and hope needs to be heard. It is rich in human and spiritual truth and will connect deeply with readers of all walks. The photo gallery and more information about the podcast, Resilient, can be found in the audiobook companion PDF download.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-die-versprengten-ostfront-im-winter-1945-by-f-john-ferrer--65097435https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/812276 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Die Versprengten: Ostfront im Winter 1945 Author: F. John-Ferrer Narrator: Klaus G. Förg Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 33 minutes Release date: August 8, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Januar 1945: Zwei Obergefreite verlieren auf dem Rückzug der deutschen Truppen vor der herannahenden Roten Armee den Anschluss an ihre Einheit. Auf sich allein gestellt, inmitten einer feindlichen Welt und geplagt vom sibirisch kalten Winter haben die beiden nur ein Ziel: Sie müssen hinter die Frontlinie gelangen, sonst sind sie verloren. Auf dem Bericht eines Soldaten basierend zeigt das Buch von F. John-Ferrer den persönlichen Überlebenskampf, der den Wahnsinn und die Schrecken dieses Krieges noch deutlicher werden lässt.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/812276Thu, 08 Aug 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/812276 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Die Versprengten: Ostfront im Winter 1945 Author: F. John-Ferrer Narrator: Klaus G. Förg Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 33...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/812276 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Die Versprengten: Ostfront im Winter 1945 Author: F. John-Ferrer Narrator: Klaus G. Förg Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 33 minutes Release date: August 8, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Januar 1945: Zwei Obergefreite verlieren auf dem Rückzug der deutschen Truppen vor der herannahenden Roten Armee den Anschluss an ihre Einheit. Auf sich allein gestellt, inmitten einer feindlichen Welt und geplagt vom sibirisch kalten Winter haben die beiden nur ein Ziel: Sie müssen hinter die Frontlinie gelangen, sonst sind sie verloren. Auf dem Bericht eines Soldaten basierend zeigt das Buch von F. John-Ferrer den persönlichen Überlebenskampf, der den Wahnsinn und die Schrecken dieses Krieges noch deutlicher werden lässt.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-bravest-scout-at-gallipoli-by-ryan-butta--65097445https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/795346 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bravest Scout at Gallipoli Author: Ryan Butta Narrator: Chris Stollery Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 11 minutes Release date: August 1, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The many lives and tragic death of Harry Freame, the Anzac hero betrayed by his nation. Harry Freame was the first Australian to win the Distinguished Conduct Medal at Gallipoli. Raised as a samurai, he risked his life again and again to scout the beaches and hills of the battlefield, reporting invaluable intelligence back to his officers and relieving stranded soldiers who otherwise would surely have died. Some say he should have got the VC but didn't because he was half-Japanese, a fact he tried hard to conceal. After the war, Harry (real name Henry Wykeham Koba Freame) became a soldier settler and champion apple grower. But when Japan emerged as a perceived threat to Australia, Harry was recruited into Australian intelligence to spy on the Japanese community in Sydney. Before Japan's entry into World War II, Australia opened a diplomatic legation in Tokyo, and Harry was sent as a translator - but his real role was a spy. Extraordinarily, his cover was leaked by the Australian press, and the Japanese secret police tried to assassinate him not long after his arrival in Tokyo in 1941. Harry died back in Australia a few weeks later, but his sacrifice has never been acknowledged by Australia. Until now. Featuring never-before-seen material, The Bravest Scout at Gallipoli is a fascinating and immersive investigation into a grievous historical wrong.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/795346Thu, 01 Aug 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/795346 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bravest Scout at Gallipoli Author: Ryan Butta Narrator: Chris Stollery Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 11 minutes Release date: August...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/795346 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bravest Scout at Gallipoli Author: Ryan Butta Narrator: Chris Stollery Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 11 minutes Release date: August 1, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The many lives and tragic death of Harry Freame, the Anzac hero betrayed by his nation. Harry Freame was the first Australian to win the Distinguished Conduct Medal at Gallipoli. Raised as a samurai, he risked his life again and again to scout the beaches and hills of the battlefield, reporting invaluable intelligence back to his officers and relieving stranded soldiers who otherwise would surely have died. Some say he should have got the VC but didn't because he was half-Japanese, a fact he tried hard to conceal. After the war, Harry (real name Henry Wykeham Koba Freame) became a soldier settler and champion apple grower. But when Japan emerged as a perceived threat to Australia, Harry was recruited into Australian intelligence to spy on the Japanese community in Sydney. Before Japan's entry into World War II, Australia opened a diplomatic legation in Tokyo, and Harry was sent as a translator - but his real role was a spy. Extraordinarily, his cover was leaked by the Australian press, and the Japanese secret police tried to assassinate him not long after his arrival in Tokyo in 1941. Harry died back in Australia a few weeks later, but his sacrifice has never been acknowledged by Australia. Until now. Featuring never-before-seen material, The Bravest Scout at Gallipoli is a fascinating and immersive investigation into a grievous historical wrong.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/forged-in-fire-by-scott-ryder--65097438https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/791372 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Forged in Fire Author: Scott Ryder Narrator: David Tredinnick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 48 minutes Release date: August 1, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Forged in Fire takes us inside the secretive world of the Australian commandos. Garry made a report on the radio: 'I see around 200 women and children heading north up the valley.' Less than 400 metres below us, a steady stream of women and kids were hurrying away in single file. 'Where are all the men?' I asked Garry. 'Waiting for us,' he responded, with a look of concern I had not seen on his face before. My heart skipped a beat—we were on. From the age of 12, Scott Ryder knew he wanted to join the army, and he signed up as soon as he could. After serving as a paratrooper and in East Timor with 3 RAR, he wanted more. He trained all summer and took the gruelling selection course for the commandos, earning the prized green beret on his second attempt. Forged in Fire takes us inside the secretive world of the commandos. Ryder shares battlefield stories from his tours to Afghanistan, where his regiment saw some of the heaviest fighting Australian forces have experienced since the Vietnam War. After being seriously injured in a shocking Black Hawk helicopter crash in Kandahar, he was the only survivor to return to active service. Frankly written, with self-deprecating humour, it reveals the qualities of strength and mental resilience that characterise special forces operators. 'Scott is not famous; his chest is not bedecked with the grandest tin and ribbon. His voice is from among us rather than up on high. And his account of the DNA of the commando, the lesser sung super-soldier, is all the better for it.' - from the foreword by Chris Masters, author of Flawed Hero]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/791372Thu, 01 Aug 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/791372 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Forged in Fire Author: Scott Ryder Narrator: David Tredinnick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 48 minutes Release date: August 1, 2024...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/791372 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Forged in Fire Author: Scott Ryder Narrator: David Tredinnick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 48 minutes Release date: August 1, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Forged in Fire takes us inside the secretive world of the Australian commandos. Garry made a report on the radio: 'I see around 200 women and children heading north up the valley.' Less than 400 metres below us, a steady stream of women and kids were hurrying away in single file. 'Where are all the men?' I asked Garry. 'Waiting for us,' he responded, with a look of concern I had not seen on his face before. My heart skipped a beat—we were on. From the age of 12, Scott Ryder knew he wanted to join the army, and he signed up as soon as he could. After serving as a paratrooper and in East Timor with 3 RAR, he wanted more. He trained all summer and took the gruelling selection course for the commandos, earning the prized green beret on his second attempt. Forged in Fire takes us inside the secretive world of the commandos. Ryder shares battlefield stories from his tours to Afghanistan, where his regiment saw some of the heaviest fighting Australian forces have experienced since the Vietnam War. After being seriously injured in a shocking Black Hawk helicopter crash in Kandahar, he was the only survivor to return to active service. Frankly written, with self-deprecating humour, it reveals the qualities of strength and mental resilience that characterise special forces operators. 'Scott is not famous; his chest is not bedecked with the grandest tin and ribbon. His voice is from among us rather than up on high. And his account of the DNA of the commando, the lesser sung super-soldier, is all the better for it.' - from the foreword by Chris Masters, author of Flawed Hero]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pride-amid-prejudice-a-soldier-s-memoir-by-chief-warrant-officer-ret-d-necole-e-belanger-mmm-cd--65097495https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/800990 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pride Amid Prejudice: A Soldier's Memoir Author: Chief Warrant Officer (Ret’d) Necole E. Belanger MMM CD Narrator: Janet Metzger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 40 minutes Release date: July 30, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Chief Warrant Officer Necole Belanger created a professional persona that was no-nonsense and highly put-together. But the truth was much more complex. Necole's story is a tale of two lives, the CWO raised in a military family, and the woman coming to terms with her sexuality, in a time where the two could not coexist. A lesbian member of the military police during the LGBTQ Purge in the Canadian Armed Forces, Necole would achieve success and promotion in her career despite a near-constant struggle. But the higher she rose in rank within the Canadian Armed Forces, the less her voice was heard. When she should have had the most influence, she had none. When she'd finally earned a seat at the table, no one listened. Her life was dedicated to an institution that didn't return her loyalty. The result? Depression and drinking and a downward spiral, all hidden behind a mask. And then the courage to be honest and put the pieces of her life back together. Pride Amid Prejudice is the story of one woman's struggle to find a voice in a world determined to silence her. A journey of self-discovery through adversity, of resilience in the face of discrimination, and pride amid prejudice.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/800990Tue, 30 Jul 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/800990 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pride Amid Prejudice: A Soldier's Memoir Author: Chief Warrant Officer (Ret’d) Necole E. Belanger MMM CD Narrator: Janet Metzger Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/800990 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pride Amid Prejudice: A Soldier's Memoir Author: Chief Warrant Officer (Ret’d) Necole E. Belanger MMM CD Narrator: Janet Metzger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 40 minutes Release date: July 30, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Chief Warrant Officer Necole Belanger created a professional persona that was no-nonsense and highly put-together. But the truth was much more complex. Necole's story is a tale of two lives, the CWO raised in a military family, and the woman coming to terms with her sexuality, in a time where the two could not coexist. A lesbian member of the military police during the LGBTQ Purge in the Canadian Armed Forces, Necole would achieve success and promotion in her career despite a near-constant struggle. But the higher she rose in rank within the Canadian Armed Forces, the less her voice was heard. When she should have had the most influence, she had none. When she'd finally earned a seat at the table, no one listened. Her life was dedicated to an institution that didn't return her loyalty. The result? Depression and drinking and a downward spiral, all hidden behind a mask. And then the courage to be honest and put the pieces of her life back together. Pride Amid Prejudice is the story of one woman's struggle to find a voice in a world determined to silence her. A journey of self-discovery through adversity, of resilience in the face of discrimination, and pride amid prejudice.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hms-cavendish-and-other-misadventures-by-eric-victor-rendel--65097452https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/794891 to listen full audiobooks. Title: HMS Cavendish and Other Misadventures Author: Eric Victor Rendel Narrator: Christine Rendel, Gerard Doyle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 40 minutes Release date: July 30, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: This is a memoir of a boy born in 1926 in a small seaside town on the northwest coast of England who grew up in pre-and wartime Britain and who recalls, in this account, his many adventures before, during, and after the conclusion of World War II. In the latter half of the war, our teenage author enlists in His Majesty King George VI’s Royal Navy and is assigned to serve as a naval Coder on several British warships, culminating on HMS Cavendish, a state-of-the-art Destroyer based primarily in the Southeast Asia theater of war. Throughout his service, the neophyte mariner chronicles his experiences, outrageous mishaps, and the life lessons he learns along his journey. At the conclusion of hostilities, we follow the path of the demobbed and restless young sailor upon his return to Britain as he explores a variety of careers and opportunities over the next decade in search of adventure and fulfillment. Written in a humorous and light-hearted manner, somewhat in the style of Jerome K. Jerome or P.G. Wodehouse, it is hoped this audiobook will appeal to listeners interested in the personal recollections and experiences of a sharply observant and irreverent chronicler born almost one hundred years ago.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/794891Tue, 30 Jul 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/794891 to listen full audiobooks. Title: HMS Cavendish and Other Misadventures Author: Eric Victor Rendel Narrator: Christine Rendel, Gerard Doyle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/794891 to listen full audiobooks. Title: HMS Cavendish and Other Misadventures Author: Eric Victor Rendel Narrator: Christine Rendel, Gerard Doyle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 40 minutes Release date: July 30, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: This is a memoir of a boy born in 1926 in a small seaside town on the northwest coast of England who grew up in pre-and wartime Britain and who recalls, in this account, his many adventures before, during, and after the conclusion of World War II. In the latter half of the war, our teenage author enlists in His Majesty King George VI’s Royal Navy and is assigned to serve as a naval Coder on several British warships, culminating on HMS Cavendish, a state-of-the-art Destroyer based primarily in the Southeast Asia theater of war. Throughout his service, the neophyte mariner chronicles his experiences, outrageous mishaps, and the life lessons he learns along his journey. At the conclusion of hostilities, we follow the path of the demobbed and restless young sailor upon his return to Britain as he explores a variety of careers and opportunities over the next decade in search of adventure and fulfillment. Written in a humorous and light-hearted manner, somewhat in the style of Jerome K. Jerome or P.G. Wodehouse, it is hoped this audiobook will appeal to listeners interested in the personal recollections and experiences of a sharply observant and irreverent chronicler born almost one hundred years ago.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/and-a-hard-rain-fell-a-gi-s-true-story-of-the-war-in-vietnam-by-john-ketwig--65097480https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/778500 to listen full audiobooks. Title: ...And a Hard Rain Fell: A GI's True Story of the War in Vietnam Author: John Ketwig Narrator: Danny Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 15 minutes Release date: July 23, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A classic, must-listen Vietnam war memoir The classic Vietnam war memoir, ...and a hard rain fell is the unforgettable story of a veteran's rage and the unflinching portrait of a young soldier's odyssey from the roads of upstate New York to the jungles of Vietnam. Updated for its twentieth anniversary with a new afterword on the Iraq War and its parallels to Vietnam, John Ketwig's message is as relevant today as it was twenty years ago. 'A magnetic, bloody, moving, and worm's-eye view of soldiering in Vietnam, an account that is from the first page to last a wound that can never heal. A searing gift to his country.'—Kirkus Reviews 'Solidly effective. He describes with ingenuous energy and authentic language that time and place.'—Library Journal 'Perhaps as evocative of that awful time in Vietnam as the great fictions . . . a wild surreal account, at its best as powerful as Celine's darkling writing of World War One.'—Washington Post]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/778500Tue, 23 Jul 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/778500 to listen full audiobooks. Title: ...And a Hard Rain Fell: A GI's True Story of the War in Vietnam Author: John Ketwig Narrator: Danny Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/778500 to listen full audiobooks. Title: ...And a Hard Rain Fell: A GI's True Story of the War in Vietnam Author: John Ketwig Narrator: Danny Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 15 minutes Release date: July 23, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A classic, must-listen Vietnam war memoir The classic Vietnam war memoir, ...and a hard rain fell is the unforgettable story of a veteran's rage and the unflinching portrait of a young soldier's odyssey from the roads of upstate New York to the jungles of Vietnam. Updated for its twentieth anniversary with a new afterword on the Iraq War and its parallels to Vietnam, John Ketwig's message is as relevant today as it was twenty years ago. 'A magnetic, bloody, moving, and worm's-eye view of soldiering in Vietnam, an account that is from the first page to last a wound that can never heal. A searing gift to his country.'—Kirkus Reviews 'Solidly effective. He describes with ingenuous energy and authentic language that time and place.'—Library Journal 'Perhaps as evocative of that awful time in Vietnam as the great fictions . . . a wild surreal account, at its best as powerful as Celine's darkling writing of World War One.'—Washington Post]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/operation-ark-introduction-read-by-the-author-by-pen-farthing--65097444https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/790260 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Operation Ark: Introduction Read by the Author Author: Pen Farthing Narrator: Kerry Hutchinson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 32 minutes Release date: July 19, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Operation Ark was always about people and animals. Pen Farthing’s actions were nothing short of heroic. - Ricky Gervais   67 People. 171 Animals. Getting out was only half the battle.   August 2021. The Taliban invaded Kabul.   The British Government was Missing in Action.   The evacuation was disastrous, shambolic and deadly.   Pen Farthing refused to abandon his charity’s staff or rescue animals. Operation Ark was born.   He was branded a villain who valued “pets over people”, blamed for deserting Afghans, accused of risking British soldiers – nothing could be further from the truth.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/790260Fri, 19 Jul 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/790260 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Operation Ark: Introduction Read by the Author Author: Pen Farthing Narrator: Kerry Hutchinson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 32 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/790260 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Operation Ark: Introduction Read by the Author Author: Pen Farthing Narrator: Kerry Hutchinson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 32 minutes Release date: July 19, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Operation Ark was always about people and animals. Pen Farthing’s actions were nothing short of heroic. - Ricky Gervais   67 People. 171 Animals. Getting out was only half the battle.   August 2021. The Taliban invaded Kabul.   The British Government was Missing in Action.   The evacuation was disastrous, shambolic and deadly.   Pen Farthing refused to abandon his charity’s staff or rescue animals. Operation Ark was born.   He was branded a villain who valued “pets over people”, blamed for deserting Afghans, accused of risking British soldiers – nothing could be further from the truth.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/good-bye-to-all-that-an-autobiography-by-robert-graves--65097453https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/799869 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Good-Bye to All That: An Autobiography Author: Robert Graves Narrator: Joel Schrank Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 56 minutes Release date: July 14, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: 'Good-Bye to All That: An Autobiography' by Robert Graves is a seminal work that vividly captures the harrowing experiences of a young British officer during World War I. Published in 1929, the book provides a candid and unflinching portrayal of life in the trenches, exploring the brutality and absurdity of war. Graves recounts his childhood, education, and early literary career, interweaving personal anecdotes with his wartime experiences. The autobiography delves into his friendships with notable figures like Siegfried Sassoon and critiques the societal norms of early 20th-century Britain. The title reflects Graves' profound disillusionment with the pre-war world and the irrevocable changes brought by the conflict. With its clarity, wit, and honesty, 'Good-Bye to All That' remains an essential work in the canon of war literature, offering insights into the personal and collective trauma of a generation.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/799869Sun, 14 Jul 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/799869 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Good-Bye to All That: An Autobiography Author: Robert Graves Narrator: Joel Schrank Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 56 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/799869 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Good-Bye to All That: An Autobiography Author: Robert Graves Narrator: Joel Schrank Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 56 minutes Release date: July 14, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: 'Good-Bye to All That: An Autobiography' by Robert Graves is a seminal work that vividly captures the harrowing experiences of a young British officer during World War I. Published in 1929, the book provides a candid and unflinching portrayal of life in the trenches, exploring the brutality and absurdity of war. Graves recounts his childhood, education, and early literary career, interweaving personal anecdotes with his wartime experiences. The autobiography delves into his friendships with notable figures like Siegfried Sassoon and critiques the societal norms of early 20th-century Britain. The title reflects Graves' profound disillusionment with the pre-war world and the irrevocable changes brought by the conflict. With its clarity, wit, and honesty, 'Good-Bye to All That' remains an essential work in the canon of war literature, offering insights into the personal and collective trauma of a generation.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wingless-victory-the-story-of-sir-basil-embry-s-escape-from-occupied-france-in-the-summer-of-1940-by-anthony-richardson--65097529https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/769101 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wingless Victory: The Story of Sir Basil Embry's Escape From Occupied France in the Summer of 1940 Author: Anthony Richardson Narrator: Richard Trinder Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 11 minutes Release date: July 9, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The true story of an airman's audacious escape from occupied France in World War Two. Perfect for fans of The Great Escape, The 21 Escapes of Lt Alastair Cram, and The Wooden Horse. Sir Basil Embry's Blenheim bomber was shot down in the summer of 1940. During the course of his time in enemy territory he broke out from a column of prisoners while having a Nazi machine gun aimed at him, fought against his captors with stolen weapons, hid in stinking manure, and even posed as a member of the Irish Republican Army in order to throw his captors off the scent of his true identity. In total he was captured three times and three times he refused to submit. Only through sheer courage and wit did he make his way back to Britain to fight and fly again. This is his remarkable story. Anthony Richardson served as Adjutant in the same squadron as Embry later in the war and was told about these astounding exploits first-hand. This book will undoubtedly amaze all interested in moments of amazing fortitude in the face of overwhelming odds.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/769101Tue, 09 Jul 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/769101 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wingless Victory: The Story of Sir Basil Embry's Escape From Occupied France in the Summer of 1940 Author: Anthony Richardson Narrator: Richard Trinder...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/769101 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wingless Victory: The Story of Sir Basil Embry's Escape From Occupied France in the Summer of 1940 Author: Anthony Richardson Narrator: Richard Trinder Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 11 minutes Release date: July 9, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The true story of an airman's audacious escape from occupied France in World War Two. Perfect for fans of The Great Escape, The 21 Escapes of Lt Alastair Cram, and The Wooden Horse. Sir Basil Embry's Blenheim bomber was shot down in the summer of 1940. During the course of his time in enemy territory he broke out from a column of prisoners while having a Nazi machine gun aimed at him, fought against his captors with stolen weapons, hid in stinking manure, and even posed as a member of the Irish Republican Army in order to throw his captors off the scent of his true identity. In total he was captured three times and three times he refused to submit. Only through sheer courage and wit did he make his way back to Britain to fight and fly again. This is his remarkable story. Anthony Richardson served as Adjutant in the same squadron as Embry later in the war and was told about these astounding exploits first-hand. This book will undoubtedly amaze all interested in moments of amazing fortitude in the face of overwhelming odds.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stanford-tuck-hero-of-the-battle-of-britain-the-life-of-the-great-fighter-ace-by-helen-doe--65097483https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/773543 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stanford Tuck: Hero of the Battle of Britain: The Life of the Great Fighter Ace Author: Helen Doe Narrator: Graham Mack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 13 minutes Release date: June 11, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The first full reappraisal of one of Britain's great fighter aces, this book examines the truth behind Tuck's 1956 biography, Fly for Your Life. It looks at the evidence behind the myths, checks out some of the exaggerated stories and reveals the real Stanford Tuck. In January 1942 Bob Tuck was the top-scoring British fighter ace with an official score of twenty-nine enemy aircraft destroyed. During the Battle of Britain his legendary prowess grew and he was posted to command a leaderless and demoralized squadron, this time flying Hurricanes. He continued to prove he was an outstanding fighter ace, gaining the rare distinction of three DFCs and then the DSO for his leadership. He was shot down over France in January 1942. In January 1944 however, around twenty POWs, including Tuck, were purged to a new camp. Still determined to escape, Tuck and a Polish officer took a risky chance and made their way east to Russian forces and thence to England. This book reveals a more complex man than the one-dimensional hero of the previous biography. Post war, he became good friends with the Luftwaffe ace, Adolf Galland, and was a key advisor with him on the film Battle of Britain, and, often made many media appearances. His health suffered in later years from the impact of his war service and his imprisonment and he died aged seventy in 1987.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/773543Tue, 11 Jun 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/773543 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stanford Tuck: Hero of the Battle of Britain: The Life of the Great Fighter Ace Author: Helen Doe Narrator: Graham Mack Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/773543 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stanford Tuck: Hero of the Battle of Britain: The Life of the Great Fighter Ace Author: Helen Doe Narrator: Graham Mack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 13 minutes Release date: June 11, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The first full reappraisal of one of Britain's great fighter aces, this book examines the truth behind Tuck's 1956 biography, Fly for Your Life. It looks at the evidence behind the myths, checks out some of the exaggerated stories and reveals the real Stanford Tuck. In January 1942 Bob Tuck was the top-scoring British fighter ace with an official score of twenty-nine enemy aircraft destroyed. During the Battle of Britain his legendary prowess grew and he was posted to command a leaderless and demoralized squadron, this time flying Hurricanes. He continued to prove he was an outstanding fighter ace, gaining the rare distinction of three DFCs and then the DSO for his leadership. He was shot down over France in January 1942. In January 1944 however, around twenty POWs, including Tuck, were purged to a new camp. Still determined to escape, Tuck and a Polish officer took a risky chance and made their way east to Russian forces and thence to England. This book reveals a more complex man than the one-dimensional hero of the previous biography. Post war, he became good friends with the Luftwaffe ace, Adolf Galland, and was a key advisor with him on the film Battle of Britain, and, often made many media appearances. His health suffered in later years from the impact of his war service and his imprisonment and he died aged seventy in 1987.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-have-your-back-how-an-american-soldier-became-an-international-hero-by-tom-sileo--65097456https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/712482 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Have Your Back: How an American Soldier Became an International Hero Author: Tom Sileo Narrator: Roger Wayne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 37 minutes Release date: June 4, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The story of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis, who became an international hero for his courage and selflessness. Ever since he was a young boy growing up on the streets of Staten Island, New York, Michael Ollis wanted to be a soldier. Inspired by his father, who fought in Vietnam, Mike’s deep desire to serve was cemented on the day his beloved city was attacked. From 9/11 onward, Mike’s one and only mission was to save lives. After two tense combat deployments, Staff Sergeant Michael Ollis earned the US Army’s coveted Ranger tab and set his sights on the perilous mountains of eastern Afghanistan. On August 28, 2013, Mike was suddenly caught in the middle of a massive and unprecedented Taliban assault on a coalition military base. Rather than retreat to his bunker, Mike decided to fight. He then encountered a Polish army officer who needed his help. Despite being surrounded by enemy fighters while running low on ammunition, Mike promised the foreign soldier that no matter what, he would have his back. For his final act of bravery, Staff Sergeant Michael Ollis would not only receive the Distinguished Service Cross from his own country, but the highest honor that Poland can bestow upon an allied soldier. As an American warrior, Staff Sergeant Michael Ollis had all of our backs. This vivid and visceral account of Mike’s selfless 24-year journey will motivate us to “live like Mike” by always putting family, friends and country first. A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/712482Tue, 04 Jun 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/712482 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Have Your Back: How an American Soldier Became an International Hero Author: Tom Sileo Narrator: Roger Wayne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/712482 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Have Your Back: How an American Soldier Became an International Hero Author: Tom Sileo Narrator: Roger Wayne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 37 minutes Release date: June 4, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The story of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis, who became an international hero for his courage and selflessness. Ever since he was a young boy growing up on the streets of Staten Island, New York, Michael Ollis wanted to be a soldier. Inspired by his father, who fought in Vietnam, Mike’s deep desire to serve was cemented on the day his beloved city was attacked. From 9/11 onward, Mike’s one and only mission was to save lives. After two tense combat deployments, Staff Sergeant Michael Ollis earned the US Army’s coveted Ranger tab and set his sights on the perilous mountains of eastern Afghanistan. On August 28, 2013, Mike was suddenly caught in the middle of a massive and unprecedented Taliban assault on a coalition military base. Rather than retreat to his bunker, Mike decided to fight. He then encountered a Polish army officer who needed his help. Despite being surrounded by enemy fighters while running low on ammunition, Mike promised the foreign soldier that no matter what, he would have his back. For his final act of bravery, Staff Sergeant Michael Ollis would not only receive the Distinguished Service Cross from his own country, but the highest honor that Poland can bestow upon an allied soldier. As an American warrior, Staff Sergeant Michael Ollis had all of our backs. This vivid and visceral account of Mike’s selfless 24-year journey will motivate us to “live like Mike” by always putting family, friends and country first. A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-war-on-warriors-behind-the-betrayal-of-the-men-who-keep-us-free-by-pete-hegseth--65097440https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/720760 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free Author: Pete Hegseth Narrator: Pete Hegseth Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 10 minutes Release date: June 4, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4.83 of Total 6 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Real men fought for our freedoms. It’s time we fought for theirs. Pete Hegseth joined the Army to fight extremists. Then that same Army called him one. The military Pete joined twenty years ago was fiercely focused on lethality, competency, and color blindness. Today our brass are following the rest of our country off the cliff of cultural chaos and weakness. Americans with common sense are fighting this on many fronts, but if we can’t save the meritocracy of our military, we’re definitely going to lose everywhere else. The War on Warriors uncovers the deep roots of our dysfunction—a society that has forgotten the men who take risks, cut through red tape, and get their hands dirty. The only kind of men prepared to face the dan­gers that the Left pretends don’t exist. Unlike issues of education or taxes or crime, this problem doesn’t have a zip code solution. We can’t move away from it. We can’t avoid it. We have only one Pentagon. Either we take it back or surrender it altogether. Combining his own war experiences, tales of outrage, and an incisive look at how the chain of com­mand got so kinked, this book is the key to saving our warriors—and winning future wars. The War on War­riors must be won by the good guys, because when the shooting really starts, they’re the only ones who can save us.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/720760Tue, 04 Jun 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/720760 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free Author: Pete Hegseth Narrator: Pete Hegseth Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/720760 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free Author: Pete Hegseth Narrator: Pete Hegseth Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 10 minutes Release date: June 4, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4.83 of Total 6 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Real men fought for our freedoms. It’s time we fought for theirs. Pete Hegseth joined the Army to fight extremists. Then that same Army called him one. The military Pete joined twenty years ago was fiercely focused on lethality, competency, and color blindness. Today our brass are following the rest of our country off the cliff of cultural chaos and weakness. Americans with common sense are fighting this on many fronts, but if we can’t save the meritocracy of our military, we’re definitely going to lose everywhere else. The War on Warriors uncovers the deep roots of our dysfunction—a society that has forgotten the men who take risks, cut through red tape, and get their hands dirty. The only kind of men prepared to face the dan­gers that the Left pretends don’t exist. Unlike issues of education or taxes or crime, this problem doesn’t have a zip code solution. We can’t move away from it. We can’t avoid it. We have only one Pentagon. Either we take it back or surrender it altogether. Combining his own war experiences, tales of outrage, and an incisive look at how the chain of com­mand got so kinked, this book is the key to saving our warriors—and winning future wars. The War on War­riors must be won by the good guys, because when the shooting really starts, they’re the only ones who can save us.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/light-horse-harry-a-biography-of-washington-s-great-cavalryman-general-henry-lee-by-noel-b-gerson--65097518https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/769102 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Light-Horse Harry: A Biography of Washington's Great Cavalryman, General Henry Lee Author: Noel B. Gerson Narrator: Walter Dixon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 26 minutes Release date: May 28, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Henry Lee learnt to ride before he was five, joined Washington's Army at nineteen, and was appointed Captain of the Fifth Troop of Virginia Dragoons at twenty. At twenty-two, Colonel Lee took command of a mixed cavalry and infantry unit known as 'Lee's Legion'—the finest offensive team in the Continental Army. Nicknamed 'Light-Horse Harry' for his raids on British supply wagons, the young Virginian quickly earned a reputation for horsemanship and distinguished himself as one of the most skilled and courageous cavalry officers of the American Revolution. After the war Lee served in the Virginia legislature, in Congress, in the Virginia Convention of 1788 that ratified the federal Constitution, and as governor of the state. His political career was interrupted while he commanded the Army to put down the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794. From 1799 to 1801 he served in the House of Representatives. Noel B. Gerson charts the triumphs and tragedies of one of the nation's most distinguished citizens, whose rise to fame was overshadowed by bankruptcy, imprisonment, and injuries he received from an angry mob. Drawing on a wealth of contemporary sources, including private correspondence and Lee's own published memoirs, Gerson masterfully portrays a dedicated patriot and natural-born soldier, a trait he passed on to his son, General Robert E. Lee.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/769102Tue, 28 May 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/769102 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Light-Horse Harry: A Biography of Washington's Great Cavalryman, General Henry Lee Author: Noel B. Gerson Narrator: Walter Dixon Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/769102 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Light-Horse Harry: A Biography of Washington's Great Cavalryman, General Henry Lee Author: Noel B. Gerson Narrator: Walter Dixon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 26 minutes Release date: May 28, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Henry Lee learnt to ride before he was five, joined Washington's Army at nineteen, and was appointed Captain of the Fifth Troop of Virginia Dragoons at twenty. At twenty-two, Colonel Lee took command of a mixed cavalry and infantry unit known as 'Lee's Legion'—the finest offensive team in the Continental Army. Nicknamed 'Light-Horse Harry' for his raids on British supply wagons, the young Virginian quickly earned a reputation for horsemanship and distinguished himself as one of the most skilled and courageous cavalry officers of the American Revolution. After the war Lee served in the Virginia legislature, in Congress, in the Virginia Convention of 1788 that ratified the federal Constitution, and as governor of the state. His political career was interrupted while he commanded the Army to put down the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794. From 1799 to 1801 he served in the House of Representatives. Noel B. Gerson charts the triumphs and tragedies of one of the nation's most distinguished citizens, whose rise to fame was overshadowed by bankruptcy, imprisonment, and injuries he received from an angry mob. Drawing on a wealth of contemporary sources, including private correspondence and Lee's own published memoirs, Gerson masterfully portrays a dedicated patriot and natural-born soldier, a trait he passed on to his son, General Robert E. Lee.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/macarthur-reconsidered-general-douglas-macarthur-as-a-wartime-commander-by-james-ellman--65097513https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/771455 to listen full audiobooks. Title: MacArthur Reconsidered: General Douglas MacArthur as a Wartime Commander Author: James Ellman Narrator: Kent Klineman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 8 minutes Release date: May 28, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: One of America's most controversial generals, Douglas MacArthur's rise through the US Army's ranks was meteoric. However, he did not lead large formations of men in combat until he assumed command of forces in the Philippines in 1941. When war commenced with the bombing of Pearl Harbor, MacArthur's performance on the battlefield was a failure: he underestimated the Japanese, and his poorly trained forces were outmaneuvered and outfought by a much smaller invading force. In his subsequent role as America's shogun in Tokyo, MacArthur was again surprised by an enemy he underestimated. The Korean War yielded his greatest victory, at Inchon, but also his greatest defeat, along the Yalu River. Unwilling to accept anything but complete victory, he openly defied President Truman: MacArthur fatally undermined chances for an early peace and attempted to widen a conflict which threatened to become a third world war. Raging against his subsequent firing, he only truly faded away after he was publicly criticized by a panoply of America's greatest WWII generals. Today, MacArthur still polarizes. Many biographies agree he was a great and patriotic leader marred by a few failures. James Ellman argues the opposite: MacArthur was a lackluster battlefield commander who suffered stunning defeats while undermining the command structure of our military.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/771455Tue, 28 May 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/771455 to listen full audiobooks. Title: MacArthur Reconsidered: General Douglas MacArthur as a Wartime Commander Author: James Ellman Narrator: Kent Klineman Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/771455 to listen full audiobooks. Title: MacArthur Reconsidered: General Douglas MacArthur as a Wartime Commander Author: James Ellman Narrator: Kent Klineman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 8 minutes Release date: May 28, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: One of America's most controversial generals, Douglas MacArthur's rise through the US Army's ranks was meteoric. However, he did not lead large formations of men in combat until he assumed command of forces in the Philippines in 1941. When war commenced with the bombing of Pearl Harbor, MacArthur's performance on the battlefield was a failure: he underestimated the Japanese, and his poorly trained forces were outmaneuvered and outfought by a much smaller invading force. In his subsequent role as America's shogun in Tokyo, MacArthur was again surprised by an enemy he underestimated. The Korean War yielded his greatest victory, at Inchon, but also his greatest defeat, along the Yalu River. Unwilling to accept anything but complete victory, he openly defied President Truman: MacArthur fatally undermined chances for an early peace and attempted to widen a conflict which threatened to become a third world war. Raging against his subsequent firing, he only truly faded away after he was publicly criticized by a panoply of America's greatest WWII generals. Today, MacArthur still polarizes. Many biographies agree he was a great and patriotic leader marred by a few failures. James Ellman argues the opposite: MacArthur was a lackluster battlefield commander who suffered stunning defeats while undermining the command structure of our military.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/little-avalanches-a-memoir-by-becky-ellis--65097469https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/769126 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Avalanches: A Memoir Author: Becky Ellis Narrator: Sara Van Beckum, Steve Menasche Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 33 minutes Release date: May 21, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: As a young girl, Becky is forced to hide from phantom Nazis, subjected to dental procedures without pain medication, and torn from her mother again and again. Growing up in the shadow of her father's PTSD, she wants to know what is wrong but knows not to ask. Her father won't talk about being a Timberwolf, a unit of specially trained night fighters that went into combat first and experienced a 300 percent casualty rate. He returns home with thirteen medals and becomes a doctor, but is haunted by his past. Seeing only his explosive and often dangerous personality, Becky distances herself from the man she wants to love. Yet on the eve of his ninetieth birthday, when Becky looks at the vulnerable man he's become, something shifts, and she asks about the war. He breaks seventy years of silence, offering an unfiltered account of war without glory and revealing the extent of the trauma he's endured. She spends the next several years interviewing, researching, and ultimately understanding the demons she inherited. Because his story is incomplete without hers, and hers is inconceivable without his, Ellis offers both, as well as their year-long aching conversation marked by moments of redeeming grace. With compassionate, unflinching writing, Little Avalanches reminds us that we are profoundly shaped by the secrets we keep and forever changed by the stories we share.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/769126Tue, 21 May 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/769126 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Avalanches: A Memoir Author: Becky Ellis Narrator: Sara Van Beckum, Steve Menasche Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 33 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/769126 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Avalanches: A Memoir Author: Becky Ellis Narrator: Sara Van Beckum, Steve Menasche Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 33 minutes Release date: May 21, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: As a young girl, Becky is forced to hide from phantom Nazis, subjected to dental procedures without pain medication, and torn from her mother again and again. Growing up in the shadow of her father's PTSD, she wants to know what is wrong but knows not to ask. Her father won't talk about being a Timberwolf, a unit of specially trained night fighters that went into combat first and experienced a 300 percent casualty rate. He returns home with thirteen medals and becomes a doctor, but is haunted by his past. Seeing only his explosive and often dangerous personality, Becky distances herself from the man she wants to love. Yet on the eve of his ninetieth birthday, when Becky looks at the vulnerable man he's become, something shifts, and she asks about the war. He breaks seventy years of silence, offering an unfiltered account of war without glory and revealing the extent of the trauma he's endured. She spends the next several years interviewing, researching, and ultimately understanding the demons she inherited. Because his story is incomplete without hers, and hers is inconceivable without his, Ellis offers both, as well as their year-long aching conversation marked by moments of redeeming grace. With compassionate, unflinching writing, Little Avalanches reminds us that we are profoundly shaped by the secrets we keep and forever changed by the stories we share.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-way-of-ronin-defying-the-odds-on-battlefields-in-business-and-in-life-by-tu-lam--65097439https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/722353 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Way of Ronin: Defying the Odds on Battlefields, in Business and in Life Author: Tu Lam Narrator: Tu Lam, Pun Bandhu Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 9 minutes Release date: May 21, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: From Special Forces veteran and internationally respected teacher of Rōnin Tactics to streaming and videogame fan favorite, Tu Lam’s memoir will captivate, astonish, exhilarate, and even profoundly resonate. Tu Lam has become known not just for his accomplishments as a decorated Green Beret, but also for his work outside the military, including: - Training citizens and law enforcement professionals all over the country - Providing aid to both active and retired soldiers with physical and mental health issues - Co-hosting the History Channel’s Forged in Fire: Knife or Death - Appearing in and contributing to the world’s bestselling video game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare In The Way of Rōnin, he reveals his against-all-odds story. Tu Lam’s resilience, dedication, and relentless pursuit of freedom saw him achieving Full Spectrum US Special Operations across twenty-seven countries worldwide for more than twenty years, only to pay the price of his own physical and mental trauma as well as addiction. That decision led him to more than two decades of grueling instruction in every facet of the special forces, then deployment to war and conflict zones—all while channeling his inner anger in secret underground no-holds-barred fighting matches. When he finally retired from the military after more than two decades, his demons caught up with him, leading to years of addiction. But even that didn’t defeat him. Confronting his demons, he emerged triumphant. Now he shares the gripping details and riveting intricacies of this awe-inspiring journey. Tu Lam’s life is, at times, all too real, and at many others times, almost unbelievable. For fans of Jocko Willink and David Goggins, The Way of Rōnin is an ultimately triumphant tale of what one man can accomplish against seemingly insurmountable odds.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/722353Tue, 21 May 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/722353 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Way of Ronin: Defying the Odds on Battlefields, in Business and in Life Author: Tu Lam Narrator: Tu Lam, Pun Bandhu Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/722353 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Way of Ronin: Defying the Odds on Battlefields, in Business and in Life Author: Tu Lam Narrator: Tu Lam, Pun Bandhu Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 9 minutes Release date: May 21, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: From Special Forces veteran and internationally respected teacher of Rōnin Tactics to streaming and videogame fan favorite, Tu Lam’s memoir will captivate, astonish, exhilarate, and even profoundly resonate. Tu Lam has become known not just for his accomplishments as a decorated Green Beret, but also for his work outside the military, including: - Training citizens and law enforcement professionals all over the country - Providing aid to both active and retired soldiers with physical and mental health issues - Co-hosting the History Channel’s Forged in Fire: Knife or Death - Appearing in and contributing to the world’s bestselling video game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare In The Way of Rōnin, he reveals his against-all-odds story. Tu Lam’s resilience, dedication, and relentless pursuit of freedom saw him achieving Full Spectrum US Special Operations across twenty-seven countries worldwide for more than twenty years, only to pay the price of his own physical and mental trauma as well as addiction. That decision led him to more than two decades of grueling instruction in every facet of the special forces, then deployment to war and conflict zones—all while channeling his inner anger in secret underground no-holds-barred fighting matches. When he finally retired from the military after more than two decades, his demons caught up with him, leading to years of addiction. But even that didn’t defeat him. Confronting his demons, he emerged triumphant. Now he shares the gripping details and riveting intricacies of this awe-inspiring journey. Tu Lam’s life is, at times, all too real, and at many others times, almost unbelievable. For fans of Jocko Willink and David Goggins, The Way of Rōnin is an ultimately triumphant tale of what one man can accomplish against seemingly insurmountable odds.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/french-zov-l-homme-qui-a-dit-non-a-la-guerre-by-pavel-filatiev--65097449https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/775285 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [French] - ZOV: L'homme qui a dit non à la guerre Author: Pavel Filatiev Narrator: Philippe Sollier Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 22 minutes Release date: May 13, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: « Mon Dieu, si je survis, je ferai tout pour changer ça. » C'est sous le feu nourri de l'artillerie ukrainienne que Pavel Filatiev s'est fait cette promesse. Membre du 56e régiment d'assaut aéroporté russe, il participe dès le 24 février 2022 à la guerre déclenchée par le Kremlin. Blessé à l'oeil, il est évacué et demande à démissionner pour raisons de santé. Démission refusée. Il décide alors de fuir la Russie. Mais pas avant d'avoir témoigné, en publiant un long manifeste sur le réseau social VKontakte : ZOV, « l'appel », en référence aux trois lettres peintes sur les blindés qui ont envahi l'Ukraine. Réfugié en France, Pavel Filatiev se bat aujourd'hui avec courage pour faire connaître la vérité. L'impréparation des troupes russes, le désespoir des combattants transformés en chair à canon, la gabegie, les primes jamais versées, les morts : derrière la propagande, la réalité est accablante, et son récit, implacable, en témoigne. © Éditions Albin Michel, 2022 Traduit du russe par Gisèle Tokarev]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/775285Mon, 13 May 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/775285 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [French] - ZOV: L'homme qui a dit non à la guerre Author: Pavel Filatiev Narrator: Philippe Sollier Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 22...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/775285 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [French] - ZOV: L'homme qui a dit non à la guerre Author: Pavel Filatiev Narrator: Philippe Sollier Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 22 minutes Release date: May 13, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: « Mon Dieu, si je survis, je ferai tout pour changer ça. » C'est sous le feu nourri de l'artillerie ukrainienne que Pavel Filatiev s'est fait cette promesse. Membre du 56e régiment d'assaut aéroporté russe, il participe dès le 24 février 2022 à la guerre déclenchée par le Kremlin. Blessé à l'oeil, il est évacué et demande à démissionner pour raisons de santé. Démission refusée. Il décide alors de fuir la Russie. Mais pas avant d'avoir témoigné, en publiant un long manifeste sur le réseau social VKontakte : ZOV, « l'appel », en référence aux trois lettres peintes sur les blindés qui ont envahi l'Ukraine. Réfugié en France, Pavel Filatiev se bat aujourd'hui avec courage pour faire connaître la vérité. L'impréparation des troupes russes, le désespoir des combattants transformés en chair à canon, la gabegie, les primes jamais versées, les morts : derrière la propagande, la réalité est accablante, et son récit, implacable, en témoigne. © Éditions Albin Michel, 2022 Traduit du russe par Gisèle Tokarev]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/apache-at-war-flying-the-world-s-deadliest-attack-helicopter-in-combat-by-steve-jones--65097530https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/734347 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Apache at War: Flying the world's deadliest attack helicopter in combat Author: Steve Jones Narrator: Nathaniel Priestley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 48 minutes Release date: May 9, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: **AS FEATURED IN THE TELEGRAPH** The ultimate fighting machine... The unflinching memoir of the elite combat pilot who flew it in action... And his nail-biting story of training Prince Harry. 'Rounds slammed the ground all around the Taliban. He hit the earth face first, vanishing into the foggy confusion of desert conflict. The Apache's engines rumbled on as we orbited, hoping to see immediate harsh, hard proof that he was no longer a threat.' Steve Jones is a former senior British combat pilot flying with the Army Air Corps (AAC), and Apache At War is his vivid and uncompromising account of flying 'the ultimate fighting machine', the Apache AH1 attack helicopter in action. From patrolling 'Bandit Country' in Northern Ireland in the late 1990s, to taking out Taliban fighters in Afghanistan in the mid to late 2000s, with active service in the Balkans and Iraq along the way: Steve Jones offers the taut, gritty, and graphic reality of flying in military service. Besides his time spent in the air, Steve Jones was also a qualified instructor on the Apache. He brings us a first-hand account of his time spent teaching the then 'Lieutenant H. Wales' - Prince Harry - to fly and fight the aircraft. He tells of mentoring the hard-living prince, of equipping him with skills that would later bring out the best in him in Afghanistan, offering insights into Harry the soldier and pilot far removed from the media figure that we all know so well. Immediate, dramatic, peppered with military insights and laced with laconic humour, Apache At War is a testament to the vital work of combat helicopter pilots, as well as an intimate salute to a truly remarkable aircraft.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/734347Thu, 09 May 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/734347 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Apache at War: Flying the world's deadliest attack helicopter in combat Author: Steve Jones Narrator: Nathaniel Priestley Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/734347 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Apache at War: Flying the world's deadliest attack helicopter in combat Author: Steve Jones Narrator: Nathaniel Priestley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 48 minutes Release date: May 9, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: **AS FEATURED IN THE TELEGRAPH** The ultimate fighting machine... The unflinching memoir of the elite combat pilot who flew it in action... And his nail-biting story of training Prince Harry. 'Rounds slammed the ground all around the Taliban. He hit the earth face first, vanishing into the foggy confusion of desert conflict. The Apache's engines rumbled on as we orbited, hoping to see immediate harsh, hard proof that he was no longer a threat.' Steve Jones is a former senior British combat pilot flying with the Army Air Corps (AAC), and Apache At War is his vivid and uncompromising account of flying 'the ultimate fighting machine', the Apache AH1 attack helicopter in action. From patrolling 'Bandit Country' in Northern Ireland in the late 1990s, to taking out Taliban fighters in Afghanistan in the mid to late 2000s, with active service in the Balkans and Iraq along the way: Steve Jones offers the taut, gritty, and graphic reality of flying in military service. Besides his time spent in the air, Steve Jones was also a qualified instructor on the Apache. He brings us a first-hand account of his time spent teaching the then 'Lieutenant H. Wales' - Prince Harry - to fly and fight the aircraft. He tells of mentoring the hard-living prince, of equipping him with skills that would later bring out the best in him in Afghanistan, offering insights into Harry the soldier and pilot far removed from the media figure that we all know so well. Immediate, dramatic, peppered with military insights and laced with laconic humour, Apache At War is a testament to the vital work of combat helicopter pilots, as well as an intimate salute to a truly remarkable aircraft.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fighting-the-night-iwo-jima-world-war-ii-and-a-flyer-s-life-by-paul-hendrickson--65097485https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/707073 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fighting the Night: Iwo Jima, World War II, and a Flyer's Life Author: Paul Hendrickson Narrator: Paul Hendrickson, Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 7, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: From the acclaimed and best-selling author of Hemingway’s Boat, the profoundly moving story of his father’s wartime service as a night fighter pilot, and the prices he and his fellow soldiers paid for their acts of selfless, patriotic sacrifice In the fall of 1944, Joe Paul Hendrickson, the author’s father, kissed his twenty-one-year-old wife and two baby children goodbye. The twenty-five-year-old first lieutenant, pilot of a famed P-61 Black Widow, was leaving for the war. He and his night fighter squadron were sent to Iwo Jima, where, for the last five and a half months of World War II, he flew approximately seventy-five missions, largely in pitch-black conditions. His wife would wait out the war at the home of her small-town Ohio parents, one of the countless numbers of American family members shouldering the burden of being left behind. Joe Paul, the son of a Depression-poor Kentucky sharecropper, was fresh out of high school in 1937 when he enlisted in mechanic school in the peacetime Army Air Corps. Eventually, he was able to qualify for flight school. After marriage, and with the war on, the young officer and his bride crisscrossed the country, airfield to airfield, base to base: Santa Ana, Yuma, Kissimmee, Bakersfield, Orlando, La Junta, Fresno. He volunteered for night fighters and the newly arrived and almost mythic Black Widow. A world away, the carnage continued. As Paul Hendrickson tracks his parents’ journey, together and separate, both stateside and overseas, he creates a vivid portrait of a hard-to-know father whose time in the war, he comes to understand, was something truly heroic, but never without its hidden and unhidden psychic costs. Bringing to life an iconic moment of American history, and the tragedy of all wars, Fighting the Night is an intense and powerful story of violence and love, forgiveness and loss. And it is a tribute to those who got plunged into service, in the best years of their lives, and the sacrifices they and their loved ones made, then and thereafter. This program includes a bonus PDF with photographs, referenced in the book, that are essential to the listening experience.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/707073Tue, 07 May 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/707073 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fighting the Night: Iwo Jima, World War II, and a Flyer's Life Author: Paul Hendrickson Narrator: Paul Hendrickson, Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/707073 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fighting the Night: Iwo Jima, World War II, and a Flyer's Life Author: Paul Hendrickson Narrator: Paul Hendrickson, Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 7, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: From the acclaimed and best-selling author of Hemingway’s Boat, the profoundly moving story of his father’s wartime service as a night fighter pilot, and the prices he and his fellow soldiers paid for their acts of selfless, patriotic sacrifice In the fall of 1944, Joe Paul Hendrickson, the author’s father, kissed his twenty-one-year-old wife and two baby children goodbye. The twenty-five-year-old first lieutenant, pilot of a famed P-61 Black Widow, was leaving for the war. He and his night fighter squadron were sent to Iwo Jima, where, for the last five and a half months of World War II, he flew approximately seventy-five missions, largely in pitch-black conditions. His wife would wait out the war at the home of her small-town Ohio parents, one of the countless numbers of American family members shouldering the burden of being left behind. Joe Paul, the son of a Depression-poor Kentucky sharecropper, was fresh out of high school in 1937 when he enlisted in mechanic school in the peacetime Army Air Corps. Eventually, he was able to qualify for flight school. After marriage, and with the war on, the young officer and his bride crisscrossed the country, airfield to airfield, base to base: Santa Ana, Yuma, Kissimmee, Bakersfield, Orlando, La Junta, Fresno. He volunteered for night fighters and the newly arrived and almost mythic Black Widow. A world away, the carnage continued. As Paul Hendrickson tracks his parents’ journey, together and separate, both stateside and overseas, he creates a vivid portrait of a hard-to-know father whose time in the war, he comes to understand, was something truly heroic, but never without its hidden and unhidden psychic costs. Bringing to life an iconic moment of American history, and the tragedy of all wars, Fighting the Night is an intense and powerful story of violence and love, forgiveness and loss. And it is a tribute to those who got plunged into service, in the best years of their lives, and the sacrifices they and their loved ones made, then and thereafter. This program includes a bonus PDF with photographs, referenced in the book, that are essential to the listening experience.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/zero-risk-by-tony-loughran--65097461https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/773720 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Zero Risk Author: Tony Loughran Narrator: Tony Loughran Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: May 7, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: We live in a dangerous world. And the stories of war and terrorism that fill our screens are brought to us by brave journalists who put their lives on the line. They will always face peril, but now they can work in much greater safety, thanks to the determination and dedication of one remarkable man. Tony Loughran's life has been all about risk - taking it, preventing it. He survived a tough childhood in working-class Liverpool, then joined the navy, where he excelled. Next came a career as an elite commando medic, a demanding role that required doctor-level training. He dealt with serious physical injury and a stint in Belfast left him with psychological scars. His life changed when he took responsibility for safety and security at the BBC. In his years with the world-famous broadcaster, Mr Death and Destruction, as he became known, revolutionised the protective gear and strategies used by foreign correspondents and introduced ground-breaking training that has saved many lives. Among much else, he provided the security for the notorious Martin Bashir interview with Princess Diana and protected Panorama journalists in Northern Ireland. Then came a new life in Australia and the establishment of his own security consultancy company, ZeroRisk International. The work is always challenging: investigating the deaths of well-known journalist John Schofield and cameraman Nazeh Darwazeh, escaping when he came close to being captured in Kabul, advising media during the Lindt Café siege and getting people out of Afghanistan when the Taliban returned. This page-turning, hard-to-put-down account of an extraordinary career is full of nail-biting excitement, engaging humour, compassion and brutal honesty. Once you read Zero Risk, the world will never seem quite the same again.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/773720Tue, 07 May 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/773720 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Zero Risk Author: Tony Loughran Narrator: Tony Loughran Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: May 7, 2024 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/773720 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Zero Risk Author: Tony Loughran Narrator: Tony Loughran Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: May 7, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: We live in a dangerous world. And the stories of war and terrorism that fill our screens are brought to us by brave journalists who put their lives on the line. They will always face peril, but now they can work in much greater safety, thanks to the determination and dedication of one remarkable man. Tony Loughran's life has been all about risk - taking it, preventing it. He survived a tough childhood in working-class Liverpool, then joined the navy, where he excelled. Next came a career as an elite commando medic, a demanding role that required doctor-level training. He dealt with serious physical injury and a stint in Belfast left him with psychological scars. His life changed when he took responsibility for safety and security at the BBC. In his years with the world-famous broadcaster, Mr Death and Destruction, as he became known, revolutionised the protective gear and strategies used by foreign correspondents and introduced ground-breaking training that has saved many lives. Among much else, he provided the security for the notorious Martin Bashir interview with Princess Diana and protected Panorama journalists in Northern Ireland. Then came a new life in Australia and the establishment of his own security consultancy company, ZeroRisk International. The work is always challenging: investigating the deaths of well-known journalist John Schofield and cameraman Nazeh Darwazeh, escaping when he came close to being captured in Kabul, advising media during the Lindt Café siege and getting people out of Afghanistan when the Taliban returned. This page-turning, hard-to-put-down account of an extraordinary career is full of nail-biting excitement, engaging humour, compassion and brutal honesty. Once you read Zero Risk, the world will never seem quite the same again.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-verwehte-spuren-als-gebirgsjager-an-der-ostfront-by-franz-taut--65097448https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/777628 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Verwehte Spuren: Als Gebirgsjäger an der Ostfront Author: Franz Taut Narrator: Klaus G. Förg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 45 minutes Release date: May 2, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Leutnant Wenks Gebirgsjägerdivision soll zügig den Kaukasus Richtung Schwarzmeerküste überqueren. Doch bereits der Hinweg wird zur Tortur. Neben ständiger Feindesnähe und fehlendem Nachschub an Truppen und Nahrungsmitteln, drohen Schnee und Eis das Vorhaben zu gefährden. Zum Todesurteil wird den Soldaten aber die Berliner Führungsspitze, die die Lage völlig falsch einschätzt. Als die Erlaubnis zum Rückzug erteilt wird, ist es zu spät: Wenke kann nur noch versuchen, die letzten Überlebenden zu retten. Eine wahre und erschütternde Geschichte.