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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 Josue Toyhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/d52d4da2932804839170b5a7fdbf4202.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/listen-to-the-best-full-audiobooks-in-biography-memoir-military--6571190Tue, 25 Mar 2025 08:23:49 +0000Josue ToyJosue Toyfeeds@spreaker.comPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/230/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. With over 500,000+ audiobooks, we bring you diverse categories such as Biography & Memoir, Spirituality & Religion,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/230/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. With over 500,000+ audiobooks, we bring you diverse categories such as Biography & Memoir, Spirituality & Religion, and Business & Career Development. Get 3 free audiobooks to experience. You can listen to books on many devices like iPhone, iPad, Android, helping you save time and enhance knowledge. Don't miss this great opportunity! 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/soldier-spy-by-tom-marcus--65098339https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274959 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Soldier Spy Author: Tom Marcus Narrator: Jason Langley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 19 minutes Release date: October 6, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.19 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 6 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Soldier Spy by Tom Marcus, read by Jason Langley. In the boot were six homemade pipe bombs, all linked to detonate at the same time from a single call on a brand-new pay-as-you-go phone found on the target. Special Branch also found Chinese Type 56 assault rifles with eight full magazines full of ammunition. His target was a local school. He planned to attack two coaches of teenagers returning home after a school trip to France. Approximately sixty children, their accompanying teachers and their waiting parents. He was going to kill them all. 'My world was dark, no colour, no right or wrong and no back-up. People like me exist to fight those no one else dares face. I wasn't the last resort; I was the only option' Tom Marcus was recruited by MI5 in the wake of the 7/7 attacks on London. After five years spent undercover as part of a covert British Army special operations unit he offered the Security Service the edge they so desperately needed. Following months of intensive training, Marcus was thrown into a world of relentless, unimaginable pressure; a never-ending struggle to prevent terrorist atrocities on our city streets, foil devastating strikes against the nation's infrastructure, and keep our country's secrets safe from foreign spies. Split second decisions carried life or death consequences. And not all his colleagues would survive the fight. In this explosive first-hand account, Soldier Spy lifts the lid on the war being waged by MI5 to keep us safe in our towns and cities for the first time; a blistering, visceral insight into life on the front line against terror, revealed in never-before-seen detail. It was a job which would inevitably exact a heavy price. But when it came down to it, Marcus knew he didn't have a choice. 'Some people join the service out of a sense of duty, some out of wanting to do some good by removing the evil. I did it because it's all I knew. I'm a hunter of people and I'm damn good at it.']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274959Thu, 06 Oct 2016 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274959 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Soldier Spy Author: Tom Marcus Narrator: Jason Langley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 19 minutes Release date: October 6, 2016 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274959 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Soldier Spy Author: Tom Marcus Narrator: Jason Langley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 19 minutes Release date: October 6, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.19 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 6 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Soldier Spy by Tom Marcus, read by Jason Langley. In the boot were six homemade pipe bombs, all linked to detonate at the same time from a single call on a brand-new pay-as-you-go phone found on the target. Special Branch also found Chinese Type 56 assault rifles with eight full magazines full of ammunition. His target was a local school. He planned to attack two coaches of teenagers returning home after a school trip to France. Approximately sixty children, their accompanying teachers and their waiting parents. He was going to kill them all. 'My world was dark, no colour, no right or wrong and no back-up. People like me exist to fight those no one else dares face. I wasn't the last resort; I was the only option' Tom Marcus was recruited by MI5 in the wake of the 7/7 attacks on London. After five years spent undercover as part of a covert British Army special operations unit he offered the Security Service the edge they so desperately needed. Following months of intensive training, Marcus was thrown into a world of relentless, unimaginable pressure; a never-ending struggle to prevent terrorist atrocities on our city streets, foil devastating strikes against the nation's infrastructure, and keep our country's secrets safe from foreign spies. Split second decisions carried life or death consequences. And not all his colleagues would survive the fight. In this explosive first-hand account, Soldier Spy lifts the lid on the war being waged by MI5 to keep us safe in our towns and cities for the first time; a blistering, visceral insight into life on the front line against terror, revealed in never-before-seen detail. It was a job which would inevitably exact a heavy price. But when it came down to it, Marcus knew he didn't have a choice. 'Some people join the service out of a sense of duty, some out of wanting to do some good by removing the evil. I did it because it's all I knew. I'm a hunter of people and I'm damn good at it.']]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/forty-autumns-a-family-s-story-of-courage-and-survival-on-both-sides-of-the-berlin-wall-by-nina-willner--65098324https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273735 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Forty Autumns: A Family's Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Berlin Wall Author: Nina Willner Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 5 minutes Release date: October 4, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.61 of Total 18 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 6 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In this illuminating and deeply moving memoir, a former American military intelligence officer goes beyond traditional Cold War espionage tales to tell the true story of her family—of five women separated by the Iron Curtain for more than forty years, and their miraculous reunion after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Forty Autumns makes visceral the pain and longing of one family forced to live apart in a world divided by two. At twenty, Hanna escaped from East to West Germany. But the price of freedom—leaving behind her parents, eight siblings, and family home—was heartbreaking. Uprooted, Hanna eventually moved to America, where she settled down with her husband and had children of her own. Growing up near Washington, D.C., Hanna’s daughter, Nina Willner became the first female Army Intelligence Officer to lead sensitive intelligence operations in East Berlin at the height of the Cold War. Though only a few miles separated American Nina and her German relatives—grandmother Oma, Aunt Heidi, and cousin, Cordula, a member of the East German Olympic training team—a bitter political war kept them apart. In Forty Autumns, Nina recounts her family’s story—five ordinary lives buffeted by circumstances beyond their control. She takes us deep into the tumultuous and terrifying world of East Germany under Communist rule, revealing both the cruel reality her relatives endured and her own experiences as an intelligence officer, running secret operations behind the Berlin Wall that put her life at risk. A personal look at a tenuous era that divided a city and a nation, and continues to haunt us, Forty Autumns is an intimate and beautifully written story of courage, resilience, and love—of five women whose spirits could not be broken, and who fought to preserve what matters most: family.