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/777628Thu, 02 May 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/777628 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Verwehte Spuren: Als Gebirgsjäger an der Ostfront Author: Franz Taut Narrator: Klaus G. Förg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 45...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/777628 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Verwehte Spuren: Als Gebirgsjäger an der Ostfront Author: Franz Taut Narrator: Klaus G. Förg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 45 minutes Release date: May 2, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Leutnant Wenks Gebirgsjägerdivision soll zügig den Kaukasus Richtung Schwarzmeerküste überqueren. Doch bereits der Hinweg wird zur Tortur. Neben ständiger Feindesnähe und fehlendem Nachschub an Truppen und Nahrungsmitteln, drohen Schnee und Eis das Vorhaben zu gefährden. Zum Todesurteil wird den Soldaten aber die Berliner Führungsspitze, die die Lage völlig falsch einschätzt. Als die Erlaubnis zum Rückzug erteilt wird, ist es zu spät: Wenke kann nur noch versuchen, die letzten Überlebenden zu retten. Eine wahre und erschütternde Geschichte.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dwight-d-eisenhower-the-true-story-of-his-life-time-during-world-war-ii-by-liam-dale--65097465https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/769571 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dwight D. Eisenhower: The True Story of his Life & Time during World War II Author: Liam Dale Narrator: Liam Dale Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 41 minutes Release date: April 30, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Ask a random sample of people to name the History Makers of World War II and you can pretty much predict their answers. First on the list will be Adolf Hitler, who made history for all the wrong reasons, then next it could well be Sir Winston Churchill with his characteristic V for victory sign and large cigar. Such luminaries as Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, fondly known to his men as "Monty", General de Gaulle and President Franklin D Roosevelt are all likely to be in the top ten, along with Hitler's henchmen Herman Goering and the Desert Fox, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, as well as Italy's fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. Whether fighting for good or evil, each of these men had a larger-than-life persona, and although Hitler's ruthlessness as a dictator kept the Nazis in line, the Allies needed to work together by more democratic means. The task of diplomatically leading these undoubtedly great but not always easy characters when it mattered most, fell to affable American, Dwight D Eisenhower, who certainly deserves to be called a History Maker of World War II.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/769571Tue, 30 Apr 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/769571 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dwight D. Eisenhower: The True Story of his Life & Time during World War II Author: Liam Dale Narrator: Liam Dale Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/769571 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dwight D. Eisenhower: The True Story of his Life & Time during World War II Author: Liam Dale Narrator: Liam Dale Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 41 minutes Release date: April 30, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Ask a random sample of people to name the History Makers of World War II and you can pretty much predict their answers. First on the list will be Adolf Hitler, who made history for all the wrong reasons, then next it could well be Sir Winston Churchill with his characteristic V for victory sign and large cigar. Such luminaries as Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, fondly known to his men as "Monty", General de Gaulle and President Franklin D Roosevelt are all likely to be in the top ten, along with Hitler's henchmen Herman Goering and the Desert Fox, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, as well as Italy's fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. Whether fighting for good or evil, each of these men had a larger-than-life persona, and although Hitler's ruthlessness as a dictator kept the Nazis in line, the Allies needed to work together by more democratic means. The task of diplomatically leading these undoubtedly great but not always easy characters when it mattered most, fell to affable American, Dwight D Eisenhower, who certainly deserves to be called a History Maker of World War II.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-titan-d-ein-weg-ins-cockpit-ungekurzt-by-gerald-gross--65097455https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/770943 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Titan - (D)ein Weg ins Cockpit (Ungekürzt) Author: Gerald Groß Narrator: Gerald Groß Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 41 minutes Release date: April 30, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Viele Wege können in das Cockpit eines Eurofighters führen, doch für die meisten Menschen bleiben diese auf ewig verborgen. Kampfpilot Gerald 'TITAN' Groß nimmt den Leser mit auf seinem persönlichen Weg zum Traumberuf. Eine kompakte Autobiographie beleuchtet den Menschen im Cockpit. Mit zahlreichen Geschichten aus der Fliegerei bei der Luftwaffe wird der Pilotenalltag hautnah 'erlesbar'. Die dabei über viele Jahre entstandenen 'lessons learned' aus den Bereichen Persönlichkeitsentwicklung, Selbstorganisation, Fehlervermeidung, Projektmanagement und Emotionskontrolle sind auf unzählige Bereiche des eigenen Lebens anwendbar.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/770943Tue, 30 Apr 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/770943 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Titan - (D)ein Weg ins Cockpit (Ungekürzt) Author: Gerald Groß Narrator: Gerald Groß Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 41 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/770943 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Titan - (D)ein Weg ins Cockpit (Ungekürzt) Author: Gerald Groß Narrator: Gerald Groß Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 41 minutes Release date: April 30, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Viele Wege können in das Cockpit eines Eurofighters führen, doch für die meisten Menschen bleiben diese auf ewig verborgen. Kampfpilot Gerald 'TITAN' Groß nimmt den Leser mit auf seinem persönlichen Weg zum Traumberuf. Eine kompakte Autobiographie beleuchtet den Menschen im Cockpit. Mit zahlreichen Geschichten aus der Fliegerei bei der Luftwaffe wird der Pilotenalltag hautnah 'erlesbar'. Die dabei über viele Jahre entstandenen 'lessons learned' aus den Bereichen Persönlichkeitsentwicklung, Selbstorganisation, Fehlervermeidung, Projektmanagement und Emotionskontrolle sind auf unzählige Bereiche des eigenen Lebens anwendbar.]]>185rztcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/franklin-delano-roosevelt-his-finest-hour-the-winning-of-world-war-ii-by-liam-dale--65097451https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/769576 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: His Finest Hour - The Winning of World War II Author: Liam Dale Narrator: Liam Dale Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 44 minutes Release date: April 30, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The early years of World War II saw Nazi Germany dominate Europe, but by the end of 1941, as Adolf Hitler continued to build his Empire, events in the Pacific took on their own momentum as Imperial Japan and America became locked in battle after the bombing of the US Naval Fleet at Pearl Harbor. As the smoke and flames rose from Pearl, America and its President, Franklin D Roosevelt, could no longer remain on the sidelines of the war that had been waging in Europe for over two years, and on December 7th, 1941, the hostilities were transformed into a global conflict. This would mark the beginning of a new chapter in the Second World War where the Americans joined the fight for what Roosevelt had laid out as the Four Freedoms. The first was Freedom of Speech, the second, Freedom of Religion and Expression, the third Freedom from Want, and last but by no means least, the fourth was Freedom from Fear. The story of how the nation, which so treasured its neutrality and had gone to such great lengths to avoid fighting on foreign soil, joined the war, will follow in the footsteps of Roosevelt, the man responsible for the American Dream.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/769576Tue, 30 Apr 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/769576 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: His Finest Hour - The Winning of World War II Author: Liam Dale Narrator: Liam Dale Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/769576 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: His Finest Hour - The Winning of World War II Author: Liam Dale Narrator: Liam Dale Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 44 minutes Release date: April 30, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The early years of World War II saw Nazi Germany dominate Europe, but by the end of 1941, as Adolf Hitler continued to build his Empire, events in the Pacific took on their own momentum as Imperial Japan and America became locked in battle after the bombing of the US Naval Fleet at Pearl Harbor. As the smoke and flames rose from Pearl, America and its President, Franklin D Roosevelt, could no longer remain on the sidelines of the war that had been waging in Europe for over two years, and on December 7th, 1941, the hostilities were transformed into a global conflict. This would mark the beginning of a new chapter in the Second World War where the Americans joined the fight for what Roosevelt had laid out as the Four Freedoms. The first was Freedom of Speech, the second, Freedom of Religion and Expression, the third Freedom from Want, and last but by no means least, the fourth was Freedom from Fear. The story of how the nation, which so treasured its neutrality and had gone to such great lengths to avoid fighting on foreign soil, joined the war, will follow in the footsteps of Roosevelt, the man responsible for the American Dream.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/attack-on-pearl-harbor-america-enters-world-war-ii-by-liam-dale--65097447https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/769573 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Attack on Pearl Harbor: America Enters World War II Author: Liam Dale Narrator: Liam Dale Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 39 minutes Release date: April 30, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: On December 7th 1941 as World War II raged, the focus of attention was snatched from the battlefields of Europe and diverted to the smoke and flames rising from the American Naval Base in Hawaii, Pearl Harbor. The Empire of the Rising Sun had finally struck, piercing the heart of the US navy in a bid to ensure that their plans for an Asian Empire, every bit as ambitious as Adolf Hitler's Thousand Year Reich, were not threatened. But as the injured were rushed to safety and America reeled from the shock of the Japanese attack, those battling against Hitler, most notably Winston Churchill and the people of Great Britain, were able to find some comfort in the tragedy, because America's President, Franklin D Roosevelt, could now justify bringing the United States into the war. The story of Pearl Harbor may have been told many times, but it's nonetheless always fascinating and in this journal, we will have the opportunity to revisit the events of that monumental day as they unfolded, from the bombing of the USS Panay to the attack on Pearl itself, while discovering the reasons why the Japanese fleets travelled far across the ocean, to pick a fight with World War II's sleeping giant.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/769573Tue, 30 Apr 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/769573 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Attack on Pearl Harbor: America Enters World War II Author: Liam Dale Narrator: Liam Dale Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 39 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/769573 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Attack on Pearl Harbor: America Enters World War II Author: Liam Dale Narrator: Liam Dale Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 39 minutes Release date: April 30, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: On December 7th 1941 as World War II raged, the focus of attention was snatched from the battlefields of Europe and diverted to the smoke and flames rising from the American Naval Base in Hawaii, Pearl Harbor. The Empire of the Rising Sun had finally struck, piercing the heart of the US navy in a bid to ensure that their plans for an Asian Empire, every bit as ambitious as Adolf Hitler's Thousand Year Reich, were not threatened. But as the injured were rushed to safety and America reeled from the shock of the Japanese attack, those battling against Hitler, most notably Winston Churchill and the people of Great Britain, were able to find some comfort in the tragedy, because America's President, Franklin D Roosevelt, could now justify bringing the United States into the war. The story of Pearl Harbor may have been told many times, but it's nonetheless always fascinating and in this journal, we will have the opportunity to revisit the events of that monumental day as they unfolded, from the bombing of the USS Panay to the attack on Pearl itself, while discovering the reasons why the Japanese fleets travelled far across the ocean, to pick a fight with World War II's sleeping giant.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sky-warriors-british-airborne-forces-in-the-second-world-war-by-saul-david--65097521https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/691755 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sky Warriors: British Airborne Forces in the Second World War Author: Saul David Narrator: Adam James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 23 minutes Release date: April 25, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER From bestselling historian Saul David, a riveting new history of the British airborne experience across the Second World War. The legendary ‘Red Devils’ were among the finest combat troops of the Second World War. Created at Churchill’s instigation in June 1940, they began as a single parachute battalion of 500 men and grew into three 10,000-strong airborne divisions: the 1st, 6th and 44th Indian, each composed of parachutists and glider-borne troops. Wearing their distinctive maroon berets, steel helmets and Dennison smocks, they served with distinction in every major theatre of the conflict – including North Africa, Sicily, mainland Europe and the Far East – and played a starring role in some most iconic airborne operations in history: the Bruneval Raid of February 1942; the capture of the Primasole, Pegasus and Arnhem Bridges in July 1943, June 1944 and September 1944 respectively; and Operation Varsity, the biggest parachute drop in history, near Wesel in Germany in March 1945.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/691755Thu, 25 Apr 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/691755 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sky Warriors: British Airborne Forces in the Second World War Author: Saul David Narrator: Adam James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 23...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/691755 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sky Warriors: British Airborne Forces in the Second World War Author: Saul David Narrator: Adam James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 23 minutes Release date: April 25, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER From bestselling historian Saul David, a riveting new history of the British airborne experience across the Second World War. The legendary ‘Red Devils’ were among the finest combat troops of the Second World War. Created at Churchill’s instigation in June 1940, they began as a single parachute battalion of 500 men and grew into three 10,000-strong airborne divisions: the 1st, 6th and 44th Indian, each composed of parachutists and glider-borne troops. Wearing their distinctive maroon berets, steel helmets and Dennison smocks, they served with distinction in every major theatre of the conflict – including North Africa, Sicily, mainland Europe and the Far East – and played a starring role in some most iconic airborne operations in history: the Bruneval Raid of February 1942; the capture of the Primasole, Pegasus and Arnhem Bridges in July 1943, June 1944 and September 1944 respectively; and Operation Varsity, the biggest parachute drop in history, near Wesel in Germany in March 1945.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mannerheim-marshal-of-finland-a-life-in-geopolitics-by-henrik-meinander--65097605https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/745331 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mannerheim, Marshal of Finland: A Life in Geopolitics Author: Henrik Meinander Narrator: Bruce Mann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: April 23, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Field marshal and statesman Gustaf Mannerheim (1867-1951) was the most acclaimed and the most hated Finn of the twentieth century. After three decades of loyal and distinguished service in the Russian Tsarist army, he returned to his homeland in 1917 to defend its new independence. This iconic figure led the Finnish forces as Commander-in-Chief during both World Wars, then ended his career as President of Finland. This new critical biography sets Mannerheim's entire life's work, and his often nerve-wracking decisions as a Finnish leader on the world stage, against the backdrop of his elite upbringing and lifestyle, his adventurous imperial career, his outspoken anti-communism, and his keen instincts for great power politics. Painful details emerge about Mannerheim's private life, and myths and rumors are scrutinized, as Henrik Meinander charts the complex legacy of this nationalist cosmopolitan who found himself fighting on the same side as Hitler. Meinander paints his portrait with strong contrasts and bright colors. This is the story of a multicultural Russian empire, a newborn nation-state treading warily between Europe's military titans, a front of the Second World War not easily reduced to moral binaries-and, above all, a shrewd political operator playing many a dangerous game.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/745331Tue, 23 Apr 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/745331 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mannerheim, Marshal of Finland: A Life in Geopolitics Author: Henrik Meinander Narrator: Bruce Mann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/745331 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mannerheim, Marshal of Finland: A Life in Geopolitics Author: Henrik Meinander Narrator: Bruce Mann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: April 23, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Field marshal and statesman Gustaf Mannerheim (1867-1951) was the most acclaimed and the most hated Finn of the twentieth century. After three decades of loyal and distinguished service in the Russian Tsarist army, he returned to his homeland in 1917 to defend its new independence. This iconic figure led the Finnish forces as Commander-in-Chief during both World Wars, then ended his career as President of Finland. This new critical biography sets Mannerheim's entire life's work, and his often nerve-wracking decisions as a Finnish leader on the world stage, against the backdrop of his elite upbringing and lifestyle, his adventurous imperial career, his outspoken anti-communism, and his keen instincts for great power politics. Painful details emerge about Mannerheim's private life, and myths and rumors are scrutinized, as Henrik Meinander charts the complex legacy of this nationalist cosmopolitan who found himself fighting on the same side as Hitler. Meinander paints his portrait with strong contrasts and bright colors. This is the story of a multicultural Russian empire, a newborn nation-state treading warily between Europe's military titans, a front of the Second World War not easily reduced to moral binaries-and, above all, a shrewd political operator playing many a dangerous game.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/j-e-b-stuart-the-soldier-and-the-man-by-edward-g-longacre--65097512https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/756266 to listen full audiobooks. Title: J.E.B. Stuart: The Soldier and the Man Author: Edward G. Longacre Narrator: David Colacci Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 41 minutes Release date: April 23, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: J. E. B. Stuart: The Soldier and the Man is the first thoroughly scrutinized study of the life and service of the Civil War's most famous cavalryman. James Ewell Brown Stuart led the Army of Northern Virginia's cavalry to the all-but-complete satisfaction of his superiors. Being human, Stuart occasionally underperformed. He underestimated his opponents, took unnecessary risks with his command, failed to properly discipline and motivate his troopers, and was prone to errors both strategic and tactical. Because of his outsized wartime reputation, most of Stuart's errors have passed virtually unnoticed or, when addressed, have been excused or explained away. Edward Longacre's study probes not only Stuart's military career but elements of his character that invite investigation. Even his fiercest partisans admitted that he was vain and inordinately sensitive to criticism, with a streak of immaturity—at times the hard-edged veteran, at other times a devotee of the pageantry of war. Motivated by appeals to vanity, he curried the patronage of powerful men and responded to the attentions of attractive women even though he was a married man. Personal flaws aside, Stuart was popular with his officers and men, beloved by his staff, and considered the beau ideal of Confederate soldiery. The distinction endures today. This book is an attempt to determine its validity.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/756266Tue, 23 Apr 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/756266 to listen full audiobooks. Title: J.E.B. Stuart: The Soldier and the Man Author: Edward G. Longacre Narrator: David Colacci Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 41 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/756266 to listen full audiobooks. Title: J.E.B. Stuart: The Soldier and the Man Author: Edward G. Longacre Narrator: David Colacci Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 41 minutes Release date: April 23, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: J. E. B. Stuart: The Soldier and the Man is the first thoroughly scrutinized study of the life and service of the Civil War's most famous cavalryman. James Ewell Brown Stuart led the Army of Northern Virginia's cavalry to the all-but-complete satisfaction of his superiors. Being human, Stuart occasionally underperformed. He underestimated his opponents, took unnecessary risks with his command, failed to properly discipline and motivate his troopers, and was prone to errors both strategic and tactical. Because of his outsized wartime reputation, most of Stuart's errors have passed virtually unnoticed or, when addressed, have been excused or explained away. Edward Longacre's study probes not only Stuart's military career but elements of his character that invite investigation. Even his fiercest partisans admitted that he was vain and inordinately sensitive to criticism, with a streak of immaturity—at times the hard-edged veteran, at other times a devotee of the pageantry of war. Motivated by appeals to vanity, he curried the patronage of powerful men and responded to the attentions of attractive women even though he was a married man. Personal flaws aside, Stuart was popular with his officers and men, beloved by his staff, and considered the beau ideal of Confederate soldiery. The distinction endures today. This book is an attempt to determine its validity.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/marshall-s-great-captain-lieutenant-general-frank-m-andrews-and-air-power-in-the-world-wars-by-kathy-wilson--65097441https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/738502 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Marshall's Great Captain: Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews and Air Power in the World Wars Author: Kathy Wilson Narrator: Kitty Hendrix Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 26 minutes Release date: April 23, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: On May 3, 1943, dozens of planes could be seen flying in and out of Royal Air Force Bovingdon Airfield. Among the aircraft seen that day was a B-24D bomber named Hot Stuff, which carried the Commanding General of US Forces in Europe, Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews—the officer charged with formulating a plan to invade Europe. Speculation was that General George C. Marshall had called Andrews back to Washington, DC, leading many to believe that Marshall had another promotion in store for Andrews. Tragically, Andrews would never arrive. While attempting to land in Iceland, the bomber crashed into a mountain, with no survivors other than the tail gunner; Andrews's personal papers were also destroyed. In Marshall's Great Captain, author Kathy Wilson details Andrews's extraordinary life and career. The first biography dedicated to the namesake of Joint Base Andrews, this book sheds a light on Andrews's crucial role in orchestrating US involvement in WWII, as well as the professional relationship between Andrews and Marshall. Wilson raises Andrews's legacy to its legitimate place within the annals of both air power and WWII history and posits that there is a high probability that Andrews was Marshall's first choice for the office of Supreme Allied Commander. Marshall recounted that Andrews was the only one he had a chance to prepare for such a command.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/738502Tue, 23 Apr 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/738502 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Marshall's Great Captain: Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews and Air Power in the World Wars Author: Kathy Wilson Narrator: Kitty Hendrix Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/738502 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Marshall's Great Captain: Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews and Air Power in the World Wars Author: Kathy Wilson Narrator: Kitty Hendrix Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 26 minutes Release date: April 23, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: On May 3, 1943, dozens of planes could be seen flying in and out of Royal Air Force Bovingdon Airfield. Among the aircraft seen that day was a B-24D bomber named Hot Stuff, which carried the Commanding General of US Forces in Europe, Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews—the officer charged with formulating a plan to invade Europe. Speculation was that General George C. Marshall had called Andrews back to Washington, DC, leading many to believe that Marshall had another promotion in store for Andrews. Tragically, Andrews would never arrive. While attempting to land in Iceland, the bomber crashed into a mountain, with no survivors other than the tail gunner; Andrews's personal papers were also destroyed. In Marshall's Great Captain, author Kathy Wilson details Andrews's extraordinary life and career. The first biography dedicated to the namesake of Joint Base Andrews, this book sheds a light on Andrews's crucial role in orchestrating US involvement in WWII, as well as the professional relationship between Andrews and Marshall. Wilson raises Andrews's legacy to its legitimate place within the annals of both air power and WWII history and posits that there is a high probability that Andrews was Marshall's first choice for the office of Supreme Allied Commander. Marshall recounted that Andrews was the only one he had a chance to prepare for such a command.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/victor-the-final-battle-of-ulysses-s-grant-by-dr-craig-von-buseck--65097508https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/757777 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Victor!: The Final Battle of Ulysses S. Grant Author: Dr. Craig Von Buseck Narrator: Craig Von Buseck Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 17 minutes Release date: April 16, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In some ways, everything in our world seems out of control, but turmoil has been a part of the evolution of our nation since its founding. America has endured extremely dark periods in its history—the Revolution, World War II, and perhaps the darkest of all, the Civil War. But in darkness, leaders emerge to shine a light of hope to guide people. During the American Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant emerged to guide the nation to victory, then to the beginnings of reconciliation. As Lieutenant General, he defeated the rebellion. As Chief of the Army, he provided a stabilizing presence during the Andrew Johnson impeachment. As Presidential candidate, he spoke for every American. But there is one story of Grant's heroism that is rarely told. Perhaps the most dramatic season in Grant's life came in his final two years. After leaving the White House he lost all his money. Then a few months later he received the devastating news that he was dying of throat cancer. Dr. Craig von Buseck uncovers the inspiring and intimate side of this historical legend while providing an in-depth look at the last two years of Grant's life. Victor! offers a unique narrative approach to hear the voice of a dying General Grant as he writes his memoirs and takes listeners back in time to key turning points in the War Between the States.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/757777Tue, 16 Apr 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/757777 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Victor!: The Final Battle of Ulysses S. Grant Author: Dr. Craig Von Buseck Narrator: Craig Von Buseck Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 17...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/757777 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Victor!: The Final Battle of Ulysses S. Grant Author: Dr. Craig Von Buseck Narrator: Craig Von Buseck Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 17 minutes Release date: April 16, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In some ways, everything in our world seems out of control, but turmoil has been a part of the evolution of our nation since its founding. America has endured extremely dark periods in its history—the Revolution, World War II, and perhaps the darkest of all, the Civil War. But in darkness, leaders emerge to shine a light of hope to guide people. During the American Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant emerged to guide the nation to victory, then to the beginnings of reconciliation. As Lieutenant General, he defeated the rebellion. As Chief of the Army, he provided a stabilizing presence during the Andrew Johnson impeachment. As Presidential candidate, he spoke for every American. But there is one story of Grant's heroism that is rarely told. Perhaps the most dramatic season in Grant's life came in his final two years. After leaving the White House he lost all his money. Then a few months later he received the devastating news that he was dying of throat cancer. Dr. Craig von Buseck uncovers the inspiring and intimate side of this historical legend while providing an in-depth look at the last two years of Grant's life. Victor! offers a unique narrative approach to hear the voice of a dying General Grant as he writes his memoirs and takes listeners back in time to key turning points in the War Between the States.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-wives-a-memoir-by-simone-gorrindo--65097475https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/693905 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wives: A Memoir Author: Simone Gorrindo Narrator: Simone Gorrindo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 42 minutes Release date: April 9, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: “[Simone] Gorrindo’s prose is inviting and fluid, and her storytelling is intimate and vivid...[an] engaging, evocative memoir.” —The New York Times Book Review “A hopeful, unifying memoir.” —People This profoundly intimate memoir about marriage, friendship, and the power of human connection tells the story of one woman’s experience of joining a community of army wives after leaving her New York City job. When her new husband joins an elite Army unit, Simone Gorrindo is uprooted from New York City and dropped into Columbus, Georgia. With her husband frequently deployed, Simone is left to find her place in this new world, alone—until she meets the wives. Gorrindo gives us an intimate look into the inner lives of a remarkable group of women and a tender, unflinching portrait of a marriage. A love story, an unforgettable coming-of-age tale, and a bracing tour of the intractable divisions that plague our country today, The Wives offers a rare and powerful gift: a hopeful stitch in the fabric of a torn America.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/693905Tue, 09 Apr 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/693905 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wives: A Memoir Author: Simone Gorrindo Narrator: Simone Gorrindo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 42 minutes Release date: April 9,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/693905 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wives: A Memoir Author: Simone Gorrindo Narrator: Simone Gorrindo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 42 minutes Release date: April 9, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: “[Simone] Gorrindo’s prose is inviting and fluid, and her storytelling is intimate and vivid...[an] engaging, evocative memoir.” —The New York Times Book Review “A hopeful, unifying memoir.” —People This profoundly intimate memoir about marriage, friendship, and the power of human connection tells the story of one woman’s experience of joining a community of army wives after leaving her New York City job. When her new husband joins an elite Army unit, Simone Gorrindo is uprooted from New York City and dropped into Columbus, Georgia. With her husband frequently deployed, Simone is left to find her place in this new world, alone—until she meets the wives. Gorrindo gives us an intimate look into the inner lives of a remarkable group of women and a tender, unflinching portrait of a marriage. A love story, an unforgettable coming-of-age tale, and a bracing tour of the intractable divisions that plague our country today, The Wives offers a rare and powerful gift: a hopeful stitch in the fabric of a torn America.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-life-in-the-red-army-by-fred-virski--65097472https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/772136 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Life in the Red Army Author: Fred Virski Narrator: Kevin Waits Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release date: April 5, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: 'My Life in the Red Army' by Fred Virski offers a rare, firsthand account of a soldier's experiences within the Soviet military machine during a critical period of the 20th century. Through the lens of Virski's personal journey, the book sheds light on the inner workings, struggles, and day-to-day life of the Red Army from the perspective of an ordinary soldier. Virski recounts with vivid detail the realities of military service in the Soviet Union, including the discipline, the camaraderie, the hardships, and the ideological indoctrination that were part and parcel of life in the Red Army. His narrative provides a valuable historical document that not only chronicles his own life but also offers insights into the broader socio-political context of the time, making it an important read for those interested in military history, Soviet history, or personal memoirs of the 20th century..]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/772136Fri, 05 Apr 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/772136 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Life in the Red Army Author: Fred Virski Narrator: Kevin Waits Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release date: April 5, 2024...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/772136 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Life in the Red Army Author: Fred Virski Narrator: Kevin Waits Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release date: April 5, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: 'My Life in the Red Army' by Fred Virski offers a rare, firsthand account of a soldier's experiences within the Soviet military machine during a critical period of the 20th century. Through the lens of Virski's personal journey, the book sheds light on the inner workings, struggles, and day-to-day life of the Red Army from the perspective of an ordinary soldier. Virski recounts with vivid detail the realities of military service in the Soviet Union, including the discipline, the camaraderie, the hardships, and the ideological indoctrination that were part and parcel of life in the Red Army. His narrative provides a valuable historical document that not only chronicles his own life but also offers insights into the broader socio-political context of the time, making it an important read for those interested in military history, Soviet history, or personal memoirs of the 20th century..]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fisherman-rancher-horseman-spy-true-stories-of-a-life-well-lived-by-bayard-kane-fox--65097450https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/772114 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fisherman, Rancher, Horseman, Spy: True Stories of a Life Well-Lived Author: Bayard Kane Fox Narrator: Bayard Kane Fox Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 33 minutes Release date: April 2, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The generation of young men who grew up in the shadow of World War II but were too young to fight came of age idealizing patriotism and adventure. They burned to live life to the fullest and do their part in the Cold War. In 1951, when BAYARD FOX graduated from Yale, the CIA promised a unique opportunity to do both by serving as a double agent. Assigned to Europe, the Congo, and Iran, Fox—who spoke several languages and was always game to learn new ones— grew disillusioned and resigned after 12 years. Soon after, a horse he was riding cartwheeled on him, shattering his hip. After organizing local fishermen in the Solomon Islands while swimming and diving for two years of rehabilitation, he was able to walk and ride again. Fox bought a ranch in the mountains of Wyoming, 17 miles from the nearest paved road and telephone, and set out with his family on his life’s true work: a sustainable, benevolent, ethical relationship with nature and the animals and people who thrive in it. This eloquent and brave autobiography of a solitary pioneer evokes those of other men on horseback, such as T.E. Lawrence and Teddy Roosevelt. Their dazzling physical exploits and success in battle made them legendary in their lifetimes, apart from the historical roles for which we remember them. Fox, at 92, reveals a similarly rich life of impossible adventures—and of hardships mastered by grit and mysterious good fortune—in his own spare and unsparing voice. You’ll be riveted and grateful to discover it before he and his generation’s other remaining survivors ride ahead over the last ridge.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/772114Tue, 02 Apr 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/772114 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fisherman, Rancher, Horseman, Spy: True Stories of a Life Well-Lived Author: Bayard Kane Fox Narrator: Bayard Kane Fox Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/772114 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fisherman, Rancher, Horseman, Spy: True Stories of a Life Well-Lived Author: Bayard Kane Fox Narrator: Bayard Kane Fox Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 33 minutes Release date: April 2, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The generation of young men who grew up in the shadow of World War II but were too young to fight came of age idealizing patriotism and adventure. They burned to live life to the fullest and do their part in the Cold War. In 1951, when BAYARD FOX graduated from Yale, the CIA promised a unique opportunity to do both by serving as a double agent. Assigned to Europe, the Congo, and Iran, Fox—who spoke several languages and was always game to learn new ones— grew disillusioned and resigned after 12 years. Soon after, a horse he was riding cartwheeled on him, shattering his hip. After organizing local fishermen in the Solomon Islands while swimming and diving for two years of rehabilitation, he was able to walk and ride again. Fox bought a ranch in the mountains of Wyoming, 17 miles from the nearest paved road and telephone, and set out with his family on his life’s true work: a sustainable, benevolent, ethical relationship with nature and the animals and people who thrive in it. This eloquent and brave autobiography of a solitary pioneer evokes those of other men on horseback, such as T.E. Lawrence and Teddy Roosevelt. Their dazzling physical exploits and success in battle made them legendary in their lifetimes, apart from the historical roles for which we remember them. Fox, at 92, reveals a similarly rich life of impossible adventures—and of hardships mastered by grit and mysterious good fortune—in his own spare and unsparing voice. You’ll be riveted and grateful to discover it before he and his generation’s other remaining survivors ride ahead over the last ridge.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sagittarius-rising-by-cecil-lewis--65097454https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/763158 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sagittarius Rising Author: Cecil Lewis Narrator: John Telfer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 19 minutes Release date: April 1, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Sent to France with the Royal Flying Corps at just 17, and later a member of the famous 56 Squadron, Cecil Lewis was an illustrious and passionate fighter pilot of the First World War, described by Bernard Shaw in 1935 as 'a thinker, a master of words, and a bit of a poet'. In this vivid and spirited account the author evocatively sets his love of the skies and flying against his bitter experience of the horrors of war. We then follow his progress from France and the battlefields of the Somme to his pioneering defence of London against deadly nighttime raids.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/763158Mon, 01 Apr 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/763158 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sagittarius Rising Author: Cecil Lewis Narrator: John Telfer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 19 minutes Release date: April 1, 2024...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/763158 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sagittarius Rising Author: Cecil Lewis Narrator: John Telfer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 19 minutes Release date: April 1, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Sent to France with the Royal Flying Corps at just 17, and later a member of the famous 56 Squadron, Cecil Lewis was an illustrious and passionate fighter pilot of the First World War, described by Bernard Shaw in 1935 as 'a thinker, a master of words, and a bit of a poet'. In this vivid and spirited account the author evocatively sets his love of the skies and flying against his bitter experience of the horrors of war. We then follow his progress from France and the battlefields of the Somme to his pioneering defence of London against deadly nighttime raids.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fearless-the-undaunted-courage-and-ultimate-sacrifice-of-navy-seal-team-six-operator-adam-brown-by-eric-blehm--65097466https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/757176 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown Author: Eric Blehm Narrator: Robert Petkoff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: March 12, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Go deep into SEAL Team SIX, straight to the heart of one of its most legendary operators. When Navy SEAL Adam Brown woke up on March 17, 2010, he didn’t know he would die that night in the Hindu Kush Mountains of Afghanistan—but he was ready. In a letter to his children, not meant to be seen unless the worst happened, he wrote, “I’m not afraid of anything that might happen to me on this earth, because I know no matter what, nothing can take my spirit from me.”   Fearless is the story of a man of extremes, whose courage and determination were fueled by faith, family, and the love of a woman. It’s about a man who waged a war against his own worst impulses, including drug addiction, and persevered to reach the top tier of the U.S. military. In a deeply personal and absorbing chronicle, Fearless reveals a glimpse inside the SEAL Team SIX brotherhood, and presents an indelible portrait of a highly trained warrior whose final act of bravery led to the ultimate sacrifice.   Adam Brown was a devoted man who was an unlikely hero but a true warrior, described by all who knew him as…fearless. “As a rule, we don’t endorse books or movies or anything regarding the command where I work—and Adam Brown worked—but as the author writes in Fearless, ‘you have to know the rules, so you know when to bend or break them.’ This is one of those times. Read this book. Period. It succeeds where all the others have failed.” —SEAL Team SIX Operator “Adam Brown is a true hero by every definition of the word” —Chris Kyle, best-selling author of American Sniper]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/757176Tue, 12 Mar 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/757176 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown Author: Eric Blehm Narrator: Robert Petkoff Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/757176 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown Author: Eric Blehm Narrator: Robert Petkoff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: March 12, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Go deep into SEAL Team SIX, straight to the heart of one of its most legendary operators. When Navy SEAL Adam Brown woke up on March 17, 2010, he didn’t know he would die that night in the Hindu Kush Mountains of Afghanistan—but he was ready. In a letter to his children, not meant to be seen unless the worst happened, he wrote, “I’m not afraid of anything that might happen to me on this earth, because I know no matter what, nothing can take my spirit from me.”   Fearless is the story of a man of extremes, whose courage and determination were fueled by faith, family, and the love of a woman. It’s about a man who waged a war against his own worst impulses, including drug addiction, and persevered to reach the top tier of the U.S. military. In a deeply personal and absorbing chronicle, Fearless reveals a glimpse inside the SEAL Team SIX brotherhood, and presents an indelible portrait of a highly trained warrior whose final act of bravery led to the ultimate sacrifice.   Adam Brown was a devoted man who was an unlikely hero but a true warrior, described by all who knew him as…fearless. “As a rule, we don’t endorse books or movies or anything regarding the command where I work—and Adam Brown worked—but as the author writes in Fearless, ‘you have to know the rules, so you know when to bend or break them.’ This is one of those times. Read this book. Period. It succeeds where all the others have failed.” —SEAL Team SIX Operator “Adam Brown is a true hero by every definition of the word” —Chris Kyle, best-selling author of American Sniper]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-weg-des-gewissens-von-der-grausamkeit-eines-ss-sonderkommandos-by-hanns-glockle--65097457https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/764719 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Weg des Gewissens: Von der Grausamkeit eines SS-Sonderkommandos Author: Hanns Glöckle Narrator: Klaus G. Förg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 38 minutes Release date: March 12, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Als Harald Rüster in Pleskow den Bahnhof verlässt, wird er Augenzeuge, wie das SS-Sonderkommando Ahrends jüdische Frauen und Kinder zusammentreibt, wobei der Hauptsturmführer Ahrends mutwillig von der Pistole Gebrauch macht und eine Frau und ihr Kind niederschießt. Sein Glaube an die Lehren des NS-­Regimes gerät ins Wanken. Erst recht als Rüster die Zustände im Lager FX 72 kennenlernt, in dem polnische Frauen und Mädchen gefangen gehalten werden, die bei unzureichender Ernährung schwere körperliche Arbeit verrichten müssen und nur dann eine Erleichterung ihres Schicksals erfahren, wenn sie sich der hemmungslosen Gier des Feldwebels Voß ergeben. Eines der Mädchen, Olga, kann Harald vor diesem Los bewahren - aber kann er es auch vor dem SS-Sonderkommando Ahrends beschützen, dem die Frauen zur Liquidierung übergeben werden sollen, als die Front sich nähert? Harald steht jetzt in dem Zwiespalt, in dem so viele deutsche Soldaten des letzten Krieges standen: In dem Zwiespalt zwischen Befehl und Gewissen. Er geht den schwereren Weg, den des Gewissens.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/764719Tue, 12 Mar 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/764719 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Weg des Gewissens: Von der Grausamkeit eines SS-Sonderkommandos Author: Hanns Glöckle Narrator: Klaus G. Förg Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/764719 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Weg des Gewissens: Von der Grausamkeit eines SS-Sonderkommandos Author: Hanns Glöckle Narrator: Klaus G. Förg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 38 minutes Release date: March 12, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Als Harald Rüster in Pleskow den Bahnhof verlässt, wird er Augenzeuge, wie das SS-Sonderkommando Ahrends jüdische Frauen und Kinder zusammentreibt, wobei der Hauptsturmführer Ahrends mutwillig von der Pistole Gebrauch macht und eine Frau und ihr Kind niederschießt. Sein Glaube an die Lehren des NS-­Regimes gerät ins Wanken. Erst recht als Rüster die Zustände im Lager FX 72 kennenlernt, in dem polnische Frauen und Mädchen gefangen gehalten werden, die bei unzureichender Ernährung schwere körperliche Arbeit verrichten müssen und nur dann eine Erleichterung ihres Schicksals erfahren, wenn sie sich der hemmungslosen Gier des Feldwebels Voß ergeben. Eines der Mädchen, Olga, kann Harald vor diesem Los bewahren - aber kann er es auch vor dem SS-Sonderkommando Ahrends beschützen, dem die Frauen zur Liquidierung übergeben werden sollen, als die Front sich nähert? Harald steht jetzt in dem Zwiespalt, in dem so viele deutsche Soldaten des letzten Krieges standen: In dem Zwiespalt zwischen Befehl und Gewissen. Er geht den schwereren Weg, den des Gewissens.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/making-the-corps-by-thomas-e-ricks--65097525https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/734704 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Making the Corps Author: Thomas E. Ricks Narrator: Andrew B. Wehrlen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 35 minutes Release date: March 5, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The bestselling, compelling insider's account of the Marine Corps from the lives of the men of Platoon 3086—their training at Parris Island, their fierce camaraderie, and the unique code of honor that defines them. The United States Marine Corps, with its proud tradition of excellence in combat, its hallowed rituals, and its unbending code of honor, is part of the fabric of American myth. Making the Corps visits the front lines of boot camp in Parris Island, South Carolina. Here, old values are stripped away and new Marine Corps values are forged. Bestselling author Thomas E. Ricks follows these men from their hometowns, through boot camp, and into their first year as Marines. As three fierce drill instructors fight a battle for the hearts and minds of this unforgettable group of young men, a larger picture emerges, brilliantly painted, of the growing gulf that divides the military from the rest of America. Included in this edition is an afterword from the author that examines the war in Iraq through the lens of the Marines from Platoon 3086, giving listeners an on-the-ground view of the conflict from those who know it best.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/734704Tue, 05 Mar 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/734704 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Making the Corps Author: Thomas E. Ricks Narrator: Andrew B. Wehrlen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 35 minutes Release date: March 5,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/734704 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Making the Corps Author: Thomas E. Ricks Narrator: Andrew B. Wehrlen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 35 minutes Release date: March 5, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The bestselling, compelling insider's account of the Marine Corps from the lives of the men of Platoon 3086—their training at Parris Island, their fierce camaraderie, and the unique code of honor that defines them. The United States Marine Corps, with its proud tradition of excellence in combat, its hallowed rituals, and its unbending code of honor, is part of the fabric of American myth. Making the Corps visits the front lines of boot camp in Parris Island, South Carolina. Here, old values are stripped away and new Marine Corps values are forged. Bestselling author Thomas E. Ricks follows these men from their hometowns, through boot camp, and into their first year as Marines. As three fierce drill instructors fight a battle for the hearts and minds of this unforgettable group of young men, a larger picture emerges, brilliantly painted, of the growing gulf that divides the military from the rest of America. Included in this edition is an afterword from the author that examines the war in Iraq through the lens of the Marines from Platoon 3086, giving listeners an on-the-ground view of the conflict from those who know it best.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/alfred-dreyfus-the-man-at-the-center-of-the-affair-by-maurice-samuels--65097567https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/738405 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alfred Dreyfus: The Man at the Center of the Affair Series: Part of Jewish Lives Author: Maurice Samuels Narrator: Jason Grasl Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 7 minutes Release date: February 27, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: An insightful new biography of the central figure in the Dreyfus Affair, focused on the man himself and based on newly accessible documents On January 5, 1895, Captain Alfred Dreyfus's cries of innocence were drowned out by a mob shouting 'Death to Judas!' In this book, Maurice Samuels gives listeners new insight into Dreyfus himself—the man at the center of the affair. He tells the story of Dreyfus's early life in Paris, his promising career as a French officer, the false accusation leading to his imprisonment on Devil's Island, the fight to prove his innocence that divided the French nation, and his life of quiet obscurity after World War I. Samuels's striking perspective is enriched by a newly available archive of more than three thousand documents and objects donated by the Dreyfus family. Unlike many historians, Samuels argues that Dreyfus was not an 'assimilated' Jew. Rather, he epitomized a new model of Jewish identity made possible by the French Revolution, when France became the first European nation to grant Jews full legal equality. This book analyzes Dreyfus's complex relationship to Judaism and to antisemitism over the course of his life—a story that, as global antisemitism rises, echoes still. It also shows the profound effect of the Dreyfus Affair on the lives of Jews around the world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/738405Tue, 27 Feb 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/738405 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alfred Dreyfus: The Man at the Center of the Affair Series: Part of Jewish Lives Author: Maurice Samuels Narrator: Jason Grasl Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/738405 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alfred Dreyfus: The Man at the Center of the Affair Series: Part of Jewish Lives Author: Maurice Samuels Narrator: Jason Grasl Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 7 minutes Release date: February 27, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: An insightful new biography of the central figure in the Dreyfus Affair, focused on the man himself and based on newly accessible documents On January 5, 1895, Captain Alfred Dreyfus's cries of innocence were drowned out by a mob shouting 'Death to Judas!' In this book, Maurice Samuels gives listeners new insight into Dreyfus himself—the man at the center of the affair. He tells the story of Dreyfus's early life in Paris, his promising career as a French officer, the false accusation leading to his imprisonment on Devil's Island, the fight to prove his innocence that divided the French nation, and his life of quiet obscurity after World War I. Samuels's striking perspective is enriched by a newly available archive of more than three thousand documents and objects donated by the Dreyfus family. Unlike many historians, Samuels argues that Dreyfus was not an 'assimilated' Jew. Rather, he epitomized a new model of Jewish identity made possible by the French Revolution, when France became the first European nation to grant Jews full legal equality. This book analyzes Dreyfus's complex relationship to Judaism and to antisemitism over the course of his life—a story that, as global antisemitism rises, echoes still. It also shows the profound effect of the Dreyfus Affair on the lives of Jews around the world.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/damn-the-valley-1st-platoon-bravo-company-2-508-pir-82nd-airborne-in-the-arghandab-river-valley-afghanistan-by-william-yeske--65097540https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/734729 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Damn the Valley: 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2-508 PIR, 82nd Airborne in the Arghandab River Valley Afghanistan Author: William Yeske Narrator: William Yeske, Basil Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 16 minutes Release date: February 27, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: 'DAMN THE VALLEY' was a phrase regularly uttered by the men that spent any amount of time in the Arghandab River Valley during the deployment of 2 Fury to Afghanistan in 2009–2010. The valley has claimed bodies from the troops of Alexander the Great, the British Empire, and more recently, the Russian Army. Operating in the valley was like nothing the men could have envisaged, they called it the 'meat grinder.' It was a deployment that the media didn't talk about, and the government doesn't acknowledge. Three of the company were KIA, more than a dozen suffered life-changing injuries, and half the company had Purple Hearts—not many modern-day deployments have a 52% casualty rate. At one point, the entire prosthetics ward at Walter Reed was full of the men who patrolled that deadly area of the world. Since their return, many of the survivors have struggled to move on with their lives, and the unit has been declared at 'extraordinary risk' by the Department of Veteran Affairs. No one who entered that region was left unscathed. This book shares the perspective of the men that were on the ground for that deployment during the fighting season of 2010.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/734729Tue, 27 Feb 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/734729 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Damn the Valley: 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2-508 PIR, 82nd Airborne in the Arghandab River Valley Afghanistan Author: William Yeske Narrator: William...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/734729 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Damn the Valley: 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2-508 PIR, 82nd Airborne in the Arghandab River Valley Afghanistan Author: William Yeske Narrator: William Yeske, Basil Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 16 minutes Release date: February 27, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: 'DAMN THE VALLEY' was a phrase regularly uttered by the men that spent any amount of time in the Arghandab River Valley during the deployment of 2 Fury to Afghanistan in 2009–2010. The valley has claimed bodies from the troops of Alexander the Great, the British Empire, and more recently, the Russian Army. Operating in the valley was like nothing the men could have envisaged, they called it the 'meat grinder.' It was a deployment that the media didn't talk about, and the government doesn't acknowledge. Three of the company were KIA, more than a dozen suffered life-changing injuries, and half the company had Purple Hearts—not many modern-day deployments have a 52% casualty rate. At one point, the entire prosthetics ward at Walter Reed was full of the men who patrolled that deadly area of the world. Since their return, many of the survivors have struggled to move on with their lives, and the unit has been declared at 'extraordinary risk' by the Department of Veteran Affairs. No one who entered that region was left unscathed. This book shares the perspective of the men that were on the ground for that deployment during the fighting season of 2010.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/facing-armageddon-with-the-raf-on-christmas-island-1961-1962-by-chas-hall--65097501https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/738506 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Facing Armageddon: With the RAF on Christmas Island 1961-1962 Author: Chas Hall Narrator: Julian Elfer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 58 minutes Release date: February 27, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: After being called up for National Service in July 1960, twenty-year-old Chas Hall joined the RAF and signed on to extend his time for an extra three years becoming a regular serviceman. Following initial training, he became a wireless operator and served at RAF Mildenhall. It was shortly after this that he got his first foreign posting in late 1961 to Christmas Island. It was on this island, that Chas encountered the horrors of nuclear testing. In an operation codenamed 'Brigadoon' by the British government and 'Dominic' by the Americans, Chas experienced twenty-five atmospheric nuclear tests. This he describes as his 'twelve-month sentence' alongside over 300 British and 10,000 American servicemen who were posted to one corner of a remote coral island. Facing Armageddon reveals the true extent of the controversial nuclear testing and how it affected servicemen; with twenty-five men dying during Chas's time on Christmas Island and many more suffering mentally as they continued serving on the island. With the British government announcing medals for nuclear test veterans in November 2022 to recognize their contribution in the tests after a four-year campaign by participants and The Mirror newspaper, Chas's story gives insight to why these servicemen deserve the recognition for their part in these tests.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/738506Tue, 27 Feb 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/738506 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Facing Armageddon: With the RAF on Christmas Island 1961-1962 Author: Chas Hall Narrator: Julian Elfer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 58...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/738506 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Facing Armageddon: With the RAF on Christmas Island 1961-1962 Author: Chas Hall Narrator: Julian Elfer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 58 minutes Release date: February 27, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: After being called up for National Service in July 1960, twenty-year-old Chas Hall joined the RAF and signed on to extend his time for an extra three years becoming a regular serviceman. Following initial training, he became a wireless operator and served at RAF Mildenhall. It was shortly after this that he got his first foreign posting in late 1961 to Christmas Island. It was on this island, that Chas encountered the horrors of nuclear testing. In an operation codenamed 'Brigadoon' by the British government and 'Dominic' by the Americans, Chas experienced twenty-five atmospheric nuclear tests. This he describes as his 'twelve-month sentence' alongside over 300 British and 10,000 American servicemen who were posted to one corner of a remote coral island. Facing Armageddon reveals the true extent of the controversial nuclear testing and how it affected servicemen; with twenty-five men dying during Chas's time on Christmas Island and many more suffering mentally as they continued serving on the island. With the British government announcing medals for nuclear test veterans in November 2022 to recognize their contribution in the tests after a four-year campaign by participants and The Mirror newspaper, Chas's story gives insight to why these servicemen deserve the recognition for their part in these tests.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-yank-my-life-as-a-former-us-marine-in-the-ira-by-john-crawley--65097459https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/744892 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Yank: My Life as a Former US Marine in the IRA Author: John Crawley Narrator: Alan Turkington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: February 15, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: HE YEAR IS 1975. A young Irish-American is on a mission to enlist in an elite unit of the US Marine Corps. His goal: to receive the most intensive military training possible and then go to Ireland to join the IRA and fight to end the British occupation of the North. In this powerful and brutally honest memoir of his extraordinary experiences, John Crawley details the gruelling challenges of his Marine Corps training, and how, not long after his discharge, he joined the IRA. Soon he found himself in Boston, working with notorious American mobster James ‘Whitey' Bulger to amass a shipment of weapons. When captured on the Marita Ann gun-running trawler off the Kerry coast, Crawley was imprisoned for ten years, and upon his release he became one of the masterminds behind the IRA's plan to throw London's electrical system into disarray. Crawley is blisteringly candid about the people he worked with and unflinching in his commentary on the IRA leadership. Through it all comes the steadfast voice of a man on a mission, providing an evocative and passionate account of where that mission led him and why. To this day, he remains committed to the establishment of an all-Ireland Republic.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/744892Thu, 15 Feb 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/744892 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Yank: My Life as a Former US Marine in the IRA Author: John Crawley Narrator: Alan Turkington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/744892 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Yank: My Life as a Former US Marine in the IRA Author: John Crawley Narrator: Alan Turkington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: February 15, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: HE YEAR IS 1975. A young Irish-American is on a mission to enlist in an elite unit of the US Marine Corps. His goal: to receive the most intensive military training possible and then go to Ireland to join the IRA and fight to end the British occupation of the North. In this powerful and brutally honest memoir of his extraordinary experiences, John Crawley details the gruelling challenges of his Marine Corps training, and how, not long after his discharge, he joined the IRA. Soon he found himself in Boston, working with notorious American mobster James ‘Whitey' Bulger to amass a shipment of weapons. When captured on the Marita Ann gun-running trawler off the Kerry coast, Crawley was imprisoned for ten years, and upon his release he became one of the masterminds behind the IRA's plan to throw London's electrical system into disarray. Crawley is blisteringly candid about the people he worked with and unflinching in his commentary on the IRA leadership. Through it all comes the steadfast voice of a man on a mission, providing an evocative and passionate account of where that mission led him and why. To this day, he remains committed to the establishment of an all-Ireland Republic.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sailing-upwind-leadership-and-risk-from-topgun-to-the-situation-room-by-admiral-sandy-winnefeld--65097526https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/722644 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sailing Upwind: Leadership and Risk from TopGun to the Situation Room Author: Admiral Sandy Winnefeld Narrator: Sandy Winnefeld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 38 minutes Release date: February 13, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Sailing Upwind is more than just another memoir of a distinguished former naval officer's highly diverse career. This book by Admiral James 'Sandy' Winnefeld is also intended to offer useful reflections regarding how he accepted and managed risk along the way, as well as a concise description of the qualities one must develop to become a successful leader. Winnefeld began his career as an F-14 fighter pilot and TOPGUN instructor, commanded an aircraft carrier, and then served in a variety of flag officer billets on the way to becoming the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. This book describes in an entertaining and humble manner how that journey unfolded. The listener learns what it is like to become a Navy fighter pilot, and to fly, fight, and takeoff and land from an aircraft carrier—including a harrowing description of ejecting from an F-14 at night far from land. Winnefeld describes the culture of excellence at the real TOPGUN and the Navy's nuclear propulsion program. He recounts how he learned to lead the men and women who operate at every level of Navy operational command, from squadron to ship to fleet. Finally, the author presents a behind-the-scenes look at how decisions are made at the highest levels of government regarding whether and how those forces will be used, and how they are acquired.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/722644Tue, 13 Feb 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/722644 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sailing Upwind: Leadership and Risk from TopGun to the Situation Room Author: Admiral Sandy Winnefeld Narrator: Sandy Winnefeld Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/722644 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sailing Upwind: Leadership and Risk from TopGun to the Situation Room Author: Admiral Sandy Winnefeld Narrator: Sandy Winnefeld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 38 minutes Release date: February 13, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Sailing Upwind is more than just another memoir of a distinguished former naval officer's highly diverse career. This book by Admiral James 'Sandy' Winnefeld is also intended to offer useful reflections regarding how he accepted and managed risk along the way, as well as a concise description of the qualities one must develop to become a successful leader. Winnefeld began his career as an F-14 fighter pilot and TOPGUN instructor, commanded an aircraft carrier, and then served in a variety of flag officer billets on the way to becoming the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. This book describes in an entertaining and humble manner how that journey unfolded. The listener learns what it is like to become a Navy fighter pilot, and to fly, fight, and takeoff and land from an aircraft carrier—including a harrowing description of ejecting from an F-14 at night far from land. Winnefeld describes the culture of excellence at the real TOPGUN and the Navy's nuclear propulsion program. He recounts how he learned to lead the men and women who operate at every level of Navy operational command, from squadron to ship to fleet. Finally, the author presents a behind-the-scenes look at how decisions are made at the highest levels of government regarding whether and how those forces will be used, and how they are acquired.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-american-dreamer-life-in-a-divided-country-by-david-finkel--65097499https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/703069 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An American Dreamer: Life in a Divided Country Author: David Finkel Narrator: Rob Shapiro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 34 minutes Release date: February 13, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A man navigates the deep divisions in America today and discovers that sometimes change can start by finding common ground with your neighbors in this immersive account by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Thank You for Your Service and The Good Soldiers. “A timely and compelling argument for tolerance and moral character in times of extreme antagonism.”—The New York Times As this powerful book begins, Brent Cummings finds himself coping with the feeling that the country he loves is fracturing in front of his eyes. An Iraq war veteran, raised to believe in a vision of America that values fairness, honesty, and respect for others, Cummings is increasingly surprised by the behavior and beliefs of others, and engulfed by the fear, anger, and confusion that is sweeping through his beloved country as he tries to hold on to his values and his hope for America’s future. David Finkel, known for his unique, in-depth reporting, spent fourteen years deep inside Brent Cummings’s world to create this intimate and vivid portrait of a man’s life, his work, family, community, his thoughts, and his quest for connection, as America becomes ever more divided. Cummings was one of the unforgettable figures in Finkel’s The Good Soldiers, a book about which The New York Times stated, “Finkel has made art out of a defining moment in history. You will be able to take this book down from the shelf years from now, and say: This is what happened. This is what it felt like.” An American Dreamer illuminates, with the deepest empathy, the feelings and lives of many people in America today, and it is a brilliant chronicle of one person’s everyday experiences of frustration, confusion, and hope.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/703069Tue, 13 Feb 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/703069 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An American Dreamer: Life in a Divided Country Author: David Finkel Narrator: Rob Shapiro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 34 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/703069 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An American Dreamer: Life in a Divided Country Author: David Finkel Narrator: Rob Shapiro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 34 minutes Release date: February 13, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A man navigates the deep divisions in America today and discovers that sometimes change can start by finding common ground with your neighbors in this immersive account by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Thank You for Your Service and The Good Soldiers. “A timely and compelling argument for tolerance and moral character in times of extreme antagonism.”—The New York Times As this powerful book begins, Brent Cummings finds himself coping with the feeling that the country he loves is fracturing in front of his eyes. An Iraq war veteran, raised to believe in a vision of America that values fairness, honesty, and respect for others, Cummings is increasingly surprised by the behavior and beliefs of others, and engulfed by the fear, anger, and confusion that is sweeping through his beloved country as he tries to hold on to his values and his hope for America’s future. David Finkel, known for his unique, in-depth reporting, spent fourteen years deep inside Brent Cummings’s world to create this intimate and vivid portrait of a man’s life, his work, family, community, his thoughts, and his quest for connection, as America becomes ever more divided. Cummings was one of the unforgettable figures in Finkel’s The Good Soldiers, a book about which The New York Times stated, “Finkel has made art out of a defining moment in history. You will be able to take this book down from the shelf years from now, and say: This is what happened. This is what it felt like.” An American Dreamer illuminates, with the deepest empathy, the feelings and lives of many people in America today, and it is a brilliant chronicle of one person’s everyday experiences of frustration, confusion, and hope.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lovers-in-auschwitz-a-true-story-by-keren-blankfeld--65097462https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/712955 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lovers in Auschwitz: A True Story Author: Keren Blankfeld Narrator: Suzanne Toren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 37 minutes Release date: January 25, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Zippi Spitzer and David Wisnia were captivated by each other from the moment they first exchanged glances across the work floor. It was the beginning of a love story that could have happened anywhere. Except for one difference: this romance was unfolding in history's most notorious death camp, between two young prisoners whose budding intimacy risked dooming them if they were caught. Incredibly, David and Zippi survived for years beneath the ash-choked skies of Auschwitz. Under the protection of their fellow inmates, their romance grew and deepened, even as their brushes with death mounted and David's luck in particular seemed close to running out. As the war's end finally approached and the time came for them to leave the camp, David and Zippi made plans to meet again. But neither of them could imagine how long their reunion would take or how many lives they would live in the interim. They had no inkling, either, of the betrayals that would await them along the way. But David did suspect that Zippi harbored a secret-one that could explain the mystery of his survival all those years ago. An unbelievable tale of romance, sacrifice, loss, and resilience, Lovers in Auschwitz is a saga of two young people who found themselves trapped inside a waking nightmare of the Nazis' creation, yet who nevertheless discovered a love that sustained them through history's darkest hour. ©2024 Keren Blankfeld (P)2024 Penguin Audio]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/712955Thu, 25 Jan 2024 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/712955 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lovers in Auschwitz: A True Story Author: Keren Blankfeld Narrator: Suzanne Toren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 37 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/712955 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lovers in Auschwitz: A True Story Author: Keren Blankfeld Narrator: Suzanne Toren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 37 minutes Release date: January 25, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Zippi Spitzer and David Wisnia were captivated by each other from the moment they first exchanged glances across the work floor. It was the beginning of a love story that could have happened anywhere. Except for one difference: this romance was unfolding in history's most notorious death camp, between two young prisoners whose budding intimacy risked dooming them if they were caught. Incredibly, David and Zippi survived for years beneath the ash-choked skies of Auschwitz. Under the protection of their fellow inmates, their romance grew and deepened, even as their brushes with death mounted and David's luck in particular seemed close to running out. As the war's end finally approached and the time came for them to leave the camp, David and Zippi made plans to meet again. But neither of them could imagine how long their reunion would take or how many lives they would live in the interim. They had no inkling, either, of the betrayals that would await them along the way. But David did suspect that Zippi harbored a secret-one that could explain the mystery of his survival all those years ago. An unbelievable tale of romance, sacrifice, loss, and resilience, Lovers in Auschwitz is a saga of two young people who found themselves trapped inside a waking nightmare of the Nazis' creation, yet who nevertheless discovered a love that sustained them through history's darkest hour. ©2024 Keren Blankfeld (P)2024 Penguin Audio]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/normandy-to-nazi-surrender-firsthand-account-of-a-p-47-thunderbolt-pilot-by-patrecia-slayden-hollis-colonel-van-h-slayden--65097519https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/710713 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Normandy to Nazi Surrender: Firsthand Account of a P-47 Thunderbolt Pilot Author: Patrecia Slayden Hollis, Colonel Van H. Slayden Narrator: Chris Monteiro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 16 minutes Release date: December 19, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The late Van Slayden trained on the PT-3 kite-like biplane in 1937, but he learned fighter pilot operations flying 'by the seat of his pants,' walking away from five crashes. Shortly after the invasion of Normandy, he landed on Utah Beach to help establish a US Army Air Forces' (AAF's) presence in Europe. He flew the P-47 Thunderbolt, a fighter-bomber, in combat over Northern France and commanded the 36th Fighter Group-the 'Fightin' 36th-at Batogne, St. Vith, the Bridgehead at Remagen, Operations Grenade, Clarion, Varsity and other missions. His 22nd Fighter Squadron was the first in the AAF to land voluntarily on German soil. He was deep into Germany when the Nazis surrendered on May 8, 1945, which was remarkably anticlimactic. Van Slayden, a country boy from rural Tennessee, like so many of his contemporaries, stepped up to the challenge as part of the Greatest Generation.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/710713Tue, 19 Dec 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/710713 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Normandy to Nazi Surrender: Firsthand Account of a P-47 Thunderbolt Pilot Author: Patrecia Slayden Hollis, Colonel Van H. Slayden Narrator: Chris...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/710713 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Normandy to Nazi Surrender: Firsthand Account of a P-47 Thunderbolt Pilot Author: Patrecia Slayden Hollis, Colonel Van H. Slayden Narrator: Chris Monteiro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 16 minutes Release date: December 19, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The late Van Slayden trained on the PT-3 kite-like biplane in 1937, but he learned fighter pilot operations flying 'by the seat of his pants,' walking away from five crashes. Shortly after the invasion of Normandy, he landed on Utah Beach to help establish a US Army Air Forces' (AAF's) presence in Europe. He flew the P-47 Thunderbolt, a fighter-bomber, in combat over Northern France and commanded the 36th Fighter Group-the 'Fightin' 36th-at Batogne, St. Vith, the Bridgehead at Remagen, Operations Grenade, Clarion, Varsity and other missions. His 22nd Fighter Squadron was the first in the AAF to land voluntarily on German soil. He was deep into Germany when the Nazis surrendered on May 8, 1945, which was remarkably anticlimactic. Van Slayden, a country boy from rural Tennessee, like so many of his contemporaries, stepped up to the challenge as part of the Greatest Generation.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hell-s-angels-the-true-story-of-the-303rd-bomb-group-in-world-war-ii-by-jay-a-stout--65097617https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/691308 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hell's Angels: The True Story of the 303rd Bomb Group in World War II Author: Jay A. Stout Narrator: Robertson Dean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 2 minutes Release date: December 12, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The true story of World War 2’s legendary Hell’s Angels—the 8th Air Force’s 303rd Bomb Group.   Although the United States declared war against Germany in December 1941, a successful assault on Nazi-occupied Europe could not happen until Germany’s industrial and military might were crippled. The first target was the Luftwaffe—the most powerful and battle-hardened air force in the world. The United States Army Air Forces joined with Great Britain’s already-engaged Royal Air Force to launch a strategic air campaign that ultimately brought the Luftwaffe to its knees. One of the standout units of this campaign was the legendary 303rd Bomb Group—Hell’s Angels.   This is the 303rd’s story, as told by the men who made it what it was. Taking their name from their B-17 of the same name, they became one of the most distinguished and important air combat units in history. The dramatic and terrible air battles they fought against Germany ultimately changed the course of the war.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/691308Tue, 12 Dec 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/691308 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hell's Angels: The True Story of the 303rd Bomb Group in World War II Author: Jay A. Stout Narrator: Robertson Dean Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/691308 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hell's Angels: The True Story of the 303rd Bomb Group in World War II Author: Jay A. Stout Narrator: Robertson Dean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 2 minutes Release date: December 12, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The true story of World War 2’s legendary Hell’s Angels—the 8th Air Force’s 303rd Bomb Group.   Although the United States declared war against Germany in December 1941, a successful assault on Nazi-occupied Europe could not happen until Germany’s industrial and military might were crippled. The first target was the Luftwaffe—the most powerful and battle-hardened air force in the world. The United States Army Air Forces joined with Great Britain’s already-engaged Royal Air Force to launch a strategic air campaign that ultimately brought the Luftwaffe to its knees. One of the standout units of this campaign was the legendary 303rd Bomb Group—Hell’s Angels.   This is the 303rd’s story, as told by the men who made it what it was. Taking their name from their B-17 of the same name, they became one of the most distinguished and important air combat units in history. The dramatic and terrible air battles they fought against Germany ultimately changed the course of the war.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stand-in-the-fire-three-american-soldiers-and-their-wars-1900-1950-by-william-crawford-woods--65097586https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/714392 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stand in the Fire: Three American Soldiers and Their Wars, 1900-1950 Author: William Crawford Woods Narrator: Derek Dysart Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 23 minutes Release date: December 5, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: From the first shot fired by his grandfather on a jungle trail in 1903 to the day his father captured plans for the Chinese invasion of South Korea, William Crawford Woods's family has fought in nearly every American war of the twentieth century. Drawing on his family's letters, journals, official records, and other artifacts found in his grandmother's attic, Woods has revived their stories—accounts of his grandfather, who served in the Philippine War and World War I; of his uncle, who rose from a West Point cadet to staff command in the 11th Airborne and died in action in the Battle of Manila in World War II; and of his own father, who transformed himself from a sedentary lawyer into a soldier and a spy. To lighten the dramatic and emotional load of his family's service, Woods occasionally calls on memories of his own time in the army, which he calls 'brief, bloodless, and largely comic.' Woods fortifies this work of nonfiction with his skills as a novelist, crafting dramatic scenes and engaging dialog, offering far more than operational battlefield stories. He has skillfully created a memoir about the construction of memory forged in military service and American masculinity. Stand in the Fire is a powerful exploration of the love between fathers and sons and an attempt to honor family valor.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/714392Tue, 05 Dec 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/714392 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stand in the Fire: Three American Soldiers and Their Wars, 1900-1950 Author: William Crawford Woods Narrator: Derek Dysart Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/714392 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stand in the Fire: Three American Soldiers and Their Wars, 1900-1950 Author: William Crawford Woods Narrator: Derek Dysart Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 23 minutes Release date: December 5, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: From the first shot fired by his grandfather on a jungle trail in 1903 to the day his father captured plans for the Chinese invasion of South Korea, William Crawford Woods's family has fought in nearly every American war of the twentieth century. Drawing on his family's letters, journals, official records, and other artifacts found in his grandmother's attic, Woods has revived their stories—accounts of his grandfather, who served in the Philippine War and World War I; of his uncle, who rose from a West Point cadet to staff command in the 11th Airborne and died in action in the Battle of Manila in World War II; and of his own father, who transformed himself from a sedentary lawyer into a soldier and a spy. To lighten the dramatic and emotional load of his family's service, Woods occasionally calls on memories of his own time in the army, which he calls 'brief, bloodless, and largely comic.' Woods fortifies this work of nonfiction with his skills as a novelist, crafting dramatic scenes and engaging dialog, offering far more than operational battlefield stories. He has skillfully created a memoir about the construction of memory forged in military service and American masculinity. Stand in the Fire is a powerful exploration of the love between fathers and sons and an attempt to honor family valor.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bipolar-general-my-forever-war-with-mental-illness-by-maj-gen-gregg-f-martin-usa-ret--65097542https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/705798 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bipolar General: My Forever War with Mental Illness Author: Maj. Gen Gregg F. Martin Usa (ret) Narrator: George W. Sarris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 35 minutes Release date: December 5, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Maj. Gen. Gregg Martin cut a striking figure in the Army: athletic, quick witted, devout, and studious, he was a natural leader. Thanks to his engineering and leadership knowhow, Martin was chosen to lead the thousands of combat engineers who paved the way for 100,000 Army troops to battle their way to Baghdad in 2003. Only years later would he learn how the pressure of organizing dozens of simultaneous life-or-death missions each day altered the biochemistry of his brain. The Iraq War triggered what military and Veterans Administration psychiatrists ultimately diagnosed as late-onset bipolar disorder, a chemical imbalance that sends sufferers whipsawing between grandiose imaginings and suicidal depressions. His increasing erratic behavior led to his forced resignation as president of the National Defense University and ended his military career. Bipolar General offers a candid account of Martin's personal journey with undiagnosed mental illness as he rose through the ranks of the United States Army. He discusses why his condition went undiagnosed for so long and explores what can be done both within and outside the armed forces to diagnose and treat mental illness. Bipolar General should be of value to those with mental illness and to the communities of family, friends, and caregivers surrounding them.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/705798Tue, 05 Dec 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/705798 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bipolar General: My Forever War with Mental Illness Author: Maj. Gen Gregg F. Martin Usa (ret) Narrator: George W. Sarris Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/705798 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bipolar General: My Forever War with Mental Illness Author: Maj. Gen Gregg F. Martin Usa (ret) Narrator: George W. Sarris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 35 minutes Release date: December 5, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Maj. Gen. Gregg Martin cut a striking figure in the Army: athletic, quick witted, devout, and studious, he was a natural leader. Thanks to his engineering and leadership knowhow, Martin was chosen to lead the thousands of combat engineers who paved the way for 100,000 Army troops to battle their way to Baghdad in 2003. Only years later would he learn how the pressure of organizing dozens of simultaneous life-or-death missions each day altered the biochemistry of his brain. The Iraq War triggered what military and Veterans Administration psychiatrists ultimately diagnosed as late-onset bipolar disorder, a chemical imbalance that sends sufferers whipsawing between grandiose imaginings and suicidal depressions. His increasing erratic behavior led to his forced resignation as president of the National Defense University and ended his military career. Bipolar General offers a candid account of Martin's personal journey with undiagnosed mental illness as he rose through the ranks of the United States Army. He discusses why his condition went undiagnosed for so long and explores what can be done both within and outside the armed forces to diagnose and treat mental illness. Bipolar General should be of value to those with mental illness and to the communities of family, friends, and caregivers surrounding them.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hannibal-the-true-story-of-the-life-time-of-the-ancient-military-leader-by-liam-dale--65097486https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/719311 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hannibal: The True Story of the Life & Time of the Ancient Military Leader Author: Liam Dale Narrator: Liam Dale Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 41 minutes Release date: December 5, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Interested in Hannibal's remarkable life but short on time for lengthy biographies? Join The History Journals for an hourly history tour. Hannibal, the mighty Carthaginian leader who boldly marched 37 war elephants across the Alps to challenge the Roman Empire, remains an enduring inspiration. Discover the man behind the legend in this history journal. Setting aside modern associations, Hannibal predates "Hannibal the Cannibal" and has influenced historical military leaders like Napoleon and the Duke of Wellington. Dive into: - Hannibal's life from start to finish - His use of war elephants - How he inspired leaders like Napoleon - Carthaginian prowess in war and trade - His role in the Punic Wars Explore the fascinating life of Hannibal, a military genius whose legacy endures.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/719311Tue, 05 Dec 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/719311 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hannibal: The True Story of the Life & Time of the Ancient Military Leader Author: Liam Dale Narrator: Liam Dale Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/719311 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hannibal: The True Story of the Life & Time of the Ancient Military Leader Author: Liam Dale Narrator: Liam Dale Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 41 minutes Release date: December 5, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Interested in Hannibal's remarkable life but short on time for lengthy biographies? Join The History Journals for an hourly history tour. Hannibal, the mighty Carthaginian leader who boldly marched 37 war elephants across the Alps to challenge the Roman Empire, remains an enduring inspiration. Discover the man behind the legend in this history journal. Setting aside modern associations, Hannibal predates "Hannibal the Cannibal" and has influenced historical military leaders like Napoleon and the Duke of Wellington. Dive into: - Hannibal's life from start to finish - His use of war elephants - How he inspired leaders like Napoleon - Carthaginian prowess in war and trade - His role in the Punic Wars Explore the fascinating life of Hannibal, a military genius whose legacy endures.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/napoleon-the-true-story-of-the-life-time-of-napoleon-bonaparte-the-emperor-of-france-by-liam-dale--65097479https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/719644 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Napoleon: The True Story of the Life & Time of Napoleon Bonaparte the Emperor of France Author: Liam Dale Narrator: Liam Dale Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 3 minutes Release date: December 5, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Do you want to explore the life of the great military leader Napoleon Bonaparte without trudging through lengthy biographies? Let The History Journals take you on an hourly history tour. Throughout history, exceptional leaders have emerged, leaving an indelible mark for generations to discover. Napoleon, one such iconic figure, remains renowned worldwide. Whether his name invokes admiration for his military genius or playful impressions of a stout man in a distinctive hat and coat, Napoleon's true essence can be elusive. Countless books portray him in various lights, emphasizing his revolutionary spirit, tactical brilliance, leadership, organizational prowess, and unmatched military strategy. Simultaneously, critics see him as a power-hungry, ruthless tyrant with an inflated ego. This journal delves into Napoleon's intriguing and eventful life, shedding light on: - His life journey from start to finish - "Le Petit Caporal" - The "Little Corporal" - Debunking the myth of Napoleon's height - The pivotal "Whiff of Grapeshot" - His grand coronation as Emperor of France - Napoleon's complex relationship with Josephine - Unearthing the Rosetta Stone - The Napoleonic Code and its impact - The formidable Grande Armée - Napoleon's fateful encounter with Russia - The sweeping Napoleonic Wars - His ultimate defeat at the Battle of Waterloo - Exile and the end of an era]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/719644Tue, 05 Dec 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/719644 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Napoleon: The True Story of the Life & Time of Napoleon Bonaparte the Emperor of France Author: Liam Dale Narrator: Liam Dale Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/719644 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Napoleon: The True Story of the Life & Time of Napoleon Bonaparte the Emperor of France Author: Liam Dale Narrator: Liam Dale Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 3 minutes Release date: December 5, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Do you want to explore the life of the great military leader Napoleon Bonaparte without trudging through lengthy biographies? Let The History Journals take you on an hourly history tour. Throughout history, exceptional leaders have emerged, leaving an indelible mark for generations to discover. Napoleon, one such iconic figure, remains renowned worldwide. Whether his name invokes admiration for his military genius or playful impressions of a stout man in a distinctive hat and coat, Napoleon's true essence can be elusive. Countless books portray him in various lights, emphasizing his revolutionary spirit, tactical brilliance, leadership, organizational prowess, and unmatched military strategy. Simultaneously, critics see him as a power-hungry, ruthless tyrant with an inflated ego. This journal delves into Napoleon's intriguing and eventful life, shedding light on: - His life journey from start to finish - "Le Petit Caporal" - The "Little Corporal" - Debunking the myth of Napoleon's height - The pivotal "Whiff of Grapeshot" - His grand coronation as Emperor of France - Napoleon's complex relationship with Josephine - Unearthing the Rosetta Stone - The Napoleonic Code and its impact - The formidable Grande Armée - Napoleon's fateful encounter with Russia - The sweeping Napoleonic Wars - His ultimate defeat at the Battle of Waterloo - Exile and the end of an era]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fighting-for-queen-and-country-one-man-s-remarkable-story-of-blood-and-glory-in-the-paras-and-sas-by-nigel-ely--65097544https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/720329 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fighting for Queen and Country: One man’s remarkable story of blood and glory in the Paras and SAS Author: Nigel Ely Narrator: Nigel Ely Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 55 minutes Release date: December 1, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: 'Slowly I raised my rifle, aimed and pulled the trigger... One round hit and went through the boot. The leg kicked up about three feet and fell back. Confirmed! The Argy was now dead for sure. No screams, no nothing.' Spud Ely's SAS career has taken him into some of the most deadly, high-octane, violent battles ever. From the Falklands to the Persian Gulf, he has been in the very centre of the most ferocious fighting scenes modern history has witnessed. Armed to the hilt with the most up-to-date, hi-tech military machinery and his highly-toned fighting skills, Steve is truly a force to be reckoned with. Fighting for Queen and Country is the unputdownable account of his most bloody, violent, heroic moments. 'Through the smoke and fire I could see two bodies inside, one burning and obviously a goner. I shot the other in the guts. The look on his face was total shock as blood spurted up from him and covered my right leg. Then I put two rounds in the other body for good measure.']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/720329Fri, 01 Dec 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/720329 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fighting for Queen and Country: One man’s remarkable story of blood and glory in the Paras and SAS Author: Nigel Ely Narrator: Nigel Ely Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/720329 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fighting for Queen and Country: One man’s remarkable story of blood and glory in the Paras and SAS Author: Nigel Ely Narrator: Nigel Ely Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 55 minutes Release date: December 1, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: 'Slowly I raised my rifle, aimed and pulled the trigger... One round hit and went through the boot. The leg kicked up about three feet and fell back. Confirmed! The Argy was now dead for sure. No screams, no nothing.' Spud Ely's SAS career has taken him into some of the most deadly, high-octane, violent battles ever. From the Falklands to the Persian Gulf, he has been in the very centre of the most ferocious fighting scenes modern history has witnessed. Armed to the hilt with the most up-to-date, hi-tech military machinery and his highly-toned fighting skills, Steve is truly a force to be reckoned with. Fighting for Queen and Country is the unputdownable account of his most bloody, violent, heroic moments. 'Through the smoke and fire I could see two bodies inside, one burning and obviously a goner. I shot the other in the guts. The look on his face was total shock as blood spurted up from him and covered my right leg. Then I put two rounds in the other body for good measure.']]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/duel-in-the-dark-a-fighter-pilot-s-story-of-the-blitz-by-peter-townsend--65097543https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/714329 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Duel in the Dark: A Fighter Pilot's Story of the Blitz Author: Peter Townsend Narrator: Dennis Kleinman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 52 minutes Release date: November 28, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Adolf Hitler's plan to eliminate Britain from WWII early using the destructive might of the Luftwaffe was thwarted by defeat in the Battle of Britain in 1940. Still determined to force the British to surrender, Hitler launched a relentless night bombing offensive whose objective was to bomb Winston Churchill and his people into submission. But he reckoned without the formidable courage and fighting spirit of the nation he was trying to conquer . . . In Duel in the Dark Peter Townsend blends his own experiences of night fighting in the air war over Britain with stories from ordinary Londoners living with the terror of the Blitz to form an epic account of a country desperately defending itself against a mighty enemy. Duel in the Dark is the sequel to Townsend's classic Duel of Eagles, one of the greatest books on the Battle of Britain ever written.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/714329Tue, 28 Nov 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/714329 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Duel in the Dark: A Fighter Pilot's Story of the Blitz Author: Peter Townsend Narrator: Dennis Kleinman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 52...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/714329 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Duel in the Dark: A Fighter Pilot's Story of the Blitz Author: Peter Townsend Narrator: Dennis Kleinman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 52 minutes Release date: November 28, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Adolf Hitler's plan to eliminate Britain from WWII early using the destructive might of the Luftwaffe was thwarted by defeat in the Battle of Britain in 1940. Still determined to force the British to surrender, Hitler launched a relentless night bombing offensive whose objective was to bomb Winston Churchill and his people into submission. But he reckoned without the formidable courage and fighting spirit of the nation he was trying to conquer . . . In Duel in the Dark Peter Townsend blends his own experiences of night fighting in the air war over Britain with stories from ordinary Londoners living with the terror of the Blitz to form an epic account of a country desperately defending itself against a mighty enemy. Duel in the Dark is the sequel to Townsend's classic Duel of Eagles, one of the greatest books on the Battle of Britain ever written.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/american-eagles-the-101st-airborne-s-assault-on-fortress-europe-1944-45-by-charles-whiting--65097524https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/710639 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Eagles: The 101st Airborne's Assault on Fortress Europe 1944/45 Series: Part of Americans Fighting to Free Europe Author: Charles Whiting Narrator: Dallas Britt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 33 minutes Release date: November 28, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Of the 6,600 paratroopers of the 101st 'Screaming Eagles' Airborne Division who parachuted into France in the early hours of 6 June 1944—D-Day—some 3,500 were listed as missing by midnight that same night. Yet it was only the beginning of their 'rendezvous with destiny.' American Eagles is the remarkable true story of the United States 101st Airborne Division. From their rigorous training in 'Old Jolly' (England) to their first operational jump in Normandy, Charles Whiting tells the story of this 'Band of Brothers', who fought, suffered, and died in the eleven-month campaign that followed. From Normandy and Holland through to the siege of Bastogne and their final triumphant capture of Hitler's Eagle's Nest in the Bavarian Alps, we gain a picture of a brave elite division which kept on getting the tough assignments. Drawing on eyewitness accounts, painstaking research, and his own youthful experiences when his regiment was under the command of 101st Airborne in Holland, Whiting delivers a powerful account of each of the 101st's major operations during the European campaign of 1944/45. He brings to life the full horrors of war while shining a spotlight on the courage and determination of the 'Screaming Eagles' and their role in the destruction of the Nazi regime in World War Two.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/710639Tue, 28 Nov 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/710639 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Eagles: The 101st Airborne's Assault on Fortress Europe 1944/45 Series: Part of Americans Fighting to Free Europe Author: Charles Whiting...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/710639 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Eagles: The 101st Airborne's Assault on Fortress Europe 1944/45 Series: Part of Americans Fighting to Free Europe Author: Charles Whiting Narrator: Dallas Britt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 33 minutes Release date: November 28, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Of the 6,600 paratroopers of the 101st 'Screaming Eagles' Airborne Division who parachuted into France in the early hours of 6 June 1944—D-Day—some 3,500 were listed as missing by midnight that same night. Yet it was only the beginning of their 'rendezvous with destiny.' American Eagles is the remarkable true story of the United States 101st Airborne Division. From their rigorous training in 'Old Jolly' (England) to their first operational jump in Normandy, Charles Whiting tells the story of this 'Band of Brothers', who fought, suffered, and died in the eleven-month campaign that followed. From Normandy and Holland through to the siege of Bastogne and their final triumphant capture of Hitler's Eagle's Nest in the Bavarian Alps, we gain a picture of a brave elite division which kept on getting the tough assignments. Drawing on eyewitness accounts, painstaking research, and his own youthful experiences when his regiment was under the command of 101st Airborne in Holland, Whiting delivers a powerful account of each of the 101st's major operations during the European campaign of 1944/45. He brings to life the full horrors of war while shining a spotlight on the courage and determination of the 'Screaming Eagles' and their role in the destruction of the Nazi regime in World War Two.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-gunner-and-the-grunt-two-boston-boys-in-vietnam-with-the-first-calvary-division-airmobile-by-peter-burbank-michael-l-kelley--65097559https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/699561 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gunner and the Grunt: Two Boston Boys in Vietnam With the First Calvary Division Airmobile Author: Peter Burbank, Michael L. Kelley Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 28 minutes Release date: November 21, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The Gunner and the Grunt is written in the voices of two soldiers who fought in the same battles as members of the same recon unit but from different angles. Michael Kelley, the 'Gunner,' was flying in an armed helicopter above the jungle providing suppressive fire support, while Peter Burbank, the 'Grunt,' was down in the jungle on foot patrol involved in fire fights with Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army troops. The book follows these two Boston boys from army training through deployment to the war zone and the shock of first combat missions, to helicopter air assault 'Search and Destroy' operations from the Cambodian border to the sands of the South China Sea.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/699561Tue, 21 Nov 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/699561 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gunner and the Grunt: Two Boston Boys in Vietnam With the First Calvary Division Airmobile Author: Peter Burbank, Michael L. Kelley Narrator:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/699561 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gunner and the Grunt: Two Boston Boys in Vietnam With the First Calvary Division Airmobile Author: Peter Burbank, Michael L. Kelley Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 28 minutes Release date: November 21, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The Gunner and the Grunt is written in the voices of two soldiers who fought in the same battles as members of the same recon unit but from different angles. Michael Kelley, the 'Gunner,' was flying in an armed helicopter above the jungle providing suppressive fire support, while Peter Burbank, the 'Grunt,' was down in the jungle on foot patrol involved in fire fights with Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army troops. The book follows these two Boston boys from army training through deployment to the war zone and the shock of first combat missions, to helicopter air assault 'Search and Destroy' operations from the Cambodian border to the sands of the South China Sea.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-widower-s-walk-by-danny-white--65097484https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/734003 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Widower's Walk Author: Danny White Narrator: Danny White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 22 minutes Release date: November 20, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: On December 14, 1997, Marine Corps Captain Danny White thought he had it all. He had married his high school sweetheart and they had three children and another on the way, when an accident on an Arizona highway shattered his life and left him and two of his children stranded in a desert of the soul. Through his faith in God, Danny eventually found his life and a new love to lead him to his destiny.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/734003Mon, 20 Nov 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/734003 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Widower's Walk Author: Danny White Narrator: Danny White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 22 minutes Release date: November 20, 2023...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/734003 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Widower's Walk Author: Danny White Narrator: Danny White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 22 minutes Release date: November 20, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: On December 14, 1997, Marine Corps Captain Danny White thought he had it all. He had married his high school sweetheart and they had three children and another on the way, when an accident on an Arizona highway shattered his life and left him and two of his children stranded in a desert of the soul. Through his faith in God, Danny eventually found his life and a new love to lead him to his destiny.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-flying-grunt-the-story-of-lieutenant-general-richard-e-carey-united-states-marine-corps-ret-by-alan-e-mesches--65097527https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/704258 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Flying Grunt: The Story of Lieutenant General Richard E. Carey, United States Marine Corps (Ret) Author: Alan E. Mesches Narrator: Chris Monteiro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 54 minutes Release date: November 14, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Richard Edward Carey came from a broken home. Enlisting in the Corps in 1946 he later earned a commission, fighting at Inchon and Chosin in Korea before becoming a pilot. During his thirty-eight-year military career he witnessed and participated in major historical events, though a high school wrestling injury would eliminate him from the Mercury-7 space program. As a second lieutenant, he tackled General Douglas MacArthur on the way to Seoul in 1950. Carey would provide critical intelligence decisions enabling the successful defense of the Chinese attack on Hagaru-ri at the Chosin Reservoir. In 189 days of combat, he escaped death seven times, and was awarded the Silver Star and Bronze Star Medals. In Vietnam, he flew 204 combat sorties, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross and 16 Air Medals. In 1975, from Saigon, Carey led history's largest helicopter evacuation of refugees. In retirement, Carey served as a cabinet member for the governor of Ohio and ran the airport in his native home of Columbus. When the Careys moved to Texas, Carey continued supporting veterans, advocating for veterans' health care, aiding the drive to build accommodation for families of hospitalized veterans, and was a leader in the effort to build a veterans' cemetery in Dallas.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/704258Tue, 14 Nov 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/704258 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Flying Grunt: The Story of Lieutenant General Richard E. Carey, United States Marine Corps (Ret) Author: Alan E. Mesches Narrator: Chris Monteiro...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/704258 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Flying Grunt: The Story of Lieutenant General Richard E. Carey, United States Marine Corps (Ret) Author: Alan E. Mesches Narrator: Chris Monteiro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 54 minutes Release date: November 14, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Richard Edward Carey came from a broken home. Enlisting in the Corps in 1946 he later earned a commission, fighting at Inchon and Chosin in Korea before becoming a pilot. During his thirty-eight-year military career he witnessed and participated in major historical events, though a high school wrestling injury would eliminate him from the Mercury-7 space program. As a second lieutenant, he tackled General Douglas MacArthur on the way to Seoul in 1950. Carey would provide critical intelligence decisions enabling the successful defense of the Chinese attack on Hagaru-ri at the Chosin Reservoir. In 189 days of combat, he escaped death seven times, and was awarded the Silver Star and Bronze Star Medals. In Vietnam, he flew 204 combat sorties, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross and 16 Air Medals. In 1975, from Saigon, Carey led history's largest helicopter evacuation of refugees. In retirement, Carey served as a cabinet member for the governor of Ohio and ran the airport in his native home of Columbus. When the Careys moved to Texas, Carey continued supporting veterans, advocating for veterans' health care, aiding the drive to build accommodation for families of hospitalized veterans, and was a leader in the effort to build a veterans' cemetery in Dallas.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-lion-of-round-top-the-life-and-military-service-of-brigadier-general-strong-vincent-in-the-american-civil-war-by-h-g-myers--65097520https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/707675 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lion of Round Top: The Life and Military Service of Brigadier General Strong Vincent in the American Civil War Author: H.G. Myers Narrator: Al Kessel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 47 minutes Release date: November 14, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The story of the true savior of Little Round Top at Gettysburg—a twenty-six-year-old Harvard-educated lawyer, who paid with his life to defend that hill. Citizen-soldier Strong Vincent was many things: Harvard graduate, lawyer, political speaker, descendant of pilgrims and religious refugees, husband, father, brother. But his greatest contribution to history is as the savior of the Federal left on the second day at Gettysburg, when he and his men held Little Round Top against overwhelming Confederate numbers. Forgotten by history in favor of his subordinate, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Vincent has faded into relative obscurity in the decades since his death. This book restores Vincent to his rightful place among the heroes of the battle of Gettysburg: presenting his life story using new, never-before-published sources and archival material to bring the story of one of the most forgotten officers of the American Civil War back to the attention of listeners and historians.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/707675Tue, 14 Nov 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/707675 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lion of Round Top: The Life and Military Service of Brigadier General Strong Vincent in the American Civil War Author: H.G. Myers Narrator: Al...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/707675 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lion of Round Top: The Life and Military Service of Brigadier General Strong Vincent in the American Civil War Author: H.G. Myers Narrator: Al Kessel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 47 minutes Release date: November 14, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The story of the true savior of Little Round Top at Gettysburg—a twenty-six-year-old Harvard-educated lawyer, who paid with his life to defend that hill. Citizen-soldier Strong Vincent was many things: Harvard graduate, lawyer, political speaker, descendant of pilgrims and religious refugees, husband, father, brother. But his greatest contribution to history is as the savior of the Federal left on the second day at Gettysburg, when he and his men held Little Round Top against overwhelming Confederate numbers. Forgotten by history in favor of his subordinate, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Vincent has faded into relative obscurity in the decades since his death. This book restores Vincent to his rightful place among the heroes of the battle of Gettysburg: presenting his life story using new, never-before-published sources and archival material to bring the story of one of the most forgotten officers of the American Civil War back to the attention of listeners and historians.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-nature-of-honour-by-david-mcbride--65097509https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/697143 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Nature of Honour Author: David Mcbride Narrator: David Mcbride Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date: November 14, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Son of the renowned Sydney obstetrician, Dr William McBride, who raised the alarm on the anti-nausea drug thalidomide in the 1960s and was later struck off the medical register for falsifying research results in a bid to challenge the safety of another drug. David chose to study Law, firstly at Sydney University and then at Oxford. There he met some British army officers and decided that soldiering was his calling, going on to train at Sandhurst. He commanded a platoon in Northern Ireland while bomb and sniper attacks on British soldiers were still happening. In civilian life he worked in security protecting diplomats, journalists and businesspeople in Rwanda in the immediate aftermath of the 1994 genocide and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. After growing tired of the travel and the action, David returned to England, where he worked in reality TV. On moving back to Sydney, he briefly joined a major law firm and then joined the Australian Army as a lawyer, going on to serve two tours of duty in Afghanistan, on the frontline confirming or denying decisions made by soldiers under international laws. He was medically discharged with PTSD in 2017. In 2018, he was charged with offences relating to national security and is awaiting trial. David was reregistered to practise law in NSW in 2022 and spends a bit of time defending those facing charges. Crammed with colour, adventure, achievements and some diversions, too David McBride leads a big life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/697143Tue, 14 Nov 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/697143 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Nature of Honour Author: David Mcbride Narrator: David Mcbride Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date: November 14,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/697143 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Nature of Honour Author: David Mcbride Narrator: David Mcbride Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date: November 14, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Son of the renowned Sydney obstetrician, Dr William McBride, who raised the alarm on the anti-nausea drug thalidomide in the 1960s and was later struck off the medical register for falsifying research results in a bid to challenge the safety of another drug. David chose to study Law, firstly at Sydney University and then at Oxford. There he met some British army officers and decided that soldiering was his calling, going on to train at Sandhurst. He commanded a platoon in Northern Ireland while bomb and sniper attacks on British soldiers were still happening. In civilian life he worked in security protecting diplomats, journalists and businesspeople in Rwanda in the immediate aftermath of the 1994 genocide and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. After growing tired of the travel and the action, David returned to England, where he worked in reality TV. On moving back to Sydney, he briefly joined a major law firm and then joined the Australian Army as a lawyer, going on to serve two tours of duty in Afghanistan, on the frontline confirming or denying decisions made by soldiers under international laws. He was medically discharged with PTSD in 2017. In 2018, he was charged with offences relating to national security and is awaiting trial. David was reregistered to practise law in NSW in 2022 and spends a bit of time defending those facing charges. Crammed with colour, adventure, achievements and some diversions, too David McBride leads a big life.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/whistles-from-the-graveyard-my-time-behind-the-camera-on-war-rage-and-restless-youth-in-afghanistan-by-miles-lagoze--65097566https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/633591 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Whistles from the Graveyard: My Time Behind the Camera on War, Rage, and Restless Youth in Afghanistan Author: Miles Lagoze Narrator: Miles Lagoze Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 23 minutes Release date: November 7, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.71 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: “The most bracingly honest, refreshing account of the Afghan war” (Sebastian Junger, New York Times bestselling author) from a Marine Corps Combat Cameraman and director of the acclaimed documentary Combat Obscura. At just eighteen years old, Miles Lagoze joined the Marine Corps a decade after the war began and found himself surrounded by people not unlike those he’d left behind at home—aimless youth searching for stability, community, and economic security. Deployed to Afghanistan as a Combat Cameraman—an active-duty videographer and photographer—Lagoze produced slick images of glory and heroism for public consumption. But his government-approved footage concealed a grim reality. Here, Lagoze pulls back the curtain and illustrates the grisly truth of the longest war in American history. As these young men and women were deployed to an unfamiliar country half a world away—history’s “graveyard of empires”—they carried the scars of the fractured homeland that sent them. Lagoze shows us Marines straddling the edge of chaos. We see forces desensitized to gore and suffering by the darkest reaches of the internet, unsure of their places in an unraveling world and set further adrift by the uncertain mission to which they had been assigned abroad. Whistles from the Graveyard shows the parts of the Afghanistan War we were never meant to see—Afghan locals and American infantry drawn together by their fears of the ghostly, ever-present terror of the Taliban; moments of dark resignation as the devastating toll of years in war’s crossfire reveals itself between bouts of adrenaline-laced violence; and nights of reckless, drug-fueled abandon to dull the pain. In full, vivid color, Miles Lagoze shows us an oft-overlooked generation of young Americans we cast out into the desert, steeped in nihilism, and shipped back home with firsthand training in extremism, misanthropy, and insurrection.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/633591Tue, 07 Nov 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/633591 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Whistles from the Graveyard: My Time Behind the Camera on War, Rage, and Restless Youth in Afghanistan Author: Miles Lagoze Narrator: Miles Lagoze...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/633591 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Whistles from the Graveyard: My Time Behind the Camera on War, Rage, and Restless Youth in Afghanistan Author: Miles Lagoze Narrator: Miles Lagoze Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 23 minutes Release date: November 7, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.71 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: “The most bracingly honest, refreshing account of the Afghan war” (Sebastian Junger, New York Times bestselling author) from a Marine Corps Combat Cameraman and director of the acclaimed documentary Combat Obscura. At just eighteen years old, Miles Lagoze joined the Marine Corps a decade after the war began and found himself surrounded by people not unlike those he’d left behind at home—aimless youth searching for stability, community, and economic security. Deployed to Afghanistan as a Combat Cameraman—an active-duty videographer and photographer—Lagoze produced slick images of glory and heroism for public consumption. But his government-approved footage concealed a grim reality. Here, Lagoze pulls back the curtain and illustrates the grisly truth of the longest war in American history. As these young men and women were deployed to an unfamiliar country half a world away—history’s “graveyard of empires”—they carried the scars of the fractured homeland that sent them. Lagoze shows us Marines straddling the edge of chaos. We see forces desensitized to gore and suffering by the darkest reaches of the internet, unsure of their places in an unraveling world and set further adrift by the uncertain mission to which they had been assigned abroad. Whistles from the Graveyard shows the parts of the Afghanistan War we were never meant to see—Afghan locals and American infantry drawn together by their fears of the ghostly, ever-present terror of the Taliban; moments of dark resignation as the devastating toll of years in war’s crossfire reveals itself between bouts of adrenaline-laced violence; and nights of reckless, drug-fueled abandon to dull the pain. In full, vivid color, Miles Lagoze shows us an oft-overlooked generation of young Americans we cast out into the desert, steeped in nihilism, and shipped back home with firsthand training in extremism, misanthropy, and insurrection.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/task-force-hogan-the-world-war-ii-tank-battalion-that-spearheaded-the-liberation-of-europe-by-william-r-hogan--65097562https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/663144 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Task Force Hogan: The World War II Tank Battalion That Spearheaded the Liberation of Europe Author: William R. Hogan Narrator: Kaleo Griffith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 28 minutes Release date: November 7, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A fourth-generation soldier tells the story of his father’s tank battalion, the “Spearhead,” that selflessly led the charge on the front lines from Normandy into Germany—against impossible odds, technologically superior weaponry, and a fanatical enemy on its home turf—and the heroes whose sacrifice won World War II. At twenty-eight, Sam Hogan is one of the youngest lieutenant colonels in the US Army. The West Point graduate from Texas stands in the commander’s hatch of his Sherman tank, behind him a steel wedge of seventeen other Shermans of his tank battalion. Two weeks after the now-infamous D-Day landings, Sam is preparing to give the order to advance into the German defenses that enclose the Normandy beachheads. Ahead of Sam lies seemingly impossible odds for survival: technologically superior Nazi tanks, camouflaged anti-tank guns, and infantry armed with new anti-tank rockets. But Sam has prepared for this moment for the past seven years. With a guttural call to move out accompanied by diesel fumes and the squeak of tank treads, Sam and his men begin their long journey to liberate Europe—a journey from which many of them would not return. So begins the story of Sam Hogan and his colorful band of tanker heroes of the Third Armored Division—the “Spearhead”—as they battle on the front lines of some of the war’s toughest fights, from Normandy to the Elbe to the Battle of the Bulge. The soldiers of Task Force Hogan come from all walks of life. There are cooks, tankers, infantrymen, salty old sergeants, and wet-behind-the-ears lieutenants. In common, they have a sense of duty to each other and their country, and the struggle against the most sinister enemy modern history has ever produced. In Task Force Hogan, the story of Sam and his band of heroes comes to life through the writing of his son, Will Hogan—aided by never-before-seen letters, military dispatches, journal entries, and interviews with surviving family of the Task Force. These were the soldiers at the tip of the spear, brave enough to lead the charge and fight against insurmountable odds, and often paying the ultimate price, while liberating French villages and concentration camps as they rolled towards Germany to ultimately win the war. In the pages of this book, Will Hogan finally gives these unsung soldiers the voice and memorial that they all deserve. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/663144Tue, 07 Nov 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/663144 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Task Force Hogan: The World War II Tank Battalion That Spearheaded the Liberation of Europe Author: William R. Hogan Narrator: Kaleo Griffith Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/663144 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Task Force Hogan: The World War II Tank Battalion That Spearheaded the Liberation of Europe Author: William R. Hogan Narrator: Kaleo Griffith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 28 minutes Release date: November 7, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A fourth-generation soldier tells the story of his father’s tank battalion, the “Spearhead,” that selflessly led the charge on the front lines from Normandy into Germany—against impossible odds, technologically superior weaponry, and a fanatical enemy on its home turf—and the heroes whose sacrifice won World War II. At twenty-eight, Sam Hogan is one of the youngest lieutenant colonels in the US Army. The West Point graduate from Texas stands in the commander’s hatch of his Sherman tank, behind him a steel wedge of seventeen other Shermans of his tank battalion. Two weeks after the now-infamous D-Day landings, Sam is preparing to give the order to advance into the German defenses that enclose the Normandy beachheads. Ahead of Sam lies seemingly impossible odds for survival: technologically superior Nazi tanks, camouflaged anti-tank guns, and infantry armed with new anti-tank rockets. But Sam has prepared for this moment for the past seven years. With a guttural call to move out accompanied by diesel fumes and the squeak of tank treads, Sam and his men begin their long journey to liberate Europe—a journey from which many of them would not return. So begins the story of Sam Hogan and his colorful band of tanker heroes of the Third Armored Division—the “Spearhead”—as they battle on the front lines of some of the war’s toughest fights, from Normandy to the Elbe to the Battle of the Bulge. The soldiers of Task Force Hogan come from all walks of life. There are cooks, tankers, infantrymen, salty old sergeants, and wet-behind-the-ears lieutenants. In common, they have a sense of duty to each other and their country, and the struggle against the most sinister enemy modern history has ever produced. In Task Force Hogan, the story of Sam and his band of heroes comes to life through the writing of his son, Will Hogan—aided by never-before-seen letters, military dispatches, journal entries, and interviews with surviving family of the Task Force. These were the soldiers at the tip of the spear, brave enough to lead the charge and fight against insurmountable odds, and often paying the ultimate price, while liberating French villages and concentration camps as they rolled towards Germany to ultimately win the war. In the pages of this book, Will Hogan finally gives these unsung soldiers the voice and memorial that they all deserve. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-the-taliban-told-me-by-ian-fritz--65097534https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/637379 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What the Taliban Told Me Author: Ian Fritz Narrator: Ian Fritz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 18 minutes Release date: November 7, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: An “essential” (Kevin Maurer, #1 New York Times bestselling author) memoir of a young Air Force linguist coming of age in a war that is lost. When Ian Fritz joined the Air Force at eighteen, he did so out of necessity. He hadn’t been accepted into colleges thanks to an indifferent high school career. He’d too often slept through his classes as he worked long hours at a Chinese restaurant to help pay the bills for his trailer-dwelling family in Lake City, Florida. But the Air Force recognizes his potential and sends him to the elite Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California, to learn Dari and Pashto, the main languages of Afghanistan. By 2011, Fritz was an airborne cryptologic linguist and one of only a tiny number of people in the world trained to do this job on low-flying gunships. He monitors communications on the ground and determines in real time which Afghans are Taliban and which are innocent civilians. This eavesdropping is critical to supporting Special Forces units on the ground, but there is no training to counter the emotional complexity that develops as you listen to people’s most intimate conversations over the course of two tours, Fritz listens to the Taliban for hundreds of hours, all over the country night and day, in moments of peace and in the middle of battle. What he hears teaches him about the people of Afghanistan—Taliban and otherwise—the war, and himself. Fritz’s fluency is his greatest asset to the military, yet it becomes the greatest liability to his own commitment to the cause. Both proud of his service and in despair that he is instrumental in destroying the voices that he hears, What the Taliban Told Me is a “fraught, moving” (Kirkus Reviews) coming-of-age memoir and a reckoning with our twenty years of war in Afghanistan.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/637379Tue, 07 Nov 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/637379 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What the Taliban Told Me Author: Ian Fritz Narrator: Ian Fritz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 18 minutes Release date: November 7, 2023...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/637379 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What the Taliban Told Me Author: Ian Fritz Narrator: Ian Fritz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 18 minutes Release date: November 7, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: An “essential” (Kevin Maurer, #1 New York Times bestselling author) memoir of a young Air Force linguist coming of age in a war that is lost. When Ian Fritz joined the Air Force at eighteen, he did so out of necessity. He hadn’t been accepted into colleges thanks to an indifferent high school career. He’d too often slept through his classes as he worked long hours at a Chinese restaurant to help pay the bills for his trailer-dwelling family in Lake City, Florida. But the Air Force recognizes his potential and sends him to the elite Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California, to learn Dari and Pashto, the main languages of Afghanistan. By 2011, Fritz was an airborne cryptologic linguist and one of only a tiny number of people in the world trained to do this job on low-flying gunships. He monitors communications on the ground and determines in real time which Afghans are Taliban and which are innocent civilians. This eavesdropping is critical to supporting Special Forces units on the ground, but there is no training to counter the emotional complexity that develops as you listen to people’s most intimate conversations over the course of two tours, Fritz listens to the Taliban for hundreds of hours, all over the country night and day, in moments of peace and in the middle of battle. What he hears teaches him about the people of Afghanistan—Taliban and otherwise—the war, and himself. Fritz’s fluency is his greatest asset to the military, yet it becomes the greatest liability to his own commitment to the cause. Both proud of his service and in despair that he is instrumental in destroying the voices that he hears, What the Taliban Told Me is a “fraught, moving” (Kirkus Reviews) coming-of-age memoir and a reckoning with our twenty years of war in Afghanistan.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-quiet-warrior-a-biography-of-admiral-raymond-a-spruance-by-thomas-b-buell--65097576https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/702847 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance Author: Thomas B. Buell Narrator: Chris Monteiro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 42 minutes Release date: October 31, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Regarded as the standard biography of World War II naval hero Adm. Raymond A. Spruance. Spruance, victor of the battles of Midway and the Philippine Sea and commander of the Fifth Fleet in the invasions of the Gilberts, the Marshalls, the Marianas, and Okinawa, is one of the towering figures in American naval history. Yet his reserved, cerebral personality did not make 'good copy' for correspondents, and until the publication of The Quiet Warrior he remained an elusive figure. Thomas Buell has succeeded in evoking the nature of the man as well as recording the achievements of the admiral in this brilliant biography, which won the Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for Literary Achievement the year of its publication.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/702847Tue, 31 Oct 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/702847 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance Author: Thomas B. Buell Narrator: Chris Monteiro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/702847 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance Author: Thomas B. Buell Narrator: Chris Monteiro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 42 minutes Release date: October 31, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Regarded as the standard biography of World War II naval hero Adm. Raymond A. Spruance. Spruance, victor of the battles of Midway and the Philippine Sea and commander of the Fifth Fleet in the invasions of the Gilberts, the Marshalls, the Marianas, and Okinawa, is one of the towering figures in American naval history. Yet his reserved, cerebral personality did not make 'good copy' for correspondents, and until the publication of The Quiet Warrior he remained an elusive figure. Thomas Buell has succeeded in evoking the nature of the man as well as recording the achievements of the admiral in this brilliant biography, which won the Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for Literary Achievement the year of its publication.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/footsloggers-an-infantry-battalion-at-war-1939-45-by-peter-hart--65097560https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/700813 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Footsloggers: An Infantry Battalion at War, 1939-45 Author: Peter Hart Narrator: Nigel Patterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 21 minutes Release date: October 31, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The only way to truly understand what it was like to fight in the Second World War is to listen to the experiences of those men who were there. And often, there was nowhere more dangerous than on the ground. In Footsloggers, Peter Hart reconstructs one infantry battalion's war in staggering detail. Based on his interviews with members of the 16th Durham Light Infantry, Hart bears witness not only to their comradeship, suffering, dreadful losses, and individual tragedies, but also their courage and self-sacrifice as they fought their way across North Africa, Italy, and Greece. This is a human look at the inhuman nature of war from the author of At Close Range and Burning Steel. Contains mature themes.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/700813Tue, 31 Oct 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/700813 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Footsloggers: An Infantry Battalion at War, 1939-45 Author: Peter Hart Narrator: Nigel Patterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 21...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/700813 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Footsloggers: An Infantry Battalion at War, 1939-45 Author: Peter Hart Narrator: Nigel Patterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 21 minutes Release date: October 31, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The only way to truly understand what it was like to fight in the Second World War is to listen to the experiences of those men who were there. And often, there was nowhere more dangerous than on the ground. In Footsloggers, Peter Hart reconstructs one infantry battalion's war in staggering detail. Based on his interviews with members of the 16th Durham Light Infantry, Hart bears witness not only to their comradeship, suffering, dreadful losses, and individual tragedies, but also their courage and self-sacrifice as they fought their way across North Africa, Italy, and Greece. This is a human look at the inhuman nature of war from the author of At Close Range and Burning Steel. Contains mature themes.