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273735Tue, 04 Oct 2016 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273735 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Forty Autumns: A Family's Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Berlin Wall Author: Nina Willner Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273735 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Forty Autumns: A Family's Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Berlin Wall Author: Nina Willner Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 5 minutes Release date: October 4, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.61 of Total 18 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 6 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In this illuminating and deeply moving memoir, a former American military intelligence officer goes beyond traditional Cold War espionage tales to tell the true story of her family—of five women separated by the Iron Curtain for more than forty years, and their miraculous reunion after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Forty Autumns makes visceral the pain and longing of one family forced to live apart in a world divided by two. At twenty, Hanna escaped from East to West Germany. But the price of freedom—leaving behind her parents, eight siblings, and family home—was heartbreaking. Uprooted, Hanna eventually moved to America, where she settled down with her husband and had children of her own. Growing up near Washington, D.C., Hanna’s daughter, Nina Willner became the first female Army Intelligence Officer to lead sensitive intelligence operations in East Berlin at the height of the Cold War. Though only a few miles separated American Nina and her German relatives—grandmother Oma, Aunt Heidi, and cousin, Cordula, a member of the East German Olympic training team—a bitter political war kept them apart. In Forty Autumns, Nina recounts her family’s story—five ordinary lives buffeted by circumstances beyond their control. She takes us deep into the tumultuous and terrifying world of East Germany under Communist rule, revealing both the cruel reality her relatives endured and her own experiences as an intelligence officer, running secret operations behind the Berlin Wall that put her life at risk. A personal look at a tenuous era that divided a city and a nation, and continues to haunt us, Forty Autumns is an intimate and beautifully written story of courage, resilience, and love—of five women whose spirits could not be broken, and who fought to preserve what matters most: family.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bust-hell-wide-open-the-life-of-nathan-bedford-forrest-by-samuel-w-mitcham--65098316https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275127 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bust Hell Wide Open: The Life of Nathan Bedford Forrest Author: Samuel W. Mitcham Narrator: Dan John Miller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 21 minutes Release date: October 4, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: An intimate biography of Nathan Bedford Forrest, arguably the most interesting figure to emerge from the Civil War—widely admired as a military genius At fourteen he became the head of his impoverished family, responsible for feeding eleven on the rough American frontier. By thirty-nine he had established himself as a successful plantation owner worth over $1 million. And at forty years old, Nathan Bedford Forrest enlisted in a Tennessee cavalry regiment—and became a controversial Civil War legend. The legacy of General Nathan Bedford Forrest is deeply divisive. Best known for being accused of war crimes at the Battle of Fort Pillow and for his role as first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan—an organization he later denounced—Forrest has often been studied as a military figure, but never before studied as a fascinating individual who wrestled with the complex issues of his violent times. Bust Hell Wide Open is a comprehensive portrait of Nathan Bedford Forrest as a man: his achievements, failings, reflections, and regrets.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275127Tue, 04 Oct 2016 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275127 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bust Hell Wide Open: The Life of Nathan Bedford Forrest Author: Samuel W. Mitcham Narrator: Dan John Miller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275127 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bust Hell Wide Open: The Life of Nathan Bedford Forrest Author: Samuel W. Mitcham Narrator: Dan John Miller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 21 minutes Release date: October 4, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: An intimate biography of Nathan Bedford Forrest, arguably the most interesting figure to emerge from the Civil War—widely admired as a military genius At fourteen he became the head of his impoverished family, responsible for feeding eleven on the rough American frontier. By thirty-nine he had established himself as a successful plantation owner worth over $1 million. And at forty years old, Nathan Bedford Forrest enlisted in a Tennessee cavalry regiment—and became a controversial Civil War legend. The legacy of General Nathan Bedford Forrest is deeply divisive. Best known for being accused of war crimes at the Battle of Fort Pillow and for his role as first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan—an organization he later denounced—Forrest has often been studied as a military figure, but never before studied as a fascinating individual who wrestled with the complex issues of his violent times. Bust Hell Wide Open is a comprehensive portrait of Nathan Bedford Forrest as a man: his achievements, failings, reflections, and regrets.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dagger-22-u-s-marine-corps-special-operations-in-bala-murghab-afghanistan-by-michael-golembesky--65098303https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274520 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dagger 22: U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan Author: Michael Golembesky Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 39 minutes Release date: September 20, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.91 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 2.78 of Total 9 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The thrilling true story of a Marine special operations unit in a battle for their lives in Afghanistan. Level Zero Heroes, Michael Golembesky's New York Times bestselling account of Marine Special Operations Team 8222 in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan, was just the beginning for these now battle-hardened special operations warriors. The unforgiving Afghan winter has settled upon the twenty-two men of Marine Special Operations Team 8222, call sign Dagger 22, in the remote and hostile river valley of Bala Murghab, Afghanistan. The Taliban fighters in the region would have liked nothing more than to once again go dormant and rest until the new spring fighting season began. No chance of that—this winter would be different. Along with Afghan and International Security Forces (NATO), the Marines of Dagger 22 continued their fight throughout the harsh winter to shape the battlefield before the Afghan ground began to thaw. From one firefight to the next, the noose began to tighten around the village of Daneh Pasab and the Taliban command cell operating there. On April 6, 2010, a ground force consisting of U.S. Army Special Forces, Afghan Commandos and Marine Corps special operations conducted a night assault to destroy the heavily entrenched Taliban force, breaking their grip on the valley and stopping the spring offensive before it ever began. But nothing in Bala Murghab comes easily as combat operations wear on the operators of Dagger 22, as they lean on each other once again in order to complete their mission in one of the most brutal environments on earth.