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bradley-by-charles-whiting--65097545https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/710638 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bradley Series: Part of Americans Fighting to Free Europe Author: Charles Whiting Narrator: Dallas Britt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 2 minutes Release date: October 31, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: At the age of fifty Bradley was a career officer who had never seen a day of action on the battlefield. Yet, by the end of the war, he had led American soldiers through some of the bloodiest fighting of World War Two—the final defeat of the Germans' Afrika Korps, the invasion of Sicily, and the historic Normandy invasion, before leading the advance across the Rhine. Despite being such an instrumental leader of World War Two he was a modest man, professing only to do the best he could for his calling and his country. How did this quiet and unassuming teacher from West Point rise to become the commander of the Twelfth United States Army Group, which ultimately comprised forty-three divisions and over one million troops, the largest American force ever united under one man's command? And how did he come to be known as 'the G.I.'s General'? Charles Whiting's enthralling overview of Bradley and his career uncovers what he was like as a person, providing insight into his actions and leadership during the course of World War Two, before discussing his post-war career as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff through the course of the Korean War.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/710638Tue, 31 Oct 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/710638 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bradley Series: Part of Americans Fighting to Free Europe Author: Charles Whiting Narrator: Dallas Britt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 2...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/710638 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bradley Series: Part of Americans Fighting to Free Europe Author: Charles Whiting Narrator: Dallas Britt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 2 minutes Release date: October 31, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: At the age of fifty Bradley was a career officer who had never seen a day of action on the battlefield. Yet, by the end of the war, he had led American soldiers through some of the bloodiest fighting of World War Two—the final defeat of the Germans' Afrika Korps, the invasion of Sicily, and the historic Normandy invasion, before leading the advance across the Rhine. Despite being such an instrumental leader of World War Two he was a modest man, professing only to do the best he could for his calling and his country. How did this quiet and unassuming teacher from West Point rise to become the commander of the Twelfth United States Army Group, which ultimately comprised forty-three divisions and over one million troops, the largest American force ever united under one man's command? And how did he come to be known as 'the G.I.'s General'? Charles Whiting's enthralling overview of Bradley and his career uncovers what he was like as a person, providing insight into his actions and leadership during the course of World War Two, before discussing his post-war career as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff through the course of the Korean War.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/on-great-fields-the-life-and-unlikely-heroism-of-joshua-lawrence-chamberlain-by-ronald-c-white--65097511https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/666370 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Author: Ronald C. White Narrator: Ronald C. White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 23 minutes Release date: October 31, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.43 of Total 7 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of A. Lincoln and American Ulysses comes the dramatic and definitive biography of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, the history-altering professor turned Civil War hero. “A vital and vivid portrait of an unlikely military hero who played a key role in the preservation of the Union and therefore in the making of modern America.”—Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of And There Was Light Before 1862, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain had rarely left his home state of Maine, where he was a trained minister and mild-mannered professor at Bowdoin College. His colleagues were shocked when he volunteered for the Union army, but he was undeterred and later became known as one of the North’s greatest heroes: On the second day at Gettysburg, after running out of ammunition at Little Round Top, he ordered his men to wield their bayonets in a desperate charge down a rocky slope that routed the Confederate attackers. Despite being wounded at Petersburg—and told by two surgeons he would die—Chamberlain survived the war, going on to be elected governor of Maine four times and serve as president of Bowdoin College. How did a stuttering young boy come to be fluent in nine languages and even teach speech and rhetoric? How did a trained minister find his way to the battlefield? Award-winning historian Ronald C. White delves into these contradictions in this cradle-to-grave biography of General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, from his upbringing in rural Maine to his tenacious, empathetic military leadership and his influential postwar public service, exploring a question that still plagues so many veterans: How do you make a civilian life of meaning after having experienced the extreme highs and lows of war? Chamberlain is familiar to millions from Michael Shaara’s now-classic novel of the Civil War, The Killer Angels, and Ken Burns’s timeless miniseries The Civil War, but in this book, White captures the complex and inspiring man behind the hero. This gripping, impeccably researched portrait illuminates one of the most admired but least known figures in our nation’s bloodiest conflict.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/666370Tue, 31 Oct 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/666370 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Author: Ronald C. White Narrator: Ronald C. White Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/666370 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Author: Ronald C. White Narrator: Ronald C. White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 23 minutes Release date: October 31, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.43 of Total 7 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of A. Lincoln and American Ulysses comes the dramatic and definitive biography of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, the history-altering professor turned Civil War hero. “A vital and vivid portrait of an unlikely military hero who played a key role in the preservation of the Union and therefore in the making of modern America.”—Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of And There Was Light Before 1862, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain had rarely left his home state of Maine, where he was a trained minister and mild-mannered professor at Bowdoin College. His colleagues were shocked when he volunteered for the Union army, but he was undeterred and later became known as one of the North’s greatest heroes: On the second day at Gettysburg, after running out of ammunition at Little Round Top, he ordered his men to wield their bayonets in a desperate charge down a rocky slope that routed the Confederate attackers. Despite being wounded at Petersburg—and told by two surgeons he would die—Chamberlain survived the war, going on to be elected governor of Maine four times and serve as president of Bowdoin College. How did a stuttering young boy come to be fluent in nine languages and even teach speech and rhetoric? How did a trained minister find his way to the battlefield? Award-winning historian Ronald C. White delves into these contradictions in this cradle-to-grave biography of General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, from his upbringing in rural Maine to his tenacious, empathetic military leadership and his influential postwar public service, exploring a question that still plagues so many veterans: How do you make a civilian life of meaning after having experienced the extreme highs and lows of war? Chamberlain is familiar to millions from Michael Shaara’s now-classic novel of the Civil War, The Killer Angels, and Ken Burns’s timeless miniseries The Civil War, but in this book, White captures the complex and inspiring man behind the hero. This gripping, impeccably researched portrait illuminates one of the most admired but least known figures in our nation’s bloodiest conflict.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/famous-soldiers-of-wwii-actors-who-fought-by-raphael-terra--65097467https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/711681 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Famous Soldiers of WWII: Actors Who Fought Author: Raphael Terra Narrator: Raphael Terra Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 24 minutes Release date: October 31, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: This audiobook has been recorded using Text to speech (TTS). The Second World War was the most destructive and widespread war to date. The darkest of evils called for the bravest of the brave to step forward and defend the free world. Millions of people lost their lives, millions suffered physical and mental affects. This wasn’t a time for just the brave few, it was a time of global challenge and almost everybody stepped up to the mark. And so, why should it be that those stars and celebrities of stage and screen should be exempt? The truth is that a great many not only took the challenge of war, but volunteered for it and shone as if they were giving the greatest of performances. This is the surprising story of those showbiz soldiers who cast aside their cares for fame and fortune and joined the millions of gallant men and women around the world in the battle against tyranny.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/711681Tue, 31 Oct 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/711681 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Famous Soldiers of WWII: Actors Who Fought Author: Raphael Terra Narrator: Raphael Terra Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 24 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/711681 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Famous Soldiers of WWII: Actors Who Fought Author: Raphael Terra Narrator: Raphael Terra Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 24 minutes Release date: October 31, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: This audiobook has been recorded using Text to speech (TTS). The Second World War was the most destructive and widespread war to date. The darkest of evils called for the bravest of the brave to step forward and defend the free world. Millions of people lost their lives, millions suffered physical and mental affects. This wasn’t a time for just the brave few, it was a time of global challenge and almost everybody stepped up to the mark. And so, why should it be that those stars and celebrities of stage and screen should be exempt? The truth is that a great many not only took the challenge of war, but volunteered for it and shone as if they were giving the greatest of performances. This is the surprising story of those showbiz soldiers who cast aside their cares for fame and fortune and joined the millions of gallant men and women around the world in the battle against tyranny.]]>125cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lawrence-of-arabia-the-definitive-21st-century-biography-of-a-20th-century-soldier-adventurer-and-leader-by-ranulph-fiennes--65097538https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/659644 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lawrence of Arabia: The definitive 21st-century biography of a 20th-century soldier, adventurer and leader Author: Ranulph Fiennes Narrator: Jonathan Keeble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 14 minutes Release date: October 26, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. The authoritative, illuminating biography of T. E. Lawrence - the man who inspired the iconic film Lawrence of Arabia - from 'The World's Greatest Living Explorer' Ranulph Fiennes. Thomas Edward Lawrence first set foot on the hot sands of Arabia in 1909. By 1918 there was a £20,000 price on his head. His journey to this point has long been legend. From his first postings as archaeologist, liaison and map officer, to fighting alongside guerrilla forces during the Arab Revolt, journeying more than 300 miles through blistering heat to capture Aqaba, to his involvement in peace conferences that decided the future of the Middle East, Lawrence gave over his life fully to this land and its people. An unhappy outsider in childhood, in Arabia, Lawrence found a home. But as he grew in notoriety and proved his worth to his Arab comrades, his Turkish enemies set their sights on his capture . . . A legend in his own lifetime, Lawrence's epic story has always been ripe for the retelling - but Ranulph Fiennes is no ordinary biographer. Leading Arab troops into battle on the Arabian peninsula in a war fought fifty years later, Fiennes too discovered the wonders of these far-flung lands and the people who live there, and is one of very few who can claim a true insight into the kind of life that Lawrence lived - bold and adventurous to the end. With detailed access to records and an in-depth knowledge of the exploration routes and mindset of those who venture into the unknown, in Lawrence of Arabia, Fiennes brings us at last to a true and full account of this mysterious adventurer who captivated the world. ©2023 Ranulph Fiennes (P)2023 Penguin Audio]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/659644Thu, 26 Oct 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/659644 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lawrence of Arabia: The definitive 21st-century biography of a 20th-century soldier, adventurer and leader Author: Ranulph Fiennes Narrator: Jonathan...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/659644 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lawrence of Arabia: The definitive 21st-century biography of a 20th-century soldier, adventurer and leader Author: Ranulph Fiennes Narrator: Jonathan Keeble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 14 minutes Release date: October 26, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. The authoritative, illuminating biography of T. E. Lawrence - the man who inspired the iconic film Lawrence of Arabia - from 'The World's Greatest Living Explorer' Ranulph Fiennes. Thomas Edward Lawrence first set foot on the hot sands of Arabia in 1909. By 1918 there was a £20,000 price on his head. His journey to this point has long been legend. From his first postings as archaeologist, liaison and map officer, to fighting alongside guerrilla forces during the Arab Revolt, journeying more than 300 miles through blistering heat to capture Aqaba, to his involvement in peace conferences that decided the future of the Middle East, Lawrence gave over his life fully to this land and its people. An unhappy outsider in childhood, in Arabia, Lawrence found a home. But as he grew in notoriety and proved his worth to his Arab comrades, his Turkish enemies set their sights on his capture . . . A legend in his own lifetime, Lawrence's epic story has always been ripe for the retelling - but Ranulph Fiennes is no ordinary biographer. Leading Arab troops into battle on the Arabian peninsula in a war fought fifty years later, Fiennes too discovered the wonders of these far-flung lands and the people who live there, and is one of very few who can claim a true insight into the kind of life that Lawrence lived - bold and adventurous to the end. With detailed access to records and an in-depth knowledge of the exploration routes and mindset of those who venture into the unknown, in Lawrence of Arabia, Fiennes brings us at last to a true and full account of this mysterious adventurer who captivated the world. ©2023 Ranulph Fiennes (P)2023 Penguin Audio]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-wn-62-erinnerungen-an-omaha-beach-normandie-6-juni-1944-neuauflage-by-hein-severloh--65097478https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/719167 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - WN 62 - Erinnerungen an Omaha Beach: Normandie, 6. Juni 1944: NEUAUFLAGE Author: Hein Severloh Narrator: Mario Kunze Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 55 minutes Release date: October 12, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Endlich wieder verfügbar! Sichern Sie sich jetzt die erschütternde Autobiografie des MG-Schützen Heinrich Severloh, die sich weltweit bereits mehr als 60.000 mal verkauft hat! D-Day, 6. Juni 1944. Mit 7.000 Schiffen und 13.000 Flugzeugen starten die Alliierten die größte Landeoperation der Menschheitsgeschichte. Strandabschnitt Omaha Beach: Der MG-Schütze Heinrich 'Hein' Severloh befindet sich im Widerstandsnest 62 – das WN 62 –, als 34.000 GIs vor ihm am Strand landen. Neun Stunden lang feuert Severloh unentwegt auf die Angreifer. Mehr als 2.000 von ihnen finden im wütenden Abwehrfeuer den Tod. Schonungslos und ergreifend schildert Hein Severloh die dramatischen Stunden! Severloh, der junge Landwirtssohn aus der Lüneburger Heide, überlebt die Feuerwalze auf ebenso schreckliche wie abenteuerliche Weise – doch soll sie sein ganzes Leben nachhaltig prägen. Mit diesem Buch und einer Vielzahl internationaler Presse- und Fernsehpublikationen wurde Hein Severloh für immer in der Kriegsgeschichte verewigt. Bis zur Veröffentlichung seiner Biografie hatten die Amerikaner nie den Namen des Mannes erfahren, der ganz erheblich dazu beigetragen hatte, dass ihre Landung am 'Omaha Beach' zu einem derart furchtbaren Debakel wurde. In Zusammenarbeit mit dem international bekannten D-Day-Experten Helmut Konrad von Keusgen entstand nicht nur ein äußerst spannender Tatsachenbericht mit präzisen Ortsangaben, sondern es wurde ein zusätzlicher Blickwinkel geschaffen, der die Geschehnisse jenes dramatischen Tages in einem deutlich klareren Licht erscheinen lässt. Erschütternd berichtet Severloh von der ungeschminkten Wahrheit, räumt kompromisslos mit falschen Wertvorstellungen und Ideologien auf und stellt bisher vorherrschende offizielle Darstellungen ernsthaft infrage. Das dürfen Sie von diesem Buch erwarten: - 80 Originalfotos und detaillierte Karten liefern einmalige Einblicke in das Invasionsgeschehen - Erleben Sie die ganze Geschichte Hein Severlohs inkl. Nachruf - Helmut Konrad von Keusgens Expertise und seine exakten Darstellungen lassen Sie in jedes Detail eintauchen Profitieren Sie von einmaligen Einblicken in Hein Severlohs Kriegsdienst und Leben. Sichern Sie sich dieses lange vergriffene Stück Zeitgeschichte, indem Sie auf 'Jetzt kaufen' klicken.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/719167Thu, 12 Oct 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/719167 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - WN 62 - Erinnerungen an Omaha Beach: Normandie, 6. Juni 1944: NEUAUFLAGE Author: Hein Severloh Narrator: Mario Kunze Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/719167 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - WN 62 - Erinnerungen an Omaha Beach: Normandie, 6. Juni 1944: NEUAUFLAGE Author: Hein Severloh Narrator: Mario Kunze Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 55 minutes Release date: October 12, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Endlich wieder verfügbar! Sichern Sie sich jetzt die erschütternde Autobiografie des MG-Schützen Heinrich Severloh, die sich weltweit bereits mehr als 60.000 mal verkauft hat! D-Day, 6. Juni 1944. Mit 7.000 Schiffen und 13.000 Flugzeugen starten die Alliierten die größte Landeoperation der Menschheitsgeschichte. Strandabschnitt Omaha Beach: Der MG-Schütze Heinrich 'Hein' Severloh befindet sich im Widerstandsnest 62 – das WN 62 –, als 34.000 GIs vor ihm am Strand landen. Neun Stunden lang feuert Severloh unentwegt auf die Angreifer. Mehr als 2.000 von ihnen finden im wütenden Abwehrfeuer den Tod. Schonungslos und ergreifend schildert Hein Severloh die dramatischen Stunden! Severloh, der junge Landwirtssohn aus der Lüneburger Heide, überlebt die Feuerwalze auf ebenso schreckliche wie abenteuerliche Weise – doch soll sie sein ganzes Leben nachhaltig prägen. Mit diesem Buch und einer Vielzahl internationaler Presse- und Fernsehpublikationen wurde Hein Severloh für immer in der Kriegsgeschichte verewigt. Bis zur Veröffentlichung seiner Biografie hatten die Amerikaner nie den Namen des Mannes erfahren, der ganz erheblich dazu beigetragen hatte, dass ihre Landung am 'Omaha Beach' zu einem derart furchtbaren Debakel wurde. In Zusammenarbeit mit dem international bekannten D-Day-Experten Helmut Konrad von Keusgen entstand nicht nur ein äußerst spannender Tatsachenbericht mit präzisen Ortsangaben, sondern es wurde ein zusätzlicher Blickwinkel geschaffen, der die Geschehnisse jenes dramatischen Tages in einem deutlich klareren Licht erscheinen lässt. Erschütternd berichtet Severloh von der ungeschminkten Wahrheit, räumt kompromisslos mit falschen Wertvorstellungen und Ideologien auf und stellt bisher vorherrschende offizielle Darstellungen ernsthaft infrage. Das dürfen Sie von diesem Buch erwarten: - 80 Originalfotos und detaillierte Karten liefern einmalige Einblicke in das Invasionsgeschehen - Erleben Sie die ganze Geschichte Hein Severlohs inkl. Nachruf - Helmut Konrad von Keusgens Expertise und seine exakten Darstellungen lassen Sie in jedes Detail eintauchen Profitieren Sie von einmaligen Einblicken in Hein Severlohs Kriegsdienst und Leben. Sichern Sie sich dieses lange vergriffene Stück Zeitgeschichte, indem Sie auf 'Jetzt kaufen' klicken.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/time-in-the-barrel-a-marine-s-account-of-the-battle-for-con-thien-by-james-p-coan--65097550https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/702833 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Time in the Barrel: A Marine’s Account of the Battle for Con Thien Author: James P. Coan Narrator: Chris Monteiro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 34 minutes Release date: October 10, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Con Thien was a United States Marine Corps firebase that was the scene of fierce combat for months on end during 1967. Staving off attacks and ambushes while suffering from ineffectual leadership from Washington as well as media onslaughts, courageous American Marines protected this crucial piece of land at all costs. They would hold Con Thien, but many paid the ultimate price. By the end of the war, more than 1,400 Marines had died and more than 9,000 sustained injuries. For eight months, James P. Coan's five-tank platoon was assigned to Con Thien while attached to various Marine infantry battalions. The author kept a diary recording the thoughts, fears, and frustrations. Time in the Barrel offers an authentic firsthand account of the daily nightmare that was Con Thien. With authentic depictions of combat, it allows listeners to fully grasp the enormity of the fierce struggle for Con Thien. More than a retelling of military movements, Coan's engrossing narratives focus on the sheer sacrifice and misery of one Marine's experience in Vietnam. Through his eyes, we experience the abysmal conditions the Marines endured, from monsoon rainstorms to the constant threat of impending attack. Climatic moments in history are captured through the rare, personal perspective of one particularly astute and observant participant.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/702833Tue, 10 Oct 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/702833 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Time in the Barrel: A Marine’s Account of the Battle for Con Thien Author: James P. Coan Narrator: Chris Monteiro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/702833 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Time in the Barrel: A Marine’s Account of the Battle for Con Thien Author: James P. Coan Narrator: Chris Monteiro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 34 minutes Release date: October 10, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Con Thien was a United States Marine Corps firebase that was the scene of fierce combat for months on end during 1967. Staving off attacks and ambushes while suffering from ineffectual leadership from Washington as well as media onslaughts, courageous American Marines protected this crucial piece of land at all costs. They would hold Con Thien, but many paid the ultimate price. By the end of the war, more than 1,400 Marines had died and more than 9,000 sustained injuries. For eight months, James P. Coan's five-tank platoon was assigned to Con Thien while attached to various Marine infantry battalions. The author kept a diary recording the thoughts, fears, and frustrations. Time in the Barrel offers an authentic firsthand account of the daily nightmare that was Con Thien. With authentic depictions of combat, it allows listeners to fully grasp the enormity of the fierce struggle for Con Thien. More than a retelling of military movements, Coan's engrossing narratives focus on the sheer sacrifice and misery of one Marine's experience in Vietnam. Through his eyes, we experience the abysmal conditions the Marines endured, from monsoon rainstorms to the constant threat of impending attack. Climatic moments in history are captured through the rare, personal perspective of one particularly astute and observant participant.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/exit-wounds-a-vietnam-elegy-by-lanny-hunter--65097532https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/654728 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Exit Wounds: A Vietnam Elegy Author: Lanny Hunter Narrator: Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 50 minutes Release date: October 10, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Exit Wounds: A Vietnam Elegy is an intimate, boots-on-the-ground memoir that chronicles one captain’s brutal experience in the Vietnam War. On October 19, 1965, American Special Forces in Vietnam came under attack at their camp at Plei Me. This marked the first major confrontation between the North Vietnamese and US armies during the war. Throughout six days of constant hostile fire, Captain Lanny Hunter sorted the seriously wounded from the dead and saved those comrades-in-arms he could. For his actions, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. In Exit Wounds, Hunter recalls his tour in the central highlands of Vietnam in 1965/66 at the bloody interface of medicine and combat. Paralleling this story is his return in 1997 to find and help his Montagnard interpreter, Y-Kre Mlo, after ten years in a communist reeducation camp. This pilgrimage takes Hunter back to old haunts and battlegrounds—and to a war now seen through a very different lens. Peopled with those who were dedicated, courageous, gentle, proud, profane, and a little mad, this book explores what happens when leaders place personal ambition over honor, and America’s “moral high ground” is soaked with the blood of its young men and women. So much more than a memoir, Exit Wounds is a poetic and profound story that reflects on the human condition, duty, honor, faithfulness, and how the scars remain long after the war is over.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/654728Tue, 10 Oct 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/654728 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Exit Wounds: A Vietnam Elegy Author: Lanny Hunter Narrator: Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 50 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/654728 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Exit Wounds: A Vietnam Elegy Author: Lanny Hunter Narrator: Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 50 minutes Release date: October 10, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Exit Wounds: A Vietnam Elegy is an intimate, boots-on-the-ground memoir that chronicles one captain’s brutal experience in the Vietnam War. On October 19, 1965, American Special Forces in Vietnam came under attack at their camp at Plei Me. This marked the first major confrontation between the North Vietnamese and US armies during the war. Throughout six days of constant hostile fire, Captain Lanny Hunter sorted the seriously wounded from the dead and saved those comrades-in-arms he could. For his actions, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. In Exit Wounds, Hunter recalls his tour in the central highlands of Vietnam in 1965/66 at the bloody interface of medicine and combat. Paralleling this story is his return in 1997 to find and help his Montagnard interpreter, Y-Kre Mlo, after ten years in a communist reeducation camp. This pilgrimage takes Hunter back to old haunts and battlegrounds—and to a war now seen through a very different lens. Peopled with those who were dedicated, courageous, gentle, proud, profane, and a little mad, this book explores what happens when leaders place personal ambition over honor, and America’s “moral high ground” is soaked with the blood of its young men and women. So much more than a memoir, Exit Wounds is a poetic and profound story that reflects on the human condition, duty, honor, faithfulness, and how the scars remain long after the war is over.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/saddam-s-secrets-how-an-iraqi-general-defied-and-survived-saddam-hussein-by-georges-hormuz-sada--65097491https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/675998 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Saddam's Secrets: How an Iraqi General Defied and Survived Saddam Hussein Author: Georges Hormuz Sada Narrator: Fajer Al-Kaisi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 50 minutes Release date: October 10, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Georges Sada was one of Saddam's top generals and foremost military advisors. A truth-teller in a government that made the truth dangerous. A devout Christian in a Muslim country. And a man who would stand up for what was right?even at the risk of his own life. In this eye-opening exposé, General Sada shares his bizarre yet amazing journey as an insider to one of history's most sinister regimes. He also, for the first time, reveals the disturbing truth about Saddam's plots to destroy Israel, hide weapons of mass destruction and overtake the Arab world. As an eye witness to history, Sada paints a painfully truthful picture of Hussein and his country that is at once personal and alarming, truthful and compelling, candid and sobering. It is a story guaranteed to send shock waves around the world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/675998Tue, 10 Oct 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/675998 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Saddam's Secrets: How an Iraqi General Defied and Survived Saddam Hussein Author: Georges Hormuz Sada Narrator: Fajer Al-Kaisi Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/675998 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Saddam's Secrets: How an Iraqi General Defied and Survived Saddam Hussein Author: Georges Hormuz Sada Narrator: Fajer Al-Kaisi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 50 minutes Release date: October 10, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Georges Sada was one of Saddam's top generals and foremost military advisors. A truth-teller in a government that made the truth dangerous. A devout Christian in a Muslim country. And a man who would stand up for what was right?even at the risk of his own life. In this eye-opening exposé, General Sada shares his bizarre yet amazing journey as an insider to one of history's most sinister regimes. He also, for the first time, reveals the disturbing truth about Saddam's plots to destroy Israel, hide weapons of mass destruction and overtake the Arab world. As an eye witness to history, Sada paints a painfully truthful picture of Hussein and his country that is at once personal and alarming, truthful and compelling, candid and sobering. It is a story guaranteed to send shock waves around the world.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/for-the-boys-the-true-account-of-a-combat-nurse-in-patton-s-third-army-by-n-c-r-davis--65097612https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/699660 to listen full audiobooks. Title: For the Boys: The True Account of a Combat Nurse in Patton's Third Army Author: N.C.R. Davis Narrator: Dara Rosenberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 39 minutes Release date: October 7, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A month after her 24th birthday, Lt. Mary Elizabeth Balster collapses among the rubble of a shelled supply room. On the night of November 30, 1944, holed up in the Heinrich Himmler Barracks in Morhange, France, Lt. Balster's evac receives a typical patient load, but this time one of the admissions is a 19-year-old tanker she'd nursed back to health five months before in Normandy. The charge nurse on Surgical gently informs the lieutenant that the private is critical. Rising determined to save him, Balster limps toward the shelled supply room determined to search for any blood plasma bottles still intact. Recaptured from her mother's reminiscences and letters home, N. C. R. Davis takes listeners through every heat-of-battle harrowing moment as Balster lived it, achieving a rare glimpse of one nurse's point of view during the latter part of the European conflict. The book mixes Lt. Balster's observations, memories, and dreams to tell the story of a richly rebellious woman trying to navigate her life while nursing wounded and dying frontline soldiers. Her strong-willed, beguiling personality fosters the grit necessary for her success as a combat nurse, but these same characteristics cause two men to fall in love with her. And the personal cost of war comes to a heartrending conclusion, as she must choose one man over the other.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/699660Sat, 07 Oct 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/699660 to listen full audiobooks. Title: For the Boys: The True Account of a Combat Nurse in Patton's Third Army Author: N.C.R. Davis Narrator: Dara Rosenberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/699660 to listen full audiobooks. Title: For the Boys: The True Account of a Combat Nurse in Patton's Third Army Author: N.C.R. Davis Narrator: Dara Rosenberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 39 minutes Release date: October 7, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A month after her 24th birthday, Lt. Mary Elizabeth Balster collapses among the rubble of a shelled supply room. On the night of November 30, 1944, holed up in the Heinrich Himmler Barracks in Morhange, France, Lt. Balster's evac receives a typical patient load, but this time one of the admissions is a 19-year-old tanker she'd nursed back to health five months before in Normandy. The charge nurse on Surgical gently informs the lieutenant that the private is critical. Rising determined to save him, Balster limps toward the shelled supply room determined to search for any blood plasma bottles still intact. Recaptured from her mother's reminiscences and letters home, N. C. R. Davis takes listeners through every heat-of-battle harrowing moment as Balster lived it, achieving a rare glimpse of one nurse's point of view during the latter part of the European conflict. The book mixes Lt. Balster's observations, memories, and dreams to tell the story of a richly rebellious woman trying to navigate her life while nursing wounded and dying frontline soldiers. Her strong-willed, beguiling personality fosters the grit necessary for her success as a combat nurse, but these same characteristics cause two men to fall in love with her. And the personal cost of war comes to a heartrending conclusion, as she must choose one man over the other.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/great-uncle-harry-a-tale-of-war-and-empire-by-michael-palin--65097537https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/672968 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire Author: Michael Palin Narrator: Michael Palin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 46 minutes Release date: September 28, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Some years ago a stash of family records was handed down to Michael Palin, among which were photos of an enigmatic young man in army uniform, as well as photos of the same young man as a teenager looking uncomfortable at family gatherings. This, Michael learnt, was his Great-Uncle Harry, born in 1884, died in 1916. He had previously had no idea that he had a Great-Uncle Harry, much less that his life was cut short at the age of 32 when he was killed in the Battle of the Somme. The discovery both shocked him and made him want to know much more about him. The quest that followed involved hundreds of hours of painstaking detective work. Michael dug out every bit of family gossip and correspondence he could. He studied every relevant official document. He tracked down what remained of his great-uncle Harry's diaries and letters, and pored over photographs of First World War battle scenes to see whether Harry appeared in any of them. He walked the route Harry took on that fatal, final day of his life amid the mud of northern France. And as he did so, a life that had previously existed in the shadows was revealed to him. Great-Uncle Harry is an utterly compelling account of an ordinary man who led an extraordinary life. A blend of biography, history, travelogue and personal memoir this is Michael Palin at his very finest. ©2023 Michael Palin (P)2023 Penguin Audio]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/672968Thu, 28 Sep 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/672968 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire Author: Michael Palin Narrator: Michael Palin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 46 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/672968 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire Author: Michael Palin Narrator: Michael Palin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 46 minutes Release date: September 28, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Some years ago a stash of family records was handed down to Michael Palin, among which were photos of an enigmatic young man in army uniform, as well as photos of the same young man as a teenager looking uncomfortable at family gatherings. This, Michael learnt, was his Great-Uncle Harry, born in 1884, died in 1916. He had previously had no idea that he had a Great-Uncle Harry, much less that his life was cut short at the age of 32 when he was killed in the Battle of the Somme. The discovery both shocked him and made him want to know much more about him. The quest that followed involved hundreds of hours of painstaking detective work. Michael dug out every bit of family gossip and correspondence he could. He studied every relevant official document. He tracked down what remained of his great-uncle Harry's diaries and letters, and pored over photographs of First World War battle scenes to see whether Harry appeared in any of them. He walked the route Harry took on that fatal, final day of his life amid the mud of northern France. And as he did so, a life that had previously existed in the shadows was revealed to him. Great-Uncle Harry is an utterly compelling account of an ordinary man who led an extraordinary life. A blend of biography, history, travelogue and personal memoir this is Michael Palin at his very finest. ©2023 Michael Palin (P)2023 Penguin Audio]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/live-fight-survive-an-ex-british-soldier-s-account-of-courage-resistance-and-defiance-fighting-for-ukraine-against-russia-by-shaun-pinn--65097535https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/680820 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Live. Fight. Survive.: An ex-British soldier’s account of courage, resistance and defiance fighting for Ukraine against Russia Author: Shaun Pinner Narrator: Shaun Pinner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes Release date: September 28, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Shaun Pinner was a retired and decorated British soldier, living a peaceful and happy life in Mariupol with his Ukrainian family. What follows is the true story of his six months spent imprisoned in Russian-occupied Ukraine. After the horrors of frontline fighting, Shaun had to survive his capture by the Russian soldiers, and his removal to a Black Site - an off-the-grid prison untethered to human rights conventions - where he was subjected to a campaign of torture by Putin's secret police. It saw him shocked with electricity, stabbed, beaten, and almost starved to death, all while trying to maintain his morale with the other POWs. Shaun tells a story that is both an unputdownable record of the fierceness of the fighting and a powerful testament to the strength of the human spirit. ©2023 Shaun Pinner (P)2023 Penguin Audio]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/680820Thu, 28 Sep 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/680820 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Live. Fight. Survive.: An ex-British soldier’s account of courage, resistance and defiance fighting for Ukraine against Russia Author: Shaun Pinner...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/680820 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Live. Fight. Survive.: An ex-British soldier’s account of courage, resistance and defiance fighting for Ukraine against Russia Author: Shaun Pinner Narrator: Shaun Pinner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes Release date: September 28, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Shaun Pinner was a retired and decorated British soldier, living a peaceful and happy life in Mariupol with his Ukrainian family. What follows is the true story of his six months spent imprisoned in Russian-occupied Ukraine. After the horrors of frontline fighting, Shaun had to survive his capture by the Russian soldiers, and his removal to a Black Site - an off-the-grid prison untethered to human rights conventions - where he was subjected to a campaign of torture by Putin's secret police. It saw him shocked with electricity, stabbed, beaten, and almost starved to death, all while trying to maintain his morale with the other POWs. Shaun tells a story that is both an unputdownable record of the fierceness of the fighting and a powerful testament to the strength of the human spirit. ©2023 Shaun Pinner (P)2023 Penguin Audio]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/unsung-hero-of-gettysburg-the-story-of-union-general-david-mcmurtrie-gregg-by-edward-g-longacre--65097581https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/704272 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unsung Hero of Gettysburg: The Story of Union General David McMurtrie Gregg Author: Edward G. Longacre Narrator: John Mclain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 6 minutes Release date: September 26, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Gen. David McMurtrie Gregg (1833–1917) was one of the ablest and most successful commanders of cavalry in any Civil War army. Pennsylvania-born, West Point–educated, and deeply experienced in cavalry operations prior to the conflict, his career personified that of the typical cavalry officer in the mid-nineteenth-century American army. Gregg achieved distinction on many battlefields, ultimately gaining the rank of brevet major general as leader of the Second Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac. The highlight of his service occurred on July 3, 1863, the climactic third day at Gettysburg, when he led his own command as well as the brigade of Brig. Gen. George Armstrong Custer in repulsing an attempt by thousands of Confederate cavalries under the legendary J. E. B. Stuart in attacking the right flank and rear of the Union Army while Pickett's charge struck its front and center. Historians credit Gregg with helping preserve the security of his army at a critical point, making Union victory inevitable. Unlike glory-hunters such as Custer and Stuart, Gregg was a quietly competent veteran who never promoted himself or sought personal recognition for his service. Rarely has a military commander of such distinction been denied a biographer's tribute. Gregg's time is long overdue.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/704272Tue, 26 Sep 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/704272 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unsung Hero of Gettysburg: The Story of Union General David McMurtrie Gregg Author: Edward G. Longacre Narrator: John Mclain Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/704272 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unsung Hero of Gettysburg: The Story of Union General David McMurtrie Gregg Author: Edward G. Longacre Narrator: John Mclain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 6 minutes Release date: September 26, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Gen. David McMurtrie Gregg (1833–1917) was one of the ablest and most successful commanders of cavalry in any Civil War army. Pennsylvania-born, West Point–educated, and deeply experienced in cavalry operations prior to the conflict, his career personified that of the typical cavalry officer in the mid-nineteenth-century American army. Gregg achieved distinction on many battlefields, ultimately gaining the rank of brevet major general as leader of the Second Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac. The highlight of his service occurred on July 3, 1863, the climactic third day at Gettysburg, when he led his own command as well as the brigade of Brig. Gen. George Armstrong Custer in repulsing an attempt by thousands of Confederate cavalries under the legendary J. E. B. Stuart in attacking the right flank and rear of the Union Army while Pickett's charge struck its front and center. Historians credit Gregg with helping preserve the security of his army at a critical point, making Union victory inevitable. Unlike glory-hunters such as Custer and Stuart, Gregg was a quietly competent veteran who never promoted himself or sought personal recognition for his service. Rarely has a military commander of such distinction been denied a biographer's tribute. Gregg's time is long overdue.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-pledge-to-america-one-man-s-journey-from-political-prisoner-to-u-s-navy-seal-by-drago-dzieran--65097571https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/700786 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pledge to America: One Man's Journey from Political Prisoner to U.S. Navy SEAL Author: Drago Dzieran Narrator: Joel Richards Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 22 minutes Release date: September 19, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Retired Navy SEAL Drago Dzieran takes listeners behind the scenes of his incredible life, from an impoverished childhood in Communist-controlled Poland to his time as a political prisoner, to his twenty years as a member of the United States military's most elite fighting force. Everything I have, I owe to America—the greatest country in the world. I have been fighting oppression and defending freedom my entire life. When I became a United States citizen, I felt it was my moral obligation to give back to this country and the people who had given me freedom. I wanted to serve my new country in the best capacity I could, so when the first Persian Gulf War broke out, I decided to join the military. During my Navy career, I performed over one hundred combat direct action missions in Iraq from 2003 to 2005. My chance to live as a free man is only possible because of the ideals the founding fathers fought for and that have been carried forward to this day by Americans. Every person has a voice, and every voice matters. I will continue to encourage others to get involved, stand up, and preserve and cherish the freedom and liberty we have in America.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/700786Tue, 19 Sep 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/700786 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pledge to America: One Man's Journey from Political Prisoner to U.S. Navy SEAL Author: Drago Dzieran Narrator: Joel Richards Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/700786 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pledge to America: One Man's Journey from Political Prisoner to U.S. Navy SEAL Author: Drago Dzieran Narrator: Joel Richards Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 22 minutes Release date: September 19, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Retired Navy SEAL Drago Dzieran takes listeners behind the scenes of his incredible life, from an impoverished childhood in Communist-controlled Poland to his time as a political prisoner, to his twenty years as a member of the United States military's most elite fighting force. Everything I have, I owe to America—the greatest country in the world. I have been fighting oppression and defending freedom my entire life. When I became a United States citizen, I felt it was my moral obligation to give back to this country and the people who had given me freedom. I wanted to serve my new country in the best capacity I could, so when the first Persian Gulf War broke out, I decided to join the military. During my Navy career, I performed over one hundred combat direct action missions in Iraq from 2003 to 2005. My chance to live as a free man is only possible because of the ideals the founding fathers fought for and that have been carried forward to this day by Americans. Every person has a voice, and every voice matters. I will continue to encourage others to get involved, stand up, and preserve and cherish the freedom and liberty we have in America.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/passionate-mothers-powerful-sons-the-lives-of-jennie-jerome-churchill-and-sara-delano-roosevelt-by-charlotte-gray--65097578https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/667012 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons: The Lives of Jennie Jerome Churchill and Sara Delano Roosevelt Author: Charlotte Gray Narrator: Allyson Ryan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 55 minutes Release date: September 14, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A captivating biography of two famous women whose sons, Winston Churchill and Franklin D Roosevelt, would change the course of the 20th century—by award-winning historian Charlotte Gray. Born into upper class America in the same year, 1854, Sara Delano and Jennie Jerome refused to settle into predictable, sheltered lives as little-known wives to prominent men. Instead, both women concentrated their energies on enabling their sons to reach the epicentre of political power on two continents. In the mid-19th century, the British Empire was at its height, France’s Second Empire flourished and the industrial vigour of the USA was catapulting the republic towards the Gilded Age. Sara and Jennie, raised with privilege but subject to the constraints of women’s roles at the time, learned how to take control of their destinies, Sara in the prosperous Hudson Valley and Jennie in the glittering world of Imperial London.  Yet their personalities and choices were dramatically different. A vivacious extrovert, Jennie married Lord Randolph Churchill, rising politician and scion of a noble British family. Her deft social and political manoeuvrings helped not only her mercurial husband but, once she was widowed, her ambitious son, Winston. By contrast, deeply conventional Sara Delano married a man as old as her father. But once widowed, she made Franklin, her only child, the focus of her existence. Thanks in large part to her financial support and to her guidance, Franklin acquired the skills he needed to become a successful politician. Set against one hundred years of history, Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons is a study in loyalty and resilience. Gray argues that Jennie and Sara are too often presented as lesser figures rather than two remarkable individuals who were key in shaping the characters of the sons who adored them, and preparing them for leadership on the world stage.  A masterful biographer and acclaimed historian, Charlotte Gray breathes new life into Sara and Jennie. Impeccably researched and filled with intriguing social insights, Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons offers a fascinating and fulsome portrait of how leaders are not just born but made.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/667012Thu, 14 Sep 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/667012 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons: The Lives of Jennie Jerome Churchill and Sara Delano Roosevelt Author: Charlotte Gray Narrator: Allyson Ryan Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/667012 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons: The Lives of Jennie Jerome Churchill and Sara Delano Roosevelt Author: Charlotte Gray Narrator: Allyson Ryan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 55 minutes Release date: September 14, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A captivating biography of two famous women whose sons, Winston Churchill and Franklin D Roosevelt, would change the course of the 20th century—by award-winning historian Charlotte Gray. Born into upper class America in the same year, 1854, Sara Delano and Jennie Jerome refused to settle into predictable, sheltered lives as little-known wives to prominent men. Instead, both women concentrated their energies on enabling their sons to reach the epicentre of political power on two continents. In the mid-19th century, the British Empire was at its height, France’s Second Empire flourished and the industrial vigour of the USA was catapulting the republic towards the Gilded Age. Sara and Jennie, raised with privilege but subject to the constraints of women’s roles at the time, learned how to take control of their destinies, Sara in the prosperous Hudson Valley and Jennie in the glittering world of Imperial London.  Yet their personalities and choices were dramatically different. A vivacious extrovert, Jennie married Lord Randolph Churchill, rising politician and scion of a noble British family. Her deft social and political manoeuvrings helped not only her mercurial husband but, once she was widowed, her ambitious son, Winston. By contrast, deeply conventional Sara Delano married a man as old as her father. But once widowed, she made Franklin, her only child, the focus of her existence. Thanks in large part to her financial support and to her guidance, Franklin acquired the skills he needed to become a successful politician. Set against one hundred years of history, Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons is a study in loyalty and resilience. Gray argues that Jennie and Sara are too often presented as lesser figures rather than two remarkable individuals who were key in shaping the characters of the sons who adored them, and preparing them for leadership on the world stage.  A masterful biographer and acclaimed historian, Charlotte Gray breathes new life into Sara and Jennie. Impeccably researched and filled with intriguing social insights, Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons offers a fascinating and fulsome portrait of how leaders are not just born but made.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-grunts-of-wrath-a-memoir-by-ronny-bruce--65097593https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/700796 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Grunts of Wrath: A Memoir Author: Ronny Bruce Narrator: Jamie Renell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 22 minutes Release date: September 12, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Combat diaries from elite operators and commanding officers dominate the space. But what happens when regulars face the fire? Ronny Bruce is a renaissance man: philosopher, drifter, Gen X rock 'n' roller, and gentleman. At thirty-two, divorced and burnt-out with the burbs, Ronny bails on his teaching career and seeks army infantry. It's no joke when boot camp is mandatory since his marine corps' service ended ten years beforehand. Assigned to Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Ronny's platoon hunts an Afghan foe who's never surrendered. Half collapse from wounds. Ronny's decade-long postwar journey examines victory and failure. Six men expire before thirty-five as a result of four suicides, one unexplained death, and murder. Labels for the living include felon, vagrant, drunk, addict, depressed, and suicidal. Ronny checks some boxes. Graduate, businessman, engineer, teacher, accountant, and rich describes other paths. Ronny checks some of those too. War through the eyes of this offbeat ATLien provides explosive payoffs that get smothered by each page—answering an age-old question: what drives warriors over the edge?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/700796Tue, 12 Sep 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/700796 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Grunts of Wrath: A Memoir Author: Ronny Bruce Narrator: Jamie Renell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 22 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/700796 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Grunts of Wrath: A Memoir Author: Ronny Bruce Narrator: Jamie Renell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 22 minutes Release date: September 12, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Combat diaries from elite operators and commanding officers dominate the space. But what happens when regulars face the fire? Ronny Bruce is a renaissance man: philosopher, drifter, Gen X rock 'n' roller, and gentleman. At thirty-two, divorced and burnt-out with the burbs, Ronny bails on his teaching career and seeks army infantry. It's no joke when boot camp is mandatory since his marine corps' service ended ten years beforehand. Assigned to Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Ronny's platoon hunts an Afghan foe who's never surrendered. Half collapse from wounds. Ronny's decade-long postwar journey examines victory and failure. Six men expire before thirty-five as a result of four suicides, one unexplained death, and murder. Labels for the living include felon, vagrant, drunk, addict, depressed, and suicidal. Ronny checks some boxes. Graduate, businessman, engineer, teacher, accountant, and rich describes other paths. Ronny checks some of those too. War through the eyes of this offbeat ATLien provides explosive payoffs that get smothered by each page—answering an age-old question: what drives warriors over the edge?]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/silent-cry-the-true-story-of-abuse-and-betrayal-of-an-nfl-wife-by-dorothy-j-newton--65097533https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/647045 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Silent Cry: The True Story of Abuse and Betrayal of an NFL Wife Author: Dorothy J. Newton Narrator: Deanna Anthony Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 31 minutes Release date: September 5, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Raised near New Orleans as one of six children, Dorothy Newton was surrounded by abuse and poverty as she grew up. But she became the first in her family to graduate from college and moved out of poverty. She then began to live out her dreams in Dallas of a better home and life when she married celebrity superstar football player Nate Newton. She had gone from poverty to the pinnacle of success. She was married to a handsome, successful, famous professional athlete, who was a three time Super Bowl Champion and six time Pro-Bowler for the Dallas Cowboys. But all that glittered was not gold. Before long the relationship turned abusive. She found herself living in the world she thought she had escaped in her years growing up. The world did not see her suffering behind closed doors—she was betrayed, treated abusively, threatened continually. Dorothy was trapped with no one to talk to and nowhere to run. In this book Dorothy shares her experiences of pain, loss, survival, hope, recovery, and victory. A gripping story throughout, A Silent Cry is a testament to Dorothy’s will to live and the peace that comes with hope in the God who sees and hears your tears—even when no one else does.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/647045Tue, 05 Sep 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/647045 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Silent Cry: The True Story of Abuse and Betrayal of an NFL Wife Author: Dorothy J. Newton Narrator: Deanna Anthony Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/647045 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Silent Cry: The True Story of Abuse and Betrayal of an NFL Wife Author: Dorothy J. Newton Narrator: Deanna Anthony Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 31 minutes Release date: September 5, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Raised near New Orleans as one of six children, Dorothy Newton was surrounded by abuse and poverty as she grew up. But she became the first in her family to graduate from college and moved out of poverty. She then began to live out her dreams in Dallas of a better home and life when she married celebrity superstar football player Nate Newton. She had gone from poverty to the pinnacle of success. She was married to a handsome, successful, famous professional athlete, who was a three time Super Bowl Champion and six time Pro-Bowler for the Dallas Cowboys. But all that glittered was not gold. Before long the relationship turned abusive. She found herself living in the world she thought she had escaped in her years growing up. The world did not see her suffering behind closed doors—she was betrayed, treated abusively, threatened continually. Dorothy was trapped with no one to talk to and nowhere to run. In this book Dorothy shares her experiences of pain, loss, survival, hope, recovery, and victory. A gripping story throughout, A Silent Cry is a testament to Dorothy’s will to live and the peace that comes with hope in the God who sees and hears your tears—even when no one else does.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-3-500-tage-unfreiheit-zweiter-weltkrieg-tagebuch-und-autobiografie-des-soldaten-hans-heuer-aus-afrika-von-der-ostfront-und-au--65097487https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/707346 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - 3.500 Tage Unfreiheit: Zweiter Weltkrieg – Tagebuch und Autobiografie des Soldaten Hans Heuer aus Afrika, von der Ostfront und aus der Gefangenschaft (Deutsche Soldaten-Biografien) Author: Hans Heuer Narrator: Mario Kunze Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 50 minutes Release date: August 25, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Erleben Sie die feinfühlige Autobiografie des Artilleriebeobachters Hans Heuer, der mehr als neun Jahre seines Lebens in Krieg und Kriegsgefangenschaft verbrachte! Hans Heuer hat während seiner Fronteinsätze im Zweiten Weltkrieg akribisch Tagebuch geführt. Viele Jahrzehnte nach Kriegsende hat er aus seinen Aufzeichnungen und Erinnerungen das vorliegende Buch über seine Zeit im Krieg und in der Gefangenschaft verfasst. Er verstarb, ehe es veröffentlicht werden konnte. Sein Sohn Rüdiger Heuer hat seinem Vater diesen letzten Wunsch nun erfüllt … Synopsis April 1939: Hans Heuer, 19 Jahre alt, beginnt einen neuen, hoffnungsvollen Lebensabschnitt: Zunächst Arbeitsdienst, dann ein Studium am Nürnberger Technikum – doch die unbeschwerte Zeit findet ein rasches Ende: Der Krieg beginnt und reißt den jungen Mann aus Nördlingen mit sich fort: Vom heißen Afrika an die bitterkalte Ostfront – doch nirgends fühlt sich der Bayer so fremd wie in Ostpreußen, als ihn sein Weg nach Königsberg führt. Auch seine Rolle als Soldat will ihm nicht so wirklich passen: Ob in Belgien, Italien, Libyen, Polen oder an der Ostfront – sein Interesse gilt Landschaft, Architektur und Menschen. Er beginnt mit Tagebuchaufzeichnungen, zwingt sich jeden Tag zu schreiben und wird so zum Chronisten des Alltags der Soldaten und später der Kriegsgefangenen. Er erzählt von der Freundschaft mit 'dem Feind' in Belgien, von den Krankenlagern, der Langeweile, der Grausamkeit des Krieges, dem Hunger und davon, wie sich die Menschen im Krieg verändern: Wie sie jegliche Zivilisation verlieren, wie aber gleichzeitig auch immer wieder Hoffnung, Aufopferung, Barmherzigkeit und Anstand zu finden sind. Dieses Hörbuch ist nicht nur ein wertvolles Zeugnis für eine Zeit, aus der kaum noch Augenzeugen leben, sondern enthält auch spannende Gedanken zu unserem heutigen Leben, mit denen der Autor im letzten Kapitel seinen Bericht abschließt.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/707346Fri, 25 Aug 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/707346 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - 3.500 Tage Unfreiheit: Zweiter Weltkrieg – Tagebuch und Autobiografie des Soldaten Hans Heuer aus Afrika, von der Ostfront und aus der...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/707346 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - 3.500 Tage Unfreiheit: Zweiter Weltkrieg – Tagebuch und Autobiografie des Soldaten Hans Heuer aus Afrika, von der Ostfront und aus der Gefangenschaft (Deutsche Soldaten-Biografien) Author: Hans Heuer Narrator: Mario Kunze Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 50 minutes Release date: August 25, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Erleben Sie die feinfühlige Autobiografie des Artilleriebeobachters Hans Heuer, der mehr als neun Jahre seines Lebens in Krieg und Kriegsgefangenschaft verbrachte! Hans Heuer hat während seiner Fronteinsätze im Zweiten Weltkrieg akribisch Tagebuch geführt. Viele Jahrzehnte nach Kriegsende hat er aus seinen Aufzeichnungen und Erinnerungen das vorliegende Buch über seine Zeit im Krieg und in der Gefangenschaft verfasst. Er verstarb, ehe es veröffentlicht werden konnte. Sein Sohn Rüdiger Heuer hat seinem Vater diesen letzten Wunsch nun erfüllt … Synopsis April 1939: Hans Heuer, 19 Jahre alt, beginnt einen neuen, hoffnungsvollen Lebensabschnitt: Zunächst Arbeitsdienst, dann ein Studium am Nürnberger Technikum – doch die unbeschwerte Zeit findet ein rasches Ende: Der Krieg beginnt und reißt den jungen Mann aus Nördlingen mit sich fort: Vom heißen Afrika an die bitterkalte Ostfront – doch nirgends fühlt sich der Bayer so fremd wie in Ostpreußen, als ihn sein Weg nach Königsberg führt. Auch seine Rolle als Soldat will ihm nicht so wirklich passen: Ob in Belgien, Italien, Libyen, Polen oder an der Ostfront – sein Interesse gilt Landschaft, Architektur und Menschen. Er beginnt mit Tagebuchaufzeichnungen, zwingt sich jeden Tag zu schreiben und wird so zum Chronisten des Alltags der Soldaten und später der Kriegsgefangenen. Er erzählt von der Freundschaft mit 'dem Feind' in Belgien, von den Krankenlagern, der Langeweile, der Grausamkeit des Krieges, dem Hunger und davon, wie sich die Menschen im Krieg verändern: Wie sie jegliche Zivilisation verlieren, wie aber gleichzeitig auch immer wieder Hoffnung, Aufopferung, Barmherzigkeit und Anstand zu finden sind. Dieses Hörbuch ist nicht nur ein wertvolles Zeugnis für eine Zeit, aus der kaum noch Augenzeugen leben, sondern enthält auch spannende Gedanken zu unserem heutigen Leben, mit denen der Autor im letzten Kapitel seinen Bericht abschließt.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/paddy-mayne-lt-col-blair-paddy-mayne-1-sas-regiment-by-hamish-ross--65097490https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/701080 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Paddy Mayne: Lt Col Blair 'Paddy' Mayne, 1 SAS Regiment Author: Hamish Ross Narrator: Alan Turkington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 36 minutes Release date: August 24, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: ‘Paddy' Mayne was one of the most outstanding special forces leaders of the Second World War. Hamish Ross's authoritative study follows Mayne from solicitor and a rugby international to troop commander in the Commandos and then the SAS, whose leader he later became and whose annals he graced, winning the DSO and three bars, the Croix de Guerre and the Légion d'Honneur. Mayne's achievements attracted attention, and after his early death legends emerged, based largely on anecdote and assertion. Hamish Ross's closely researched biography challenges much of the received version, using contemporary sources, the official war diaries, the chronicle of 1 SAS, Mayne's papers and diaries, and a number of extended interviews with key contemporaries. It has the support of the Mayne family and the SAS Regimental Association. In Ross's analysis Mayne is a dynamic, yet principled and thoughtful man, committed to the unit's original concepts; not flawless, but whose leadership qualities and tactical brilliance in the field secured the reputation of the SAS.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/701080Thu, 24 Aug 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/701080 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Paddy Mayne: Lt Col Blair 'Paddy' Mayne, 1 SAS Regiment Author: Hamish Ross Narrator: Alan Turkington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 36...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/701080 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Paddy Mayne: Lt Col Blair 'Paddy' Mayne, 1 SAS Regiment Author: Hamish Ross Narrator: Alan Turkington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 36 minutes Release date: August 24, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: ‘Paddy' Mayne was one of the most outstanding special forces leaders of the Second World War. Hamish Ross's authoritative study follows Mayne from solicitor and a rugby international to troop commander in the Commandos and then the SAS, whose leader he later became and whose annals he graced, winning the DSO and three bars, the Croix de Guerre and the Légion d'Honneur. Mayne's achievements attracted attention, and after his early death legends emerged, based largely on anecdote and assertion. Hamish Ross's closely researched biography challenges much of the received version, using contemporary sources, the official war diaries, the chronicle of 1 SAS, Mayne's papers and diaries, and a number of extended interviews with key contemporaries. It has the support of the Mayne family and the SAS Regimental Association. In Ross's analysis Mayne is a dynamic, yet principled and thoughtful man, committed to the unit's original concepts; not flawless, but whose leadership qualities and tactical brilliance in the field secured the reputation of the SAS.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/flawed-hero-by-chris-masters--65097488https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/701087 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Flawed Hero Author: Chris Masters Narrator: David Tredinnick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 53 minutes Release date: August 24, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The shocking story of the case against Australia's most highly decorated soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith VC MG, and the defamation trial of the century. With a Victoria Cross and Medal for Gallantry, Ben Roberts-Smith was the most highly decorated Australian soldier, the best of the best. When he returned to civilian life, he became a poster boy for a nation hungry for warrior heroes. He embodied the myth of the classic Anzac, seven-foot-tall and bulletproof. But as his public reputation continued to grow, inside the army rumours were circulating. Gold Walkley Award winning journalist Chris Masters was the first to investigate the rumours of summary executions, bloodings and bullying, and began to examine more closely the man we wanted to hero-worship. When the stories hit the headlines, and with a billionaire media baron's backing, Ben Roberts-Smith sued. So commenced the defamation trial of the century, a courtroom contest of tightrope tactics and fierce wit. Chris Masters tells the extraordinary story of Ben Roberts-Smith, the man at the centre of this de facto war crimes trial, from the battlegrounds of Afghanistan to the front lines of the Federal Court. ‘After 40 years of producing landmark journalism, Masters is still doing it. And he's still obsessive about the truth, relentless and fearless.' Nick McKenzie 'If there was a Victoria Cross for bravery in journalism, Chris Masters deserves to receive it.' Phillip Adams 'There's seriously no one else in Australia with the knowledge that Chris Masters has in relation to Australian Special Forces in Afghanistan.' Former Commando Major]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/701087Thu, 24 Aug 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/701087 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Flawed Hero Author: Chris Masters Narrator: David Tredinnick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 53 minutes Release date: August 24, 2023...