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274520Tue, 20 Sep 2016 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274520 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dagger 22: U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan Author: Michael Golembesky Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274520 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dagger 22: U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan Author: Michael Golembesky Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 39 minutes Release date: September 20, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.91 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 2.78 of Total 9 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The thrilling true story of a Marine special operations unit in a battle for their lives in Afghanistan. Level Zero Heroes, Michael Golembesky's New York Times bestselling account of Marine Special Operations Team 8222 in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan, was just the beginning for these now battle-hardened special operations warriors. The unforgiving Afghan winter has settled upon the twenty-two men of Marine Special Operations Team 8222, call sign Dagger 22, in the remote and hostile river valley of Bala Murghab, Afghanistan. The Taliban fighters in the region would have liked nothing more than to once again go dormant and rest until the new spring fighting season began. No chance of that—this winter would be different. Along with Afghan and International Security Forces (NATO), the Marines of Dagger 22 continued their fight throughout the harsh winter to shape the battlefield before the Afghan ground began to thaw. From one firefight to the next, the noose began to tighten around the village of Daneh Pasab and the Taliban command cell operating there. On April 6, 2010, a ground force consisting of U.S. Army Special Forces, Afghan Commandos and Marine Corps special operations conducted a night assault to destroy the heavily entrenched Taliban force, breaking their grip on the valley and stopping the spring offensive before it ever began. But nothing in Bala Murghab comes easily as combat operations wear on the operators of Dagger 22, as they lean on each other once again in order to complete their mission in one of the most brutal environments on earth.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-honor-was-mine-by-elizabeth-heaney--65098323https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273709 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Honor Was Mine Author: Elizabeth Heaney Narrator: Joyce Bean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release date: September 6, 2016 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Winner of the Nautilus Book Award and the Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal. A young combat veteran hides in his closet under a pile of clothes on bad nights. Another, home for five days, can’t figure out how to talk to his wife. And a commander’s spouse recounts the soul-draining effect of attending nearly one hundred memorial services… When therapist Elizabeth Heaney left her private practice to counsel military service members and their families, she came face-to-face with unheard-of struggles and fears. Emotions run deeply—and often silently—in the hearts of combat veterans in this eye-opening portrait of the complex, nuanced lives of service personnel, who return from battling the enemy and grapple with readjusting to civilian life. Presenting the soldiers’ stories—told in their own words—as well as her own story of change, Heaney offers an intimate perspective, not of war itself but of its emotional aftermath. Some of these stories scrape the bone; others are hopeful, even comical. Every one reveals the sacrifices of those on the front lines and the courage, grace, and honor with which they serve.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273709Tue, 06 Sep 2016 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273709 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Honor Was Mine Author: Elizabeth Heaney Narrator: Joyce Bean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release date: September 6,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273709 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Honor Was Mine Author: Elizabeth Heaney Narrator: Joyce Bean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release date: September 6, 2016 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Winner of the Nautilus Book Award and the Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal. A young combat veteran hides in his closet under a pile of clothes on bad nights. Another, home for five days, can’t figure out how to talk to his wife. And a commander’s spouse recounts the soul-draining effect of attending nearly one hundred memorial services… When therapist Elizabeth Heaney left her private practice to counsel military service members and their families, she came face-to-face with unheard-of struggles and fears. Emotions run deeply—and often silently—in the hearts of combat veterans in this eye-opening portrait of the complex, nuanced lives of service personnel, who return from battling the enemy and grapple with readjusting to civilian life. Presenting the soldiers’ stories—told in their own words—as well as her own story of change, Heaney offers an intimate perspective, not of war itself but of its emotional aftermath. Some of these stories scrape the bone; others are hopeful, even comical. Every one reveals the sacrifices of those on the front lines and the courage, grace, and honor with which they serve.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/living-with-no-excuses-the-remarkable-rebirth-of-an-american-soldier-by-noah-galloway--65098351https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273199 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Living with No Excuses: The Remarkable Rebirth of an American Soldier Author: Noah Galloway Narrator: Noah Galloway Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 19 minutes Release date: August 23, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Military hero and beloved Dancing with the Stars alum Noah Galloway shares his life story, and how losing his arm and leg in combat forced him to relearn how to live--and live to the fullest. Inspirational, humorous, and thought provoking, Noah Galloway's LIVING WITH NO EXCUSES sheds light on his upbringing in rural Alabama, his military experience, and the battle he faced to overcome losing two limbs during Operation Iraqi Freedom. From reliving the early days of life to his acceptance of his 'new normal' after losing his arm and leg in combat, Noah reveals his ambition to succeed against all odds. Noah's gripping story is a shining example that with laughter, and the right amount of perspective, you can tackle anything. Whether it be overcoming injury, conquering the Dancing with the Stars ballroom, or taking the next steps forward in life with his young family - Noah demonstrates how to live life to the fullest, with no excuses.