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/701087 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Flawed Hero Author: Chris Masters Narrator: David Tredinnick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 53 minutes Release date: August 24, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The shocking story of the case against Australia's most highly decorated soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith VC MG, and the defamation trial of the century. With a Victoria Cross and Medal for Gallantry, Ben Roberts-Smith was the most highly decorated Australian soldier, the best of the best. When he returned to civilian life, he became a poster boy for a nation hungry for warrior heroes. He embodied the myth of the classic Anzac, seven-foot-tall and bulletproof. But as his public reputation continued to grow, inside the army rumours were circulating. Gold Walkley Award winning journalist Chris Masters was the first to investigate the rumours of summary executions, bloodings and bullying, and began to examine more closely the man we wanted to hero-worship. When the stories hit the headlines, and with a billionaire media baron's backing, Ben Roberts-Smith sued. So commenced the defamation trial of the century, a courtroom contest of tightrope tactics and fierce wit. Chris Masters tells the extraordinary story of Ben Roberts-Smith, the man at the centre of this de facto war crimes trial, from the battlegrounds of Afghanistan to the front lines of the Federal Court. ‘After 40 years of producing landmark journalism, Masters is still doing it. And he's still obsessive about the truth, relentless and fearless.' Nick McKenzie 'If there was a Victoria Cross for bravery in journalism, Chris Masters deserves to receive it.' Phillip Adams 'There's seriously no one else in Australia with the knowledge that Chris Masters has in relation to Australian Special Forces in Afghanistan.' Former Commando Major]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/brass-unity-one-woman-s-journey-through-the-hell-of-afghanistan-and-back-by-kelsi-sheren--65097539https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/695366 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Brass & Unity: One Woman's Journey Through the Hell of Afghanistan and Back Author: Kelsi Sheren Narrator: Kelsi Sheren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 44 minutes Release date: August 22, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: This is the story of a woman who witnessed the worst in the War in Afghanistan, was confronted by demons of post-traumatic stress, and fought for her life to become stronger than ever. Fresh out of high school, Kelsi Sheren, a diminutive nineteen-year-old woman, sought to join the military to help liberate those oppressed by the Taliban in Afghanistan. While she was often the smallest person in basic training, she proved she had the biggest heart and often the most energy. She made it to Afghanistan and joined a British military unit for house-to-house insurgent patrol. What she saw there was unimaginable death and destruction—including the killing of a brother-in-arms. Devastated, Kelsi was sent home to get her head straight, but even therapy and medication couldn't clear her mind—or let her sleep. When two others who served with her later took their own lives, she feared that was the only way out. Clinging to life and the love of her husband and child, she knew she wasn't ready to give in. Finding respite in a jewelry business that utilized spent shell casings, and with the help of innovative grief therapy, Kelsi not only survived but continues to thrive—and works tirelessly to spread the word and help others.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/695366Tue, 22 Aug 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/695366 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Brass & Unity: One Woman's Journey Through the Hell of Afghanistan and Back Author: Kelsi Sheren Narrator: Kelsi Sheren Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/695366 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Brass & Unity: One Woman's Journey Through the Hell of Afghanistan and Back Author: Kelsi Sheren Narrator: Kelsi Sheren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 44 minutes Release date: August 22, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: This is the story of a woman who witnessed the worst in the War in Afghanistan, was confronted by demons of post-traumatic stress, and fought for her life to become stronger than ever. Fresh out of high school, Kelsi Sheren, a diminutive nineteen-year-old woman, sought to join the military to help liberate those oppressed by the Taliban in Afghanistan. While she was often the smallest person in basic training, she proved she had the biggest heart and often the most energy. She made it to Afghanistan and joined a British military unit for house-to-house insurgent patrol. What she saw there was unimaginable death and destruction—including the killing of a brother-in-arms. Devastated, Kelsi was sent home to get her head straight, but even therapy and medication couldn't clear her mind—or let her sleep. When two others who served with her later took their own lives, she feared that was the only way out. Clinging to life and the love of her husband and child, she knew she wasn't ready to give in. Finding respite in a jewelry business that utilized spent shell casings, and with the help of innovative grief therapy, Kelsi not only survived but continues to thrive—and works tirelessly to spread the word and help others.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-thousand-places-left-behind-one-soldier-s-account-of-jungle-warfare-in-wwii-burma-by-peter-k-lutken-jr--65097505https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/705329 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Thousand Places Left Behind: One Soldier's Account of Jungle Warfare in WWII Burma Author: Peter K. Lutken Jr. Narrator: David Lutken Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 45 minutes Release date: August 16, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Born and raised in Mississippi, Peter K. Lutken, Jr. (1920–2014) joined the army in 1941 and was assigned to the Coast Artillery. Originally sent to India to guard airfields, he was reassigned to the British V Force, then the American OSS (Office of Strategic Services and precursor to the CIA) after he volunteered for reconnaissance missions behind Japanese lines. Skills he had learned as a boy in the backwoods and swamps around the Pearl River stood him in good stead, and by the end of the war, he attained the rank of major, commanding an entire battalion of ethnic Kachins and other local people of northern Burma (now called Myanmar). Lutken's stories carry the reader along as he sails on a troop ship to India, then treks into the mountainous jungles of northern Burma to gather intelligence and engage in guerrilla warfare with the Japanese. In his straightforward way, he describes how he learned the language of the Kachins and much about their customs and legends, and how he fought alongside them for the course of the war. Adventures of rafting uncharted rivers, surprise attacks, sabotage, natural hazards and disease, feasts and ceremonies, the plight of refugees, and tragic events of war are all told from the perspective of a young soldier, who finds himself half a world away from home. Based on hundreds of pages of transcripts from tapes recorded late in his life, A Thousand Places Left Behind recounts the untold story not just of one soldier's experiences, but of the little-known history of American and British forces in Burma during World War II. Supported by original maps based on Lutken's personal travels as well as photographs from his scrapbook, the book traces Lutken's journey overseas, his expeditions into the jungle, and his return to Jackson, Mississippi in 1945. Beyond the war, Lutken's connection with the Kachins culminated in 'Project Old Soldier,' a crop exchange program which he and other veterans of OSS Detachment 101 initiated in the 1990s and which lasted until after his death in 2014. The book tells a remarkable story of bravery, friendship, history, and the unbreakable bonds forged in times of war.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/705329Wed, 16 Aug 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/705329 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Thousand Places Left Behind: One Soldier's Account of Jungle Warfare in WWII Burma Author: Peter K. Lutken Jr. Narrator: David Lutken Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/705329 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Thousand Places Left Behind: One Soldier's Account of Jungle Warfare in WWII Burma Author: Peter K. Lutken Jr. Narrator: David Lutken Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 45 minutes Release date: August 16, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Born and raised in Mississippi, Peter K. Lutken, Jr. (1920–2014) joined the army in 1941 and was assigned to the Coast Artillery. Originally sent to India to guard airfields, he was reassigned to the British V Force, then the American OSS (Office of Strategic Services and precursor to the CIA) after he volunteered for reconnaissance missions behind Japanese lines. Skills he had learned as a boy in the backwoods and swamps around the Pearl River stood him in good stead, and by the end of the war, he attained the rank of major, commanding an entire battalion of ethnic Kachins and other local people of northern Burma (now called Myanmar). Lutken's stories carry the reader along as he sails on a troop ship to India, then treks into the mountainous jungles of northern Burma to gather intelligence and engage in guerrilla warfare with the Japanese. In his straightforward way, he describes how he learned the language of the Kachins and much about their customs and legends, and how he fought alongside them for the course of the war. Adventures of rafting uncharted rivers, surprise attacks, sabotage, natural hazards and disease, feasts and ceremonies, the plight of refugees, and tragic events of war are all told from the perspective of a young soldier, who finds himself half a world away from home. Based on hundreds of pages of transcripts from tapes recorded late in his life, A Thousand Places Left Behind recounts the untold story not just of one soldier's experiences, but of the little-known history of American and British forces in Burma during World War II. Supported by original maps based on Lutken's personal travels as well as photographs from his scrapbook, the book traces Lutken's journey overseas, his expeditions into the jungle, and his return to Jackson, Mississippi in 1945. Beyond the war, Lutken's connection with the Kachins culminated in 'Project Old Soldier,' a crop exchange program which he and other veterans of OSS Detachment 101 initiated in the 1990s and which lasted until after his death in 2014. The book tells a remarkable story of bravery, friendship, history, and the unbreakable bonds forged in times of war.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/navy-dog-a-dog-s-days-in-the-us-navy-by-neal-j-kusumoto-captain-us-navy-ret--65097621https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/694258 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Navy Dog: A Dog's Days in the US Navy Author: Neal J. Kusumoto Captain Us Navy (ret) Narrator: Chris Monteiro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 46 minutes Release date: August 15, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Having Seaman Jenna as the mascot on the USS Vandegrift was never meant to be a statement or symbolic act, or to put the crew on the radars of four-star admirals. Jenna came aboard unannounced, a Christmas gift that brought instant joy to the crew and transformed a gray ship into a home for 225 sailors. Her addition was not pre-approved by the chain of command—contrary to military protocol. Before long, Jenna became a phenomenon—the only dog on a Navy ship since World War II—despite the best efforts to keep her from the public eye. This orphaned Shiba Inu and the displaced crew shared countless adventures and trials during her five years on board. Jenna dodged being eaten in Korea (a country that still views dogs as edible fare), sidestepped Hawaii's strict quarantine law, avoided threats of being shot in Australia, charmed a Chinese admiral, and nearly initiated an international incident in Pakistan. Jenna became a symbol of the ship and of free will, and created a bond amongst the crew that remains strong decades later . . . long after her death. Neal Kusumoto is proud to say that he was the captain of that fine ship, blessed with a magnificent crew that included one special sea dog. Join Seaman Jenna as a part of the crew on her five-year adventure on the high seas.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/694258Tue, 15 Aug 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/694258 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Navy Dog: A Dog's Days in the US Navy Author: Neal J. Kusumoto Captain Us Navy (ret) Narrator: Chris Monteiro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/694258 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Navy Dog: A Dog's Days in the US Navy Author: Neal J. Kusumoto Captain Us Navy (ret) Narrator: Chris Monteiro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 46 minutes Release date: August 15, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Having Seaman Jenna as the mascot on the USS Vandegrift was never meant to be a statement or symbolic act, or to put the crew on the radars of four-star admirals. Jenna came aboard unannounced, a Christmas gift that brought instant joy to the crew and transformed a gray ship into a home for 225 sailors. Her addition was not pre-approved by the chain of command—contrary to military protocol. Before long, Jenna became a phenomenon—the only dog on a Navy ship since World War II—despite the best efforts to keep her from the public eye. This orphaned Shiba Inu and the displaced crew shared countless adventures and trials during her five years on board. Jenna dodged being eaten in Korea (a country that still views dogs as edible fare), sidestepped Hawaii's strict quarantine law, avoided threats of being shot in Australia, charmed a Chinese admiral, and nearly initiated an international incident in Pakistan. Jenna became a symbol of the ship and of free will, and created a bond amongst the crew that remains strong decades later . . . long after her death. Neal Kusumoto is proud to say that he was the captain of that fine ship, blessed with a magnificent crew that included one special sea dog. Join Seaman Jenna as a part of the crew on her five-year adventure on the high seas.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tod-is-god-the-authorized-story-of-how-i-created-extreme-championship-wrestling-by-tod-gordon-sean-oliver--65097585https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/689687 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tod is God: The Authorized Story of How I Created Extreme Championship Wrestling Author: Tod Gordon, Sean Oliver Narrator: Sean Oliver Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 41 minutes Release date: August 15, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The uncensored inside story of ECW's founder Tod Gordon's journey from jewelry store owner to one of the three most powerful promoters in pro wrestling. In Tod is God—so named for a chant the ECW fans created to honor the founder—Gordon chronicles each step of the company's meteoric rise to prominence, as well as the elements that led to his removing himself from the company before its demise. Gordon's former partnership with ECW booker Paul Heyman made for magical TV and in-ring moments. The friendship between Gordon and Heyman, both a blessing and curse, was the once-in-a-lifetime bond responsible for so many of history's greatest teams, bands, and partners. Gordon has stayed silent on the causes for the split and, by doing so, assumed blame for it. Until now. Tod is God is the closest you'll ever get to living ECW's ride to the top. Come sit beside Sandman, Sabu, Terry Funk, Cactus Jack, and other ECW stars as Gordon brings you inside the locker rooms, hotel rooms, and car rides. From the triumphs and breakthroughs to the frustrations and tragedies, you'll live it all alongside the man who started it all.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/689687Tue, 15 Aug 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/689687 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tod is God: The Authorized Story of How I Created Extreme Championship Wrestling Author: Tod Gordon, Sean Oliver Narrator: Sean Oliver Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/689687 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tod is God: The Authorized Story of How I Created Extreme Championship Wrestling Author: Tod Gordon, Sean Oliver Narrator: Sean Oliver Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 41 minutes Release date: August 15, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The uncensored inside story of ECW's founder Tod Gordon's journey from jewelry store owner to one of the three most powerful promoters in pro wrestling. In Tod is God—so named for a chant the ECW fans created to honor the founder—Gordon chronicles each step of the company's meteoric rise to prominence, as well as the elements that led to his removing himself from the company before its demise. Gordon's former partnership with ECW booker Paul Heyman made for magical TV and in-ring moments. The friendship between Gordon and Heyman, both a blessing and curse, was the once-in-a-lifetime bond responsible for so many of history's greatest teams, bands, and partners. Gordon has stayed silent on the causes for the split and, by doing so, assumed blame for it. Until now. Tod is God is the closest you'll ever get to living ECW's ride to the top. Come sit beside Sandman, Sabu, Terry Funk, Cactus Jack, and other ECW stars as Gordon brings you inside the locker rooms, hotel rooms, and car rides. From the triumphs and breakthroughs to the frustrations and tragedies, you'll live it all alongside the man who started it all.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/small-victories-in-a-great-big-war-the-terrifying-and-sometimes-hilarious-adventures-of-a-world-war-two-paratrooper-by-john-h-canfield--65097616https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/691599 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Small Victories in a Great Big War: The Terrifying and Sometimes Hilarious Adventures of a World War Two Paratrooper Author: John H. Canfield Narrator: Eric Smies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 23 minutes Release date: August 8, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: An incredible journey of traumatic near-death moments, day to day drudgery, amusing situations, and brushes with greatness in World War II. Life for a World War II paratrooper was grave and perilous; John H. Canfield's experience was no different. However, this young man found himself in so many crazy—sometimes humorous—situations that he almost forgot about how dangerous it was. Filled with pranksters and superiors full of bravado and an unfortunate brush with racial bigotry with a fellow African American soldier, Canfield shares his many stories from basic training and jump school. But his best stories are from the war. From having to translate a dinner for an inebriated superior using his scant French, to getting chewed out by none other than General George S. Patton, Canfield shares a wealth of experiences from his WWII tour of the European theater. In Small Victories in a Great Big War, John H. Canfield shows that half the battle is surviving, and that he did. With bravery and flair, Canfield returned home to Connecticut with more than a few amusing anecdotes. More than seventy-five years after the end of World War II, John H. Canfield's stories are now shared with the world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/691599Tue, 08 Aug 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/691599 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Small Victories in a Great Big War: The Terrifying and Sometimes Hilarious Adventures of a World War Two Paratrooper Author: John H. Canfield Narrator:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/691599 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Small Victories in a Great Big War: The Terrifying and Sometimes Hilarious Adventures of a World War Two Paratrooper Author: John H. Canfield Narrator: Eric Smies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 23 minutes Release date: August 8, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: An incredible journey of traumatic near-death moments, day to day drudgery, amusing situations, and brushes with greatness in World War II. Life for a World War II paratrooper was grave and perilous; John H. Canfield's experience was no different. However, this young man found himself in so many crazy—sometimes humorous—situations that he almost forgot about how dangerous it was. Filled with pranksters and superiors full of bravado and an unfortunate brush with racial bigotry with a fellow African American soldier, Canfield shares his many stories from basic training and jump school. But his best stories are from the war. From having to translate a dinner for an inebriated superior using his scant French, to getting chewed out by none other than General George S. Patton, Canfield shares a wealth of experiences from his WWII tour of the European theater. In Small Victories in a Great Big War, John H. Canfield shows that half the battle is surviving, and that he did. With bravery and flair, Canfield returned home to Connecticut with more than a few amusing anecdotes. More than seventy-five years after the end of World War II, John H. Canfield's stories are now shared with the world.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/theoderic-the-great-king-of-goths-ruler-of-romans-by-hans-ulrich-wiemer--65097577https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/686149 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans Author: Hans-Ulrich Wiemer Narrator: Julian Elfer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23 hours 11 minutes Release date: July 25, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In the year 493, the leader of a vast confederation of Gothic warriors, their wives, and children personally cut down Odoacer, the man famous for deposing the last Roman emperor in 476. That leader became Theoderic the Great (454–526). This engaging history of his life and reign immerses readers in the world of the warrior-king who ushered in decades of peace and stability in Italy as king of Goths and Romans. Theoderic transformed his roving 'warrior nation' from the periphery of the Roman world into a standing army that protected his taxpaying Roman subjects with the support of the Roman elite. With a ruling strategy of 'integration through separation,' Theoderic not only stabilized Italy but also extended his kingdom to the western Balkans, southern France, and the Iberian Peninsula. Using sources as diverse as letters, poetry, coins, and mosaics, Hans-Ulrich Wiemer brings listener into the world of Theoderic's court, from Gothic warriors and their families to the notables, artisans, and shopkeepers of Rome and Ravenna to the peasants and enslaved people who tilled the soil on grand rural estates. This book offers a fascinating history of the leader who brought peace to Italy after the disintegration of the Roman Empire.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/686149Tue, 25 Jul 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/686149 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans Author: Hans-Ulrich Wiemer Narrator: Julian Elfer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23 hours 11...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/686149 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans Author: Hans-Ulrich Wiemer Narrator: Julian Elfer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23 hours 11 minutes Release date: July 25, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In the year 493, the leader of a vast confederation of Gothic warriors, their wives, and children personally cut down Odoacer, the man famous for deposing the last Roman emperor in 476. That leader became Theoderic the Great (454–526). This engaging history of his life and reign immerses readers in the world of the warrior-king who ushered in decades of peace and stability in Italy as king of Goths and Romans. Theoderic transformed his roving 'warrior nation' from the periphery of the Roman world into a standing army that protected his taxpaying Roman subjects with the support of the Roman elite. With a ruling strategy of 'integration through separation,' Theoderic not only stabilized Italy but also extended his kingdom to the western Balkans, southern France, and the Iberian Peninsula. Using sources as diverse as letters, poetry, coins, and mosaics, Hans-Ulrich Wiemer brings listener into the world of Theoderic's court, from Gothic warriors and their families to the notables, artisans, and shopkeepers of Rome and Ravenna to the peasants and enslaved people who tilled the soil on grand rural estates. This book offers a fascinating history of the leader who brought peace to Italy after the disintegration of the Roman Empire.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-1978-el-ano-que-marchamos-a-la-guerra-by-guillermo-parvex--65097482https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/698132 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - 1978. El año que marchamos a la guerra Author: Guillermo Parvex Narrator: Adrián Wowczuk Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 4 minutes Release date: July 24, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: El mismo autor del exitoso Un veterano de tres guerras entrega este relato que cobra actualidad a 40 años de una guerra que no fue Mientras estudiaba Periodismo en la Universidad de Chile, Guillermo Parvex fue llamado por el Ejército para recibir instrucción militar específica y ser parte de las milicias chilenas que se dirigirían a la frontera con Argentina. Era 1978, Parvex tenía 24 años y la guerra con el país vecino era inminente. Este libro reconstruye la historia personal del autor durante los meses que estuvo en la frontera y el contexto histórico de esos difíciles años, un relato inédito en primera persona que nos habla de aquellos años convulsos en que se ocultaba la movilización de tropas hasta las regiones limítrofes que nos separan del país vecino. Reseña: 'Un libro que reconstruye por primera vez la instrucción militar que recibieron en secreto miles de jóvenes chilenos.']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/698132Mon, 24 Jul 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/698132 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - 1978. El año que marchamos a la guerra Author: Guillermo Parvex Narrator: Adrián Wowczuk Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 4...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/698132 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - 1978. El año que marchamos a la guerra Author: Guillermo Parvex Narrator: Adrián Wowczuk Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 4 minutes Release date: July 24, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: El mismo autor del exitoso Un veterano de tres guerras entrega este relato que cobra actualidad a 40 años de una guerra que no fue Mientras estudiaba Periodismo en la Universidad de Chile, Guillermo Parvex fue llamado por el Ejército para recibir instrucción militar específica y ser parte de las milicias chilenas que se dirigirían a la frontera con Argentina. Era 1978, Parvex tenía 24 años y la guerra con el país vecino era inminente. Este libro reconstruye la historia personal del autor durante los meses que estuvo en la frontera y el contexto histórico de esos difíciles años, un relato inédito en primera persona que nos habla de aquellos años convulsos en que se ocultaba la movilización de tropas hasta las regiones limítrofes que nos separan del país vecino. Reseña: 'Un libro que reconstruye por primera vez la instrucción militar que recibieron en secreto miles de jóvenes chilenos.']]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/putin-s-prisoner-my-time-as-a-prisoner-of-war-in-ukraine-by-aiden-aslin-john-sweeney--65097502https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/683389 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Putin's Prisoner: My Time as a Prisoner of War in Ukraine Author: Aiden Aslin, John Sweeney Narrator: Steve John Shepherd, Paul Slack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 54 minutes Release date: July 20, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Aiden Aslin joined the Ukrainian marines in 2018, compelled to defend his adopted homeland from the growing threat of Russian invasion. In February 2022, as Russia mounted a full-scale offensive, Aiden and his unit were stationed at the frontline at Mariupol. Pinned down at a Mariupol steelworks, after a month-long siege and running out of supplies, Aiden was part of the mass surrender of over a thousand Ukrainian troops, in April 2022. Then his real ordeal began. Singled out for his British passport, Aiden was interrogated, tortured, stabbed, turned into a propaganda zombie, tried by a kangaroo court and then sentenced to death. A victim of a catalogue of abuses of international law, Aiden struggled to cling on to any hope of survival. Certain that he was going to be executed, he was eventually freed in a prisoner exchange and permitted to return home. In Putin's Prisoner, Aiden will tell the full, harrowing story of his time fighting in Putin's war, of his six months in Russian captivity, and of his hardened resolve to defend the freedoms of the people of Ukraine. ©2023 Aiden Aslin & John Sweeney (P)2023 Penguin Audio]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/683389Thu, 20 Jul 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/683389 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Putin's Prisoner: My Time as a Prisoner of War in Ukraine Author: Aiden Aslin, John Sweeney Narrator: Steve John Shepherd, Paul Slack Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/683389 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Putin's Prisoner: My Time as a Prisoner of War in Ukraine Author: Aiden Aslin, John Sweeney Narrator: Steve John Shepherd, Paul Slack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 54 minutes Release date: July 20, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Aiden Aslin joined the Ukrainian marines in 2018, compelled to defend his adopted homeland from the growing threat of Russian invasion. In February 2022, as Russia mounted a full-scale offensive, Aiden and his unit were stationed at the frontline at Mariupol. Pinned down at a Mariupol steelworks, after a month-long siege and running out of supplies, Aiden was part of the mass surrender of over a thousand Ukrainian troops, in April 2022. Then his real ordeal began. Singled out for his British passport, Aiden was interrogated, tortured, stabbed, turned into a propaganda zombie, tried by a kangaroo court and then sentenced to death. A victim of a catalogue of abuses of international law, Aiden struggled to cling on to any hope of survival. Certain that he was going to be executed, he was eventually freed in a prisoner exchange and permitted to return home. In Putin's Prisoner, Aiden will tell the full, harrowing story of his time fighting in Putin's war, of his six months in Russian captivity, and of his hardened resolve to defend the freedoms of the people of Ukraine. ©2023 Aiden Aslin & John Sweeney (P)2023 Penguin Audio]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-human-face-of-d-day-walking-the-battlefields-of-normandy-essays-reflections-and-conversations-with-veterans-of-the-longest-day-by-co--65097588https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/679983 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Human Face of D-Day: Walking the Battlefields of Normandy: Essays, Reflections, and Conversations with Veterans of the Longest Day Author: Col (ret) Keith M. Nightingale Narrator: Adam Barr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 39 minutes Release date: July 18, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Soldier Keith Nightingale has conducted terrain walks in Normandy for over forty years with veterans, active-duty military, and local French civilians. Over the decades Nightingale conducted dozens of formal interviews and informal conversations with many of the principals of the day, including Generals Bradley, Collins, Gavin, Ridgway, and Hill. Added to this rare, new primary material from the top brass are numerous conversations with lower-ranking vets who did the heavy lifting, many of which took place as they actually walked the battlefield with Nightingale—Major Howard of Pegasus Bridge; LTC Otway of Merville Battery; Captain Piper of La Fière Bridge; LTC Vandervoort, CO of the 2-505/82d; Cpt Raeen of the 5th Rangers; Lt Dick Winters of Brécourt Manor; PFC Marcucci of Omaha Beach; and SSG Lem Lomell of Pointe Du Hoc. This unique approach to D-Day combines the author's discussions with participants in D-Day, his personal reflections on Operation Overlord, and the insights that occur. Interspersed with veterans' remarks, Nightingale's essays are inspired by specific discussions or multiple interviews. Taken together, the succinct, human observations of these participants illuminate the hard facts to create a unique work of long-lasting interest that will attract specialists, military history buffs, armchair generals, and general listeners alike.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/679983Tue, 18 Jul 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/679983 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Human Face of D-Day: Walking the Battlefields of Normandy: Essays, Reflections, and Conversations with Veterans of the Longest Day Author: Col...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/679983 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Human Face of D-Day: Walking the Battlefields of Normandy: Essays, Reflections, and Conversations with Veterans of the Longest Day Author: Col (ret) Keith M. Nightingale Narrator: Adam Barr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 39 minutes Release date: July 18, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Soldier Keith Nightingale has conducted terrain walks in Normandy for over forty years with veterans, active-duty military, and local French civilians. Over the decades Nightingale conducted dozens of formal interviews and informal conversations with many of the principals of the day, including Generals Bradley, Collins, Gavin, Ridgway, and Hill. Added to this rare, new primary material from the top brass are numerous conversations with lower-ranking vets who did the heavy lifting, many of which took place as they actually walked the battlefield with Nightingale—Major Howard of Pegasus Bridge; LTC Otway of Merville Battery; Captain Piper of La Fière Bridge; LTC Vandervoort, CO of the 2-505/82d; Cpt Raeen of the 5th Rangers; Lt Dick Winters of Brécourt Manor; PFC Marcucci of Omaha Beach; and SSG Lem Lomell of Pointe Du Hoc. This unique approach to D-Day combines the author's discussions with participants in D-Day, his personal reflections on Operation Overlord, and the insights that occur. Interspersed with veterans' remarks, Nightingale's essays are inspired by specific discussions or multiple interviews. Taken together, the succinct, human observations of these participants illuminate the hard facts to create a unique work of long-lasting interest that will attract specialists, military history buffs, armchair generals, and general listeners alike.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/faith-under-fire-stories-of-hope-and-courage-from-world-war-ii-by-steve-rabey--65097563https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/647029 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Faith Under Fire: Stories of Hope and Courage from World War II Author: Steve Rabey Narrator: Tom Parks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 13 minutes Release date: July 18, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: As World War II raged, millions of men and women confronted injury, destruction, separation from home and loved ones, chaos, and death. These challenges and traumas and many others forced an entire generation of everyday heroes to take stock of their lives. And in the process, many turned to God in ways they never had before. In Faith Under Fire, you'll experience scenes of astonishing bravery, moments of heart-breaking loss, and a pervasive sense of love for God, neighbor, and country that was strong enough to transcend denominational and national differences, inspiring selfless acts of courage and compassion under the worst of circumstances. From the Catholic chaplain who offered mercy among the carnage of Iwo Jima, to the Pentecostal boy who was saved from an incoming shell by the voice of God calling his name, to the young wife praying that her husband would survive life in a concentration camp, to the Tuskegee Airman who fought both totalitarianism and racism, these stories reveal the power of faith that sustained these heroes when there was nowhere else to turn. Award-winning author Steve Rabey presents more than twenty firsthand accounts of faith under pressure, many of them illustrated with war-time photos, letters, and journal entries. At a time when many who lived through these trying times are dying, their stories live on, passing on a legacy of faith and fortitude to future generations. Photos are included in the audiobook companion PDF download.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/647029Tue, 18 Jul 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/647029 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Faith Under Fire: Stories of Hope and Courage from World War II Author: Steve Rabey Narrator: Tom Parks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 13...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/647029 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Faith Under Fire: Stories of Hope and Courage from World War II Author: Steve Rabey Narrator: Tom Parks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 13 minutes Release date: July 18, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: As World War II raged, millions of men and women confronted injury, destruction, separation from home and loved ones, chaos, and death. These challenges and traumas and many others forced an entire generation of everyday heroes to take stock of their lives. And in the process, many turned to God in ways they never had before. In Faith Under Fire, you'll experience scenes of astonishing bravery, moments of heart-breaking loss, and a pervasive sense of love for God, neighbor, and country that was strong enough to transcend denominational and national differences, inspiring selfless acts of courage and compassion under the worst of circumstances. From the Catholic chaplain who offered mercy among the carnage of Iwo Jima, to the Pentecostal boy who was saved from an incoming shell by the voice of God calling his name, to the young wife praying that her husband would survive life in a concentration camp, to the Tuskegee Airman who fought both totalitarianism and racism, these stories reveal the power of faith that sustained these heroes when there was nowhere else to turn. Award-winning author Steve Rabey presents more than twenty firsthand accounts of faith under pressure, many of them illustrated with war-time photos, letters, and journal entries. At a time when many who lived through these trying times are dying, their stories live on, passing on a legacy of faith and fortitude to future generations. Photos are included in the audiobook companion PDF download.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/general-grant-and-the-verdict-of-history-memoir-memory-and-the-civil-war-by-dr-frank-p-varney--65097595https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/686135 to listen full audiobooks. Title: General Grant and the Verdict of History: Memoir, Memory, and the Civil War Author: Dr. Frank P. Varney Narrator: Al Kessel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release date: July 11, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: General Ulysses S. Grant is best remembered today as a war-winning general, and he certainly deserves credit for his efforts on behalf of the Union. But has he received too much credit? Have others who fought the war with him suffered unfairly? General Grant and the Verdict of History explores these issues. Professor Frank P. Varney examines Grant's relationship with three noted Civil War generals: the brash and uncompromising 'Fighting Joe' Hooker; George H. Thomas, the commander who earned the sobriquet 'Rock of Chickamauga'; and Gouverneur Kemble Warren, who served honorably in every major action of the Army of the Potomac before being relieved less than two weeks before Appomattox. Dr. Varney had studied the tempestuous relationship between Grant and Union General William S. Rosecrans. During the war, Rosecrans was considered to be on par with Grant himself; today, he is largely forgotten. Rosecrans's star dimmed, argues Varney, because Grant orchestrated the effort. Grant used official reports, interviews with the press, and his memoirs to influence how future generations would remember the war and his part in it. Aided greatly by his two terms as president, his memoirs, and the dramatic backdrop against which those memoirs were written, our historical memory has been influenced to a degree greater than many realize.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/686135Tue, 11 Jul 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/686135 to listen full audiobooks. Title: General Grant and the Verdict of History: Memoir, Memory, and the Civil War Author: Dr. Frank P. Varney Narrator: Al Kessel Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/686135 to listen full audiobooks. Title: General Grant and the Verdict of History: Memoir, Memory, and the Civil War Author: Dr. Frank P. Varney Narrator: Al Kessel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release date: July 11, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: General Ulysses S. Grant is best remembered today as a war-winning general, and he certainly deserves credit for his efforts on behalf of the Union. But has he received too much credit? Have others who fought the war with him suffered unfairly? General Grant and the Verdict of History explores these issues. Professor Frank P. Varney examines Grant's relationship with three noted Civil War generals: the brash and uncompromising 'Fighting Joe' Hooker; George H. Thomas, the commander who earned the sobriquet 'Rock of Chickamauga'; and Gouverneur Kemble Warren, who served honorably in every major action of the Army of the Potomac before being relieved less than two weeks before Appomattox. Dr. Varney had studied the tempestuous relationship between Grant and Union General William S. Rosecrans. During the war, Rosecrans was considered to be on par with Grant himself; today, he is largely forgotten. Rosecrans's star dimmed, argues Varney, because Grant orchestrated the effort. Grant used official reports, interviews with the press, and his memoirs to influence how future generations would remember the war and his part in it. Aided greatly by his two terms as president, his memoirs, and the dramatic backdrop against which those memoirs were written, our historical memory has been influenced to a degree greater than many realize.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-patriot-s-promise-protecting-my-brothers-fighting-for-my-life-and-keeping-my-word-by-israel-dt-del-toro-jr--65097601https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625396 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Patriot's Promise: Protecting My Brothers, Fighting for My Life, and Keeping My Word Author: Israel 'dt' Del Toro, Jr. Narrator: Roger Wayne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 15 minutes Release date: July 4, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: An inspiring memoir of promises kept, overcoming obstacles, and what it means to sacrifice for others, written by a Special Warfare Operator with the Air Force. When Israel “DT” Del Toro, Jr.'s Humvee rolled over a roadside IED in Afghanistan, he had one thought as he lost consciousness: I have to keep the promise I made to my dad. DT was orphaned at the age of fourteen, and on the night before his father died, he repeated the promise his dad required: “Take care of your brothers and sisters.” Throughout his childhood and into adulthood, DT indeed looked after his younger brother and sisters, even to his own detriment and sacrifice. When he enlisted in the Air Force, progressing in ranks as a skilled marksman calling airstrikes, his promise extended to his brothers and sisters in the Air Force, his fellow soldiers and brothers-in-arms. When DT was injured in action, he lay in a coma for three months with third-degree burns on 80% of his body. He nearly died three times, and doctors predicted – if he survived – he would forever breathe with a respirator and never walk again. DT pushed through every limit to his full recovery, and he became the first 100% disabled veteran to re-enlist in the Air Force. DT's promise to his dad extends now to his fellow wounded warriors throughout the world, as he advocates for awareness and affecting change in public policy for wounded, injured, and ill soldiers. He is a patriot who has kept his promise and changed the world with the spirit of his heart, soul, body, and mind. A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625396Tue, 04 Jul 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625396 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Patriot's Promise: Protecting My Brothers, Fighting for My Life, and Keeping My Word Author: Israel 'dt' Del Toro, Jr. Narrator: Roger Wayne Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625396 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Patriot's Promise: Protecting My Brothers, Fighting for My Life, and Keeping My Word Author: Israel 'dt' Del Toro, Jr. Narrator: Roger Wayne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 15 minutes Release date: July 4, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: An inspiring memoir of promises kept, overcoming obstacles, and what it means to sacrifice for others, written by a Special Warfare Operator with the Air Force. When Israel “DT” Del Toro, Jr.'s Humvee rolled over a roadside IED in Afghanistan, he had one thought as he lost consciousness: I have to keep the promise I made to my dad. DT was orphaned at the age of fourteen, and on the night before his father died, he repeated the promise his dad required: “Take care of your brothers and sisters.” Throughout his childhood and into adulthood, DT indeed looked after his younger brother and sisters, even to his own detriment and sacrifice. When he enlisted in the Air Force, progressing in ranks as a skilled marksman calling airstrikes, his promise extended to his brothers and sisters in the Air Force, his fellow soldiers and brothers-in-arms. When DT was injured in action, he lay in a coma for three months with third-degree burns on 80% of his body. He nearly died three times, and doctors predicted – if he survived – he would forever breathe with a respirator and never walk again. DT pushed through every limit to his full recovery, and he became the first 100% disabled veteran to re-enlist in the Air Force. DT's promise to his dad extends now to his fellow wounded warriors throughout the world, as he advocates for awareness and affecting change in public policy for wounded, injured, and ill soldiers. He is a patriot who has kept his promise and changed the world with the spirit of his heart, soul, body, and mind. A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sisters-in-captivity-sister-betty-jeffrey-oam-and-the-courageous-story-of-australian-army-nurses-in-sumatra-1942-1945-by-colin-burgess--65097551https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/667586 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sisters in Captivity: Sister Betty Jeffrey OAM and the courageous story of Australian Army nurses in Sumatra, 1942–1945 Author: Colin Burgess Narrator: Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 7 minutes Release date: July 4, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The incredible account of Sister Betty Jeffrey OAM and the Australian war nurses who survived the bombing of evacuation ship SS Vyner Brooke in February 1942, and subsequently spent three years in Japanese prison camps in Sumatra. During those perilous years surviving in squalid conditions, Sister Jeffrey kept a secret diary of day-to-day events which, after the war, was turned into a hugely successful book and radio serial: White Coolies. She would often write of the powerful sisterhood that evolved as the prisoners of war took strength from each other, even forming a vocal orchestra. White Coolies was a major inspiration for the 1997 film Paradise Road. Sisters in Captivity builds on those diaries to not only re-live the years the nurses spent as POWs but also recounts the early life and influences that encouraged Betty Jeffrey into the field of nursing as a lifelong endeavour. A tireless advocate for returned nurses, she co-founded the Australian Nurses Memorial Centre with sole survivor of the Banka Island Massacre, fellow POW, and her longtime friend Vivian Bullwinkel. Featuring 32 pages of photos including personal mementos of Betty Jeffrey, courtesy of her family, and her drawings from the prison camps, this is a powerful account of women’s resilience amidst the devastating brutality of war.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/667586Tue, 04 Jul 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/667586 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sisters in Captivity: Sister Betty Jeffrey OAM and the courageous story of Australian Army nurses in Sumatra, 1942–1945 Author: Colin Burgess Narrator:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/667586 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sisters in Captivity: Sister Betty Jeffrey OAM and the courageous story of Australian Army nurses in Sumatra, 1942–1945 Author: Colin Burgess Narrator: Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 7 minutes Release date: July 4, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The incredible account of Sister Betty Jeffrey OAM and the Australian war nurses who survived the bombing of evacuation ship SS Vyner Brooke in February 1942, and subsequently spent three years in Japanese prison camps in Sumatra. During those perilous years surviving in squalid conditions, Sister Jeffrey kept a secret diary of day-to-day events which, after the war, was turned into a hugely successful book and radio serial: White Coolies. She would often write of the powerful sisterhood that evolved as the prisoners of war took strength from each other, even forming a vocal orchestra. White Coolies was a major inspiration for the 1997 film Paradise Road. Sisters in Captivity builds on those diaries to not only re-live the years the nurses spent as POWs but also recounts the early life and influences that encouraged Betty Jeffrey into the field of nursing as a lifelong endeavour. A tireless advocate for returned nurses, she co-founded the Australian Nurses Memorial Centre with sole survivor of the Banka Island Massacre, fellow POW, and her longtime friend Vivian Bullwinkel. Featuring 32 pages of photos including personal mementos of Betty Jeffrey, courtesy of her family, and her drawings from the prison camps, this is a powerful account of women’s resilience amidst the devastating brutality of war.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-j-robert-oppenheimer-die-biographie-das-horbuch-zum-kino-highlight-im-sommer-2023-by-kai-bird-martin-j-sherwin--65097476https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/696995 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - J. Robert Oppenheimer: Die Biographie | Das Hörbuch zum Kino-Highlight im Sommer 2023 Author: Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin Narrator: Sebastian Dunkelberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 55 minutes Release date: June 29, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Das Hörbuch zum Kino-Highlight im Sommer 2023J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967), der »Vater der Atombombe«, zählt zu den schillerndsten Figuren der jüngeren Zeitgeschichte. Für ihre glänzende Biographie des »amerikanischen Prometheus« erhielten der Journalist Kai Bird und der Historiker Martin J. Sherwin den Pulitzer-Preis. Exemplarisch lassen sie das Drama eines Forschers lebendig werden, der sich zwischen Erkenntnisdrang und ethischer Verantwortung entscheiden muss.Oppenheimer leitete das streng geheime Manhattan-Projekt in der Wüste von New Mexico, wo am 16. Juli 1945 die erste Atombombe gezündet wurde. Kurz darauf starben in Hiroshima und Nagasaki mehr als 200 000 Menschen durch die neue »Wunderwaffe« - die Menschheit war ins Atomzeitalter eingetreten. Erschüttert von der Zerstörungskraft seiner Schöpfung, engagierte sich Oppenheimer fortan gegen den Einsatz nuklearer Waffen. Das machte ihn im Amerika der McCarthy-Ära verdächtig. Er geriet ins Visier des FBI, wurde als Spion der Sowjetunion verleumdet und musste den Staatsdienst quittieren. Sein Privatleben wurde an die Öffentlichkeit gezerrt, seine Wohnung verwanzt, sein Telefon abgehört. Erst 1963 rehabilitierte ihn Präsident Kennedy. Über dreißig Jahre hinweg haben die Autoren Interviews mit Oppenheimers Angehörigen, Freunden und Kollegen geführt, FBI-Akten gesichtet, Tonbänder von Reden und Verhören ausgewertet und Oppenheimers private Aufzeichnungen eingesehen. Ihre beeindruckend gründliche Biographie gewährt intimen Einblick in diese charismatische Persönlichkeit, bei der Triumph und Tragik so nahe beieinander lagen.-]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/696995Thu, 29 Jun 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/696995 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - J. Robert Oppenheimer: Die Biographie | Das Hörbuch zum Kino-Highlight im Sommer 2023 Author: Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin Narrator:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/696995 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - J. Robert Oppenheimer: Die Biographie | Das Hörbuch zum Kino-Highlight im Sommer 2023 Author: Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin Narrator: Sebastian Dunkelberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 55 minutes Release date: June 29, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Das Hörbuch zum Kino-Highlight im Sommer 2023J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967), der »Vater der Atombombe«, zählt zu den schillerndsten Figuren der jüngeren Zeitgeschichte. Für ihre glänzende Biographie des »amerikanischen Prometheus« erhielten der Journalist Kai Bird und der Historiker Martin J. Sherwin den Pulitzer-Preis. Exemplarisch lassen sie das Drama eines Forschers lebendig werden, der sich zwischen Erkenntnisdrang und ethischer Verantwortung entscheiden muss.Oppenheimer leitete das streng geheime Manhattan-Projekt in der Wüste von New Mexico, wo am 16. Juli 1945 die erste Atombombe gezündet wurde. Kurz darauf starben in Hiroshima und Nagasaki mehr als 200 000 Menschen durch die neue »Wunderwaffe« - die Menschheit war ins Atomzeitalter eingetreten. Erschüttert von der Zerstörungskraft seiner Schöpfung, engagierte sich Oppenheimer fortan gegen den Einsatz nuklearer Waffen. Das machte ihn im Amerika der McCarthy-Ära verdächtig. Er geriet ins Visier des FBI, wurde als Spion der Sowjetunion verleumdet und musste den Staatsdienst quittieren. Sein Privatleben wurde an die Öffentlichkeit gezerrt, seine Wohnung verwanzt, sein Telefon abgehört. Erst 1963 rehabilitierte ihn Präsident Kennedy. Über dreißig Jahre hinweg haben die Autoren Interviews mit Oppenheimers Angehörigen, Freunden und Kollegen geführt, FBI-Akten gesichtet, Tonbänder von Reden und Verhören ausgewertet und Oppenheimers private Aufzeichnungen eingesehen. Ihre beeindruckend gründliche Biographie gewährt intimen Einblick in diese charismatische Persönlichkeit, bei der Triumph und Tragik so nahe beieinander lagen.-]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/american-traitor-general-james-wilkinson-s-betrayal-of-the-republic-and-escape-from-justice-by-howard-w-cox--65097622https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/682914 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Traitor: General James Wilkinson's Betrayal of the Republic and Escape from Justice Author: Howard W. Cox Narrator: David Colacci Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 58 minutes Release date: June 27, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: American Traitor examines the career of the notorious Gen. James Wilkinson, whose corruption and espionage exposed the United States to grave dangers during the early years of the republic. Wilkinson is largely forgotten today, which is unfortunate because his sordid story is a cautionary tale about unscrupulous actors who would take advantage of gaps in the law, oversight, and accountability for self-dealing. Wilkinson's military career began during the Revolutionary War and continued through the War of 1812. As he rose to the rank of commanding general of the US Army, Wilkinson betrayed virtually everyone he worked with to advance his career and finances. He was a spy for Spain, plotted to have western territories split from the United States, and accepted kickbacks from contractors. His negligence and greed also caused the largest peacetime disaster in the history of the US Army. Howard W. Cox picks apart Wilkinson's misdeeds with the eye of an experienced investigator. American Traitor offers the most in-depth analysis of Wilkinson's court-martial trials and how he evaded efforts to hold him accountable. This astounding history of villainy in the early republic will fascinate anyone with an interest in the period as well as listeners of espionage history.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/682914Tue, 27 Jun 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/682914 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Traitor: General James Wilkinson's Betrayal of the Republic and Escape from Justice Author: Howard W. Cox Narrator: David Colacci Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/682914 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Traitor: General James Wilkinson's Betrayal of the Republic and Escape from Justice Author: Howard W. Cox Narrator: David Colacci Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 58 minutes Release date: June 27, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: American Traitor examines the career of the notorious Gen. James Wilkinson, whose corruption and espionage exposed the United States to grave dangers during the early years of the republic. Wilkinson is largely forgotten today, which is unfortunate because his sordid story is a cautionary tale about unscrupulous actors who would take advantage of gaps in the law, oversight, and accountability for self-dealing. Wilkinson's military career began during the Revolutionary War and continued through the War of 1812. As he rose to the rank of commanding general of the US Army, Wilkinson betrayed virtually everyone he worked with to advance his career and finances. He was a spy for Spain, plotted to have western territories split from the United States, and accepted kickbacks from contractors. His negligence and greed also caused the largest peacetime disaster in the history of the US Army. Howard W. Cox picks apart Wilkinson's misdeeds with the eye of an experienced investigator. American Traitor offers the most in-depth analysis of Wilkinson's court-martial trials and how he evaded efforts to hold him accountable. This astounding history of villainy in the early republic will fascinate anyone with an interest in the period as well as listeners of espionage history.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/reflections-on-captivity-a-tapestry-of-stories-by-a-vietnam-war-pow-by-porter-alexander-halyburton--65097584https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/684147 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reflections on Captivity: A Tapestry of Stories by a Vietnam War POW Author: Porter Alexander Halyburton Narrator: David De Vries Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 57 minutes Release date: June 27, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: On October 17, 1965, Navy LTJG Porter Halyburton was shot down over North Vietnam and listed as killed in action. One-and-a-half years later, he was found to be alive and a prisoner of war. Halyburton was held captive for more than seven years. Reflections on Captivity is a collection of fifty short stories about this naval officer's experiences as a POW in North Vietnam. This book recounts difficult times but focuses more on the positive aspects—the humor, creativity, friendships, courage, and leadership of an amazing group of Americans and how they helped each other survive and even thrive. These vignettes demonstrate how the human mind, body, and spirit can adapt and find meaning in life in the most challenging circumstances. There are powerful lessons learned from this complex experience that continue to guide the author's life to this day. Despite hardship, suffering, and long separation, Halyburton strongly believes one's quality of life is determined more by choices made than by circumstances, and the most liberating choice we can make is to forgive. Reflections on Captivity furthers the listener's understanding about the nature of captivity, race relations, human relations, aspects of the air war against North Vietnam, and highlights the importance of leadership, ethics, and devotion to duty in difficult times.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/684147Tue, 27 Jun 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/684147 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reflections on Captivity: A Tapestry of Stories by a Vietnam War POW Author: Porter Alexander Halyburton Narrator: David De Vries Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/684147 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reflections on Captivity: A Tapestry of Stories by a Vietnam War POW Author: Porter Alexander Halyburton Narrator: David De Vries Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 57 minutes Release date: June 27, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: On October 17, 1965, Navy LTJG Porter Halyburton was shot down over North Vietnam and listed as killed in action. One-and-a-half years later, he was found to be alive and a prisoner of war. Halyburton was held captive for more than seven years. Reflections on Captivity is a collection of fifty short stories about this naval officer's experiences as a POW in North Vietnam. This book recounts difficult times but focuses more on the positive aspects—the humor, creativity, friendships, courage, and leadership of an amazing group of Americans and how they helped each other survive and even thrive. These vignettes demonstrate how the human mind, body, and spirit can adapt and find meaning in life in the most challenging circumstances. There are powerful lessons learned from this complex experience that continue to guide the author's life to this day. Despite hardship, suffering, and long separation, Halyburton strongly believes one's quality of life is determined more by choices made than by circumstances, and the most liberating choice we can make is to forgive. Reflections on Captivity furthers the listener's understanding about the nature of captivity, race relations, human relations, aspects of the air war against North Vietnam, and highlights the importance of leadership, ethics, and devotion to duty in difficult times.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/unbroken-bonds-of-battle-a-modern-warriors-book-of-heroism-patriotism-and-friendship-by-johnny-joey-jones--65097522https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/656526 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unbroken Bonds of Battle: A Modern Warriors Book of Heroism, Patriotism, and Friendship Series: #8 of Fox News Books Author: Johnny Joey Jones Narrator: Johnny Joey Jones, Cassidy Brown, Cary Hite, Rick Adamson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 27, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.73 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Life only really starts when we start serving others. For many people, military service isn’t simply a job. It’s a ticket out of a lonely society and into a family of enduring bonds. In over a decade of working with veterans, Johnny Joey Jones has discovered the power of battle-forged friendships. Suffering a life-changing injury while deployed in Afghanistan, he faced a daunting recovery. But coming home would have been much harder without the support of his brothers and sisters in arms. In Unbroken Bonds of Battle, Joey tells the stories of those very warriors, who for years have supported and inspired him on the battlefield and off. Through unfiltered and authentic conversations with American heroes in every branch of service, Joey tackles the big questions about life, loss, and, of course, hunting. Powerful life lessons are woven throughout these personal oral histories. Also included is a scrapbook of beautiful candid photographs from the lives of these modern warriors. A gorgeous patriotic keepsake, Unbroken Bonds of Battle reminds us of the costs paid by those who defend our freedom through unvarnished, inspiring tales of friendship.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/656526Tue, 27 Jun 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/656526 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unbroken Bonds of Battle: A Modern Warriors Book of Heroism, Patriotism, and Friendship Series: #8 of Fox News Books Author: Johnny Joey Jones...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/656526 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unbroken Bonds of Battle: A Modern Warriors Book of Heroism, Patriotism, and Friendship Series: #8 of Fox News Books Author: Johnny Joey Jones Narrator: Johnny Joey Jones, Cassidy Brown, Cary Hite, Rick Adamson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 27, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.73 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Life only really starts when we start serving others. For many people, military service isn’t simply a job. It’s a ticket out of a lonely society and into a family of enduring bonds. In over a decade of working with veterans, Johnny Joey Jones has discovered the power of battle-forged friendships. Suffering a life-changing injury while deployed in Afghanistan, he faced a daunting recovery. But coming home would have been much harder without the support of his brothers and sisters in arms. In Unbroken Bonds of Battle, Joey tells the stories of those very warriors, who for years have supported and inspired him on the battlefield and off. Through unfiltered and authentic conversations with American heroes in every branch of service, Joey tackles the big questions about life, loss, and, of course, hunting. Powerful life lessons are woven throughout these personal oral histories. Also included is a scrapbook of beautiful candid photographs from the lives of these modern warriors. A gorgeous patriotic keepsake, Unbroken Bonds of Battle reminds us of the costs paid by those who defend our freedom through unvarnished, inspiring tales of friendship.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/russian-na-nebe-nikogo-by-ksenia-buksa--65097498https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/698253 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - На небе никого Author: ксения букша Narrator: александр феклистов, юлия яблонская, григорий перель, наталия казначеева Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 59 minutes Release date: June 22, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: «Книга о людях на войне. В первую очередь о людях, и только потом о войне». Война затрагивает все живое. Последствия Второй мировой — это ужасный шрам на теле всего мира, вечное напоминание о катастрофическом прошлом и фантомная боль, отдающая в сердце. Но на пересечении прозаического повествования и исторических сводок образуется новая возможность говорить на темы, обсуждать которые тяжело, но необходимо. 33 истории, составляющие сборник «На небе никого», позволяют взглянуть на войну глазами ее жертв: военных, гражданских, оккупированных, эвакуированных — мужчин и женщин всех возрастов и национальностей. Из реальных воспоминаний, свидетельств, дневников и наблюдений складывается уникальное повествование, формирующее трагический, но правдивый и реалистичный образ военного времени. Да, персонажи Ксении Букши ненастоящие. Но они участники настоящих ситуаций, живущие настоящие жизни и говорящие настоящими голосами.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/698253Thu, 22 Jun 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/698253 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - На небе никого Author: ксения букша Narrator: александр феклистов, юлия яблонская, григорий перель, наталия казначеева Format: Abridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/698253 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - На небе никого Author: ксения букша Narrator: александр феклистов, юлия яблонская, григорий перель, наталия казначеева Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 59 minutes Release date: June 22, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: «Книга о людях на войне. В первую очередь о людях, и только потом о войне». Война затрагивает все живое. Последствия Второй мировой — это ужасный шрам на теле всего мира, вечное напоминание о катастрофическом прошлом и фантомная боль, отдающая в сердце. Но на пересечении прозаического повествования и исторических сводок образуется новая возможность говорить на темы, обсуждать которые тяжело, но необходимо. 33 истории, составляющие сборник «На небе никого», позволяют взглянуть на войну глазами ее жертв: военных, гражданских, оккупированных, эвакуированных — мужчин и женщин всех возрастов и национальностей. Из реальных воспоминаний, свидетельств, дневников и наблюдений складывается уникальное повествование, формирующее трагический, но правдивый и реалистичный образ военного времени. Да, персонажи Ксении Букши ненастоящие. Но они участники настоящих ситуаций, живущие настоящие жизни и говорящие настоящими голосами.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/parachute-to-berlin-by-lowell-bennett--65097589https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/675532 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Parachute to Berlin Author: Lowell Bennett Narrator: David De Vries Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: June 13, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The vivid account of a war correspondent shot down over Germany and taken prisoner. Bennett was one of several journalists to fly a night raid over Berlin in November 1943. This is the vivid testimony of an American journalist shot down over Berlin. After he was captured in Berlin, he was taken on a tour of Germany and shown what the civilian population was being subjected to. Bennett spent the rest of the war in Stalag Luft I, where he started the newspaper POW WOW, secretly read by 9,000 prisoners. Bennett's experiences led him to condemn the Allied policy of systematically bombing civilian population centers.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/675532Tue, 13 Jun 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/675532 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Parachute to Berlin Author: Lowell Bennett Narrator: David De Vries Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: June 13, 2023...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/675532 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Parachute to Berlin Author: Lowell Bennett Narrator: David De Vries Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: June 13, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The vivid account of a war correspondent shot down over Germany and taken prisoner. Bennett was one of several journalists to fly a night raid over Berlin in November 1943. This is the vivid testimony of an American journalist shot down over Berlin. After he was captured in Berlin, he was taken on a tour of Germany and shown what the civilian population was being subjected to. Bennett spent the rest of the war in Stalag Luft I, where he started the newspaper POW WOW, secretly read by 9,000 prisoners. Bennett's experiences led him to condemn the Allied policy of systematically bombing civilian population centers.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/winkle-the-extraordinary-life-of-britain-s-greatest-pilot-by-paul-beaver--65097574https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640955 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Winkle: The Extraordinary Life of Britain’s Greatest Pilot Author: Paul Beaver Narrator: Paul Beaver, Steve John Shepherd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 8, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Pre-order the daring life story and astonishing adventures of Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown - Britain's greatest-ever pilot. Small in stature but immense in reputation and talent, there was more to Eric 'Winkle' Brown than met the eye. The pilot who set the standard for Britain's golden age of aviation, Winkle cemented his worldwide fame with incredible skill, extraordinary daring - and nerves of steel when things went wrong. From shooting down Luftwaffe bombers from the deck of a carrier in the Battle of the Atlantic and narrowly escaping death when his ship was torpedoed, to accumulating a never-to-be repeated litany of world records and firsts as a test pilot, his unparalleled flying career saw him take the controls of over four hundred different kinds of aircraft - more than any other pilot in history. A rival to Chuck Yeager and hero to Neil Armstrong, by the time of his appearance on Desert Island Disc's 1000th episode Winkle had become a legend in his own lifetime, and by his death, a national treasure. But despite his enormous fame, there have always been mysteries at the heart of Winkle's story. To truly understand this fascinating but secretive man is to grapple with questions that have intrigued and confounded biographers throughout his extraordinary life. Drawing on previously unseen documents and unfettered access to Winkle's own personal archive Paul Beaver records a life with more twists and turns than a Battle of Britain dogfight - which was, of course, something Winkle had taken part in himself - uncovering the complex and enigmatic man behind the legend - the real story of Britain's greatest pilot. A story Winkle insisted could only be told after his death . . . ©2023 Paul Beaver (P)2023 Penguin Audio]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640955Thu, 08 Jun 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640955 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Winkle: The Extraordinary Life of Britain’s Greatest Pilot Author: Paul Beaver Narrator: Paul Beaver, Steve John Shepherd Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640955 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Winkle: The Extraordinary Life of Britain’s Greatest Pilot Author: Paul Beaver Narrator: Paul Beaver, Steve John Shepherd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 8, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Pre-order the daring life story and astonishing adventures of Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown - Britain's greatest-ever pilot. Small in stature but immense in reputation and talent, there was more to Eric 'Winkle' Brown than met the eye. The pilot who set the standard for Britain's golden age of aviation, Winkle cemented his worldwide fame with incredible skill, extraordinary daring - and nerves of steel when things went wrong. From shooting down Luftwaffe bombers from the deck of a carrier in the Battle of the Atlantic and narrowly escaping death when his ship was torpedoed, to accumulating a never-to-be repeated litany of world records and firsts as a test pilot, his unparalleled flying career saw him take the controls of over four hundred different kinds of aircraft - more than any other pilot in history. A rival to Chuck Yeager and hero to Neil Armstrong, by the time of his appearance on Desert Island Disc's 1000th episode Winkle had become a legend in his own lifetime, and by his death, a national treasure. But despite his enormous fame, there have always been mysteries at the heart of Winkle's story. To truly understand this fascinating but secretive man is to grapple with questions that have intrigued and confounded biographers throughout his extraordinary life. Drawing on previously unseen documents and unfettered access to Winkle's own personal archive Paul Beaver records a life with more twists and turns than a Battle of Britain dogfight - which was, of course, something Winkle had taken part in himself - uncovering the complex and enigmatic man behind the legend - the real story of Britain's greatest pilot. A story Winkle insisted could only be told after his death . . . ©2023 Paul Beaver (P)2023 Penguin Audio]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/richard-bong-america-s-1-ace-fighter-pilot-of-world-war-ii-by-don-keith--65097583https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630938 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Richard Bong: America's #1 Ace Fighter Pilot of World War II Series: Part of American War Heroes Author: Don Keith Narrator: René Ruiz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 5 minutes Release date: June 6, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The heroic true story of Major Richard Bong, America’s greatest fighter pilot of the Pacific War and the nation’s top flying ace of World War II Arriving as a fresh US Army Air Forces pilot in New Guinea in late 1942, Richard Bong wasted no time taking on the Japanese, shooting down two planes in an early skirmish—an action that earned him a Silver Star. Over the next two years, Bong would amass the US armed forces’ most impressive record of aerial victories of the entire war, surpassing even the great Eddie Rickenbacker’s World War I tally and notching forty kills. In December 1944, he was personally awarded the Medal of Honor by General Douglas MacArthur. Now acclaimed author Don Keith recounts the remarkable saga of Bong’s war years as well as his tragic death while serving as a test pilot.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630938Tue, 06 Jun 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630938 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Richard Bong: America's #1 Ace Fighter Pilot of World War II Series: Part of American War Heroes Author: Don Keith Narrator: René Ruiz Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630938 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Richard Bong: America's #1 Ace Fighter Pilot of World War II Series: Part of American War Heroes Author: Don Keith Narrator: René Ruiz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 5 minutes Release date: June 6, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The heroic true story of Major Richard Bong, America’s greatest fighter pilot of the Pacific War and the nation’s top flying ace of World War II Arriving as a fresh US Army Air Forces pilot in New Guinea in late 1942, Richard Bong wasted no time taking on the Japanese, shooting down two planes in an early skirmish—an action that earned him a Silver Star. Over the next two years, Bong would amass the US armed forces’ most impressive record of aerial victories of the entire war, surpassing even the great Eddie Rickenbacker’s World War I tally and notching forty kills. In December 1944, he was personally awarded the Medal of Honor by General Douglas MacArthur. Now acclaimed author Don Keith recounts the remarkable saga of Bong’s war years as well as his tragic death while serving as a test pilot.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-wing-and-a-prayer-the-bloody-100th-bomb-group-of-the-us-eighth-air-force-in-action-over-europe-in-world-war-ii-by-harry-h-crosby--65097607https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/657815 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Wing and a Prayer: The “Bloody 100th” Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II Author: Harry H. Crosby Narrator: Chris Monteiro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 42 minutes Release date: May 30, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: They began operations out of England in the spring of '43. They flew their Flying Fortresses almost daily against strategic targets in Europe in the name of freedom. Their astonishing courage and appalling losses earned them the name that resounds in the annals of aerial warfare and made the 'Bloody Hundredth' a legend. Harry H. Crosby—soon to be portrayed by Anthony Boyle in the miniseries Masters of the Air developed by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg—arrived with the very first crews, and left with the very last. After dealing with his fear and gaining in skill and confidence, he was promoted to Group Navigator, surviving hairbreadth escapes and eluding death while leading thirty-seven missions, some of them involving two thousand aircraft. Now, in a breathtaking and often humorous account, he takes us into the hearts and minds of these intrepid airmen to experience both the triumph and the white-knuckle terror of the war in the skies.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/657815Tue, 30 May 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/657815 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Wing and a Prayer: The “Bloody 100th” Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II Author: Harry H. Crosby Narrator:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/657815 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Wing and a Prayer: The “Bloody 100th” Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II Author: Harry H. Crosby Narrator: Chris Monteiro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 42 minutes Release date: May 30, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: They began operations out of England in the spring of '43. They flew their Flying Fortresses almost daily against strategic targets in Europe in the name of freedom. Their astonishing courage and appalling losses earned them the name that resounds in the annals of aerial warfare and made the 'Bloody Hundredth' a legend. Harry H. Crosby—soon to be portrayed by Anthony Boyle in the miniseries Masters of the Air developed by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg—arrived with the very first crews, and left with the very last. After dealing with his fear and gaining in skill and confidence, he was promoted to Group Navigator, surviving hairbreadth escapes and eluding death while leading thirty-seven missions, some of them involving two thousand aircraft. Now, in a breathtaking and often humorous account, he takes us into the hearts and minds of these intrepid airmen to experience both the triumph and the white-knuckle terror of the war in the skies.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bipin-the-man-behind-the-uniform-by-rachna-bisht-rawat--65097515https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/703196 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bipin: The Man Behind the Uniform Author: Rachna Bisht Rawat Narrator: Kulvin Suri Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 19 minutes Release date: May 30, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: On the morning of 8 December 2021, India's Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat, and his wife, Madhulika, said goodbye to their daughter, Tarini, and dogs, and left their Delhi home to board a flight for Sulur in Tamil Nadu. Around 11.48 a.m., they boarded an Mi-17 V5 helicopter that took off from Sulur to Wellington, where Gen. Rawat was to deliver a lecture at the Defence Services Staff College. Just a few minutes away from its destination, the chopper crashed, and all fourteen passengers onboard eventually perished. It was a sudden and shocking end to the life of a man who had risen like a meteor in the defence forces.Bipin: The Man behind the Uniform is the story of the NDA cadet who was relegated in the third term for not being able to do a mandatory jump into the swimming pool; of the young Second Lieutenant who was tricked into losing his ID card at the Amritsar railway station by a 5/11 Gorkha Rifles officer posing as his sahayak; of the Major with a leg in plaster who was carried up to his company post on the Pakistan border because he insisted on joining his men for Dusshera celebrations under direct enemy observation; of the Army Chief who decided India would retaliate immediately and openly to every act of cross-border terrorism; of the Chief of Defence Staff who was happiest dancing the jhamre with his Gorkha troops.Written by bestselling author Rachna Bisht Rawat and featuring in-depth interviews with Bipin Rawat's friends, family members and comrades, this book is a befitting tribute to one of India's greatest and most controversial Generals.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/703196Tue, 30 May 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/703196 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bipin: The Man Behind the Uniform Author: Rachna Bisht Rawat Narrator: Kulvin Suri Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 19 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/703196 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bipin: The Man Behind the Uniform Author: Rachna Bisht Rawat Narrator: Kulvin Suri Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 19 minutes Release date: May 30, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: On the morning of 8 December 2021, India's Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat, and his wife, Madhulika, said goodbye to their daughter, Tarini, and dogs, and left their Delhi home to board a flight for Sulur in Tamil Nadu. Around 11.48 a.m., they boarded an Mi-17 V5 helicopter that took off from Sulur to Wellington, where Gen. Rawat was to deliver a lecture at the Defence Services Staff College. Just a few minutes away from its destination, the chopper crashed, and all fourteen passengers onboard eventually perished. It was a sudden and shocking end to the life of a man who had risen like a meteor in the defence forces.Bipin: The Man behind the Uniform is the story of the NDA cadet who was relegated in the third term for not being able to do a mandatory jump into the swimming pool; of the young Second Lieutenant who was tricked into losing his ID card at the Amritsar railway station by a 5/11 Gorkha Rifles officer posing as his sahayak; of the Major with a leg in plaster who was carried up to his company post on the Pakistan border because he insisted on joining his men for Dusshera celebrations under direct enemy observation; of the Army Chief who decided India would retaliate immediately and openly to every act of cross-border terrorism; of the Chief of Defence Staff who was happiest dancing the jhamre with his Gorkha troops.Written by bestselling author Rachna Bisht Rawat and featuring in-depth interviews with Bipin Rawat's friends, family members and comrades, this book is a befitting tribute to one of India's greatest and most controversial Generals.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-force-behind-the-forces-stories-of-brave-indian-army-wives-by-swapnil-pandey--65097510https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/704932 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Force Behind the Forces: Stories of Brave Indian Army Wives Author: Swapnil Pandey Narrator: Angira Mukherjee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 39 minutes Release date: May 30, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Who continues to pay the costs of war long after our soldiers are gone?There are many stories of courageous heroes at the borders, but how much do we know about the women standing strong behind them?The Force behind the Forces is a collection of seven true stories of eternal love, courage and sacrifice. Written by an army wife, Swapnil Pandey, this book brings to light moving stories of unimaginable valour in the face of broken dreams, lost hopes and shattered families. It proves that bullets and bombs can only pierce the bodies of our soldiers, for their stories will live on in the hearts of these brave women forever, women who have dedicated their lives to the nation, without even a uniform to call their own.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/704932Tue, 30 May 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/704932 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Force Behind the Forces: Stories of Brave Indian Army Wives Author: Swapnil Pandey Narrator: Angira Mukherjee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/704932 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Force Behind the Forces: Stories of Brave Indian Army Wives Author: Swapnil Pandey Narrator: Angira Mukherjee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 39 minutes Release date: May 30, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Who continues to pay the costs of war long after our soldiers are gone?There are many stories of courageous heroes at the borders, but how much do we know about the women standing strong behind them?The Force behind the Forces is a collection of seven true stories of eternal love, courage and sacrifice. Written by an army wife, Swapnil Pandey, this book brings to light moving stories of unimaginable valour in the face of broken dreams, lost hopes and shattered families. It proves that bullets and bombs can only pierce the bodies of our soldiers, for their stories will live on in the hearts of these brave women forever, women who have dedicated their lives to the nation, without even a uniform to call their own.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/shattering-identity-bias-by-mona-shindy--65097504https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/689931 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shattering Identity Bias Author: Mona Shindy Narrator: Leila Mokahal, Mona Shindy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 35 minutes Release date: May 10, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In the early seventies, a tiny three-year-old girl stood watching suitcases gliding by on the baggage carousel while hundreds of strangers bustled and jostled, all in a hurry. She’d just landed after a 22-hour flight from Cairo, through Changi and on to Sydney, with her two brothers and her mother. “Aida!” a familiar voice called her mother’s name. Then, “Monameeno!” her father cried and Mona was ‘home’. Captain Mona Shindy’s story is one of love, faith, courage, tenacity and, at times, of extreme bias. She takes the reader through her childhood, growing up in Sydney with hardworking immigrant parents who wanted nothing more than for their children to do well in life and be happy. From an early age, Mona travelled the paths less trodden – not only by women, but by women of Muslim faith. At the age of twenty, she joined the Australian Navy – one of few women and the first female of Muslim faith to wear the navy uniform. As an engineer, her 32-year career of active service with the Navy saw Mona rise through the ranks, leading many sailors and officers both at sea and ashore. She spearheaded organisations charged with developing, delivering and sustaining Navy assets, state of the art weapons systems and technologies. She made an outstanding contribution to Navy and the defence of her nation but, more importantly, she was instrumental in instigating and effecting change when it came to female integration and cultural diversity inclusion within this traditional, white, male-dominated arena. Shattering Identity Bias is Mona Shindy’s story but more than that, it is a story that will give hope and strength to all minority groups. It will help employers better harness the power of diversity and address the challenges that it brings. For every reader, Mona’s story will paint a stark picture of the reality of the world we live in.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/689931Wed, 10 May 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/689931 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shattering Identity Bias Author: Mona Shindy Narrator: Leila Mokahal, Mona Shindy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 35 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/689931 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shattering Identity Bias Author: Mona Shindy Narrator: Leila Mokahal, Mona Shindy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 35 minutes Release date: May 10, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In the early seventies, a tiny three-year-old girl stood watching suitcases gliding by on the baggage carousel while hundreds of strangers bustled and jostled, all in a hurry. She’d just landed after a 22-hour flight from Cairo, through Changi and on to Sydney, with her two brothers and her mother. “Aida!” a familiar voice called her mother’s name. Then, “Monameeno!” her father cried and Mona was ‘home’. Captain Mona Shindy’s story is one of love, faith, courage, tenacity and, at times, of extreme bias. She takes the reader through her childhood, growing up in Sydney with hardworking immigrant parents who wanted nothing more than for their children to do well in life and be happy. From an early age, Mona travelled the paths less trodden – not only by women, but by women of Muslim faith. At the age of twenty, she joined the Australian Navy – one of few women and the first female of Muslim faith to wear the navy uniform. As an engineer, her 32-year career of active service with the Navy saw Mona rise through the ranks, leading many sailors and officers both at sea and ashore. She spearheaded organisations charged with developing, delivering and sustaining Navy assets, state of the art weapons systems and technologies. She made an outstanding contribution to Navy and the defence of her nation but, more importantly, she was instrumental in instigating and effecting change when it came to female integration and cultural diversity inclusion within this traditional, white, male-dominated arena. Shattering Identity Bias is Mona Shindy’s story but more than that, it is a story that will give hope and strength to all minority groups. It will help employers better harness the power of diversity and address the challenges that it brings. For every reader, Mona’s story will paint a stark picture of the reality of the world we live in.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-kein-ende-in-sicht-ein-soldatenschicksal-im-zweiten-weltkrieg-by-otto-eder--65097489https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/685629 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Kein Ende in Sicht: Ein Soldatenschicksal im Zweiten Weltkrieg Author: Otto Eder Narrator: Klaus G. Förg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 33 minutes Release date: May 9, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Der Fotograf Otto Eder ist als Funker in Frankreich stationiert, bevor er mit seiner Division nach Jugoslawien geschickt wird. Als der Befehl kommt, an die Ostfront zu ziehen, verlieren viele seiner Kameraden in schweren und zum Teil sehr verlustreichen Kämpfen das Leben. Die Versorgungswege der Truppe werden immer länger, Verpflegung und Munition gehen zu Ende. Über den Kaukasus geht es weiter zum Kuban-Brückenkopf. Otto wird schwer verletzt und nach seinem Genesungsurlaub in Italien eingesetzt. In den letzten Monaten vor Kriegsende marschieren sie den Amerikanern entgegen, kapitulieren und werden in ein Gefangenenlager am Comer See gebracht.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/685629Tue, 09 May 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/685629 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Kein Ende in Sicht: Ein Soldatenschicksal im Zweiten Weltkrieg Author: Otto Eder Narrator: Klaus G. Förg Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/685629 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Kein Ende in Sicht: Ein Soldatenschicksal im Zweiten Weltkrieg Author: Otto Eder Narrator: Klaus G. Förg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 33 minutes Release date: May 9, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Der Fotograf Otto Eder ist als Funker in Frankreich stationiert, bevor er mit seiner Division nach Jugoslawien geschickt wird. Als der Befehl kommt, an die Ostfront zu ziehen, verlieren viele seiner Kameraden in schweren und zum Teil sehr verlustreichen Kämpfen das Leben. Die Versorgungswege der Truppe werden immer länger, Verpflegung und Munition gehen zu Ende. Über den Kaukasus geht es weiter zum Kuban-Brückenkopf. Otto wird schwer verletzt und nach seinem Genesungsurlaub in Italien eingesetzt. In den letzten Monaten vor Kriegsende marschieren sie den Amerikanern entgegen, kapitulieren und werden in ein Gefangenenlager am Comer See gebracht.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kutuzov-a-life-in-war-and-peace-by-alexander-mikaberidze--65097620https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/626707 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kutuzov: A Life in War and Peace Author: Alexander Mikaberidze Narrator: Daniel Henning Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 28 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 2, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: He was the general who triumphed over Napoleon's Grande Armée during the Patriotic War of 1812, not merely restoring national pride but securing national identity. Many Russians consider Field Marshal Mikhail Illarionovich Golenischev-Kutuzov the greatest figure of the 19th century, ahead of Pushkin, Tchaikovsky, even Tolstoy himself. As award-winning author Alexander Mikaberidze shows in this fascinating, often startling, and wholly humanizing new biography, Kutuzov's story is far more compelling and complex than the myths that have encased him. An unabashed imperialist who rose in the ranks through his victories over the Turks and the Poles, Kutuzov was also a realist and a skeptic about military power. Over his long career—marked equally by victory and defeat, embrace and ostracism—he grew to despise those whose concept of war had devolved to mindless attack. Here, at last, is Kutuzov as he really was—a master and survivor of intrigue, moving in and out of royal favor, committed to the welfare of those under his command, and an innovative strategist. Across the generations, portraits of Kutuzov have ranged from hagiography to dismissal, with Tolstoy's portrait of him in War and Peace perhaps the most indelible of all. This immersive biography returns a touchstone figure in Russian history to human scale.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/626707Tue, 02 May 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/626707 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kutuzov: A Life in War and Peace Author: Alexander Mikaberidze Narrator: Daniel Henning Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 28 hours 30 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/626707 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kutuzov: A Life in War and Peace Author: Alexander Mikaberidze Narrator: Daniel Henning Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 28 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 2, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: He was the general who triumphed over Napoleon's Grande Armée during the Patriotic War of 1812, not merely restoring national pride but securing national identity. Many Russians consider Field Marshal Mikhail Illarionovich Golenischev-Kutuzov the greatest figure of the 19th century, ahead of Pushkin, Tchaikovsky, even Tolstoy himself. As award-winning author Alexander Mikaberidze shows in this fascinating, often startling, and wholly humanizing new biography, Kutuzov's story is far more compelling and complex than the myths that have encased him. An unabashed imperialist who rose in the ranks through his victories over the Turks and the Poles, Kutuzov was also a realist and a skeptic about military power. Over his long career—marked equally by victory and defeat, embrace and ostracism—he grew to despise those whose concept of war had devolved to mindless attack. Here, at last, is Kutuzov as he really was—a master and survivor of intrigue, moving in and out of royal favor, committed to the welfare of those under his command, and an innovative strategist. Across the generations, portraits of Kutuzov have ranged from hagiography to dismissal, with Tolstoy's portrait of him in War and Peace perhaps the most indelible of all. This immersive biography returns a touchstone figure in Russian history to human scale.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/unapologetically-favored-a-woman-a-leader-a-testimony-by-courtney-a-kittrell--65097554https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/685077 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unapologetically Favored: A Woman. A Leader. A Testimony. Author: Courtney A. Kittrell Narrator: Tracie Frank Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 43 minutes Release date: May 1, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: From rejection to personal power Growing up, rejected by her father and losing members of her family, Courtney believed she had a purpose for her life. That purpose would not come without a price. From her earliest years, she knew she was different sexually. Confused, depressed, and afraid of a world that did not welcome her, Courtney lived through depression, disappointment, racism, and sexuality. Building up courage, strength, and trust in others, she fought her way through her pain and failures. She shifted her mind from thoughts of suicide to thoughts of success. Focused on getting her life together and healing the wounds of her past, she began to grow and walk in her purpose. She became Unapologetically Favored. This is her story.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/685077Mon, 01 May 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/685077 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unapologetically Favored: A Woman. A Leader. A Testimony. Author: Courtney A. Kittrell Narrator: Tracie Frank Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/685077 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unapologetically Favored: A Woman. A Leader. A Testimony. Author: Courtney A. Kittrell Narrator: Tracie Frank Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 43 minutes Release date: May 1, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: From rejection to personal power Growing up, rejected by her father and losing members of her family, Courtney believed she had a purpose for her life. That purpose would not come without a price. From her earliest years, she knew she was different sexually. Confused, depressed, and afraid of a world that did not welcome her, Courtney lived through depression, disappointment, racism, and sexuality. Building up courage, strength, and trust in others, she fought her way through her pain and failures. She shifted her mind from thoughts of suicide to thoughts of success. Focused on getting her life together and healing the wounds of her past, she began to grow and walk in her purpose. She became Unapologetically Favored. This is her story.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/grant-at-200-reconsidering-the-life-and-legacy-of-ulysses-s-grant-by-chris-mackowski-phd-frank-j-scaturro--65097623https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/669770 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Grant at 200: Reconsidering the Life and Legacy of Ulysses S. Grant Author: Chris Mackowski Phd, Frank J. Scaturro Narrator: Rick Adamson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 16 minutes Release date: April 25, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Ulysses S. Grant stood at the center of the American Civil War maelstrom. The Ohio native answered his nation's call to service and finished the war as a lieutenant general in command of the United States Army. Four years later, he ascended to the presidency to better secure the peace he had helped win on the battlefield. Despite his major achievements in war and peace, political and sectional enemies battered his reputation. For nearly a century, his military and political career remained deeply misunderstood. Since the Civil War centennial, however, Grant's reputation has blossomed into a full renaissance. His military record garners new respect and, more recently, an appreciation for his political career—particularly his strong advocacy for equal rights—is quickly catching up. Throughout these decades, his personal memoirs marking him as a significant American 'Man of Letters' have never gone out of print. Grant at 200: Reconsidering the Life and Legacy of Ulysses S. Grant celebrates the bicentennial of the birth of a man whose towering impact on American history has often been overshadowed and, in many cases, ignored. This collection of essays by some of today's leading Grant scholars offers fresh perspectives on Grant's military career and presidency, as well as underexplored personal topics such as his faith and family life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/669770Tue, 25 Apr 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/669770 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Grant at 200: Reconsidering the Life and Legacy of Ulysses S. Grant Author: Chris Mackowski Phd, Frank J. Scaturro Narrator: Rick Adamson Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/669770 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Grant at 200: Reconsidering the Life and Legacy of Ulysses S. Grant Author: Chris Mackowski Phd, Frank J. Scaturro Narrator: Rick Adamson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 16 minutes Release date: April 25, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Ulysses S. Grant stood at the center of the American Civil War maelstrom. The Ohio native answered his nation's call to service and finished the war as a lieutenant general in command of the United States Army. Four years later, he ascended to the presidency to better secure the peace he had helped win on the battlefield. Despite his major achievements in war and peace, political and sectional enemies battered his reputation. For nearly a century, his military and political career remained deeply misunderstood. Since the Civil War centennial, however, Grant's reputation has blossomed into a full renaissance. His military record garners new respect and, more recently, an appreciation for his political career—particularly his strong advocacy for equal rights—is quickly catching up. Throughout these decades, his personal memoirs marking him as a significant American 'Man of Letters' have never gone out of print. Grant at 200: Reconsidering the Life and Legacy of Ulysses S. Grant celebrates the bicentennial of the birth of a man whose towering impact on American history has often been overshadowed and, in many cases, ignored. This collection of essays by some of today's leading Grant scholars offers fresh perspectives on Grant's military career and presidency, as well as underexplored personal topics such as his faith and family life.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/old-breed-general-how-marine-corps-general-william-h-rupertus-broke-the-back-of-the-japanese-in-world-war-ii-from-guadalcanal-to-peleliu-b--65097597https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/655965 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Old Breed General: How Marine Corps General William H. Rupertus Broke the Back of the Japanese in World War II from Guadalcanal to Peleliu Author: Don Brown, Amy Rupertus Peacock Narrator: Paul Brion Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 33 minutes Release date: April 18, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Marine general William H. Rupertus is best known today for writing the Corps' Rifleman's Creed. Rupertus was one of the outstanding Marines of the twentieth century, but he died in 1945, so his story has never been told. Rupertus 'made his bones' in the USMC's 'savage wars of peace' before World War II: Haiti for three years after World War I, China in 1929, and again in 1937. In World War II, Rupertus commanded during four important battles: Tulagi and Henderson Field during the Guadalcanal campaign; the Battle of Cape Gloucester; and Peleliu. It was a series of blistering battles—and ultimately victories—that helped break the back of the Japanese and pave the way for American victory. In the course of these battles, Rupertus became the Patton of the Pacific—ruthless in war, always on the attack, merciless against the enemy, undefeated in battles—even as he proved himself very much like Eisenhower, suavely diplomatic and able to balance war with politics. Old Breed General is the biography of Rupertus and the story of the Marines at war in the Pacific. This is an American story of love, loss, shock, horror, tragedy, and triumph.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/655965Tue, 18 Apr 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/655965 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Old Breed General: How Marine Corps General William H. Rupertus Broke the Back of the Japanese in World War II from Guadalcanal to Peleliu Author: Don...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/655965 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Old Breed General: How Marine Corps General William H. Rupertus Broke the Back of the Japanese in World War II from Guadalcanal to Peleliu Author: Don Brown, Amy Rupertus Peacock Narrator: Paul Brion Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 33 minutes Release date: April 18, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Marine general William H. Rupertus is best known today for writing the Corps' Rifleman's Creed. Rupertus was one of the outstanding Marines of the twentieth century, but he died in 1945, so his story has never been told. Rupertus 'made his bones' in the USMC's 'savage wars of peace' before World War II: Haiti for three years after World War I, China in 1929, and again in 1937. In World War II, Rupertus commanded during four important battles: Tulagi and Henderson Field during the Guadalcanal campaign; the Battle of Cape Gloucester; and Peleliu. It was a series of blistering battles—and ultimately victories—that helped break the back of the Japanese and pave the way for American victory. In the course of these battles, Rupertus became the Patton of the Pacific—ruthless in war, always on the attack, merciless against the enemy, undefeated in battles—even as he proved himself very much like Eisenhower, suavely diplomatic and able to balance war with politics. Old Breed General is the biography of Rupertus and the story of the Marines at war in the Pacific. This is an American story of love, loss, shock, horror, tragedy, and triumph.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lieutenant-general-james-longstreet-innovative-military-strategist-the-most-misunderstood-civil-war-general-by-f-gregory-toretta--65097569https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/657837 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lieutenant General James Longstreet: Innovative Military Strategist: The Most Misunderstood Civil War General Author: F. Gregory Toretta Narrator: Al Kessel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 57 minutes Release date: April 18, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Lieutenant-General James Longstreet, commander of the First Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia, was a brilliant tactician and strategist. Prior to the Civil War there were many technological developments, of which the rifled musket and cannon, rail transport, and the telegraph were a few. Longstreet adapted to these technological changes and the disparity between the belligerents making recommendations on how the war should be fought. Unfortunately, his advice was not heeded and given the weight it deserved. In contrast to many other southern generals, Longstreet advocated for defensive warfare, using entrenchments and trying to maneuver the enemy to assault his position, conserving manpower, resources, and supplies. Longstreet was a pragmatic and methodical general and had his suggestions been utilized there would have been a better outcome for the South. Many historians and biographers have misunderstood Longstreet and his motives, not focusing on the total picture. This work offers a fresh and unique perspective on Lieutenant-General James Longstreet and the Civil War. This narrative takes a new viewpoint of the Civil War and the generals who tailored their designs to pursue the war, analyzes Longstreet's views of the generals and the tactics and strategy they employed, and examines why Longstreet proposed and urged a new type of warfare.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/657837Tue, 18 Apr 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/657837 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lieutenant General James Longstreet: Innovative Military Strategist: The Most Misunderstood Civil War General Author: F. Gregory Toretta Narrator: Al...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/657837 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lieutenant General James Longstreet: Innovative Military Strategist: The Most Misunderstood Civil War General Author: F. Gregory Toretta Narrator: Al Kessel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 57 minutes Release date: April 18, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Lieutenant-General James Longstreet, commander of the First Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia, was a brilliant tactician and strategist. Prior to the Civil War there were many technological developments, of which the rifled musket and cannon, rail transport, and the telegraph were a few. Longstreet adapted to these technological changes and the disparity between the belligerents making recommendations on how the war should be fought. Unfortunately, his advice was not heeded and given the weight it deserved. In contrast to many other southern generals, Longstreet advocated for defensive warfare, using entrenchments and trying to maneuver the enemy to assault his position, conserving manpower, resources, and supplies. Longstreet was a pragmatic and methodical general and had his suggestions been utilized there would have been a better outcome for the South. Many historians and biographers have misunderstood Longstreet and his motives, not focusing on the total picture. This work offers a fresh and unique perspective on Lieutenant-General James Longstreet and the Civil War. This narrative takes a new viewpoint of the Civil War and the generals who tailored their designs to pursue the war, analyzes Longstreet's views of the generals and the tactics and strategy they employed, and examines why Longstreet proposed and urged a new type of warfare.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-war-magician-the-man-who-conjured-victory-in-the-desert-by-david-fisher--65097553https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/645588 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The War Magician: The man who conjured victory in the desert Author: David Fisher Narrator: Alex Jennings Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 48 minutes Release date: April 16, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The incredible true story of the greatest illusionist of modern times and the man who altered the course of the second world war. Soon to be a major film starring Benedict Cumberbatch 'A richly entertaining read' SUNDAY TIMES Jasper Maskelyne was a world famous magician and illusionist in the 1930s. When war broke out, he volunteered his services to the British Army and was sent to Egypt when the desert war began. Here, he used his unique skills to save the vital port of Alexandria from German bombers and to 'hide' the Suez Canal from them. He invented all sorts of camouflage methods to make trucks look like tanks and vice versa. On Malta he developed 'the world's first portable holes': fake bomb craters used to fool the Germans into thinking they had hit their targets. His war culminated in the brilliant deception plan that helped win the Battle of El Alamein: the creation of an entire dummy army in the middle of the desert.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/645588Sun, 16 Apr 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/645588 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The War Magician: The man who conjured victory in the desert Author: David Fisher Narrator: Alex Jennings Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/645588 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The War Magician: The man who conjured victory in the desert Author: David Fisher Narrator: Alex Jennings Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 48 minutes Release date: April 16, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The incredible true story of the greatest illusionist of modern times and the man who altered the course of the second world war. Soon to be a major film starring Benedict Cumberbatch 'A richly entertaining read' SUNDAY TIMES Jasper Maskelyne was a world famous magician and illusionist in the 1930s. When war broke out, he volunteered his services to the British Army and was sent to Egypt when the desert war began. Here, he used his unique skills to save the vital port of Alexandria from German bombers and to 'hide' the Suez Canal from them. He invented all sorts of camouflage methods to make trucks look like tanks and vice versa. On Malta he developed 'the world's first portable holes': fake bomb craters used to fool the Germans into thinking they had hit their targets. His war culminated in the brilliant deception plan that helped win the Battle of El Alamein: the creation of an entire dummy army in the middle of the desert.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-gallic-war-by-carolyn-hammond-julius-caesar--65097514https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/683725 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gallic War Author: Carolyn Hammond, Julius Caesar Narrator: David Timson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 48 minutes Release date: April 13, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Julius Caesar is one of the most famous figures of the ancient Roman world. A skilful general and leading politician of the late Roman Republic, he secured a 10-year proconsular command in the province of Gaul, during which he accumulated both wealth and power. A core text in the teaching of Latin in schools, The Gallic War gives a unique insight into this remarkable man, as well as military strategy and practice of the day. Seven of the work’s eight books were written by Caesar himself. They paint an unsurprisingly flattering self-portrait as he campaigns against both the Germans and the Gauls. This recording features Carolyn Hammond’s well-paced recent translation, published by Oxford University Press.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/683725Thu, 13 Apr 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/683725 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gallic War Author: Carolyn Hammond, Julius Caesar Narrator: David Timson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 48 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/683725 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gallic War Author: Carolyn Hammond, Julius Caesar Narrator: David Timson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 48 minutes Release date: April 13, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Julius Caesar is one of the most famous figures of the ancient Roman world. A skilful general and leading politician of the late Roman Republic, he secured a 10-year proconsular command in the province of Gaul, during which he accumulated both wealth and power. A core text in the teaching of Latin in schools, The Gallic War gives a unique insight into this remarkable man, as well as military strategy and practice of the day. Seven of the work’s eight books were written by Caesar himself. They paint an unsurprisingly flattering self-portrait as he campaigns against both the Germans and the Gauls. This recording features Carolyn Hammond’s well-paced recent translation, published by Oxford University Press.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/zelensky-a-biography-of-ukraine-s-war-leader-by-steven-derix--65097552https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/681635 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Zelensky: A Biography of Ukraine's War Leader Author: Steven Derix Narrator: Christian Neil Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 48 minutes Release date: April 12, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Zelensky is the first major biography of Ukraine's leader written for a Western audience. Told with flair and authority, it is the gripping story of one of the most admired and inspirational leaders in the world. Action-packed biography of Ukraine's comedian-turned-President Millions who have admired Volodymyr Zelensky's defiance during Russia's invasion of Ukraine will learn much from this up-to-date biography of the Ukrainian President. Zelensky's life to date has been packed with drama and action. By the age of 20, the Jewish boy from the provincial town of Kryvyi Rih had become a star of the stage. At 30, he headed a multimillion-dollar TV company. At 40, he took on Ukraine's corrupt political and business elite in a TV drama, playing a history teacher who becomes President. Then he launched a real-life political party named after the TV show, won a landslide victory and became Ukraine's real President. When Russian troops flooded across the border, Zelensky refused Western offers to leave Kyiv. He has marshalled Ukraine's resistance and successfully obtained Western missile systems and anti-tank weapons. Zelensky said: 'If I am elected, they will first sling mud at me. Then they will learn to respect me. And finally cry when I leave.' Zelensky is written by a long-standing Russia and Ukraine reporter and a Russian- and Ukrainian speaking researcher. It's a pithy biography of Zelensky for anyone who wants to understand Ukraine's charismatic head of state, his complex country, and its vexed relationship with Russia. Covering Zelensky's life from his childhood to the Ukrainian presidency, Zelensky deals with his background in a Russian-speaking region of Ukraine, his early career in TV taking part in KVN talent competitions, and his rise through the Ukrainian and Russian television industry. Then it deals with Zelensky's breakthrough moment in the TV series Servant of the People playing a teacher who dreams of reforming Ukraine and ending its corruption. The show becomes a reality and Zelensky's party, Servant of the People, takes power. Zelensky's presidency is marred by his attempts to curry favour with the US President Donald Trump and the offshoring of millions of dollars. Nonetheless, Zelensky battles political rivals and takes on powerful vested interests in Europe's second-largest country. Then with his doggedness, speeches and strategy, he marshals Ukraine's staunch resistance to a superpower – a fight that most analysts assume Russia will quickly win. But they do not - and Ukraine starts to turn the tide of the war. Zelensky and his country become symbols of defiance against Vladimir Putin's aggression. Zelensky: A Biography of Ukraine's War Leader is both an uplifting story and an urgent message from Ukraine. Extract In April 2019, Volodymyr Zelensky was elected as the sixth President of Ukraine, with nearly three-quarters of the vote. One month later, the Russian President attended the World Economic Forum in St. Petersburg. It had been five years since Russia's annexation of Crimea but daily skirmishes between the Ukrainian army and pro-Russian separatists were still commonplace in eastern Ukraine. 'Why did you not congratulate Volodymyr Zelenksy when he became President?' asked the interviewer. Putin breathed a heavy sigh. The Russian officials and business magnates in the room playfully nudged one another: this was going to be good... Putin gave the enormous hall an almost pitying look and waited until the sniggering had died down... 'Listen, I do not know this man. I hope that we can meet one day. As far as I can tell, he's amazing at what he does, he's a marvellous actor.' Putin continued: 'But seriously: it's one thing to play a person, but quite another thing to be that person.' Laughter and generous applause filled the room. Buy the book to carry on listening]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/681635Wed, 12 Apr 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/681635 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Zelensky: A Biography of Ukraine's War Leader Author: Steven Derix Narrator: Christian Neil Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 48 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/681635 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Zelensky: A Biography of Ukraine's War Leader Author: Steven Derix Narrator: Christian Neil Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 48 minutes Release date: April 12, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Zelensky is the first major biography of Ukraine's leader written for a Western audience. Told with flair and authority, it is the gripping story of one of the most admired and inspirational leaders in the world. Action-packed biography of Ukraine's comedian-turned-President Millions who have admired Volodymyr Zelensky's defiance during Russia's invasion of Ukraine will learn much from this up-to-date biography of the Ukrainian President. Zelensky's life to date has been packed with drama and action. By the age of 20, the Jewish boy from the provincial town of Kryvyi Rih had become a star of the stage. At 30, he headed a multimillion-dollar TV company. At 40, he took on Ukraine's corrupt political and business elite in a TV drama, playing a history teacher who becomes President. Then he launched a real-life political party named after the TV show, won a landslide victory and became Ukraine's real President. When Russian troops flooded across the border, Zelensky refused Western offers to leave Kyiv. He has marshalled Ukraine's resistance and successfully obtained Western missile systems and anti-tank weapons. Zelensky said: 'If I am elected, they will first sling mud at me. Then they will learn to respect me. And finally cry when I leave.' Zelensky is written by a long-standing Russia and Ukraine reporter and a Russian- and Ukrainian speaking researcher. It's a pithy biography of Zelensky for anyone who wants to understand Ukraine's charismatic head of state, his complex country, and its vexed relationship with Russia. Covering Zelensky's life from his childhood to the Ukrainian presidency, Zelensky deals with his background in a Russian-speaking region of Ukraine, his early career in TV taking part in KVN talent competitions, and his rise through the Ukrainian and Russian television industry. Then it deals with Zelensky's breakthrough moment in the TV series Servant of the People playing a teacher who dreams of reforming Ukraine and ending its corruption. The show becomes a reality and Zelensky's party, Servant of the People, takes power. Zelensky's presidency is marred by his attempts to curry favour with the US President Donald Trump and the offshoring of millions of dollars. Nonetheless, Zelensky battles political rivals and takes on powerful vested interests in Europe's second-largest country. Then with his doggedness, speeches and strategy, he marshals Ukraine's staunch resistance to a superpower – a fight that most analysts assume Russia will quickly win. But they do not - and Ukraine starts to turn the tide of the war. Zelensky and his country become symbols of defiance against Vladimir Putin's aggression. Zelensky: A Biography of Ukraine's War Leader is both an uplifting story and an urgent message from Ukraine. Extract In April 2019, Volodymyr Zelensky was elected as the sixth President of Ukraine, with nearly three-quarters of the vote. One month later, the Russian President attended the World Economic Forum in St. Petersburg. It had been five years since Russia's annexation of Crimea but daily skirmishes between the Ukrainian army and pro-Russian separatists were still commonplace in eastern Ukraine. 'Why did you not congratulate Volodymyr Zelenksy when he became President?' asked the interviewer. Putin breathed a heavy sigh. The Russian officials and business magnates in the room playfully nudged one another: this was going to be good... Putin gave the enormous hall an almost pitying look and waited until the sniggering had died down... 'Listen, I do not know this man. I hope that we can meet...]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gavin-at-war-the-world-war-ii-diary-of-lieutenant-general-james-m-gavin-by-lewis-sorley--65097618https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/657334 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gavin at War: The World War II Diary of Lieutenant General James M. Gavin Author: Lewis Sorley Narrator: Dallas Britt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 46 minutes Release date: April 11, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Lieutenant General James Gavin, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division during WWII, is one of the best-known figures of the war. Beginning as the commander of the 505th Parachute Combat Team that spearheaded the American assault on Sicily in July 1943, Gavin advanced to division command and finally command of US forces in Berlin. He kept a wartime diary that starts in April 1943, as the unit was preparing to go to northern Africa and continues through to his final entry on September 1, 1945, during the occupation of Berlin. During the war years, Gavin came into close contact with virtually all the leading airborne commanders and many others who would advance to the top levels of Army leadership. His diary includes observations on fellow military and political leaders, army operations, and the general's personal life. Gavin was an officer who led by example: on four combat jumps, he was the first man out the door. For decades, Gavin kept the existence of the journal a secret; the general's family discovered it among his belongings after his death. Editor Lewis 'Bob' Sorley has worked closely with the Gavin family and the Army Heritage Center to prepare the diary for publication. His edited and annotated version includes a prologue and epilogue to frame the entries within the wider scope of the general's life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/657334Tue, 11 Apr 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/657334 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gavin at War: The World War II Diary of Lieutenant General James M. Gavin Author: Lewis Sorley Narrator: Dallas Britt Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/657334 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gavin at War: The World War II Diary of Lieutenant General James M. Gavin Author: Lewis Sorley Narrator: Dallas Britt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 46 minutes Release date: April 11, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Lieutenant General James Gavin, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division during WWII, is one of the best-known figures of the war. Beginning as the commander of the 505th Parachute Combat Team that spearheaded the American assault on Sicily in July 1943, Gavin advanced to division command and finally command of US forces in Berlin. He kept a wartime diary that starts in April 1943, as the unit was preparing to go to northern Africa and continues through to his final entry on September 1, 1945, during the occupation of Berlin. During the war years, Gavin came into close contact with virtually all the leading airborne commanders and many others who would advance to the top levels of Army leadership. His diary includes observations on fellow military and political leaders, army operations, and the general's personal life. Gavin was an officer who led by example: on four combat jumps, he was the first man out the door. For decades, Gavin kept the existence of the journal a secret; the general's family discovered it among his belongings after his death. Editor Lewis 'Bob' Sorley has worked closely with the Gavin family and the Army Heritage Center to prepare the diary for publication. His edited and annotated version includes a prologue and epilogue to frame the entries within the wider scope of the general's life.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ace-in-a-day-the-memoir-of-an-eighth-air-force-fighter-pilot-in-world-war-ii-by-lt-col-wayne-k-blickenstaff--65097609https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646241 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ace in a Day: The Memoir of an Eighth Air Force Fighter Pilot in World War II Author: Lt Col Wayne K Blickenstaff Narrator: Alex Wyndham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 20 minutes Release date: April 11, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Wayne K. Blickenstaff, known as 'Blick,' was a stalwart of the 350th Fighter Squadron of the 353rd Fighter Group based at Goxhill, Metfield, and Raydon, England, as part of the Eighth Air Force prosecuting the strategic air campaign against Germany. As an original cadre member, he rose steadily through the ranks to a Lieutenant Colonel and Group Operations Officer. His double 'ace' status included a Me262 jet fighter and the destruction of five aircraft in one mission—giving him rare 'ace in a day' status. Ace in a Day is Blick's honest and gritty personal memoir of his air war in Europe. His account conveys a true sense of just how dangerous flying World War II fighters, in all weather conditions, really was. A moment's inattention, overconfidence, or simple mistake could be deadly. As a keen observer of character, Blick's pen portraits of those around him, including many of those who sadly did not survive the war, offer a poignant and deeply moving tribute to those with whom he served. Supported by an impressive array of original documentation and detailed appendices, including Blick's never-before published wartime journal, Ace in a Day provides a unique and valuable insight into the harsh realities of the air war in Europe from one of the 'Mighty Eighth's' top fighter pilots.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646241Tue, 11 Apr 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646241 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ace in a Day: The Memoir of an Eighth Air Force Fighter Pilot in World War II Author: Lt Col Wayne K Blickenstaff Narrator: Alex Wyndham Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646241 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ace in a Day: The Memoir of an Eighth Air Force Fighter Pilot in World War II Author: Lt Col Wayne K Blickenstaff Narrator: Alex Wyndham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 20 minutes Release date: April 11, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Wayne K. Blickenstaff, known as 'Blick,' was a stalwart of the 350th Fighter Squadron of the 353rd Fighter Group based at Goxhill, Metfield, and Raydon, England, as part of the Eighth Air Force prosecuting the strategic air campaign against Germany. As an original cadre member, he rose steadily through the ranks to a Lieutenant Colonel and Group Operations Officer. His double 'ace' status included a Me262 jet fighter and the destruction of five aircraft in one mission—giving him rare 'ace in a day' status. Ace in a Day is Blick's honest and gritty personal memoir of his air war in Europe. His account conveys a true sense of just how dangerous flying World War II fighters, in all weather conditions, really was. A moment's inattention, overconfidence, or simple mistake could be deadly. As a keen observer of character, Blick's pen portraits of those around him, including many of those who sadly did not survive the war, offer a poignant and deeply moving tribute to those with whom he served. Supported by an impressive array of original documentation and detailed appendices, including Blick's never-before published wartime journal, Ace in a Day provides a unique and valuable insight into the harsh realities of the air war in Europe from one of the 'Mighty Eighth's' top fighter pilots.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/blood-dust-and-snow-diaries-of-a-panzer-commander-in-germany-and-on-the-eastern-front-by-friedrich-sander--65097606https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/655955 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blood, Dust and Snow: Diaries of a Panzer Commander in Germany and on the Eastern Front Author: Friedrich Sander Narrator: Stephan Goldbach Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 23 minutes Release date: April 11, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The war on the Eastern Front from 1941 to 1945 was the bloodiest combat theater in the bloodiest war in history. Oberleutnant Friedrich Wilhelm Sander experienced this bloodshed firsthand when serving with the 11th Panzer-Regiment. This regiment made up the core of the 6th Panzer-Division, one of Hitler's top armored formations, which was involved in most of the major campaigns on the Eastern Front; campaigns such as Operation Barbarossa and Operation Winter Storm. Sander recorded his experience of these campaigns in astounding detail in some recently-discovered diaries covering the period from April 1938 to December 1943, translated here for the first time by historian Robin Schäfer. Written during the fighting, these diaries not only offer an honest assessment of the war on the Eastern Front, but also provide an insight into the mind of a young and highly politicized officer, and offer an intimate glimpse into the close-knit community of a German Panzer crew. A brutally honest, immediate, and unfiltered personal account, Sander's translated diaries make for a uniquely fascinating account about some of the most important campaigns of the Second World War. Blood, Dust and Snow will be of great interest not only to listeners studying the war on the Eastern Front, but also to any historian researching the Second World War.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/655955Tue, 11 Apr 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/655955 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blood, Dust and Snow: Diaries of a Panzer Commander in Germany and on the Eastern Front Author: Friedrich Sander Narrator: Stephan Goldbach Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/655955 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blood, Dust and Snow: Diaries of a Panzer Commander in Germany and on the Eastern Front Author: Friedrich Sander Narrator: Stephan Goldbach Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 23 minutes Release date: April 11, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The war on the Eastern Front from 1941 to 1945 was the bloodiest combat theater in the bloodiest war in history. Oberleutnant Friedrich Wilhelm Sander experienced this bloodshed firsthand when serving with the 11th Panzer-Regiment. This regiment made up the core of the 6th Panzer-Division, one of Hitler's top armored formations, which was involved in most of the major campaigns on the Eastern Front; campaigns such as Operation Barbarossa and Operation Winter Storm. Sander recorded his experience of these campaigns in astounding detail in some recently-discovered diaries covering the period from April 1938 to December 1943, translated here for the first time by historian Robin Schäfer. Written during the fighting, these diaries not only offer an honest assessment of the war on the Eastern Front, but also provide an insight into the mind of a young and highly politicized officer, and offer an intimate glimpse into the close-knit community of a German Panzer crew. A brutally honest, immediate, and unfiltered personal account, Sander's translated diaries make for a uniquely fascinating account about some of the most important campaigns of the Second World War. Blood, Dust and Snow will be of great interest not only to listeners studying the war on the Eastern Front, but also to any historian researching the Second World War.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/home-before-morning-the-story-of-an-army-nurse-in-vietnam-by-lynda-van-devanter--65097600https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/659982 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Home Before Morning: The Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam Author: Lynda Van Devanter Narrator: Ann Sprinkle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 25 minutes Release date: April 11, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Lynda Van Devanter was the girl next door, the cheerleader who went to Catholic schools, enjoyed sports, and got along well with her four sisters and parents. After high school she attended nursing school and then did something that would shatter her secure world for the rest of her life: in 1969, she joined the army and was shipped to Vietnam. When she arrived in Vietnam her idealistic view of the war vanished quickly. She worked long hours in cramped, ill-equipped, understaffed operating rooms. She saw friends die. After one traumatic year, she came home, a Vietnam veteran. Coming home was nearly as devastating as the time she spent in Asia. Nothing was the same—including Lynda herself. Viewed by many as a murderer instead of a healer, she felt isolated and angry. The anger turned to depression; like many other Vietnam veterans she suffered from delayed stress syndrome. The war that was fought physically halfway around the world had become a personal, internal battle. Home Before Morning is the story of a woman whose courage, stamina, and personal history make this a compelling autobiography. It is also the saga of others who went to war to aid the wounded and came back wounded—physically and emotionally—themselves. And, it is the true story of one person's triumphs: her understanding of, and coming to terms with, her destiny.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/659982Tue, 11 Apr 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/659982 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Home Before Morning: The Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam Author: Lynda Van Devanter Narrator: Ann Sprinkle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/659982 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Home Before Morning: The Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam Author: Lynda Van Devanter Narrator: Ann Sprinkle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 25 minutes Release date: April 11, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Lynda Van Devanter was the girl next door, the cheerleader who went to Catholic schools, enjoyed sports, and got along well with her four sisters and parents. After high school she attended nursing school and then did something that would shatter her secure world for the rest of her life: in 1969, she joined the army and was shipped to Vietnam. When she arrived in Vietnam her idealistic view of the war vanished quickly. She worked long hours in cramped, ill-equipped, understaffed operating rooms. She saw friends die. After one traumatic year, she came home, a Vietnam veteran. Coming home was nearly as devastating as the time she spent in Asia. Nothing was the same—including Lynda herself. Viewed by many as a murderer instead of a healer, she felt isolated and angry. The anger turned to depression; like many other Vietnam veterans she suffered from delayed stress syndrome. The war that was fought physically halfway around the world had become a personal, internal battle. Home Before Morning is the story of a woman whose courage, stamina, and personal history make this a compelling autobiography. It is also the saga of others who went to war to aid the wounded and came back wounded—physically and emotionally—themselves. And, it is the true story of one person's triumphs: her understanding of, and coming to terms with, her destiny.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-sonne-im-staub-teil-3-labyrinth-der-fronten-by-enrico-senftleben--65097496https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/680687 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Sonne im Staub: Teil 3 - Labyrinth der Fronten Author: Enrico Senftleben Narrator: Enrico Senftleben Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 14 minutes Release date: April 7, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Der dritte Teil meiner Trilogie 'Sonne im Staub – Labyrinth der Fronten' begleitet den Verlauf nach meiner Rückkehr aus Afghanistan. Die Konsequenzen meiner Entscheidungen der Vergangenheit werden mir ungeschönt vor Augen geführt. Der Zug meines Lebens fährt nun auf Gleisen, für die ich nie ein Ticket wollte und doch wird er mich an ein Ziel bringen. Denn egal wohin unsere Reise geht, dort wo wir ankommen, sind wir nicht allein! Nun im letzten Teil, kann ich meine Erlebnisse so schildern, wie sie mir auch in meinen Alb- und Tagträumen begegnen. Denn immer noch bin ich der festen Überzeugung, dass die Menschen um uns herum nur verstehen können, wenn wir, die Einsatzgeschädigten und Traumatisierten, sie in unsere Gedanken und Gefühle wenigstens zum Teil einbinden. Erfahrungen, die besonders den Angehörigen aber auch Kameraden und Freunden helfen sollen. Helfen zu verstehen und im Umgang mit Betroffenen. Wer geduldig die ersten Teile 'Rückkehr nach Afghanistan' sowie 'Feindbild in Scherben' und damit wichtige Hintergründe erlesen hat, wird in diesem 3. Teil die letzten Stücke in einem großen Puzzle finden. Ich bedanke mich ausdrücklich für Euer Interesse und hoffe, dass die sehr persönlichen Eindrücke Euch bewegt und mitgenommen haben. Denn wir sind alle nur Menschen, egal in welcher Hautfarbe, Kultur oder Uniform wir stecken. Menschen, die ihre Aufgaben in einer Gesellschaft haben, die nur funktioniert, weil die Meisten bereit sind ihre Verpflichtungen anzunehmen und zu erfüllen. Es ist aber auch die Pflicht der Mitmenschen, die Schwachen dabei nicht zu vergessen!]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/680687Fri, 07 Apr 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/680687 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Sonne im Staub: Teil 3 - Labyrinth der Fronten Author: Enrico Senftleben Narrator: Enrico Senftleben Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/680687 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Sonne im Staub: Teil 3 - Labyrinth der Fronten Author: Enrico Senftleben Narrator: Enrico Senftleben Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 14 minutes Release date: April 7, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Der dritte Teil meiner Trilogie 'Sonne im Staub – Labyrinth der Fronten' begleitet den Verlauf nach meiner Rückkehr aus Afghanistan. Die Konsequenzen meiner Entscheidungen der Vergangenheit werden mir ungeschönt vor Augen geführt. Der Zug meines Lebens fährt nun auf Gleisen, für die ich nie ein Ticket wollte und doch wird er mich an ein Ziel bringen. Denn egal wohin unsere Reise geht, dort wo wir ankommen, sind wir nicht allein! Nun im letzten Teil, kann ich meine Erlebnisse so schildern, wie sie mir auch in meinen Alb- und Tagträumen begegnen. Denn immer noch bin ich der festen Überzeugung, dass die Menschen um uns herum nur verstehen können, wenn wir, die Einsatzgeschädigten und Traumatisierten, sie in unsere Gedanken und Gefühle wenigstens zum Teil einbinden. Erfahrungen, die besonders den Angehörigen aber auch Kameraden und Freunden helfen sollen. Helfen zu verstehen und im Umgang mit Betroffenen. Wer geduldig die ersten Teile 'Rückkehr nach Afghanistan' sowie 'Feindbild in Scherben' und damit wichtige Hintergründe erlesen hat, wird in diesem 3. Teil die letzten Stücke in einem großen Puzzle finden. Ich bedanke mich ausdrücklich für Euer Interesse und hoffe, dass die sehr persönlichen Eindrücke Euch bewegt und mitgenommen haben. Denn wir sind alle nur Menschen, egal in welcher Hautfarbe, Kultur oder Uniform wir stecken. Menschen, die ihre Aufgaben in einer Gesellschaft haben, die nur funktioniert, weil die Meisten bereit sind ihre Verpflichtungen anzunehmen und zu erfüllen. Es ist aber auch die Pflicht der Mitmenschen, die Schwachen dabei nicht zu vergessen!]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kitne-ghazi-aaye-kitne-ghazi-gaye-my-life-story-my-life-story-by-k-j-s-dhillon--65097494https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/723130 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kitne Ghazi Aaye, Kitne Ghazi Gaye: My Life Story: My Life Story Author: K.J.S Dhillon Narrator: Dev J. Haldar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 38 minutes Release date: April 4, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Lieutenant General K.J.S. ‘Tiny’ Dhillon, an Infantry veteran from the Rajputana Rifles with about four decades of military service, has served multiple tenures in Kashmir.In this book, ‘Tiny’ Dhillon opens a hitherto-closed window, not only to his life but also to Kashmir. He recounts fascinating tales about the toughest challenges he encountered, from age three right up to those from his multiple tenures in Kashmir from 1988 to 2020, where it was his responsibility to maintain a balance between counter-terrorism operations on the one hand and to use military soft power on the other. Dhillon retraces his entire journey, from being a young boy to becoming the Commander of the Chinar Corps, with Kashmir as an inseparable part of this story.As a first-hand account, the book touches on and demystifies the myths, half-truths, whats, ifs and whys of the exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits; the barbarous attack on an Indian security convoy in Pulwama district, in which forty CRPF personnel were killed; the Balakot air strikes; and the abrogation of Article 370 and its impact on the socio-political, economic and law-and-order situation, among other incidents. It takes us behind the scenes to bring out the nuances of various intriguing developments at a critical juncture in the history of J&K.Anecdotal, candid and evocative, Kitne Ghazi Aaye, Kitne Ghazi Gaye brings to light the true stories from this Army veteran’s life. It focuses on the personal, professional and, most importantly, family life of a soldier in the Army, and will not only provide an insight into the trials and tribulations he faced but will also inspire a wide spectrum of readers, especially young defence aspirants.