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273199Tue, 23 Aug 2016 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273199 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Living with No Excuses: The Remarkable Rebirth of an American Soldier Author: Noah Galloway Narrator: Noah Galloway Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273199 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Living with No Excuses: The Remarkable Rebirth of an American Soldier Author: Noah Galloway Narrator: Noah Galloway Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 19 minutes Release date: August 23, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Military hero and beloved Dancing with the Stars alum Noah Galloway shares his life story, and how losing his arm and leg in combat forced him to relearn how to live--and live to the fullest. Inspirational, humorous, and thought provoking, Noah Galloway's LIVING WITH NO EXCUSES sheds light on his upbringing in rural Alabama, his military experience, and the battle he faced to overcome losing two limbs during Operation Iraqi Freedom. From reliving the early days of life to his acceptance of his 'new normal' after losing his arm and leg in combat, Noah reveals his ambition to succeed against all odds. Noah's gripping story is a shining example that with laughter, and the right amount of perspective, you can tackle anything. Whether it be overcoming injury, conquering the Dancing with the Stars ballroom, or taking the next steps forward in life with his young family - Noah demonstrates how to live life to the fullest, with no excuses.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/way-of-the-reaper-my-greatest-untold-missions-and-the-art-of-being-a-sniper-by-gary-brozek-nicholas-irving--65098353https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265998 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Way of the Reaper: My Greatest Untold Missions and the Art of Being a Sniper Author: Gary Brozek, Nicholas Irving Narrator: Jeff Gurner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 8 minutes Release date: August 9, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.56 of Total 48 Ratings of Narrator: 4.92 of Total 12 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: From the legendary special operations sniper and bestselling author of The Reaper comes a rare and powerful audiobook on the art of being a sniper. Way of the Reaper is a step-by-step accounting of how a sniper works, through the lens of Irving's 10 most significant kills - none of which have been told before. Each mission is an in-depth look at a new element of eliminating the enemy, from intel to luck, recon to weaponry. Told in a thrilling narrative, this is also a heart-pounding true story of some of The Reaper's boldest missions including the longest shot of his military career on a human target of over half a mile. In Iraq and Afghanistan, Nicholas Irving earned his nickname in blood, destroying the enemy with his sniper rifle and in deadly firefights behind a .50 caliber machine gun. He engaged a Taliban suicide bomber during a vicious firefight, used nearly silent sub-sonic ammo, and was the target of snipers himself. Way of the Reaper attempts to place the listener in the heat of battle, experiencing the same dangers, horrors and acts of courage Irving faced as an elite member of the 3rd Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, while also examining the personal ramifications of taking another life. Listeners will experience the rush of the hunt and the dangers that all snipers must face, while learning what it takes to come an elite manhunter. Like the Reaper himself, this explosive audiobook blazes new territory and takes no prisoners. The preface of this audiobook is read by the author.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265998Tue, 09 Aug 2016 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265998 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Way of the Reaper: My Greatest Untold Missions and the Art of Being a Sniper Author: Gary Brozek, Nicholas Irving Narrator: Jeff Gurner Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265998 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Way of the Reaper: My Greatest Untold Missions and the Art of Being a Sniper Author: Gary Brozek, Nicholas Irving Narrator: Jeff Gurner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 8 minutes Release date: August 9, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.56 of Total 48 Ratings of Narrator: 4.92 of Total 12 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: From the legendary special operations sniper and bestselling author of The Reaper comes a rare and powerful audiobook on the art of being a sniper. Way of the Reaper is a step-by-step accounting of how a sniper works, through the lens of Irving's 10 most significant kills - none of which have been told before. Each mission is an in-depth look at a new element of eliminating the enemy, from intel to luck, recon to weaponry. Told in a thrilling narrative, this is also a heart-pounding true story of some of The Reaper's boldest missions including the longest shot of his military career on a human target of over half a mile. In Iraq and Afghanistan, Nicholas Irving earned his nickname in blood, destroying the enemy with his sniper rifle and in deadly firefights behind a .50 caliber machine gun. He engaged a Taliban suicide bomber during a vicious firefight, used nearly silent sub-sonic ammo, and was the target of snipers himself. Way of the Reaper attempts to place the listener in the heat of battle, experiencing the same dangers, horrors and acts of courage Irving faced as an elite member of the 3rd Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, while also examining the personal ramifications of taking another life. Listeners will experience the rush of the hunt and the dangers that all snipers must face, while learning what it takes to come an elite manhunter. Like the Reaper himself, this explosive audiobook blazes new territory and takes no prisoners. The preface of this audiobook is read by the author.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-everything-became-war-and-the-military-became-everything-tales-from-the-pentagon-by-rosa-brooks--65098304https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269552 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon Author: Rosa Brooks Narrator: Gabra Zackman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 5 minutes Release date: August 9, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.93 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: “A dynamic work of reportage” (The New York Times) written “with clarity and...wit” (The New York Times Book Review) about what happens when the ancient boundary between war and peace is erased. Once, war was a temporary state of affairs. Today, America’s wars are everywhere and forever: our enemies change constantly and rarely wear uniforms, and virtually anything can become a weapon. As war expands, so does the role of the US military. Military personnel now analyze computer code, train Afghan judges, build Ebola isolation wards, eavesdrop on electronic communications, develop soap operas, and patrol for pirates. You name it, the military does it. In this “ambitious and astute” (The Washington Post) work, Rosa Brooks “provides a masterful analysis” (San Francisco Chronicle) of this seismic shift in how America wages war from an unconventional perspective—that of a former top Pentagon official who is the daughter of two anti-war protesters and married to an Army Green Beret. By turns a memoir, a work of journalism, a scholarly exploration of history, anthropology, and law, How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything is an “illuminating” (The New York Times), “eloquent” (The Boston Globe), “courageous” (US News & World Report), and “essential” (The Dallas Morning News) examination of the role of the military today. Above all, it is a rallying cry, for Brooks issues an urgent warning: When the boundaries around war disappear, we undermine both America’s founding values and the international rules and organizations that keep our world from sliding towards chaos.