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/723130Tue, 04 Apr 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/723130 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kitne Ghazi Aaye, Kitne Ghazi Gaye: My Life Story: My Life Story Author: K.J.S Dhillon Narrator: Dev J. Haldar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/723130 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kitne Ghazi Aaye, Kitne Ghazi Gaye: My Life Story: My Life Story Author: K.J.S Dhillon Narrator: Dev J. Haldar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 38 minutes Release date: April 4, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Lieutenant General K.J.S. ‘Tiny’ Dhillon, an Infantry veteran from the Rajputana Rifles with about four decades of military service, has served multiple tenures in Kashmir.In this book, ‘Tiny’ Dhillon opens a hitherto-closed window, not only to his life but also to Kashmir. He recounts fascinating tales about the toughest challenges he encountered, from age three right up to those from his multiple tenures in Kashmir from 1988 to 2020, where it was his responsibility to maintain a balance between counter-terrorism operations on the one hand and to use military soft power on the other. Dhillon retraces his entire journey, from being a young boy to becoming the Commander of the Chinar Corps, with Kashmir as an inseparable part of this story.As a first-hand account, the book touches on and demystifies the myths, half-truths, whats, ifs and whys of the exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits; the barbarous attack on an Indian security convoy in Pulwama district, in which forty CRPF personnel were killed; the Balakot air strikes; and the abrogation of Article 370 and its impact on the socio-political, economic and law-and-order situation, among other incidents. It takes us behind the scenes to bring out the nuances of various intriguing developments at a critical juncture in the history of J&K.Anecdotal, candid and evocative, Kitne Ghazi Aaye, Kitne Ghazi Gaye brings to light the true stories from this Army veteran’s life. It focuses on the personal, professional and, most importantly, family life of a soldier in the Army, and will not only provide an insight into the trials and tribulations he faced but will also inspire a wide spectrum of readers, especially young defence aspirants.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/never-give-up-the-jump-combat-resilience-and-the-legacy-of-world-war-ii-through-the-eyes-and-voices-of-the-paratroopers-wives-and-famil--65097615https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/653288 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Never Give Up the Jump: Combat, Resilience, and the Legacy of World War II through the Eyes and Voices of the Paratroopers, Wives, and Families of the 508th PIR Author: Susan Gurwell Talley, Jack L. Talley Narrator: Christa Lewis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 42 minutes Release date: March 28, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Young Sue Gurwell had always known that her father had been a paratrooper. And then there was the special poem in his roll-top desk she sometimes snuck a peek at, written by a member of Dad's regiment. This poem was a premonition of the sergeant's death. 'Yes,' her dad told her, 'He was right—he died on D-Day.' But it's not until 2016, after her parents had both passed away, that Susan Gurwell Talley and her husband Jack L. Talley begin to understand the true extent and significance of the wartime artifacts that had been staples of Sue's childhood. The Talleys discovered that Sue's father, Lt. George L. Gurwell, Executive Officer, HqHq, 508th PIR, had silently squirreled away thousands of wartime documents in the family home. This precious resource could not have passed into better hands than those of Jack and Sue Talley. Jack, a PhD psychologist specializing in PTSD, was the first to understand that George had PTSD symptoms that still lingered from the war years when he and George were introduced on June 6, 2001. That evening, the fifty-seventh anniversary of D-Day, George first opened up about the war, and preceded to talk late into the night. In that conversation lies the genesis of this book.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/653288Tue, 28 Mar 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/653288 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Never Give Up the Jump: Combat, Resilience, and the Legacy of World War II through the Eyes and Voices of the Paratroopers, Wives, and Families of the...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/653288 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Never Give Up the Jump: Combat, Resilience, and the Legacy of World War II through the Eyes and Voices of the Paratroopers, Wives, and Families of the 508th PIR Author: Susan Gurwell Talley, Jack L. Talley Narrator: Christa Lewis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 42 minutes Release date: March 28, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Young Sue Gurwell had always known that her father had been a paratrooper. And then there was the special poem in his roll-top desk she sometimes snuck a peek at, written by a member of Dad's regiment. This poem was a premonition of the sergeant's death. 'Yes,' her dad told her, 'He was right—he died on D-Day.' But it's not until 2016, after her parents had both passed away, that Susan Gurwell Talley and her husband Jack L. Talley begin to understand the true extent and significance of the wartime artifacts that had been staples of Sue's childhood. The Talleys discovered that Sue's father, Lt. George L. Gurwell, Executive Officer, HqHq, 508th PIR, had silently squirreled away thousands of wartime documents in the family home. This precious resource could not have passed into better hands than those of Jack and Sue Talley. Jack, a PhD psychologist specializing in PTSD, was the first to understand that George had PTSD symptoms that still lingered from the war years when he and George were introduced on June 6, 2001. That evening, the fifty-seventh anniversary of D-Day, George first opened up about the war, and preceded to talk late into the night. In that conversation lies the genesis of this book.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/vietnam-combat-firefights-and-writing-history-by-robin-bartlett--65097590https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/655929 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Vietnam Combat: Firefights and Writing History Author: Robin Bartlett Narrator: Chris Monteiro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 23 minutes Release date: March 21, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The year 1968 was arguably the most significant year of the war. It was the height of the American involvement, and because officer casualties had been so great after the Tet Offensive of January 1968, all prior officer assignments were canceled. 1st Lieutenant Robin Bartlett suddenly found himself at the 'repo-depo' in Bien Hoa reassigned to the 1st Cavalry Division. The unit had more helicopter support than any other unit in Vietnam. Immediate support from artillery, helicopter gunships, and ARA was only minutes away to support a firefight. Wounded troops could be medevaced even in dense jungle using 'jungle penetrators.' It also meant that Bartlett's platoon could deploy through helicopter combat assaults into hot LZs (landing zones) at a moment's notice if an enemy force had been spotted. And they did. It was with extreme anxiety that Bartlett made his way to join his battalion and company—it was the worst of times to be a platoon leader in Vietnam. Bartlett also had to cope with personal issues of commitment to a war that was rapidly losing support not only back home but among the soldiers he was leading. Fifty years later, Bartlett's vivid combat experiences are brought to light in a fast-moving, well-written, first-person narrative expressing the horror, fear, anguish, and sometimes illogical humor of that war.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/655929Tue, 21 Mar 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/655929 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Vietnam Combat: Firefights and Writing History Author: Robin Bartlett Narrator: Chris Monteiro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 23 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/655929 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Vietnam Combat: Firefights and Writing History Author: Robin Bartlett Narrator: Chris Monteiro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 23 minutes Release date: March 21, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The year 1968 was arguably the most significant year of the war. It was the height of the American involvement, and because officer casualties had been so great after the Tet Offensive of January 1968, all prior officer assignments were canceled. 1st Lieutenant Robin Bartlett suddenly found himself at the 'repo-depo' in Bien Hoa reassigned to the 1st Cavalry Division. The unit had more helicopter support than any other unit in Vietnam. Immediate support from artillery, helicopter gunships, and ARA was only minutes away to support a firefight. Wounded troops could be medevaced even in dense jungle using 'jungle penetrators.' It also meant that Bartlett's platoon could deploy through helicopter combat assaults into hot LZs (landing zones) at a moment's notice if an enemy force had been spotted. And they did. It was with extreme anxiety that Bartlett made his way to join his battalion and company—it was the worst of times to be a platoon leader in Vietnam. Bartlett also had to cope with personal issues of commitment to a war that was rapidly losing support not only back home but among the soldiers he was leading. Fifty years later, Bartlett's vivid combat experiences are brought to light in a fast-moving, well-written, first-person narrative expressing the horror, fear, anguish, and sometimes illogical humor of that war.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-verraten-und-verheizt-als-volksdeutscher-bei-der-waffen-ss-by-otto-fr-rossegg--65097531https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/674032 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Verraten und verheizt: Als Volksdeutscher bei der Waffen-SS Author: Otto Fr. Rossegg Narrator: Klaus G. Förg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 59 minutes Release date: March 15, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Otto Fr. Rossegg verhört in der Slowakei als Dolmetscher für den deutschen Heimatschutz Partisanen, die, von sowjetischen Agenten angestachelt, gegen die slowakische Regierung kämpfen. Zum Wehrdienst verpflichtet, muss Odo (wie Otto auch genannt wird) als Volksdeutscher der Waffen- SS beitreten und wird an der Selbstfahrlafette 'Hummel' ausgebildet. Als Offizier rettet er immer wieder sich und seine Kameraden aus brenzligen Situationen. Doch gesundheitlich schwer angeschlagen kommt er in amerikanische Kriegsgefangenschaft.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/674032Wed, 15 Mar 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/674032 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Verraten und verheizt: Als Volksdeutscher bei der Waffen-SS Author: Otto Fr. Rossegg Narrator: Klaus G. Förg Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/674032 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Verraten und verheizt: Als Volksdeutscher bei der Waffen-SS Author: Otto Fr. Rossegg Narrator: Klaus G. Förg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 59 minutes Release date: March 15, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Otto Fr. Rossegg verhört in der Slowakei als Dolmetscher für den deutschen Heimatschutz Partisanen, die, von sowjetischen Agenten angestachelt, gegen die slowakische Regierung kämpfen. Zum Wehrdienst verpflichtet, muss Odo (wie Otto auch genannt wird) als Volksdeutscher der Waffen- SS beitreten und wird an der Selbstfahrlafette 'Hummel' ausgebildet. Als Offizier rettet er immer wieder sich und seine Kameraden aus brenzligen Situationen. Doch gesundheitlich schwer angeschlagen kommt er in amerikanische Kriegsgefangenschaft.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/otto-kretschmer-the-life-of-germany-s-highest-scoring-u-boat-commander-by-lawrence-paterson--65097603https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/652088 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Otto Kretschmer: The Life of Germany’s Highest Scoring U-Boat Commander Author: Lawrence Paterson Narrator: Bruce Mann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 44 minutes Release date: March 14, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Otto Kretschmer was only in combat from September 1939 until March 1941 but was Germany's highest-scoring U-boat commander, sinking forty-seven ships. This definitive work details his personal story and the political backdrop from his earliest days. After completing his officer training and time on the training ship Niobe, he served aboard the light cruiser Emden. In December 1934, he was transferred to the light cruiser Köln, then in January 1936 made the move to the fledgling U-boat service. During the Spanish Civil War, Kretschmer was involved in several patrols as part of the international non-intervention force. He demonstrated a cool approach to combat: his mantra 'one torpedo for one ship' proved that the best way for his boat to succeed against a convoy was to remain surfaced as much as possible, penetrating the convoy and using the boat's high speed and small silhouette to avoid retaliation. His nickname 'Silent Otto' referred to his ability to remain undetected and his reluctance to provide the regular radio reports required by Dönitz. Alongside his military skill was a character that remained rooted in the traditions of the Prussian military.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/652088Tue, 14 Mar 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/652088 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Otto Kretschmer: The Life of Germany’s Highest Scoring U-Boat Commander Author: Lawrence Paterson Narrator: Bruce Mann Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/652088 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Otto Kretschmer: The Life of Germany’s Highest Scoring U-Boat Commander Author: Lawrence Paterson Narrator: Bruce Mann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 44 minutes Release date: March 14, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Otto Kretschmer was only in combat from September 1939 until March 1941 but was Germany's highest-scoring U-boat commander, sinking forty-seven ships. This definitive work details his personal story and the political backdrop from his earliest days. After completing his officer training and time on the training ship Niobe, he served aboard the light cruiser Emden. In December 1934, he was transferred to the light cruiser Köln, then in January 1936 made the move to the fledgling U-boat service. During the Spanish Civil War, Kretschmer was involved in several patrols as part of the international non-intervention force. He demonstrated a cool approach to combat: his mantra 'one torpedo for one ship' proved that the best way for his boat to succeed against a convoy was to remain surfaced as much as possible, penetrating the convoy and using the boat's high speed and small silhouette to avoid retaliation. His nickname 'Silent Otto' referred to his ability to remain undetected and his reluctance to provide the regular radio reports required by Dönitz. Alongside his military skill was a character that remained rooted in the traditions of the Prussian military.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/douglas-macarthur-what-greater-honor-by-janet-and-geoff-benge--65097503https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/675102 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Douglas MacArthur: What Greater Honor Author: Janet And Geoff Benge Narrator: Tim Gregory Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 16 minutes Release date: March 13, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Under siege on the island of Corregidor, General Douglas MacArthur received a warning from the enemy. "You are well aware that you are doomed," the Japenese general wrote. "The end is near. The question is how long you will be able to resist. You are advised to surrender." Of course, there was no way Douglas was going to surrender. Whether masterminding battle strategies or guiding the peace process among war-torn nations, 5-Star general MacArthur faced challenges with unwavering courage & resolve . The general began his honored army career by leading his fellow cadets at West Point and ultimately commanded all U. S. forces in Asia. Remembered especially for directing the fight against Japanese expansion during WWII and later governing the defeated Japanese people with grace and wisdom, General MacArthur won the respect of millions, both allies and enemies.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/675102Mon, 13 Mar 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/675102 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Douglas MacArthur: What Greater Honor Author: Janet And Geoff Benge Narrator: Tim Gregory Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 16 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/675102 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Douglas MacArthur: What Greater Honor Author: Janet And Geoff Benge Narrator: Tim Gregory Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 16 minutes Release date: March 13, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Under siege on the island of Corregidor, General Douglas MacArthur received a warning from the enemy. "You are well aware that you are doomed," the Japenese general wrote. "The end is near. The question is how long you will be able to resist. You are advised to surrender." Of course, there was no way Douglas was going to surrender. Whether masterminding battle strategies or guiding the peace process among war-torn nations, 5-Star general MacArthur faced challenges with unwavering courage & resolve . The general began his honored army career by leading his fellow cadets at West Point and ultimately commanded all U. S. forces in Asia. Remembered especially for directing the fight against Japanese expansion during WWII and later governing the defeated Japanese people with grace and wisdom, General MacArthur won the respect of millions, both allies and enemies.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/alan-shepard-higher-and-faster-by-janet-and-geoff-benge--65097548https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/672839 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alan Shepard: Higher and Faster Author: Janet And Geoff Benge Narrator: Tim Gregory Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 52 minutes Release date: March 1, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Written for ages 10 and up -- enjoyed by adults! Alan Shepard gripped the abort handle and braced his feet against the capsule floor. Five, Four, Three...Don't screw up, he muttered. Two, One, Zero, Liftoff. Alan felt himself rising into the sky. He could scarcely believe it. The boy who grew up with a passion for flying was off on the ultimate flight -- to space! Alan Shepard's boyhood fascination with flight led him from constructing model airplanes in his grandfather's basement to attaining national hero status in the race to space. Rooted in hard work and education, this pioneer's dreams of flight came true as he became not only the first American launched into space but, later, one of the privileged few to walk on the moon. When he wasn't soaring above the clouds, astronaut Alan Shepard used his expertise to benefit others, raising money to fuel the dreams of science students and guiding NASA missions. The achievements of this high flyer -- America's "Lindbergh of Space" -- inspire all who dare to live their dream]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/672839Wed, 01 Mar 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/672839 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alan Shepard: Higher and Faster Author: Janet And Geoff Benge Narrator: Tim Gregory Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 52 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/672839 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alan Shepard: Higher and Faster Author: Janet And Geoff Benge Narrator: Tim Gregory Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 52 minutes Release date: March 1, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Written for ages 10 and up -- enjoyed by adults! Alan Shepard gripped the abort handle and braced his feet against the capsule floor. Five, Four, Three...Don't screw up, he muttered. Two, One, Zero, Liftoff. Alan felt himself rising into the sky. He could scarcely believe it. The boy who grew up with a passion for flying was off on the ultimate flight -- to space! Alan Shepard's boyhood fascination with flight led him from constructing model airplanes in his grandfather's basement to attaining national hero status in the race to space. Rooted in hard work and education, this pioneer's dreams of flight came true as he became not only the first American launched into space but, later, one of the privileged few to walk on the moon. When he wasn't soaring above the clouds, astronaut Alan Shepard used his expertise to benefit others, raising money to fuel the dreams of science students and guiding NASA missions. The achievements of this high flyer -- America's "Lindbergh of Space" -- inspire all who dare to live their dream]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/geezers-up-close-and-personal-on-camp-with-the-sas-by-monica-lavers--65097546https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/669559 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Geezers: Up Close and Personal: On Camp With the SAS Author: Monica Lavers Narrator: Monica Lavers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 20 minutes Release date: March 1, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The SAS is staffed by the toughest and most resourceful soldiers in the world - only the cream of the crop will get through the rigorous training programme to achieve their status as 'badged', rightly deserving their famous motto 'Who Dares Wins'. But who are they really? Monica Lavers spent three years working at Hereford garrison in support services, giving her a ringside view of how the SAS live, work and play. Getting to know them as people first, rather than by their fearsome reputation, she offers a behind-the scenes look at life on camp that is by turns frank, funny and compassionate. This book tells the stories of the soldiers' lives as they were told to her - full frontal (sometimes literally) and no holds barred.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/669559Wed, 01 Mar 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/669559 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Geezers: Up Close and Personal: On Camp With the SAS Author: Monica Lavers Narrator: Monica Lavers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 20...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/669559 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Geezers: Up Close and Personal: On Camp With the SAS Author: Monica Lavers Narrator: Monica Lavers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 20 minutes Release date: March 1, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The SAS is staffed by the toughest and most resourceful soldiers in the world - only the cream of the crop will get through the rigorous training programme to achieve their status as 'badged', rightly deserving their famous motto 'Who Dares Wins'. But who are they really? Monica Lavers spent three years working at Hereford garrison in support services, giving her a ringside view of how the SAS live, work and play. Getting to know them as people first, rather than by their fearsome reputation, she offers a behind-the scenes look at life on camp that is by turns frank, funny and compassionate. This book tells the stories of the soldiers' lives as they were told to her - full frontal (sometimes literally) and no holds barred.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/men-of-18-in-1918-memories-of-the-western-front-in-world-war-one-by-frederick-james-hodges--65097604https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646281 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Men of 18 in 1918: Memories of the Western Front in World War One Author: Frederick James Hodges Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes Release date: February 28, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: An astounding account of one young infantryman's personal experience of the Western Front in the last year of World War One. Perfect for fans of Peter Hart, Max Hastings, and Barbara W. Tuchman. In the spring of 1918 German forces broke through Allied lines in a last-ditch attempt to overcome their enemies. To hold back this tide young, inexperienced men from France, Britain, the United States, Australia, and Canada were sent into war against battle-hardened and desperate German soldiers. What was it like to be an eighteen-year-old and sent to the frontlines in the First World War? Frederick James Hodges was one of these young men and his book, Men of 18 in 1918, provides insight into the ordeals of an ordinary soldier who left Britain as a teenager but returned as a man having witnessed the full horrors of war. Hodges charts his progress through the conflict from his short period of training to being thrown into defending Allied lines against the onslaught before being ordered, as part of Britain's prime assault troops, into a ninety-five-day non-stop attack which only ended with the armistice of November 1918.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646281Tue, 28 Feb 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646281 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Men of 18 in 1918: Memories of the Western Front in World War One Author: Frederick James Hodges Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646281 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Men of 18 in 1918: Memories of the Western Front in World War One Author: Frederick James Hodges Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes Release date: February 28, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: An astounding account of one young infantryman's personal experience of the Western Front in the last year of World War One. Perfect for fans of Peter Hart, Max Hastings, and Barbara W. Tuchman. In the spring of 1918 German forces broke through Allied lines in a last-ditch attempt to overcome their enemies. To hold back this tide young, inexperienced men from France, Britain, the United States, Australia, and Canada were sent into war against battle-hardened and desperate German soldiers. What was it like to be an eighteen-year-old and sent to the frontlines in the First World War? Frederick James Hodges was one of these young men and his book, Men of 18 in 1918, provides insight into the ordeals of an ordinary soldier who left Britain as a teenager but returned as a man having witnessed the full horrors of war. Hodges charts his progress through the conflict from his short period of training to being thrown into defending Allied lines against the onslaught before being ordered, as part of Britain's prime assault troops, into a ninety-five-day non-stop attack which only ended with the armistice of November 1918.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/at-the-helm-my-journey-with-family-faith-and-friends-to-calm-the-storms-of-life-by-john-h-dalton--65097587https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/643261 to listen full audiobooks. Title: At the Helm: My Journey with Family, Faith, and Friends to Calm the Storms of Life Author: John H. Dalton Narrator: Shawn Compton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: February 28, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: John Dalton's life is an inspirational American success story. At the Helm traces his journey from modest beginnings in Louisiana to traveling the world and working across private and public sectors and four presidential appointments all culminating in his appointment as the 70th Secretary of the Navy. As CEO of the Department of the Navy, including both Navy and Marine Corps, Dalton had to weather the storm of the Tailhook controversy, navigate through the Naval Academy cheating scandal, manage the new policies of Don't Ask, Don't Tell and women serving in combat. His record with these situations shines as a model of ethical leadership during crises. John Dalton has created an account of his life for posterity, and to encourage others at this challenging juncture in American history. His memoir recounts his experiences and the bedrock values which shaped him and the hard lessons he received from them . . . including the essence of principled leadership. At the Helm is a portrait of a man who has lived life ethically and to the fullest, doing his utmost to leave the world better than he found it.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/643261Tue, 28 Feb 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/643261 to listen full audiobooks. Title: At the Helm: My Journey with Family, Faith, and Friends to Calm the Storms of Life Author: John H. Dalton Narrator: Shawn Compton Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/643261 to listen full audiobooks. Title: At the Helm: My Journey with Family, Faith, and Friends to Calm the Storms of Life Author: John H. Dalton Narrator: Shawn Compton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: February 28, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: John Dalton's life is an inspirational American success story. At the Helm traces his journey from modest beginnings in Louisiana to traveling the world and working across private and public sectors and four presidential appointments all culminating in his appointment as the 70th Secretary of the Navy. As CEO of the Department of the Navy, including both Navy and Marine Corps, Dalton had to weather the storm of the Tailhook controversy, navigate through the Naval Academy cheating scandal, manage the new policies of Don't Ask, Don't Tell and women serving in combat. His record with these situations shines as a model of ethical leadership during crises. John Dalton has created an account of his life for posterity, and to encourage others at this challenging juncture in American history. His memoir recounts his experiences and the bedrock values which shaped him and the hard lessons he received from them . . . including the essence of principled leadership. At the Helm is a portrait of a man who has lived life ethically and to the fullest, doing his utmost to leave the world better than he found it.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/nine-lives-the-compelling-memoir-of-a-cold-war-harrier-pilot-by-chris-burwell--65097624https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640502 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nine Lives: The Compelling Memoir of a Cold War Harrier Pilot Author: Chris Burwell Narrator: Peter Noble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 18 minutes Release date: February 21, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Chris Burwell charts one man's career in aviation from joining the RAF in 1969 aged eighteen, to having responsibility for training pilots for the world's major airlines nearly fifty years later. After training at RAF Cranwell and RAF Valley and a tour as a flying instructor on Jet Provosts, he joined the Harrier Force, flying on front-line squadrons in the United Kingdom and Germany during the Cold War and as an instructor on the Harrier Conversion Unit. Detachments to Belize in 1977, the Falklands (twice), ejection from a Harrier GR3, introducing FLIR and NVG to the Harrier front line and operational missions in Northern Iraq are all covered in detail. After thirty years of service, he spent twelve years with Cobham, managing their Teesside base and flying the Falcon 20 on operational training for the military and the King Air 200 on international flight calibration tasks. Finally, he spent four years in Spain with Flight Training Europe (FTE) Jerez training a new generation of pilots. Through his experience as a pilot, leader, and manager gained over many years, his valuable insights into military and civilian flying operations are both engrossing and noteworthy.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640502Tue, 21 Feb 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640502 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nine Lives: The Compelling Memoir of a Cold War Harrier Pilot Author: Chris Burwell Narrator: Peter Noble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640502 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nine Lives: The Compelling Memoir of a Cold War Harrier Pilot Author: Chris Burwell Narrator: Peter Noble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 18 minutes Release date: February 21, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Chris Burwell charts one man's career in aviation from joining the RAF in 1969 aged eighteen, to having responsibility for training pilots for the world's major airlines nearly fifty years later. After training at RAF Cranwell and RAF Valley and a tour as a flying instructor on Jet Provosts, he joined the Harrier Force, flying on front-line squadrons in the United Kingdom and Germany during the Cold War and as an instructor on the Harrier Conversion Unit. Detachments to Belize in 1977, the Falklands (twice), ejection from a Harrier GR3, introducing FLIR and NVG to the Harrier front line and operational missions in Northern Iraq are all covered in detail. After thirty years of service, he spent twelve years with Cobham, managing their Teesside base and flying the Falcon 20 on operational training for the military and the King Air 200 on international flight calibration tasks. Finally, he spent four years in Spain with Flight Training Europe (FTE) Jerez training a new generation of pilots. Through his experience as a pilot, leader, and manager gained over many years, his valuable insights into military and civilian flying operations are both engrossing and noteworthy.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/silent-valor-one-man-s-vietnam-war-by-rick-greenberg--65097619https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646199 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Silent Valor: One Man's Vietnam War Author: Rick Greenberg Narrator: Patrick Lawlor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 56 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A young Marine deployed to Vietnam finds terror, danger, and death, but also courage, loyalty, and brotherhood. This intense, gritty tale of the Vietnam War, in a setting depicted so vividly you can almost feel the jungle heat, it will draw you in and won't let go. Silent Valor recreates what happened to Lance Corporal Don Talbot and the squad members of Echo Two in their attempt to save fellow Marines surrounded by the North Vietnamese Army. This touching true story will please listeners interested in the Vietnam War and all those who find inspiration in examples of courage under fire.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646199Tue, 14 Feb 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646199 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Silent Valor: One Man's Vietnam War Author: Rick Greenberg Narrator: Patrick Lawlor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 56 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646199 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Silent Valor: One Man's Vietnam War Author: Rick Greenberg Narrator: Patrick Lawlor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 56 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A young Marine deployed to Vietnam finds terror, danger, and death, but also courage, loyalty, and brotherhood. This intense, gritty tale of the Vietnam War, in a setting depicted so vividly you can almost feel the jungle heat, it will draw you in and won't let go. Silent Valor recreates what happened to Lance Corporal Don Talbot and the squad members of Echo Two in their attempt to save fellow Marines surrounded by the North Vietnamese Army. This touching true story will please listeners interested in the Vietnam War and all those who find inspiration in examples of courage under fire.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mastering-the-art-of-command-admiral-chester-w-nimitz-and-victory-in-the-pacific-by-trent-hone--65097599https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646627 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mastering the Art of Command: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Victory in the Pacific Author: Trent Hone Narrator: Paul Heitsch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 34 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Mastering the Art of Command is a detailed examination of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz's leadership during WWII. It describes how he used his talents to guide the Pacific Fleet, win crucial victories against the forces of Imperial Japan, and then seize the initiative in the Pacific. Once Nimitz's forces held the initiative, they maintained it through an offensive campaign of unparalleled speed that overcame Japanese defenses and created the conditions for victory. This book explores how Nimitz used his leadership skills, command talents, and strategic acumen to achieve these decisive results. Trent Hone recounts how Nimitz revised and adapted his organizational structure to capitalize on newly emerging information. Hone argues that Nimitz was able to couple tactical successes to strategic outcomes and more effectively plan and execute operations that brought Allied victory. Hone explores the challenge of leadership in complex adaptive systems through Nimitz's behavior and causes us to reassess the inevitability of Allied victory and the reasons for its ultimate accomplishment. This book demonstrates effective patterns for complexity-informed leadership by highlighting how Nimitz maintained coherence within his organization, established the conditions for his subordinates to succeed, and fostered collaborative sensemaking.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646627Tue, 14 Feb 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646627 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mastering the Art of Command: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Victory in the Pacific Author: Trent Hone Narrator: Paul Heitsch Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646627 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mastering the Art of Command: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Victory in the Pacific Author: Trent Hone Narrator: Paul Heitsch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 34 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Mastering the Art of Command is a detailed examination of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz's leadership during WWII. It describes how he used his talents to guide the Pacific Fleet, win crucial victories against the forces of Imperial Japan, and then seize the initiative in the Pacific. Once Nimitz's forces held the initiative, they maintained it through an offensive campaign of unparalleled speed that overcame Japanese defenses and created the conditions for victory. This book explores how Nimitz used his leadership skills, command talents, and strategic acumen to achieve these decisive results. Trent Hone recounts how Nimitz revised and adapted his organizational structure to capitalize on newly emerging information. Hone argues that Nimitz was able to couple tactical successes to strategic outcomes and more effectively plan and execute operations that brought Allied victory. Hone explores the challenge of leadership in complex adaptive systems through Nimitz's behavior and causes us to reassess the inevitability of Allied victory and the reasons for its ultimate accomplishment. This book demonstrates effective patterns for complexity-informed leadership by highlighting how Nimitz maintained coherence within his organization, established the conditions for his subordinates to succeed, and fostered collaborative sensemaking.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/time-and-chance-an-autobiography-by-peter-townsend--65097598https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646208 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Time and Chance: An Autobiography Author: Peter Townsend Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 43 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF PETER TOWNSEND, THE MAN CONSIDERED TO BE THE GREAT LOVE OF PRINCESS MARGARET'S LIFE, EQUERRY TO KING GEORGE VI AND HERO OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN. 'One afternoon, at Windsor Castle, when everyone had gone to London for some ceremony, we talked, in the red drawing-room, for hours—about ourselves. It was then that we made the mutual discovery of how much we meant to one another. She listened, without uttering a word, as I told her, very quietly, of my feelings. Then she simply said: 'That is exactly how I feel, too.' It was, to us both, an immensely gladdening disclosure, but one which sorely troubled us.' The romance between Princess Margaret and Group Captain Peter Townsend in the 1950s rocked the British Establishment, pulled at the heartstrings of a nation and brought sorrow to two intensely human individuals. In Time and Chance, Peter Townsend tells his side of the story in intensely personal terms and places the episode within the whole context of his full and varied life, a story which includes great heroism in World War II as well as his part in one of the most publicized love stories of the twentieth century.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646208Tue, 14 Feb 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646208 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Time and Chance: An Autobiography Author: Peter Townsend Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 43 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646208 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Time and Chance: An Autobiography Author: Peter Townsend Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 43 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF PETER TOWNSEND, THE MAN CONSIDERED TO BE THE GREAT LOVE OF PRINCESS MARGARET'S LIFE, EQUERRY TO KING GEORGE VI AND HERO OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN. 'One afternoon, at Windsor Castle, when everyone had gone to London for some ceremony, we talked, in the red drawing-room, for hours—about ourselves. It was then that we made the mutual discovery of how much we meant to one another. She listened, without uttering a word, as I told her, very quietly, of my feelings. Then she simply said: 'That is exactly how I feel, too.' It was, to us both, an immensely gladdening disclosure, but one which sorely troubled us.' The romance between Princess Margaret and Group Captain Peter Townsend in the 1950s rocked the British Establishment, pulled at the heartstrings of a nation and brought sorrow to two intensely human individuals. In Time and Chance, Peter Townsend tells his side of the story in intensely personal terms and places the episode within the whole context of his full and varied life, a story which includes great heroism in World War II as well as his part in one of the most publicized love stories of the twentieth century.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/india-s-most-fearless-3-new-military-stories-of-unimaginable-courage-and-sacrifice-new-military-stories-of-unimaginable-courage-and-sacrif--65097565https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/671956 to listen full audiobooks. Title: India's Most Fearless 3: New Military Stories of Unimaginable Courage and Sacrifice: New Military Stories of Unimaginable Courage and Sacrifice Author: Shiv Aroor, Rahul Singh Narrator: Shiv Aroor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 15 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: An army medic who went beyond the call of duty amid a frenzy of treacherous bloodletting in Ladakh’s Galwan while his fellow soldiers fought the Chinese to death; the crew of an Indian Navy destroyer that put everything on the line to rescue hundreds from Cyclone Tauktae in the Arabian Sea; an Indian Air Force pilot who ejected from his doomed fighter less than two seconds before it hit the ground, only to find he was missing a leg.This book presents their accounts, or of those who were with them in their final moments. India’s Most Fearless 3 features ten true stories of extraordinary courage and fearlessness, providing glimpses of the heroism Indian soldiers have displayed in unthinkably hostile conditions and under grave provocation.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/671956Tue, 14 Feb 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/671956 to listen full audiobooks. Title: India's Most Fearless 3: New Military Stories of Unimaginable Courage and Sacrifice: New Military Stories of Unimaginable Courage and Sacrifice Author:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/671956 to listen full audiobooks. Title: India's Most Fearless 3: New Military Stories of Unimaginable Courage and Sacrifice: New Military Stories of Unimaginable Courage and Sacrifice Author: Shiv Aroor, Rahul Singh Narrator: Shiv Aroor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 15 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: An army medic who went beyond the call of duty amid a frenzy of treacherous bloodletting in Ladakh’s Galwan while his fellow soldiers fought the Chinese to death; the crew of an Indian Navy destroyer that put everything on the line to rescue hundreds from Cyclone Tauktae in the Arabian Sea; an Indian Air Force pilot who ejected from his doomed fighter less than two seconds before it hit the ground, only to find he was missing a leg.This book presents their accounts, or of those who were with them in their final moments. India’s Most Fearless 3 features ten true stories of extraordinary courage and fearlessness, providing glimpses of the heroism Indian soldiers have displayed in unthinkably hostile conditions and under grave provocation.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-traitor-of-colditz-by-robert-verkaik--65097547https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/654052 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Traitor of Colditz Author: Robert Verkaik Narrator: Jonathan Keeble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 18 minutes Release date: January 26, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: It is the depths of the second world war. The Germans like to boast that there is 'no escape' from the infamous fortress that is Colditz. The elite British officers imprisoned there are determined to prove the Nazis wrong and get back into the war. As the war heats up and the stakes are raised, the Gestapo plant a double-agent inside the prison in a bid to uncover the secrets of the British prisoners. Captain Julius Green of the Army Dental Corps and Sergeant John 'Busty' Brown must risk their lives in a bid to save the lives of hundreds of Allied servicemen and protect the secrets of MI9. Drawn from unseen records, The Traitor of Colditz brings to light an extraordinary, never-before-told story from the Second World War, an epic tale of how MI9 took on the Nazis and exposed the traitors in their midst.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/654052Thu, 26 Jan 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/654052 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Traitor of Colditz Author: Robert Verkaik Narrator: Jonathan Keeble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 18 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/654052 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Traitor of Colditz Author: Robert Verkaik Narrator: Jonathan Keeble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 18 minutes Release date: January 26, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: It is the depths of the second world war. The Germans like to boast that there is 'no escape' from the infamous fortress that is Colditz. The elite British officers imprisoned there are determined to prove the Nazis wrong and get back into the war. As the war heats up and the stakes are raised, the Gestapo plant a double-agent inside the prison in a bid to uncover the secrets of the British prisoners. Captain Julius Green of the Army Dental Corps and Sergeant John 'Busty' Brown must risk their lives in a bid to save the lives of hundreds of Allied servicemen and protect the secrets of MI9. Drawn from unseen records, The Traitor of Colditz brings to light an extraordinary, never-before-told story from the Second World War, an epic tale of how MI9 took on the Nazis and exposed the traitors in their midst.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-view-from-my-foxhole-a-marine-private-s-firsthand-world-war-ii-combat-experience-from-guadalcanal-to-iwo-jima-by-william-swanson--65097613https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/634457 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The View from My Foxhole: A Marine Private's Firsthand World War II Combat Experience from Guadalcanal to Iwo Jima Author: William Swanson Narrator: Michael Butler Murray Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 24 minutes Release date: January 24, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, millions of young American men were eager to join up and defend their country. William Swanson was among them. The View from My Foxhole tells William Swanson's story of fighting in the jungles of Bougainville and Guam and the ash heap of Iwo Jima. Through it he maintains his sense of humor and thanks his lucky stars for every day he survives. From The View from My Foxhole: We move past the torn bodies of our buddies, hoping and praying that we will be spared, yet knowing in our hearts that many will not. Fear is on me again—fear of death, of course—but I have found that it is relatively easy to resign oneself to death and, on occasion, even welcome the thing. It is really the violence, the pain, the suddenness, and unpredictability of events that tear our insides. We cannot be sure of anything—not the next step or the next second—and that is the real terror.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/634457Tue, 24 Jan 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/634457 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The View from My Foxhole: A Marine Private's Firsthand World War II Combat Experience from Guadalcanal to Iwo Jima Author: William Swanson Narrator:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/634457 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The View from My Foxhole: A Marine Private's Firsthand World War II Combat Experience from Guadalcanal to Iwo Jima Author: William Swanson Narrator: Michael Butler Murray Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 24 minutes Release date: January 24, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, millions of young American men were eager to join up and defend their country. William Swanson was among them. The View from My Foxhole tells William Swanson's story of fighting in the jungles of Bougainville and Guam and the ash heap of Iwo Jima. Through it he maintains his sense of humor and thanks his lucky stars for every day he survives. From The View from My Foxhole: We move past the torn bodies of our buddies, hoping and praying that we will be spared, yet knowing in our hearts that many will not. Fear is on me again—fear of death, of course—but I have found that it is relatively easy to resign oneself to death and, on occasion, even welcome the thing. It is really the violence, the pain, the suddenness, and unpredictability of events that tear our insides. We cannot be sure of anything—not the next step or the next second—and that is the real terror.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/through-the-valley-my-captivity-in-vietnam-by-william-reeder-jr--65097602https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/629548 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Through the Valley: My Captivity in Vietnam Author: William Reeder Jr. Narrator: Corey M. Snow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 11 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Through the Valley is the captivating memoir of the last US Army soldier taken prisoner during the Vietnam War. In 1971 William Reeder was a senior captain on his second tour in Vietnam. He had flown armed, fixed-wing OV-1 Mohawks on secret missions deep into enemy territory in Laos, Cambodia, and North Vietnam, on his first tour. He returned as a helicopter pilot eager to experience a whole new perspective as a Cobra gunship pilot. Believing that Nixon's Vietnamization would soon end the war, Reeder was anxious to see combat action. To him, it appeared that the Americans had prevailed, beaten the Viet Cong, and were passing everything over to the South Vietnamese Army so that Americans could leave. Less than a year later, while providing support to forces at the besieged base of Ben Het, Reeder's chopper went down in a flaming corkscrew. Though Reeder survived the crash, he was captured after evading the enemy for three days. He was held for weeks in jungle cages before enduring a grueling forced march on the Ho Chi Minh Trail, costing the lives of seven of his group of twenty-seven POWs. Imprisoned in the notorious prisons of Hanoi, Reeder's tenacity in the face of unimaginable hardship is not only a captivating story, but serves as an inspiration to all.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/629548Tue, 17 Jan 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/629548 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Through the Valley: My Captivity in Vietnam Author: William Reeder Jr. Narrator: Corey M. Snow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 11 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/629548 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Through the Valley: My Captivity in Vietnam Author: William Reeder Jr. Narrator: Corey M. Snow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 11 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Through the Valley is the captivating memoir of the last US Army soldier taken prisoner during the Vietnam War. In 1971 William Reeder was a senior captain on his second tour in Vietnam. He had flown armed, fixed-wing OV-1 Mohawks on secret missions deep into enemy territory in Laos, Cambodia, and North Vietnam, on his first tour. He returned as a helicopter pilot eager to experience a whole new perspective as a Cobra gunship pilot. Believing that Nixon's Vietnamization would soon end the war, Reeder was anxious to see combat action. To him, it appeared that the Americans had prevailed, beaten the Viet Cong, and were passing everything over to the South Vietnamese Army so that Americans could leave. Less than a year later, while providing support to forces at the besieged base of Ben Het, Reeder's chopper went down in a flaming corkscrew. Though Reeder survived the crash, he was captured after evading the enemy for three days. He was held for weeks in jungle cages before enduring a grueling forced march on the Ho Chi Minh Trail, costing the lives of seven of his group of twenty-seven POWs. Imprisoned in the notorious prisons of Hanoi, Reeder's tenacity in the face of unimaginable hardship is not only a captivating story, but serves as an inspiration to all.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/objective-secure-by-nick-lavery--65097541https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/656803 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Objective Secure Author: Nick Lavery Narrator: Eric Elam, Nick Lavery Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42 minutes Release date: January 13, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Nick Lavery is an active-duty Green Beret within the United States Army Special Forces. Although injuries sustained in combat resulted in the above-the-knee amputation of his leg - Nick not only remained in the Army, he returned to his Special Forces detachment and continues conducting combat operations to this day. Objective Secure is the methodology Nick employed to return to operational status. IT is also the methodology he uses today as he continues this unprecedented journey in service to his country. It is a battle-tested guide forged by fire - literally. Strap in for an impactful ride as Nick methodically explains the objective secure philosophy and system while also providing insight into the events surrounding its necessary creation and implementation. The intent is simple - provide readers the tools necessary to achieve any goal no matter how farfetched, unlikely, or impractical it may seem. Period.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/656803Fri, 13 Jan 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/656803 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Objective Secure Author: Nick Lavery Narrator: Eric Elam, Nick Lavery Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42 minutes Release date: January 13,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/656803 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Objective Secure Author: Nick Lavery Narrator: Eric Elam, Nick Lavery Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42 minutes Release date: January 13, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Nick Lavery is an active-duty Green Beret within the United States Army Special Forces. Although injuries sustained in combat resulted in the above-the-knee amputation of his leg - Nick not only remained in the Army, he returned to his Special Forces detachment and continues conducting combat operations to this day. Objective Secure is the methodology Nick employed to return to operational status. IT is also the methodology he uses today as he continues this unprecedented journey in service to his country. It is a battle-tested guide forged by fire - literally. Strap in for an impactful ride as Nick methodically explains the objective secure philosophy and system while also providing insight into the events surrounding its necessary creation and implementation. The intent is simple - provide readers the tools necessary to achieve any goal no matter how farfetched, unlikely, or impractical it may seem. Period.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-ohne-panzer-ohne-strassen-beginn-des-russlandfeldzugs-by-franz-taut--65097614https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/653845 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Ohne Panzer ohne Straßen: Beginn des Russlandfeldzugs Author: Franz Taut Narrator: Klaus G. Förg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 53 minutes Release date: January 3, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Wachtmeister Hohberg, der im Frankreichfeldzug gekämpft hat, wird zum Leutnant befördert. Es geht in den Osten. Mit dem Angriff des Großdeutschen Reiches auf die Sowjetunion wird der deutsch-sowjetische Nichtangriffspakt gebrochen. Nach anfänglichen Erfolgen wird schnell klar, dass sich der Gegner nicht so einfach bezwingen lässt. Das unbekannte Land und die Wetterlage verschärfen die Probleme. Mehrmals führt Leutnant Hohberg die Batterie an und wartet vergeblich auf die Unterstützung durch Panzer. Der fehlende Nachschub, Feuerüberfälle und Fliegerangriffe machen ein Durchdringen unmöglich. Ihm ist klar, dass sie rechtzeitig den Donez erreichen müssen, denn der Winter in Russland ist unberechenbar ...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/653845Tue, 03 Jan 2023 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/653845 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Ohne Panzer ohne Straßen: Beginn des Russlandfeldzugs Author: Franz Taut Narrator: Klaus G. Förg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/653845 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Ohne Panzer ohne Straßen: Beginn des Russlandfeldzugs Author: Franz Taut Narrator: Klaus G. Förg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 53 minutes Release date: January 3, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Wachtmeister Hohberg, der im Frankreichfeldzug gekämpft hat, wird zum Leutnant befördert. Es geht in den Osten. Mit dem Angriff des Großdeutschen Reiches auf die Sowjetunion wird der deutsch-sowjetische Nichtangriffspakt gebrochen. Nach anfänglichen Erfolgen wird schnell klar, dass sich der Gegner nicht so einfach bezwingen lässt. Das unbekannte Land und die Wetterlage verschärfen die Probleme. Mehrmals führt Leutnant Hohberg die Batterie an und wartet vergeblich auf die Unterstützung durch Panzer. Der fehlende Nachschub, Feuerüberfälle und Fliegerangriffe machen ein Durchdringen unmöglich. Ihm ist klar, dass sie rechtzeitig den Donez erreichen müssen, denn der Winter in Russland ist unberechenbar ...]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-jungle-is-neutral-the-epic-true-story-of-one-man-s-war-behind-enemy-lines-by-f-spencer-chapman--65097575https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/643443 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Jungle is Neutral: The Epic True Story of One Man's War Behind Enemy Lines Author: F. Spencer Chapman Narrator: Leighton Pugh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 39 minutes Release date: December 27, 2022 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The Jungle is Neutral makes The Bridge Over the River Kwai look like a tussle in a schoolyard. F. Spencer Chapman, the book's unflappable author, writes with typical British aplomb an amazing tale of four years spent as a guerrilla in the jungle, haranguing the Japanese in occupied Malaysia. Traveling sometimes by bicycle and motorcycle, rarely by truck, and mainly in dugouts, on foot, and often on his belly through the jungle muck, Chapman recruits sympathetic Chinese, Malays, Tamils, and Sakai tribesman into an irregular corps of jungle fighters. Their mission: to harass the Japanese in any way possible. In riveting scenes, they blow up bridges, cut communication lines, and affix plasticine to troop-filled trucks idling by the road. They build mines by stuffing bamboo with gelignite. They throw grenades and disappear into the jungle, their faces darkened with carbon, their tommy guns wrapped in tape so as not to reflect the moonlight. And when he is not battling the Japanese, or escaping their prisons, he is fighting the jungle's incessant rain, wild tigers, unfriendly tribesmen, leeches, and undergrowth so thick it can take four hours to walk a mile. It is a war story without rival.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/643443Tue, 27 Dec 2022 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/643443 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Jungle is Neutral: The Epic True Story of One Man's War Behind Enemy Lines Author: F. Spencer Chapman Narrator: Leighton Pugh Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/643443 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Jungle is Neutral: The Epic True Story of One Man's War Behind Enemy Lines Author: F. Spencer Chapman Narrator: Leighton Pugh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 39 minutes Release date: December 27, 2022 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The Jungle is Neutral makes The Bridge Over the River Kwai look like a tussle in a schoolyard. F. Spencer Chapman, the book's unflappable author, writes with typical British aplomb an amazing tale of four years spent as a guerrilla in the jungle, haranguing the Japanese in occupied Malaysia. Traveling sometimes by bicycle and motorcycle, rarely by truck, and mainly in dugouts, on foot, and often on his belly through the jungle muck, Chapman recruits sympathetic Chinese, Malays, Tamils, and Sakai tribesman into an irregular corps of jungle fighters. Their mission: to harass the Japanese in any way possible. In riveting scenes, they blow up bridges, cut communication lines, and affix plasticine to troop-filled trucks idling by the road. They build mines by stuffing bamboo with gelignite. They throw grenades and disappear into the jungle, their faces darkened with carbon, their tommy guns wrapped in tape so as not to reflect the moonlight. And when he is not battling the Japanese, or escaping their prisons, he is fighting the jungle's incessant rain, wild tigers, unfriendly tribesmen, leeches, and undergrowth so thick it can take four hours to walk a mile. It is a war story without rival.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-zov-der-verbotene-bericht-ein-russischer-fallschirmjager-packt-aus-by-pawel-filatjew--65097500https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/703421 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - ZOV – Der verbotene Bericht: Ein russischer Fallschirmjäger packt aus Author: Pawel Filatjew Narrator: Uwe Thoma Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 10 minutes Release date: December 23, 2022 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Zusammen mit seinem Regiment überfiel Pawel Filatjew die Ukraine. Dann entschloss er sich, nicht mehr mitzumachen – und der Welt die dreckige Wahrheit über den Wahnsinn dieses Krieges zu erzählen. Am 24. Februar 2022 um vier Uhr morgens marschierte der russische Fallschirmjäger Pawel Filatjew mit seinem Regiment in die Ukraine ein. Er war am Angriff auf Cherson beteiligt, saß in den Schützengräben um Nikolajew. Nach zwei Monaten an der Front wurde er verwundet; im Lazarett beschloss er, aufzuschreiben, was er gesehen und erlebt hatte: Verwüstung, Leichen, ratlose, verängstigte Befehlshaber, marodierende Truppen und Plünderer. Er erzählt alles, schreibt über Hunger, Kälte, Übergriffe, Todesangst, verrostete Waffen und über Männer, die sich selbst in die Beine schießen, um die vom Staat versprochenen Rubel für verletzte Soldaten zu erhalten.Inzwischen hat Pawel Filatjew Russland verlassen. Sein Aufenthaltsort ist geheim. In seiner Heimat drohen ihm mindestens zwanzig Jahre Haft. Er wird für den Rest seines Lebens auf der Flucht sein. Denn er hat sich entschlossen, nicht mehr mitzumachen – und Zeugnis abzulegen. Seine schonungslos offenen, erschütternden Aufzeichnungen geben der Welt einen bisher unbekannten Einblick in das Töten und Sterben in der Ukraine. Es ist der erste Insider-Bericht aus der russischen Armee – eine publizistische Sensation.-]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/703421Fri, 23 Dec 2022 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/703421 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - ZOV – Der verbotene Bericht: Ein russischer Fallschirmjäger packt aus Author: Pawel Filatjew Narrator: Uwe Thoma Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/703421 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - ZOV – Der verbotene Bericht: Ein russischer Fallschirmjäger packt aus Author: Pawel Filatjew Narrator: Uwe Thoma Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 10 minutes Release date: December 23, 2022 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Zusammen mit seinem Regiment überfiel Pawel Filatjew die Ukraine. Dann entschloss er sich, nicht mehr mitzumachen – und der Welt die dreckige Wahrheit über den Wahnsinn dieses Krieges zu erzählen. Am 24. Februar 2022 um vier Uhr morgens marschierte der russische Fallschirmjäger Pawel Filatjew mit seinem Regiment in die Ukraine ein. Er war am Angriff auf Cherson beteiligt, saß in den Schützengräben um Nikolajew. Nach zwei Monaten an der Front wurde er verwundet; im Lazarett beschloss er, aufzuschreiben, was er gesehen und erlebt hatte: Verwüstung, Leichen, ratlose, verängstigte Befehlshaber, marodierende Truppen und Plünderer. Er erzählt alles, schreibt über Hunger, Kälte, Übergriffe, Todesangst, verrostete Waffen und über Männer, die sich selbst in die Beine schießen, um die vom Staat versprochenen Rubel für verletzte Soldaten zu erhalten.Inzwischen hat Pawel Filatjew Russland verlassen. Sein Aufenthaltsort ist geheim. In seiner Heimat drohen ihm mindestens zwanzig Jahre Haft. Er wird für den Rest seines Lebens auf der Flucht sein. Denn er hat sich entschlossen, nicht mehr mitzumachen – und Zeugnis abzulegen. Seine schonungslos offenen, erschütternden Aufzeichnungen geben der Welt einen bisher unbekannten Einblick in das Töten und Sterben in der Ukraine. Es ist der erste Insider-Bericht aus der russischen Armee – eine publizistische Sensation.-]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-g-geschichte-lawrence-von-arabien-eine-legende-der-wuste-by-g-geschichte--65097561https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/650746 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - G/GESCHICHTE - Lawrence von Arabien: Eine Legende der Wüste Author: G/geschichte Narrator: Karsten Wolf Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 32 minutes Release date: December 20, 2022 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Wie viele Literatenhäuser stellt Lawrences Refugium »Clouds Hill« im südenglischen Bovington ein Abbild seiner Seele dar. Die einstige Bauernkate ist äußerst schlicht eingerichtet, aber die Bibliothek und Schallplattensammlung zeugen von dem intellektuellen Universum, das Lawrence war: Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Mozart, Beethoven und Elgar. Dann in einer Ecke rostige Fragmente von Schienen. Es sind Reliquien der Hedschasbahn von Aleppo nach Medina – Erinnerungen an seinen Guerillakrieg in der Wüste gegen die Türken. Lawrences militärische Karriere ist außergewöhnlich. Als die Kanonen des Ersten Weltkriegs schweigen, dient er als der jüngste Oberst in der britischen Armee. König Georg V. will ihn zum Ritter schlagen, doch er lehnt diese Ehre unter Protest ab, da Großbritannien seine Versprechungen gegenüber den Arabern nicht eingehalten hat. Stattdessen zieht er sich als einfacher Soldat in die Anonymität der Armee zurück – Buße oder Befreiung von der Last des Ruhmes? Der Asket kennt nur ein Laster: den Rausch der Geschwindigkeit. Getrieben von einer seelischen Unruhe, rast Lawrence mit seinem Motorrad durch England – bis ihn im Mai 1935 der Tod einholt. Sein Vermächtnis sind die »Sieben Säulen der Weisheit«, ein Meisterwerk, das Winston Churchill als eines der »größten Bücher der englischen Sprache« preisen wird. Viel Hörvergnügen bei dieser spannenden Ausgabe von G/Geschichte!-]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/650746Tue, 20 Dec 2022 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/650746 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - G/GESCHICHTE - Lawrence von Arabien: Eine Legende der Wüste Author: G/geschichte Narrator: Karsten Wolf Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/650746 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - G/GESCHICHTE - Lawrence von Arabien: Eine Legende der Wüste Author: G/geschichte Narrator: Karsten Wolf Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 32 minutes Release date: December 20, 2022 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Wie viele Literatenhäuser stellt Lawrences Refugium »Clouds Hill« im südenglischen Bovington ein Abbild seiner Seele dar. Die einstige Bauernkate ist äußerst schlicht eingerichtet, aber die Bibliothek und Schallplattensammlung zeugen von dem intellektuellen Universum, das Lawrence war: Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Mozart, Beethoven und Elgar. Dann in einer Ecke rostige Fragmente von Schienen. Es sind Reliquien der Hedschasbahn von Aleppo nach Medina – Erinnerungen an seinen Guerillakrieg in der Wüste gegen die Türken. Lawrences militärische Karriere ist außergewöhnlich. Als die Kanonen des Ersten Weltkriegs schweigen, dient er als der jüngste Oberst in der britischen Armee. König Georg V. will ihn zum Ritter schlagen, doch er lehnt diese Ehre unter Protest ab, da Großbritannien seine Versprechungen gegenüber den Arabern nicht eingehalten hat. Stattdessen zieht er sich als einfacher Soldat in die Anonymität der Armee zurück – Buße oder Befreiung von der Last des Ruhmes? Der Asket kennt nur ein Laster: den Rausch der Geschwindigkeit. Getrieben von einer seelischen Unruhe, rast Lawrence mit seinem Motorrad durch England – bis ihn im Mai 1935 der Tod einholt. Sein Vermächtnis sind die »Sieben Säulen der Weisheit«, ein Meisterwerk, das Winston Churchill als eines der »größten Bücher der englischen Sprache« preisen wird. Viel Hörvergnügen bei dieser spannenden Ausgabe von G/Geschichte!-]]>305stecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/leading-the-way-to-victory-a-history-of-the-60th-troop-carrier-group-1940-1945-by-colonel-mark-c-vlahos--65097573https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630125 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Leading the Way to Victory: A History of the 60th Troop Carrier Group 1940–1945 Author: Colonel Mark C. Vlahos Narrator: Peter Bradbury Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 53 minutes Release date: December 13, 2022 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Leading the Way to Victory is the official history of the 60th Troop Carrier Group, featuring unpublished first-person accounts by participating veterans and expertly written by retired USAF Colonel Mark C. Vlahos, combat veteran and former Vice Wing Commander of 314th Airlift Wing at the Little Rock Air Force Base.The December 7, 1941, surprise attack on Pearl Harbor thrust the United States into World War II. Just six months later in May 1942, flying new C-47 transport aircraft, the 60th Troop Carrier Group led the way as the first U.S. TCG to deploy to England and the European Theater of Operations in World War II. Leading the way to victory, the 60th TCG’s first mission—dropping U.S. paratroopers outside of Oran, North Africa—was not only the first combat airborne mission in U.S. Army history, but also the longest airborne mission of the entire war. This drop spearheaded Operation TORCH, also known as the Invasion of North Africa, by taking key Axis airfields just inland from the amphibious landing zones. The 60th TCG went on to fly some of the first combat aeromedical evacuation missions and the first combat mission towing CG-4A “Waco” gliders during Operation HUSKY—the Invasion of Sicily. As the new airborne, air land, aeromedical evacuation, and glider missions matured in World War II, the 60th TCG continued to play a major role, paying in blood for valuable lessons learned in the school of hard knocks. The group later flew dramatic missions into Yugoslavia, supporting Partisans as part ofthe secret war in the Balkans, an episode of World War II history still all but unknown today and dropped British paratroops in the airborne invasion of Greece. The Group was inactivated at the end of the war.Drawing on official United States Army Air Forces microfilm records, operational records in the National Archives, photographs from both collections, published historical materials, and many personal accounts, author Mark C. Vlahos’ expertly written and highly readable volume is certain to become the standard history and go-to reference for the 60th TCG. This work offers scholars and lay readers alike an authoritative, informative, and engaging saga of the Group’s battles, adversity, hardships, and triumphs from inception through the Allied victory in Europe.