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269552Tue, 09 Aug 2016 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269552 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon Author: Rosa Brooks Narrator: Gabra Zackman Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269552 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon Author: Rosa Brooks Narrator: Gabra Zackman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 5 minutes Release date: August 9, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.93 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: “A dynamic work of reportage” (The New York Times) written “with clarity and...wit” (The New York Times Book Review) about what happens when the ancient boundary between war and peace is erased. Once, war was a temporary state of affairs. Today, America’s wars are everywhere and forever: our enemies change constantly and rarely wear uniforms, and virtually anything can become a weapon. As war expands, so does the role of the US military. Military personnel now analyze computer code, train Afghan judges, build Ebola isolation wards, eavesdrop on electronic communications, develop soap operas, and patrol for pirates. You name it, the military does it. In this “ambitious and astute” (The Washington Post) work, Rosa Brooks “provides a masterful analysis” (San Francisco Chronicle) of this seismic shift in how America wages war from an unconventional perspective—that of a former top Pentagon official who is the daughter of two anti-war protesters and married to an Army Green Beret. By turns a memoir, a work of journalism, a scholarly exploration of history, anthropology, and law, How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything is an “illuminating” (The New York Times), “eloquent” (The Boston Globe), “courageous” (US News & World Report), and “essential” (The Dallas Morning News) examination of the role of the military today. Above all, it is a rallying cry, for Brooks issues an urgent warning: When the boundaries around war disappear, we undermine both America’s founding values and the international rules and organizations that keep our world from sliding towards chaos.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/company-commander-by-charles-b-macdonald--65098301https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266645 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Company Commander Author: Charles B. MacDonald Narrator: Tristan Morris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 35 minutes Release date: June 28, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: As a newly commissioned captain of a veteran US Army regiment, MacDonald’s first combat experience was war at its most hellish―the Battle of the Bulge. In this plainspoken but eloquent narrative, we live each minute at MacDonald’s side, sharing in all of combat’s misery, terror, and drama. How this green commander gains his men’s loyalty in the snows of war-torn Europe is one of the most unforgettable war stories of all time.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266645Tue, 28 Jun 2016 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266645 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Company Commander Author: Charles B. MacDonald Narrator: Tristan Morris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 35 minutes Release date: June 28,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266645 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Company Commander Author: Charles B. MacDonald Narrator: Tristan Morris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 35 minutes Release date: June 28, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: As a newly commissioned captain of a veteran US Army regiment, MacDonald’s first combat experience was war at its most hellish―the Battle of the Bulge. In this plainspoken but eloquent narrative, we live each minute at MacDonald’s side, sharing in all of combat’s misery, terror, and drama. How this green commander gains his men’s loyalty in the snows of war-torn Europe is one of the most unforgettable war stories of all time.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/eve-of-a-hundred-midnights-the-star-crossed-love-story-of-two-wwii-correspondents-and-their-epic-escape-across-the-pacific-by-bill-lascher--65098329https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264695 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eve of a Hundred Midnights: The Star-Crossed Love Story of Two WWII Correspondents and their Epic Escape Across the Pacific Author: Bill Lascher Narrator: Danny Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 14 minutes Release date: June 21, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The unforgettable true story of two married journalists on an island-hopping run for their lives across the Pacific after the Fall of Manila during World War II—a saga of love, adventure, and danger. On New Year’s Eve, 1941, just three weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese were bombing the Philippine capital of Manila, where journalists Mel and Annalee Jacoby had married just a month earlier. The couple had worked in China as members of a tight community of foreign correspondents with close ties to Chinese leaders; if captured by invading Japanese troops, they were certain to be executed. Racing to the docks just before midnight, they barely escaped on a freighter—the beginning of a tumultuous journey that would take them from one island outpost to another. While keeping ahead of the approaching Japanese, Mel and Annalee covered the harrowing war in the Pacific Theater—two of only a handful of valiant and dedicated journalists reporting from the region. Supported by deep historical research, extensive interviews, and the Jacobys’ personal letters, Bill Lascher recreates the Jacobys’ thrilling odyssey and their love affair with the Far East and one another. Bringing to light their compelling personal stories and their professional life together, Eve of a Hundred Midnights is a tale of an unquenchable thirst for adventure, of daring reportage at great personal risk, and of an enduring romance that blossomed in the shadow of war.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264695Tue, 21 Jun 2016 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264695 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eve of a Hundred Midnights: The Star-Crossed Love Story of Two WWII Correspondents and their Epic Escape Across the Pacific Author: Bill Lascher...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264695 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eve of a Hundred Midnights: The Star-Crossed Love Story of Two WWII Correspondents and their Epic Escape Across the Pacific Author: Bill Lascher Narrator: Danny Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 14 minutes Release date: June 21, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The unforgettable true story of two married journalists on an island-hopping run for their lives across the Pacific after the Fall of Manila during World War II—a saga of love, adventure, and danger. On New Year’s Eve, 1941, just three weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese were bombing the Philippine capital of Manila, where journalists Mel and Annalee Jacoby had married just a month earlier. The couple had worked in China as members of a tight community of foreign correspondents with close ties to Chinese leaders; if captured by invading Japanese troops, they were certain to be executed. Racing to the docks just before midnight, they barely escaped on a freighter—the beginning of a tumultuous journey that would take them from one island outpost to another. While keeping ahead of the approaching Japanese, Mel and Annalee covered the harrowing war in the Pacific Theater—two of only a handful of valiant and dedicated journalists reporting from the region. Supported by deep historical research, extensive interviews, and the Jacobys’ personal letters, Bill Lascher recreates the Jacobys’ thrilling odyssey and their love affair with the Far East and one another. Bringing to light their compelling personal stories and their professional life together, Eve of a Hundred Midnights is a tale of an unquenchable thirst for adventure, of daring reportage at great personal risk, and of an enduring romance that blossomed in the shadow of war.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fatal-voyage-the-sinking-of-the-uss-indianapolis-by-dan-kurzman--65098338https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263468 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fatal Voyage: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis Author: Dan Kurzman Narrator: Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 27 minutes Release date: May 31, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Shortly after midnight on July 30, 1945, the Navy cruiser USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in the Philippine Sea. The ship had just left the island of Tinian, delivering components of the atomic bomb destined for Hiroshima. As the torpedoes hit, the Indianapolis erupted into a fiery coffin, sinking in less than fifteen minutes and leaving nine hundred crewmen fighting for life in shark-infested waters. They expected a swift, routine rescue, unaware that the Navy high command didn’t even realize that the Indianapolis was missing. Help would not arrive for another five days. Drawn from definitive interviews with key figures, Fatal Voyage recounts the horrific events endured as the number of water-treading survivors dwindled to just 316. Each gruesome day brought more madness and slow death, from explosion-related injuries, dehydration, and, most terrifying of all, shark attacks. But the pain did not end when the men finally returned home: The Indianapolis’s commander, Captain Charles B. McVay III, was court-martialed for causing the clearly unavoidable disaster. With a new afterword chronicling the fifty-five-year campaign by Indianapolis survivors and their supporters to win public vindication for Captain McVay, this classic is restored, along with memories of the Indianapolis crew.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263468Tue, 31 May 2016 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263468 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fatal Voyage: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis Author: Dan Kurzman Narrator: Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 27 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263468 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fatal Voyage: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis Author: Dan Kurzman Narrator: Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 27 minutes Release date: May 31, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Shortly after midnight on July 30, 1945, the Navy cruiser USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in the Philippine Sea. The ship had just left the island of Tinian, delivering components of the atomic bomb destined for Hiroshima. As the torpedoes hit, the Indianapolis erupted into a fiery coffin, sinking in less than fifteen minutes and leaving nine hundred crewmen fighting for life in shark-infested waters. They expected a swift, routine rescue, unaware that the Navy high command didn’t even realize that the Indianapolis was missing. Help would not arrive for another five days. Drawn from definitive interviews with key figures, Fatal Voyage recounts the horrific events endured as the number of water-treading survivors dwindled to just 316. Each gruesome day brought more madness and slow death, from explosion-related injuries, dehydration, and, most terrifying of all, shark attacks. But the pain did not end when the men finally returned home: The Indianapolis’s commander, Captain Charles B. McVay III, was court-martialed for causing the clearly unavoidable disaster. With a new afterword chronicling the fifty-five-year campaign by Indianapolis survivors and their supporters to win public vindication for Captain McVay, this classic is restored, along with memories of the Indianapolis crew.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/macarthur-at-war-world-war-ii-in-the-pacific-by-walter-r-borneman--65098317https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263334 to listen full audiobooks. Title: MacArthur at War: World War II in the Pacific Author: Walter R. Borneman Narrator: David Baker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 31 minutes Release date: May 10, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The definitive account of General Douglas MacArthur's rise during World War II, from the author of the bestseller The Admirals. World War II changed the course of history. Douglas MacArthur changed the course of World War II. Macarthur at War will go deeper into this transformative period of his life than previous biographies, drilling into the military strategy that Walter R. Borneman is so skilled at conveying, and exploring how personality and ego translate into military successes and failures. Architect of stunning triumphs and inexplicable defeats, General MacArthur is the most intriguing military leader of the twentieth century. There was never any middle ground with MacArthur. This in-depth study of the most critical period of his career shows how his influence spread far beyond the war-torn Pacific. A Finalist for the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History at the New York Historical Society]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263334Tue, 10 May 2016 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263334 to listen full audiobooks. Title: MacArthur at War: World War II in the Pacific Author: Walter R. Borneman Narrator: David Baker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 31 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263334 to listen full audiobooks. Title: MacArthur at War: World War II in the Pacific Author: Walter R. Borneman Narrator: David Baker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 31 minutes Release date: May 10, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The definitive account of General Douglas MacArthur's rise during World War II, from the author of the bestseller The Admirals. World War II changed the course of history. Douglas MacArthur changed the course of World War II. Macarthur at War will go deeper into this transformative period of his life than previous biographies, drilling into the military strategy that Walter R. Borneman is so skilled at conveying, and exploring how personality and ego translate into military successes and failures. Architect of stunning triumphs and inexplicable defeats, General MacArthur is the most intriguing military leader of the twentieth century. There was never any middle ground with MacArthur. This in-depth study of the most critical period of his career shows how his influence spread far beyond the war-torn Pacific. A Finalist for the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History at the New York Historical Society]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/valiant-ambition-george-washington-benedict-arnold-and-the-fate-of-the-american-revolution-by-nathaniel-philbrick--65098307https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263602 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution Series: #2 of The American Revolution Series Author: Nathaniel Philbrick Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 19 minutes Release date: May 10, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4.83 of Total 6 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A New York Times Bestseller Winner of the George Washington Prize A surprising account of the middle years of the American Revolution and the tragic relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold, from the New York Times bestselling author of In The Heart of the Sea, Mayflower, and In the Hurricane's Eye. 'May be one of the greatest what-if books of the age—a volume that turns one of America’s best-known narratives on its head.”—Boston Globe 'Clear and insightful, [Valiant Ambition] consolidates Philbrick's reputation as one of America's foremost practitioners of narrative nonfiction.'