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630125Tue, 13 Dec 2022 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630125 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Leading the Way to Victory: A History of the 60th Troop Carrier Group 1940–1945 Author: Colonel Mark C. Vlahos Narrator: Peter Bradbury Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630125 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Leading the Way to Victory: A History of the 60th Troop Carrier Group 1940–1945 Author: Colonel Mark C. Vlahos Narrator: Peter Bradbury Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 53 minutes Release date: December 13, 2022 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Leading the Way to Victory is the official history of the 60th Troop Carrier Group, featuring unpublished first-person accounts by participating veterans and expertly written by retired USAF Colonel Mark C. Vlahos, combat veteran and former Vice Wing Commander of 314th Airlift Wing at the Little Rock Air Force Base.The December 7, 1941, surprise attack on Pearl Harbor thrust the United States into World War II. Just six months later in May 1942, flying new C-47 transport aircraft, the 60th Troop Carrier Group led the way as the first U.S. TCG to deploy to England and the European Theater of Operations in World War II. Leading the way to victory, the 60th TCG’s first mission—dropping U.S. paratroopers outside of Oran, North Africa—was not only the first combat airborne mission in U.S. Army history, but also the longest airborne mission of the entire war. This drop spearheaded Operation TORCH, also known as the Invasion of North Africa, by taking key Axis airfields just inland from the amphibious landing zones. The 60th TCG went on to fly some of the first combat aeromedical evacuation missions and the first combat mission towing CG-4A “Waco” gliders during Operation HUSKY—the Invasion of Sicily. As the new airborne, air land, aeromedical evacuation, and glider missions matured in World War II, the 60th TCG continued to play a major role, paying in blood for valuable lessons learned in the school of hard knocks. The group later flew dramatic missions into Yugoslavia, supporting Partisans as part ofthe secret war in the Balkans, an episode of World War II history still all but unknown today and dropped British paratroops in the airborne invasion of Greece. The Group was inactivated at the end of the war.Drawing on official United States Army Air Forces microfilm records, operational records in the National Archives, photographs from both collections, published historical materials, and many personal accounts, author Mark C. Vlahos’ expertly written and highly readable volume is certain to become the standard history and go-to reference for the 60th TCG. This work offers scholars and lay readers alike an authoritative, informative, and engaging saga of the Group’s battles, adversity, hardships, and triumphs from inception through the Allied victory in Europe.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-jungle-is-neutral-the-epic-true-story-of-one-man-s-war-behind-enemy-lines-by-f-spencer-chapman--65097582https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/626146 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Jungle is Neutral: The Epic True Story of One Man's War Behind Enemy Lines Author: F. Spencer Chapman Narrator: Leighton Pugh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 39 minutes Release date: November 17, 2022 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: When Singapore fell to the Japanese in December 1941, Captain Freddie Spencer Chapman chose to take the fight to the enemy. Trekking deep behind enemy lines into the jungle, this veteran explorer turned special forces operative unleashed a one-man commando campaign of such destructive power and lethal ferocity that the Japanese deployed a Regiment of four thousand men in a desperate effort to hunt him down. For three-and-a-half years he was cut off from Allied support. Fighting alongside Malayan guerrillas, he endured terrible injury, starvation, a host of gruesome tropical diseases and even cannibalism. While many of his companions were killed, captured and beheaded by the Japanese, he held out, fighting on until the war's end when he eventually made contact with British forces on a home-made radio to arrange for his escape by submarine. The Jungle is Neutral is Spencer Chapman's riveting account of unimaginable hardship and unbreakable will in the face of a ruthless enemy. As a tale of endurance and survival it is unsurpassed. As a war story, it is without rival.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/626146Thu, 17 Nov 2022 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/626146 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Jungle is Neutral: The Epic True Story of One Man's War Behind Enemy Lines Author: F. Spencer Chapman Narrator: Leighton Pugh Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/626146 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Jungle is Neutral: The Epic True Story of One Man's War Behind Enemy Lines Author: F. Spencer Chapman Narrator: Leighton Pugh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 39 minutes Release date: November 17, 2022 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: When Singapore fell to the Japanese in December 1941, Captain Freddie Spencer Chapman chose to take the fight to the enemy. Trekking deep behind enemy lines into the jungle, this veteran explorer turned special forces operative unleashed a one-man commando campaign of such destructive power and lethal ferocity that the Japanese deployed a Regiment of four thousand men in a desperate effort to hunt him down. For three-and-a-half years he was cut off from Allied support. Fighting alongside Malayan guerrillas, he endured terrible injury, starvation, a host of gruesome tropical diseases and even cannibalism. While many of his companions were killed, captured and beheaded by the Japanese, he held out, fighting on until the war's end when he eventually made contact with British forces on a home-made radio to arrange for his escape by submarine. The Jungle is Neutral is Spencer Chapman's riveting account of unimaginable hardship and unbreakable will in the face of a ruthless enemy. As a tale of endurance and survival it is unsurpassed. As a war story, it is without rival.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/be-bold-how-a-marine-hero-broke-the-glass-ceiling-for-women-at-war-by-tom-sileo--65097579https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/626399 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Be Bold: How a Marine Hero Broke the Glass Ceiling for Women at War Author: Tom Sileo Narrator: Jonathan Todd Ross, Susan Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 19 minutes Release date: November 11, 2022 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Major Megan McClung is the first female United States Naval Academy graduate to be killed in action since the school’s 1845 founding and the highest-ranking female U.S. Marine Corps officer to die during the Iraq war. Be Bold is Megan’s inspirational story of defying steep odds, making the ultimate sacrifice and paving the way for a new era of women at war.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/626399Fri, 11 Nov 2022 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/626399 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Be Bold: How a Marine Hero Broke the Glass Ceiling for Women at War Author: Tom Sileo Narrator: Jonathan Todd Ross, Susan Bennett Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/626399 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Be Bold: How a Marine Hero Broke the Glass Ceiling for Women at War Author: Tom Sileo Narrator: Jonathan Todd Ross, Susan Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 19 minutes Release date: November 11, 2022 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Major Megan McClung is the first female United States Naval Academy graduate to be killed in action since the school’s 1845 founding and the highest-ranking female U.S. Marine Corps officer to die during the Iraq war. Be Bold is Megan’s inspirational story of defying steep odds, making the ultimate sacrifice and paving the way for a new era of women at war.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-dem-wahnsinn-entkommen-soldatenschicksale-im-zweiten-weltkrieg-by-klaus-g-forg--65097556https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630413 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Dem Wahnsinn entkommen: Soldatenschicksale im Zweiten Weltkrieg Author: Klaus G. Förg Narrator: Klaus G. Förg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 39 minutes Release date: October 5, 2022 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Vier ehemalige Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkriegs erzählen in diesem Buch ihre eigene Geschichte, die einem immer wieder einmal den Atem raubt. Heinz Polke war als Fahrer eines Oberleutnants beim Aufstand im Warschauer Ghetto, Erich Menzel wurde als Radarspezialist auf dem berühmten letzten U-Boot Hitlers, der U 234, eingesetzt, Josef Hamberger spazierte regelrecht allein als 'Schweijk' in der unendlichen Weite Russlands und die Schwester eines jungen Soldaten berichtet, dass ihr Bruder direkt nach Kriegsende von der Waffen-SS hingerichtet worden ist. Dazu konnte Michael Strasser unglaubliche Fotos für seinen Beitrag gewinnen, die aus einem russischen Gefangenenlager herausgeschmuggelt worden sind.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630413Wed, 05 Oct 2022 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630413 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Dem Wahnsinn entkommen: Soldatenschicksale im Zweiten Weltkrieg Author: Klaus G. Förg Narrator: Klaus G. Förg Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630413 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Dem Wahnsinn entkommen: Soldatenschicksale im Zweiten Weltkrieg Author: Klaus G. Förg Narrator: Klaus G. Förg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 39 minutes Release date: October 5, 2022 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Vier ehemalige Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkriegs erzählen in diesem Buch ihre eigene Geschichte, die einem immer wieder einmal den Atem raubt. Heinz Polke war als Fahrer eines Oberleutnants beim Aufstand im Warschauer Ghetto, Erich Menzel wurde als Radarspezialist auf dem berühmten letzten U-Boot Hitlers, der U 234, eingesetzt, Josef Hamberger spazierte regelrecht allein als 'Schweijk' in der unendlichen Weite Russlands und die Schwester eines jungen Soldaten berichtet, dass ihr Bruder direkt nach Kriegsende von der Waffen-SS hingerichtet worden ist. Dazu konnte Michael Strasser unglaubliche Fotos für seinen Beitrag gewinnen, die aus einem russischen Gefangenenlager herausgeschmuggelt worden sind.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pull-the-chocks-i-m-launching-by-major-general-ret-david-e-b-deb-ward--65097568https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625232 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pull the Chocks, I'm Launching Author: Major General (ret.) David E.B. (deb) Ward Narrator: Michael Delgaudio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 24 minutes Release date: September 9, 2022 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Pull the Chocks, I'm Launching is an inspirational metaphor for removing obstacles in your path to obtaining your dream.  In August 1967 I fulfilled my dream of becoming a fighter pilot when I was accepted into the 123rd Fighter Interceptor Squadron, the Redhawks, of the Oregon Air National Guard.  That dream became indelibly ingrained in my psyche when on the morning of my first day in Anchorage, Alaska during the Korean War, at the age of 12, I watched F-80 fighter jets make simulated gun strafing passes on a firefighter training tower at the city's edge of the Cook Inlet. Circumstances in my life, from childhood to early adulthood, generated a host of highly unusual real-life stories, ranging from the humorous to the tragic.  Several of these were woven into the fabric of then-current events that made their mark in history. The numerous million-to-one circumstances in my 'Huck Finn story on jet fuel' and the interesting people I came into contact with during this journey contributed significantly to the richness of those experiences.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625232Fri, 09 Sep 2022 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625232 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pull the Chocks, I'm Launching Author: Major General (ret.) David E.B. (deb) Ward Narrator: Michael Delgaudio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625232 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pull the Chocks, I'm Launching Author: Major General (ret.) David E.B. (deb) Ward Narrator: Michael Delgaudio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 24 minutes Release date: September 9, 2022 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Pull the Chocks, I'm Launching is an inspirational metaphor for removing obstacles in your path to obtaining your dream.  In August 1967 I fulfilled my dream of becoming a fighter pilot when I was accepted into the 123rd Fighter Interceptor Squadron, the Redhawks, of the Oregon Air National Guard.  That dream became indelibly ingrained in my psyche when on the morning of my first day in Anchorage, Alaska during the Korean War, at the age of 12, I watched F-80 fighter jets make simulated gun strafing passes on a firefighter training tower at the city's edge of the Cook Inlet. Circumstances in my life, from childhood to early adulthood, generated a host of highly unusual real-life stories, ranging from the humorous to the tragic.  Several of these were woven into the fabric of then-current events that made their mark in history. The numerous million-to-one circumstances in my 'Huck Finn story on jet fuel' and the interesting people I came into contact with during this journey contributed significantly to the richness of those experiences.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/admiral-hyman-rickover-engineer-of-power-by-marc-wortman--65097516https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/627207 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Admiral Hyman Rickover: Engineer of Power Series: Part of The Jewish Lives Series Author: Marc Wortman Narrator: Paul Bellantoni Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 28 minutes Release date: June 28, 2022 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A riveting exploration of the brilliant, combative, and controversial “Father of the Nuclear Navy” Admiral Hyman George Rickover (1899–1986) remains an almost mythical figure in the United States Navy. A brilliant engineer with a ferocious will and combative personality, he oversaw the invention of the world’s first practical nuclear power reactor. As important as the transition from sail to steam, his development of nuclear-propelled submarines and ships transformed naval power and Cold War strategy. They still influence world affairs today. His disdain for naval regulations, indifference to the chain of command, and harsh, insulting language earned him enemies in the navy, but his achievements won him powerful friends in Congress and the White House. A Jew born in a Polish shtetl, Rickover ultimately became the longest-serving US military officer in history. In this exciting biography, historian Marc Wortman explores the constant conflict Rickover faced and provoked, tracing how he revolutionized the navy and Cold War strategy.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/627207Tue, 28 Jun 2022 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/627207 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Admiral Hyman Rickover: Engineer of Power Series: Part of The Jewish Lives Series Author: Marc Wortman Narrator: Paul Bellantoni Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/627207 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Admiral Hyman Rickover: Engineer of Power Series: Part of The Jewish Lives Series Author: Marc Wortman Narrator: Paul Bellantoni Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 28 minutes Release date: June 28, 2022 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A riveting exploration of the brilliant, combative, and controversial “Father of the Nuclear Navy” Admiral Hyman George Rickover (1899–1986) remains an almost mythical figure in the United States Navy. A brilliant engineer with a ferocious will and combative personality, he oversaw the invention of the world’s first practical nuclear power reactor. As important as the transition from sail to steam, his development of nuclear-propelled submarines and ships transformed naval power and Cold War strategy. They still influence world affairs today. His disdain for naval regulations, indifference to the chain of command, and harsh, insulting language earned him enemies in the navy, but his achievements won him powerful friends in Congress and the White House. A Jew born in a Polish shtetl, Rickover ultimately became the longest-serving US military officer in history. In this exciting biography, historian Marc Wortman explores the constant conflict Rickover faced and provoked, tracing how he revolutionized the navy and Cold War strategy.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/unspoken-a-father-s-wartime-escape-a-son-s-family-discovered-by-tom-mcgrath--65097517https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/687076 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unspoken: A Father's Wartime Escape. A Son's Family Discovered Author: Tom Mcgrath Narrator: Tom Mcgrath, Mark Lambert Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 31 minutes Release date: March 16, 2022 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Growing up in Waterford, Tom McGrath never noticed the odd gaps in the stories of his parents' lives before he was born; it was only many years after they died that he uncovered the unspoken truths, which did so much to explain the people they had been. Here he tells the incredible true story of his father's conscription into the British Army, his escape from a prisoner-of-war camp in Poland, his daring journey across Europe and subsequent recapture – and the devastating news that awaited him in England. Tom's research also led him to discover that his mother also carried a heartbreaking secret. In writing this book Tom not only recreated his father's nail-biting escape but also embarked on a journey of his own to reconnect with previously unknown family members in order to piece together an extraordinarily rare tale that encompasses memoir, family history, and the parallel stories, which were almost lost for ever, of his parents' lives of desperate hardship.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/687076Wed, 16 Mar 2022 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/687076 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unspoken: A Father's Wartime Escape. A Son's Family Discovered Author: Tom Mcgrath Narrator: Tom Mcgrath, Mark Lambert Format: Abridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/687076 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unspoken: A Father's Wartime Escape. A Son's Family Discovered Author: Tom Mcgrath Narrator: Tom Mcgrath, Mark Lambert Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 31 minutes Release date: March 16, 2022 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Growing up in Waterford, Tom McGrath never noticed the odd gaps in the stories of his parents' lives before he was born; it was only many years after they died that he uncovered the unspoken truths, which did so much to explain the people they had been. Here he tells the incredible true story of his father's conscription into the British Army, his escape from a prisoner-of-war camp in Poland, his daring journey across Europe and subsequent recapture – and the devastating news that awaited him in England. Tom's research also led him to discover that his mother also carried a heartbreaking secret. In writing this book Tom not only recreated his father's nail-biting escape but also embarked on a journey of his own to reconnect with previously unknown family members in order to piece together an extraordinarily rare tale that encompasses memoir, family history, and the parallel stories, which were almost lost for ever, of his parents' lives of desperate hardship.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-8-15-uhr-die-wahre-geschichte-aus-hiroshima-vom-uberleben-und-vergeben-ungekurzt-by-akiko-mikamo--65097555https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/642326 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - 8.15 Uhr - Die wahre Geschichte aus Hiroshima vom Überleben und Vergeben (Ungekürzt) Author: Akiko Mikamo Narrator: René Dumont Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 47 minutes Release date: October 30, 2020 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Am 6. August 1945 sieht der japanische Jugendliche Shinji vom Hausdach aus einen gleißenden Blitz, als er seinem unten stehenden Vater dabei hilft, das Haus zum Abbruch vorzubereiten. Die Erschütterung einer Explosion und glühende Hitze tauchen ihn in völlige Dunkelheit und absolutes Chaos. Nur 1.200 Meter entfernt ist soeben eine Atombombe explodiert und hat mit einem Schlag ganz Hiroshima verwüstet. Shinji wird mit schwersten Verletzungen und Verbrennungen von seinem ebenfalls verwundeten Vater gerettet und aus der Gefahrenzone gebracht. Doch dies ist erst der Anfang der qualvollen Schmerzen und Nöte, die in den nächsten Jahrzehnten folgen sollten - einer wundersamen Reise der Widerstandskraft, der Vergebung und des Mitgefühls sogar mit den Zerstörern. Dr. Akiko Mikamo, eine der drei Töchter Shinjis, schrieb seine Geschichte nieder, um die Botschaft menschlicher Liebe und der Macht der Vergebung zu verbreiten, um die ganze Welt daran zu erinnern, dass die schlimmsten Feinde von heute zu den besten Freunden von morgen werden können. 'Akiko Mikamos starke Geschichte über das Leid ihres Vaters, seinen Mut, sein Überleben und sein Vergeben als junges Opfer des Bombenangriffs auf Hiroshima wird die Leser nicht nur berühren, sie wird sie dazu bringen, tiefer über den Krieg und seine Opfer auf allen Seiten nachzudenken. Die zutiefst menschliche Wirkung dieses Buchs bringt uns hoffentlich dem Ziel ein wenig näher, gewaltfreie Wege zu finden, um künftige Konflikte zu beenden. Dies ist Shinji Mikamos Traum. Er wurde von vielen Überlebenden der Atombombenabwürfe geteilt. Denn sie haben verstanden, dass der Fortbestand unserer Spezies immer noch davon abhängt.' Professor Peter Kuznick Co-Autor (mit Oliver Stone) von 'Amerikas ungeschriebene Geschichte' Leiter des Nuclear Studies Institute der American University Dr. Akiko Mikamo wurde als Tochter zweier Atombombenüberlebender in Hiroshima geboren, ist dort aufgewachsen und beschloss schon als Kind, später einmal zum Weltfrieden und zur Menschlichkeit beizutragen. Sie ist Vorsitzende und Medizinische Psychologin der US-Japan Psychological Services sowie Vorsitzende der San Diego-WISH: Worldwide Initiative to Safeguard Humanity in San Diego, Kalifornien.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/642326Fri, 30 Oct 2020 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/642326 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - 8.15 Uhr - Die wahre Geschichte aus Hiroshima vom Überleben und Vergeben (Ungekürzt) Author: Akiko Mikamo Narrator: René Dumont Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/642326 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - 8.15 Uhr - Die wahre Geschichte aus Hiroshima vom Überleben und Vergeben (Ungekürzt) Author: Akiko Mikamo Narrator: René Dumont Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 47 minutes Release date: October 30, 2020 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Am 6. August 1945 sieht der japanische Jugendliche Shinji vom Hausdach aus einen gleißenden Blitz, als er seinem unten stehenden Vater dabei hilft, das Haus zum Abbruch vorzubereiten. Die Erschütterung einer Explosion und glühende Hitze tauchen ihn in völlige Dunkelheit und absolutes Chaos. Nur 1.200 Meter entfernt ist soeben eine Atombombe explodiert und hat mit einem Schlag ganz Hiroshima verwüstet. Shinji wird mit schwersten Verletzungen und Verbrennungen von seinem ebenfalls verwundeten Vater gerettet und aus der Gefahrenzone gebracht. Doch dies ist erst der Anfang der qualvollen Schmerzen und Nöte, die in den nächsten Jahrzehnten folgen sollten - einer wundersamen Reise der Widerstandskraft, der Vergebung und des Mitgefühls sogar mit den Zerstörern. Dr. Akiko Mikamo, eine der drei Töchter Shinjis, schrieb seine Geschichte nieder, um die Botschaft menschlicher Liebe und der Macht der Vergebung zu verbreiten, um die ganze Welt daran zu erinnern, dass die schlimmsten Feinde von heute zu den besten Freunden von morgen werden können. 'Akiko Mikamos starke Geschichte über das Leid ihres Vaters, seinen Mut, sein Überleben und sein Vergeben als junges Opfer des Bombenangriffs auf Hiroshima wird die Leser nicht nur berühren, sie wird sie dazu bringen, tiefer über den Krieg und seine Opfer auf allen Seiten nachzudenken. Die zutiefst menschliche Wirkung dieses Buchs bringt uns hoffentlich dem Ziel ein wenig näher, gewaltfreie Wege zu finden, um künftige Konflikte zu beenden. Dies ist Shinji Mikamos Traum. Er wurde von vielen Überlebenden der Atombombenabwürfe geteilt. Denn sie haben verstanden, dass der Fortbestand unserer Spezies immer noch davon abhängt.' Professor Peter Kuznick Co-Autor (mit Oliver Stone) von 'Amerikas ungeschriebene Geschichte' Leiter des Nuclear Studies Institute der American University Dr. Akiko Mikamo wurde als Tochter zweier Atombombenüberlebender in Hiroshima geboren, ist dort aufgewachsen und beschloss schon als Kind, später einmal zum Weltfrieden und zur Menschlichkeit beizutragen. Sie ist Vorsitzende und Medizinische Psychologin der US-Japan Psychological Services sowie Vorsitzende der San Diego-WISH: Worldwide Initiative to Safeguard Humanity in San Diego, Kalifornien.]]>185berleben,rztcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/over-the-top-by-arthur-guy-empey--65097580https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624222 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Over the Top Author: Arthur Guy Empey Narrator: Joe Barrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 40 minutes Release date: May 21, 2013 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In 1915, the British ocean liner Lusitania was making its way from New York to Liverpool when it was sunk by a German U-boat, shocking the world with the massive death toll. Infuriated by the tragedy, Arthur Guy Empey, an American citizen, traveled to England to enlist in the Royal Fusiliers, as the United States had not yet entered the war. Over the Top tells the story of Empey's experiences in a voice straight from the western front, causing listeners to feel as if they are right there in the trenches. This book was the biggest bestseller of the war, with sales totaling a million copies. Perhaps one of its most entertaining features is the appendix entitled 'Tommy's Dictionary of the Trenches,' which defines slang and other terms used by British soldiers. The book remains a classic, the fascinating story of an American soldier fighting in the British Army.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624222Tue, 21 May 2013 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624222 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Over the Top Author: Arthur Guy Empey Narrator: Joe Barrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 40 minutes Release date: May 21, 2013 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624222 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Over the Top Author: Arthur Guy Empey Narrator: Joe Barrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 40 minutes Release date: May 21, 2013 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In 1915, the British ocean liner Lusitania was making its way from New York to Liverpool when it was sunk by a German U-boat, shocking the world with the massive death toll. Infuriated by the tragedy, Arthur Guy Empey, an American citizen, traveled to England to enlist in the Royal Fusiliers, as the United States had not yet entered the war. Over the Top tells the story of Empey's experiences in a voice straight from the western front, causing listeners to feel as if they are right there in the trenches. This book was the biggest bestseller of the war, with sales totaling a million copies. Perhaps one of its most entertaining features is the appendix entitled 'Tommy's Dictionary of the Trenches,' which defines slang and other terms used by British soldiers. The book remains a classic, the fascinating story of an American soldier fighting in the British Army.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hannibal-a-history-of-the-art-of-war-among-the-carthaginians-and-romans-down-to-the-battle-of-pydna-168-bc-with-a-detailed-account-of-the--65097594https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624238 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hannibal: A History of the Art of War among the Carthaginians and Romans Down to the Battle of Pydna, 168 BC, with a Detailed Account of the Second Punic War Author: Theodore Ayrault Dodge Narrator: Bill Wallace Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 14 minutes Release date: June 20, 2011 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Hannibal is often considered the finest general the world has ever known. Setting out from Carthaginian-dominated Spain with a small army of select troops, he fought his way over the Pyrenees and crossed the Alps with elephants and a full baggage train. Descending into Italy, he destroyed the main Roman army at Lake Trasimeno and came close to conquering Rome itself. At Cannae, Hannibal’s brilliant cavalry tactics enabled him to destroy a reassembled Roman army, and his subsequent defeats over a fifteen-year stay in Italy were due more to lack of sufficient support from home than to any failings of generalship. Theodore Ayrault Dodge’s classic history, first published in 1891, is equally perceptive of Hannibal’s military prowess and his visionary character. Dodge followed Hannibal’s route from Carthage to Italy, paying particular attention to the famous crossing of the Alps, exploring every pass in order to determine Hannibal’s route. In this book, he wrote an entire history of the art of war among these two mighty armies. Hannibal remains unequaled as the most comprehensive and readable study of history’s greatest general.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624238Mon, 20 Jun 2011 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624238 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hannibal: A History of the Art of War among the Carthaginians and Romans Down to the Battle of Pydna, 168 BC, with a Detailed Account of the Second...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624238 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hannibal: A History of the Art of War among the Carthaginians and Romans Down to the Battle of Pydna, 168 BC, with a Detailed Account of the Second Punic War Author: Theodore Ayrault Dodge Narrator: Bill Wallace Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 14 minutes Release date: June 20, 2011 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Hannibal is often considered the finest general the world has ever known. Setting out from Carthaginian-dominated Spain with a small army of select troops, he fought his way over the Pyrenees and crossed the Alps with elephants and a full baggage train. Descending into Italy, he destroyed the main Roman army at Lake Trasimeno and came close to conquering Rome itself. At Cannae, Hannibal’s brilliant cavalry tactics enabled him to destroy a reassembled Roman army, and his subsequent defeats over a fifteen-year stay in Italy were due more to lack of sufficient support from home than to any failings of generalship. Theodore Ayrault Dodge’s classic history, first published in 1891, is equally perceptive of Hannibal’s military prowess and his visionary character. Dodge followed Hannibal’s route from Carthage to Italy, paying particular attention to the famous crossing of the Alps, exploring every pass in order to determine Hannibal’s route. In this book, he wrote an entire history of the art of war among these two mighty armies. Hannibal remains unequaled as the most comprehensive and readable study of history’s greatest general.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/battleground-iraq-journal-of-a-company-commander-by-todd-s-brown--65097608https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628554 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Battleground Iraq: Journal of a Company Commander Author: Todd S. Brown Narrator: Donald Corren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 12 minutes Release date: May 1, 2011 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: This gripping journal of a company commander from 2003 to early 2004, written in some of the most dangerous areas of post-Hussein Iraq, discusses tactics, techniques, and procedures as they evolved in the struggle to maintain order and rebuild the country. The journal tells of the dichotomy of combat operations versus nation building. It vividly captures the stresses of combat and corresponding emotions as they accumulate over time in a combat outfit. It reinforces the ideal of camaraderie among soldiers and deals with the emotional impact of losing friends in battle. Understanding these could prove invaluable to those who courageously serve our nation and will continue to endure them in this and future conflicts.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628554Sun, 01 May 2011 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628554 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Battleground Iraq: Journal of a Company Commander Author: Todd S. Brown Narrator: Donald Corren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 12...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628554 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Battleground Iraq: Journal of a Company Commander Author: Todd S. Brown Narrator: Donald Corren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 12 minutes Release date: May 1, 2011 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: This gripping journal of a company commander from 2003 to early 2004, written in some of the most dangerous areas of post-Hussein Iraq, discusses tactics, techniques, and procedures as they evolved in the struggle to maintain order and rebuild the country. The journal tells of the dichotomy of combat operations versus nation building. It vividly captures the stresses of combat and corresponding emotions as they accumulate over time in a combat outfit. It reinforces the ideal of camaraderie among soldiers and deals with the emotional impact of losing friends in battle. Understanding these could prove invaluable to those who courageously serve our nation and will continue to endure them in this and future conflicts.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-life-of-stonewall-jackson-by-mary-l-williamson--65097591https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624179 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Stonewall Jackson Author: Mary L. Williamson Narrator: Lloyd James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 14 minutes Release date: April 13, 2011 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Known for his military prowess and Christian character, Thomas Jackson was one of the Confederacy’s greatest commanders—and one of God’s most devoted warriors. Williamson’s biography traces the general’s life from orphaned child, West Point cadet, and Sunday school teacher to military institute professor, Mexican War officer, and Civil War legend. “In this brief sketch of our great Southern hero, I have endeavored to portray, amid the blaze of his matchless military genius, the unchanging rectitude of his conduct, the stern willpower by which he conquered all difficulties, his firm belief in an overruling Providence, and his entire submission to the Divine Will. These traits of character were the cornerstones upon which he reared the edifice of his greatness and upon which the young people of our day will do well to build.”—Mary L. Williamson]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624179Wed, 13 Apr 2011 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624179 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Stonewall Jackson Author: Mary L. Williamson Narrator: Lloyd James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 14 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624179 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Stonewall Jackson Author: Mary L. Williamson Narrator: Lloyd James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 14 minutes Release date: April 13, 2011 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Known for his military prowess and Christian character, Thomas Jackson was one of the Confederacy’s greatest commanders—and one of God’s most devoted warriors. Williamson’s biography traces the general’s life from orphaned child, West Point cadet, and Sunday school teacher to military institute professor, Mexican War officer, and Civil War legend. “In this brief sketch of our great Southern hero, I have endeavored to portray, amid the blaze of his matchless military genius, the unchanging rectitude of his conduct, the stern willpower by which he conquered all difficulties, his firm belief in an overruling Providence, and his entire submission to the Divine Will. These traits of character were the cornerstones upon which he reared the edifice of his greatness and upon which the young people of our day will do well to build.”—Mary L. Williamson]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/brothers-rivals-victors-eisenhower-patton-bradley-and-the-partnership-that-drove-the-allied-conquest-in-europe-by-jonathan-w-jordan--65097572https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628594 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Brothers, Rivals, Victors: Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley, and the Partnership That Drove the Allied Conquest in Europe Author: Jonathan W. Jordan Narrator: William Hughes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23 hours 35 minutes Release date: April 5, 2011 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The true story of the friendship—and rivalry—among the greatest American generals of World War II Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower, General George S. Patton, and General Omar N. Bradley engineered the Allied conquest that shattered Hitler’s hold over Europe. But they also shared an intricate web of relationships going back decades. In the cauldron of World War II, they found their prewar friendships complicated by shifting allegiances, jealousy, insecurity, patriotism, and ambition. Meticulously researched and vividly written, Jonathan W. Jordan’s book recounts the battle for Europe through the eyes of these three legendary generals. For the first time in such detail, the bonds between them are explored, and readers are treated to an insider’s view of life at the summit of raw, violent power. Throughout three years of hard, bloody warfare, Eisenhower, the Alliance’s great diplomat, sought victory in the fighting qualities and tactical genius of his most trusted subordinates, Bradley and Patton. They, in turn, owed their careers to Eisenhower. Yet their friendship would be put to the ultimate test as life-and-death decisions were thrust upon them, and honor and duty conflicted with personal loyalty. Brothers, Rivals, Victors is drawn from the candid accounts of its main characters and strips away much of the public image of “Ike” (Eisenhower), the “GI’s General” (Bradley), and “Old Blood and Guts” (Patton) to reveal the men behind the legend. Adding richness to this story are the words and observations of a supporting cast of generals, staff officers, secretaries, aides, politicians, and wives, brought together to produce a uniquely intimate account of a relationship that influenced a war. The story of how these three great strategists pulled together to wage the deadliest conflict in history, despite their differences and rivalries, is marvelously told in this eye-opening narrative that is sure to become a classic of military history.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628594Tue, 05 Apr 2011 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628594 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Brothers, Rivals, Victors: Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley, and the Partnership That Drove the Allied Conquest in Europe Author: Jonathan W. Jordan...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628594 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Brothers, Rivals, Victors: Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley, and the Partnership That Drove the Allied Conquest in Europe Author: Jonathan W. Jordan Narrator: William Hughes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23 hours 35 minutes Release date: April 5, 2011 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The true story of the friendship—and rivalry—among the greatest American generals of World War II Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower, General George S. Patton, and General Omar N. Bradley engineered the Allied conquest that shattered Hitler’s hold over Europe. But they also shared an intricate web of relationships going back decades. In the cauldron of World War II, they found their prewar friendships complicated by shifting allegiances, jealousy, insecurity, patriotism, and ambition. Meticulously researched and vividly written, Jonathan W. Jordan’s book recounts the battle for Europe through the eyes of these three legendary generals. For the first time in such detail, the bonds between them are explored, and readers are treated to an insider’s view of life at the summit of raw, violent power. Throughout three years of hard, bloody warfare, Eisenhower, the Alliance’s great diplomat, sought victory in the fighting qualities and tactical genius of his most trusted subordinates, Bradley and Patton. They, in turn, owed their careers to Eisenhower. Yet their friendship would be put to the ultimate test as life-and-death decisions were thrust upon them, and honor and duty conflicted with personal loyalty. Brothers, Rivals, Victors is drawn from the candid accounts of its main characters and strips away much of the public image of “Ike” (Eisenhower), the “GI’s General” (Bradley), and “Old Blood and Guts” (Patton) to reveal the men behind the legend. Adding richness to this story are the words and observations of a supporting cast of generals, staff officers, secretaries, aides, politicians, and wives, brought together to produce a uniquely intimate account of a relationship that influenced a war. The story of how these three great strategists pulled together to wage the deadliest conflict in history, despite their differences and rivalries, is marvelously told in this eye-opening narrative that is sure to become a classic of military history.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/julius-caesar-man-soldier-and-tyrant-by-j-f-c-fuller--65097564https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628103 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Julius Caesar: Man, Soldier, and Tyrant Author: J. F. C. Fuller Narrator: Frederick Davidson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 6 minutes Release date: July 1, 2010 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Since the Renaissance, Julius Caesar has been idolized as a superman. While there is no doubt that Caesar was an extraordinary man, General Fuller points out that he was more extraordinary for his reckless ambition, matchless daring, and ruthless tyranny than for his skill as a military commander. Caesar continually had to extricate himself from the consequences of his errors in judgment, and his unpremeditated Gallic conquest is just one of Fuller’s many examples. In telling Caesar’s story, Fuller also illuminates a century of Roman history, bringing to life Caesar’s wars, armies, equipment, and methods. Brilliant in design and impressive in scope, Julius Caesar clarifies how the military, political, and economic aspects of the Roman Republic worked together to produce a man whose name has come down to us as a synonym for absolute authority.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628103Thu, 01 Jul 2010 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628103 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Julius Caesar: Man, Soldier, and Tyrant Author: J. F. C. Fuller Narrator: Frederick Davidson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 6 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628103 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Julius Caesar: Man, Soldier, and Tyrant Author: J. F. C. Fuller Narrator: Frederick Davidson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 6 minutes Release date: July 1, 2010 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Since the Renaissance, Julius Caesar has been idolized as a superman. While there is no doubt that Caesar was an extraordinary man, General Fuller points out that he was more extraordinary for his reckless ambition, matchless daring, and ruthless tyranny than for his skill as a military commander. Caesar continually had to extricate himself from the consequences of his errors in judgment, and his unpremeditated Gallic conquest is just one of Fuller’s many examples. In telling Caesar’s story, Fuller also illuminates a century of Roman history, bringing to life Caesar’s wars, armies, equipment, and methods. Brilliant in design and impressive in scope, Julius Caesar clarifies how the military, political, and economic aspects of the Roman Republic worked together to produce a man whose name has come down to us as a synonym for absolute authority.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-life-of-horatio-lord-nelson-by-robert-southey--65097611https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624549 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson Author: Robert Southey Narrator: Frederick Davidson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 48 minutes Release date: November 11, 2008 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Having entered the British Navy at the age of twelve, Horatio Lord Nelson achieved the rank of captain at the age of twenty. As captain, he was quickly recognized as a magnetic and controversial figure. He triumphed at Cape St. Vincent and the Nile but failed at Tenefife and Boulogne. With the glories of Copenhagen and Trafalgar yet ahead of him, his ardent passion for Emma Hamilton, the wife of a British Ambassador, cast a heavy shadow over his career. Audacious in battle (he once ignored a superior's order to cease action at Copenhagen by putting his telescope to his blind eye and saying he could not see the signal) and winner of some of Britain's greatest victories, Nelson possessed an extraordinary amount of dash and courage, thus rendering him one of history's great romantic figures. This extensive biography of one of England's most famous navy heroes—a great commander able to inspire and bring out the best in his men—is a great reference work for anyone interested in British naval history.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624549Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624549 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson Author: Robert Southey Narrator: Frederick Davidson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 48 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624549 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson Author: Robert Southey Narrator: Frederick Davidson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 48 minutes Release date: November 11, 2008 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Having entered the British Navy at the age of twelve, Horatio Lord Nelson achieved the rank of captain at the age of twenty. As captain, he was quickly recognized as a magnetic and controversial figure. He triumphed at Cape St. Vincent and the Nile but failed at Tenefife and Boulogne. With the glories of Copenhagen and Trafalgar yet ahead of him, his ardent passion for Emma Hamilton, the wife of a British Ambassador, cast a heavy shadow over his career. Audacious in battle (he once ignored a superior's order to cease action at Copenhagen by putting his telescope to his blind eye and saying he could not see the signal) and winner of some of Britain's greatest victories, Nelson possessed an extraordinary amount of dash and courage, thus rendering him one of history's great romantic figures. This extensive biography of one of England's most famous navy heroes—a great commander able to inspire and bring out the best in his men—is a great reference work for anyone interested in British naval history.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/campaigning-with-grant-by-horace-porter--65097528https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628083 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Campaigning with Grant Author: Horace Porter Narrator: Noah Waterman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 19 minutes Release date: November 5, 2008 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Horace Porter served as lieutenant colonel on Ulysses S. Grant’s staff from April 1864 to the end of the Civil War. He accompanied Grant into battle in the Wilderness, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg campaigns, and was present at Lee’s surrender at McLean’s house. Throughout the war, he kept extensive notes that capture Grant’s conversations, as well as his own observations of military life. Porter’s portrait of Grant is the most comprehensive first-hand account that we have. We see Grant as a soldier and hear in his own words the tactical evaluations that led to many of the war’s key decisions. We also hear of Grant’s dealings with Lincoln, of the close relationship between Sherman and Grant, and of Lee’s noble bearing at his surrender. This is a stirring account of our country’s most memorable conflict.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628083Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628083 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Campaigning with Grant Author: Horace Porter Narrator: Noah Waterman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 19 minutes Release date: November...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628083 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Campaigning with Grant Author: Horace Porter Narrator: Noah Waterman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 19 minutes Release date: November 5, 2008 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Horace Porter served as lieutenant colonel on Ulysses S. Grant’s staff from April 1864 to the end of the Civil War. He accompanied Grant into battle in the Wilderness, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg campaigns, and was present at Lee’s surrender at McLean’s house. Throughout the war, he kept extensive notes that capture Grant’s conversations, as well as his own observations of military life. Porter’s portrait of Grant is the most comprehensive first-hand account that we have. We see Grant as a soldier and hear in his own words the tactical evaluations that led to many of the war’s key decisions. We also hear of Grant’s dealings with Lincoln, of the close relationship between Sherman and Grant, and of Lee’s noble bearing at his surrender. This is a stirring account of our country’s most memorable conflict.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-nightingale-s-song-by-robert-timberg--65097610https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628523 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Nightingale’s Song Author: Robert Timberg Narrator: Patrick Lawlor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 8 minutes Release date: October 3, 2008 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Robert Timberg weaves together the lives of Annapolis graduates John McCain, James Webb, Oliver North, Robert McFarlane, and John Poindexter to reveal how the Vietnam War continues to haunt America. Casting all five men as metaphors for a legion of well-meaning if ill-starred warriors, Timberg probes the fault line between those who fought the war and those who used money, wit, and connections to avoid battle. A riveting tale that illuminates the flip side of the fabled Vietnam generation: those who went.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628523Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628523 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Nightingale’s Song Author: Robert Timberg Narrator: Patrick Lawlor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 8 minutes Release date: October...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628523 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Nightingale’s Song Author: Robert Timberg Narrator: Patrick Lawlor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 8 minutes Release date: October 3, 2008 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Robert Timberg weaves together the lives of Annapolis graduates John McCain, James Webb, Oliver North, Robert McFarlane, and John Poindexter to reveal how the Vietnam War continues to haunt America. Casting all five men as metaphors for a legion of well-meaning if ill-starred warriors, Timberg probes the fault line between those who fought the war and those who used money, wit, and connections to avoid battle. A riveting tale that illuminates the flip side of the fabled Vietnam generation: those who went.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/alexander-the-great-journey-to-the-end-of-the-earth-by-norman-f-cantor--65097557https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628529 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alexander the Great: Journey to the End of the Earth Author: Norman F. Cantor Narrator: Bronson Pinchot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 21 minutes Release date: July 8, 2008 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Alexander's behavior was conditioned along certain lines—heroism, courage, strength, superstition, bisexuality, intoxication, cruelty. He bestrode Europe and Asia like a supernatural figure. In this succinct portrait of Alexander the Great, distinguished scholar and historian Norman Cantor draws on the major writings of Alexander's contemporaries as well as the most recent psychological and cultural studies to illuminate this most legendary of men—a great figure in the ancient world whose puzzling personality greatly fueled his military accomplishments. Cantor describes Alexander's ambiguous relationship with his father, Philip II of Macedon; his oedipal involvement with his mother, the Albanian princess Olympias; and his bisexuality. He traces Alexander's attempts to bridge the East and West, the Greek and Persian worlds, using Achilles, hero of the Trojan War, as his model. Finally, Cantor explores Alexander's view of himself in relation to the pagan gods of Greece and Egypt. More than a biography, Cantor's Alexander the Great is a psychological rendering of a man of his time.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628529Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628529 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alexander the Great: Journey to the End of the Earth Author: Norman F. Cantor Narrator: Bronson Pinchot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 21...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628529 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alexander the Great: Journey to the End of the Earth Author: Norman F. Cantor Narrator: Bronson Pinchot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 21 minutes Release date: July 8, 2008 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Alexander's behavior was conditioned along certain lines—heroism, courage, strength, superstition, bisexuality, intoxication, cruelty. He bestrode Europe and Asia like a supernatural figure. In this succinct portrait of Alexander the Great, distinguished scholar and historian Norman Cantor draws on the major writings of Alexander's contemporaries as well as the most recent psychological and cultural studies to illuminate this most legendary of men—a great figure in the ancient world whose puzzling personality greatly fueled his military accomplishments. Cantor describes Alexander's ambiguous relationship with his father, Philip II of Macedon; his oedipal involvement with his mother, the Albanian princess Olympias; and his bisexuality. He traces Alexander's attempts to bridge the East and West, the Greek and Persian worlds, using Achilles, hero of the Trojan War, as his model. Finally, Cantor explores Alexander's view of himself in relation to the pagan gods of Greece and Egypt. More than a biography, Cantor's Alexander the Great is a psychological rendering of a man of his time.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/eisenhower-by-john-wukovits--65097558https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/627738 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eisenhower Series: Part of The Great Generals Series Author: John Wukovits Narrator: Brian Emerson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 53 minutes Release date: January 1, 2007 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: This new addition to Wesley Clark’s Great Generals Series features the principal architect of the Allied invasion of Europe during World War II and his relevance today. World War II expert John Wukovits explores Dwight D. Eisenhower’s contributions to American warfare. American general and thirty-fourth president of the United States, Eisenhower led the assault on the French coast at Normandy and held together the Allied units through the European campaign that followed. The book reveals Eisenhower’s advocacy in the pre-war years of the tank, his friendships with George Patton and Fox Conner, his service in the Philippines with Douglas MacArthur, and his culminating role as supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe. Wukovits skillfully demonstrates how Eisenhower’s evolution as a commander, his military doctrine, and his diplomatic skills are of extreme importance in understanding modern warfare.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/627738Mon, 01 Jan 2007 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/627738 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eisenhower Series: Part of The Great Generals Series Author: John Wukovits Narrator: Brian Emerson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 53...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/627738 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eisenhower Series: Part of The Great Generals Series Author: John Wukovits Narrator: Brian Emerson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 53 minutes Release date: January 1, 2007 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: This new addition to Wesley Clark’s Great Generals Series features the principal architect of the Allied invasion of Europe during World War II and his relevance today. World War II expert John Wukovits explores Dwight D. Eisenhower’s contributions to American warfare. American general and thirty-fourth president of the United States, Eisenhower led the assault on the French coast at Normandy and held together the Allied units through the European campaign that followed. The book reveals Eisenhower’s advocacy in the pre-war years of the tank, his friendships with George Patton and Fox Conner, his service in the Philippines with Douglas MacArthur, and his culminating role as supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe. Wukovits skillfully demonstrates how Eisenhower’s evolution as a commander, his military doctrine, and his diplomatic skills are of extreme importance in understanding modern warfare.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stonewall-jackson-a-biography-by-donald-a-davis--65097536https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625773 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stonewall Jackson: A Biography Series: Part of The Great Generals Series Author: Donald A. Davis Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 53 minutes Release date: January 1, 2007 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Deemed “irreplaceable” by Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson assumed his nickname during the Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War. It is said that the Army of Northern Virginia never fully recovered from the loss of Jackson’s leadership when he was accidentally shot by one of his own men and died in 1863. Davis highlights Stonewall Jackson as a general who emphasized the importance of reliable information and early preparedness, who so believed in information that he had a personal mapmaker with him at all times, and he details Jackson’s many lessons in strategy and leadership.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625773Mon, 01 Jan 2007 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625773 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stonewall Jackson: A Biography Series: Part of The Great Generals Series Author: Donald A. Davis Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625773 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stonewall Jackson: A Biography Series: Part of The Great Generals Series Author: Donald A. Davis Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 53 minutes Release date: January 1, 2007 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Deemed “irreplaceable” by Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson assumed his nickname during the Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War. It is said that the Army of Northern Virginia never fully recovered from the loss of Jackson’s leadership when he was accidentally shot by one of his own men and died in 1863. Davis highlights Stonewall Jackson as a general who emphasized the importance of reliable information and early preparedness, who so believed in information that he had a personal mapmaker with him at all times, and he details Jackson’s many lessons in strategy and leadership.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lemay-a-biography-by-barrett-tillman--65097506https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/627739 to listen full audiobooks. Title: LeMay: A Biography Series: Part of The Great Generals Series Author: Barrett Tillman Narrator: Tom Weiner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: January 1, 2007 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Packed with breathtaking air battles and ground tactics, this new addition to the Great Generals Series features the controversial command and strategies of the former Air Force Chief of Staff. Curtis LeMay was a terrifying, complex, and brilliant general. In World War II, he ordered the firebombing of Tokyo and was in charge when atomic bombs were dropped on Japan. He was responsible for tens of thousands of civilian deaths, a fact he liked to celebrate by smoking Cuban cigars. But LeMay was also the man who single-handedly transformed the American Air Force from poorly trained and badly equipped pilots into one of the fiercest weapons of the war. Over the last decades, most US military missions were carried out entirely through use of the Air Force. This is LeMay’s legacy.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/627739Mon, 01 Jan 2007 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/627739 to listen full audiobooks. Title: LeMay: A Biography Series: Part of The Great Generals Series Author: Barrett Tillman Narrator: Tom Weiner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/627739 to listen full audiobooks. Title: LeMay: A Biography Series: Part of The Great Generals Series Author: Barrett Tillman Narrator: Tom Weiner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: January 1, 2007 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Packed with breathtaking air battles and ground tactics, this new addition to the Great Generals Series features the controversial command and strategies of the former Air Force Chief of Staff. Curtis LeMay was a terrifying, complex, and brilliant general. In World War II, he ordered the firebombing of Tokyo and was in charge when atomic bombs were dropped on Japan. He was responsible for tens of thousands of civilian deaths, a fact he liked to celebrate by smoking Cuban cigars. But LeMay was also the man who single-handedly transformed the American Air Force from poorly trained and badly equipped pilots into one of the fiercest weapons of the war. Over the last decades, most US military missions were carried out entirely through use of the Air Force. This is LeMay’s legacy.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/goodbye-darkness-a-memoir-of-the-pacific-war-by-william-manchester--65097570https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628403 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War Author: William Manchester Narrator: Barrett Whitener Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 2 minutes Release date: January 1, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The nightmares began for William Manchester twenty-three years after World War II. In his dreams he lived with the recurring image of himself as a battle-weary youth 'angrily demanding to know what had happened to the three decades since he had laid down his arms.' To find out, Manchester visited those places in the Pacific where as a young Marine he fought the Japanese. In this intensely powerful memoir, America's preeminent biographer-historian, who has written so brilliantly about World War II in his acclaimed lives of General Douglas MacArthur (American Caesar) and Winston Churchill (The Last Lion), looks back at his own early life. He offers an unrivaled firsthand account of World War II in the Pacific: of what it looked like, sounded like, smelled like, and most of all, what it felt like to one who underwent all but the ultimate of its experiences.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628403Sun, 01 Jan 2006 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628403 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War Author: William Manchester Narrator: Barrett Whitener Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 2...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628403 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War Author: William Manchester Narrator: Barrett Whitener Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 2 minutes Release date: January 1, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The nightmares began for William Manchester twenty-three years after World War II. In his dreams he lived with the recurring image of himself as a battle-weary youth 'angrily demanding to know what had happened to the three decades since he had laid down his arms.' To find out, Manchester visited those places in the Pacific where as a young Marine he fought the Japanese. In this intensely powerful memoir, America's preeminent biographer-historian, who has written so brilliantly about World War II in his acclaimed lives of General Douglas MacArthur (American Caesar) and Winston Churchill (The Last Lion), looks back at his own early life. He offers an unrivaled firsthand account of World War II in the Pacific: of what it looked like, sounded like, smelled like, and most of all, what it felt like to one who underwent all but the ultimate of its experiences.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/unfit-for-command-swift-boat-veterans-speak-out-against-john-kerry-by-jerome-r-corsi-ph-d-john-e-o-neill--65097592https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625786 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out against John Kerry Author: Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D., John E. O’neill Narrator: Jeff Riggenbach Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 14 minutes Release date: June 26, 2005 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In their book, Unfit for Command, John O’Neill and coauthor Jerome Corsi bring together the words of more than two hundred Navy veterans who served with Kerry and who feel it their duty to tell why John Kerry is unworthy of the presidency. In 1971, John O’Neill, the officer who took over John Kerry’s swift boat in Vietnam, returned home from Vietnam only to realize that the man he served with, John Kerry, had become a leader of the radical group Vietnam Veterans against the War and was slandering his fellow veterans as war criminals. O’Neill debated John Kerry on The Dick Cavett Show in 1971, successfully demolishing Kerry’s accusations against his fellow troops in Vietnam. Find out why John Kerry is unfit for command, as told by the men who served with him.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625786Sun, 26 Jun 2005 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625786 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out against John Kerry Author: Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D., John E. O’neill Narrator: Jeff Riggenbach Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625786 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out against John Kerry Author: Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D., John E. O’neill Narrator: Jeff Riggenbach Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 14 minutes Release date: June 26, 2005 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In their book, Unfit for Command, John O’Neill and coauthor Jerome Corsi bring together the words of more than two hundred Navy veterans who served with Kerry and who feel it their duty to tell why John Kerry is unworthy of the presidency. In 1971, John O’Neill, the officer who took over John Kerry’s swift boat in Vietnam, returned home from Vietnam only to realize that the man he served with, John Kerry, had become a leader of the radical group Vietnam Veterans against the War and was slandering his fellow veterans as war criminals. O’Neill debated John Kerry on The Dick Cavett Show in 1971, successfully demolishing Kerry’s accusations against his fellow troops in Vietnam. Find out why John Kerry is unfit for command, as told by the men who served with him.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-the-hands-of-providence-joshua-l-chamberlain-and-the-american-civil-war-by-alice-rains-trulock--65097596https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628131 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the Hands of Providence: Joshua L. Chamberlain and the American Civil War Author: Alice Rains Trulock Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 56 minutes Release date: June 22, 2005 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Joshua Chamberlain of Maine forged an incredible career during the Civil War. An academic and theologian by training, this modest young professor left Bowdoin College to accept a commission as lieutenant colonel of the Twentieth Maine. He fought at Antietam and Fredericksburg, then led his regiment to glory at Gettysburg, where he ordered the brilliant charge that saved Little Round Top. Promoted to brigade command, Chamberlain won a battlefield promotion to brigadier general from Ulysses S. Grant for his distinguished conduct in the assaults against Petersburg. He was held in such high esteem by his superior officers that Grant accorded him the honor of receiving the formal Confederate surrender at Appomattox. There Chamberlain endeared himself to succeeding generations with his unforgettable salute to Robert E. Lee's defeated army. After the war, he went on to serve four terms as governor of his home state and later became president of Bowdoin College. He wrote prolifically about the war, including The Passing of the Armies, a classic account of the final campaign of the Army of the Potomac. This remarkable biography traces his life and times.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628131Wed, 22 Jun 2005 01:40:43 +0000Vidal CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628131 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the Hands of Providence: Joshua L. Chamberlain and the American Civil War Author: Alice Rains Trulock Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628131 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the Hands of Providence: Joshua L. Chamberlain and the American Civil War Author: Alice Rains Trulock Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 56 minutes Release date: June 22, 2005 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Joshua Chamberlain of Maine forged an incredible career during the Civil War. An academic and theologian by training, this modest young professor left Bowdoin College to accept a commission as lieutenant colonel of the Twentieth Maine. He fought at Antietam and Fredericksburg, then led his regiment to glory at Gettysburg, where he ordered the brilliant charge that saved Little Round Top. Promoted to brigade command, Chamberlain won a battlefield promotion to brigadier general from Ulysses S. Grant for his distinguished conduct in the assaults against Petersburg. He was held in such high esteem by his superior officers that Grant accorded him the honor of receiving the formal Confederate surrender at Appomattox. There Chamberlain endeared himself to succeeding generations with his unforgettable salute to Robert E. Lee's defeated army. After the war, he went on to serve four terms as governor of his home state and later became president of Bowdoin College. He wrote prolifically about the war, including The Passing of the Armies, a classic account of the final campaign of the Army of the Potomac. This remarkable biography traces his life and times.]]>185cleanfull