—Wall Street Journal In the second book of his acclaimed American Revolution series, Nathaniel Philbrick turns to the tragic relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold. In September 1776, the vulnerable Continental army under an unsure George Washington evacuated New York after a devastating defeat by the British army. Three weeks later, one of his favorite generals, Benedict Arnold, miraculously succeeded in postponing the British naval advance down Lake Champlain that might have lost the war. As this book ends, four years later Washington has vanquished his demons, and Arnold has fled to the enemy. America was forced at last to realize that the real threat to its liberties might not come from without but from withinComplex, controversial, and dramatic, Valiant Ambition is a portrait of a people in crisis and the war that gave birth to a nation.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263602Tue, 10 May 2016 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263602 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution Series: #2 of The American Revolution Series Author:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263602 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution Series: #2 of The American Revolution Series Author: Nathaniel Philbrick Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 19 minutes Release date: May 10, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4.83 of Total 6 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A New York Times Bestseller Winner of the George Washington Prize A surprising account of the middle years of the American Revolution and the tragic relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold, from the New York Times bestselling author of In The Heart of the Sea, Mayflower, and In the Hurricane's Eye. 'May be one of the greatest what-if books of the age—a volume that turns one of America’s best-known narratives on its head.”—Boston Globe 'Clear and insightful, [Valiant Ambition] consolidates Philbrick's reputation as one of America's foremost practitioners of narrative nonfiction.'—Wall Street Journal In the second book of his acclaimed American Revolution series, Nathaniel Philbrick turns to the tragic relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold. In September 1776, the vulnerable Continental army under an unsure George Washington evacuated New York after a devastating defeat by the British army. Three weeks later, one of his favorite generals, Benedict Arnold, miraculously succeeded in postponing the British naval advance down Lake Champlain that might have lost the war. As this book ends, four years later Washington has vanquished his demons, and Arnold has fled to the enemy. America was forced at last to realize that the real threat to its liberties might not come from without but from withinComplex, controversial, and dramatic, Valiant Ambition is a portrait of a people in crisis and the war that gave birth to a nation.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pale-horse-hunting-terrorists-and-commanding-heroes-with-the-101st-airborne-division-by-jimmy-blackmon--65098313https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256545 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pale Horse: Hunting Terrorists and Commanding Heroes with the 101st Airborne Division Author: Jimmy Blackmon Narrator: Jimmy Blackmon, Brian Troxell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 24 minutes Release date: March 8, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The preface is read by the author, Jimmy Blackmon. Pale Horse is the remarkable never-before-told true story of an army aviation task force during combat in the Afghan War, told by the commanding officer who was there. Set in the very valleys where the attacks of 9/11 were conceived, and where ten Medals of Honor have been earned since that fateful day the war began, the narrative races from ferocious firefights and bravery in battle to the quiet moments where the courageous men and women of Task Force Pale Horse catch their breath before they take to the skies again. Jimmy F. Blackmon writes with a power and hard-hitting honesty that leaps off the page. He has the respect of the men and women of his brigade, and a command of the narrative to tell their story. From pilots of lethal Apache attack helicopters who strike fear in their enemies to the medevac soldiers who risk their lives daily, these are warriors from a variety of backgrounds who learned selflessness and found the closest brotherhood they ever knew through the crucible of war. Pale Horse both honors and commemorates the service of this elite task force from the unique vantage point of the commander who led them in battle.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256545Tue, 08 Mar 2016 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256545 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pale Horse: Hunting Terrorists and Commanding Heroes with the 101st Airborne Division Author: Jimmy Blackmon Narrator: Jimmy Blackmon, Brian Troxell...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256545 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pale Horse: Hunting Terrorists and Commanding Heroes with the 101st Airborne Division Author: Jimmy Blackmon Narrator: Jimmy Blackmon, Brian Troxell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 24 minutes Release date: March 8, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The preface is read by the author, Jimmy Blackmon. Pale Horse is the remarkable never-before-told true story of an army aviation task force during combat in the Afghan War, told by the commanding officer who was there. Set in the very valleys where the attacks of 9/11 were conceived, and where ten Medals of Honor have been earned since that fateful day the war began, the narrative races from ferocious firefights and bravery in battle to the quiet moments where the courageous men and women of Task Force Pale Horse catch their breath before they take to the skies again. Jimmy F. Blackmon writes with a power and hard-hitting honesty that leaps off the page. He has the respect of the men and women of his brigade, and a command of the narrative to tell their story. From pilots of lethal Apache attack helicopters who strike fear in their enemies to the medevac soldiers who risk their lives daily, these are warriors from a variety of backgrounds who learned selflessness and found the closest brotherhood they ever knew through the crucible of war. Pale Horse both honors and commemorates the service of this elite task force from the unique vantage point of the commander who led them in battle.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/negotiator-the-life-and-career-of-james-b-donovan-by-philip-j-bigger--65098332https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255839 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Negotiator: The Life and Career of James B. Donovan Author: Philip J. Bigger Narrator: Robertson Dean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 26 minutes Release date: March 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The first and only biography of intrepid attorney James B. Donovan, who was recruited by the CIA during the Cold War to broker near-impossible negotiations—now the basis for Steven Spielberg’s Cold War film, Bridge of Spies Charming, bold, and good-humored, James Donovan was a larger-than-life figure who led a fascinating and magnificently varied career, primarily as a negotiator on behalf of prisoners. When fresh out of law school, Donovan enrolled in the United States Navy during World War II and, toward the end of the war, was charged with collecting and recording evidence of Nazi atrocities, a role that then transitioned into his becoming a prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials. Once returned to the United States he set up a private legal practice, and his reputation grew rapidly. In 1957 he became involved with defending the captured Russian spy Rudolf Abel, and then rapidly became embroiled in a much larger international political melee as he attempted to secure the release of the captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers. Working privately but sanctioned by the CIA, he made many trips to East Berlin, until his eventual success. His career would then see another twist as he was entrusted with negotiating directly with Fidel Castro over the fate of the prisoners from the Bay of Pigs fiasco. In the midst of his international negotiating career he found time to run for the US Senate and become a university president.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255839Tue, 01 Mar 2016 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255839 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Negotiator: The Life and Career of James B. Donovan Author: Philip J. Bigger Narrator: Robertson Dean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 26...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255839 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Negotiator: The Life and Career of James B. Donovan Author: Philip J. Bigger Narrator: Robertson Dean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 26 minutes Release date: March 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The first and only biography of intrepid attorney James B. Donovan, who was recruited by the CIA during the Cold War to broker near-impossible negotiations—now the basis for Steven Spielberg’s Cold War film, Bridge of Spies Charming, bold, and good-humored, James Donovan was a larger-than-life figure who led a fascinating and magnificently varied career, primarily as a negotiator on behalf of prisoners. When fresh out of law school, Donovan enrolled in the United States Navy during World War II and, toward the end of the war, was charged with collecting and recording evidence of Nazi atrocities, a role that then transitioned into his becoming a prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials. Once returned to the United States he set up a private legal practice, and his reputation grew rapidly. In 1957 he became involved with defending the captured Russian spy Rudolf Abel, and then rapidly became embroiled in a much larger international political melee as he attempted to secure the release of the captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers. Working privately but sanctioned by the CIA, he made many trips to East Berlin, until his eventual success. His career would then see another twist as he was entrusted with negotiating directly with Fidel Castro over the fate of the prisoners from the Bay of Pigs fiasco. In the midst of his international negotiating career he found time to run for the US Senate and become a university president.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/where-have-all-the-bullets-gone-by-spike-milligan--65098344https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255481 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where Have All the Bullets Gone? Series: #5 of Spike Milligan War Memoirs Author: Spike Milligan Narrator: Spike Milligan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 24 minutes Release date: February 4, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Where Have All the Bullets Gone?, written and read by Spike Milligan. 'Back to those haunting days in Italy in 1944, at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, with lava running in great red rivulets down the slope towards us, and Jock taking a drag on his cigarette and saying, 'I think we've got grounds for a rent rebate.'' The fifth volume of Spike Milligan's unsurpassed account of life as a Bombardier in World War Two sees our hero dispatched from the front line to psychiatric hospital and from there to a rehabilitation camp. Considered loony (and 'unfit to be killed in combat by either side'), he becomes embroiled in his own private battle with melancholy. But it is music, wit and a little help from his friends - including one Gunner Harry Secombe - that help carry him through to his first stage appearances ...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255481Thu, 04 Feb 2016 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255481 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where Have All the Bullets Gone? Series: #5 of Spike Milligan War Memoirs Author: Spike Milligan Narrator: Spike Milligan Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255481 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where Have All the Bullets Gone? Series: #5 of Spike Milligan War Memoirs Author: Spike Milligan Narrator: Spike Milligan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 24 minutes Release date: February 4, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Where Have All the Bullets Gone?, written and read by Spike Milligan. 'Back to those haunting days in Italy in 1944, at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, with lava running in great red rivulets down the slope towards us, and Jock taking a drag on his cigarette and saying, 'I think we've got grounds for a rent rebate.'' The fifth volume of Spike Milligan's unsurpassed account of life as a Bombardier in World War Two sees our hero dispatched from the front line to psychiatric hospital and from there to a rehabilitation camp. Considered loony (and 'unfit to be killed in combat by either side'), he becomes embroiled in his own private battle with melancholy. But it is music, wit and a little help from his friends - including one Gunner Harry Secombe - that help carry him through to his first stage appearances ...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/monty-his-part-in-my-victory-by-spike-milligan--65098333https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251299 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Monty: His Part in My Victory Series: #3 of Spike Milligan War Memoirs Author: Spike Milligan Narrator: Spike Milligan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 13 minutes Release date: February 4, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Spike Milligan's legendary war memoirs are a hilarious and subversive first-hand account of the Second World War, as well as a fascinating portrait of the formative years of this towering comic genius, most famous as writer and star of The Goon Show. They have sold over 4.5 million copies. Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Monty: His Part in My Victory written and read by Spike Milligan. 'It's all over, Von Arnheim has surrendered and he's very angry.''This could mean war...' The third volume of Spike Milligan's laugh-a-line account of life as a gunner in World War Two resumes on the eve of victory in North Africa. Now Britain's looniest war hero must combat some of the direst threats a soldier has ever faced - boredom ('Christ, I just thought of Catford'), a cold ('In this weather?' 'Yed.'), moving camp ('It's a sort of Brighton with camels'), relaxing on the beach ('Life was golden, and we were the assayers'), moving camp again ('We're already somewhere else'), a visit to Carthage ('It's terrible, it's like Catford') and a perilous encounter with the gloriously endowed Mademoiselle Villion (''Help! massage,' I said weakly'). Against the odds, they survive and are sent at last to Italy to be killed...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251299Thu, 04 Feb 2016 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251299 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Monty: His Part in My Victory Series: #3 of Spike Milligan War Memoirs Author: Spike Milligan Narrator: Spike Milligan Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251299 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Monty: His Part in My Victory Series: #3 of Spike Milligan War Memoirs Author: Spike Milligan Narrator: Spike Milligan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 13 minutes Release date: February 4, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Spike Milligan's legendary war memoirs are a hilarious and subversive first-hand account of the Second World War, as well as a fascinating portrait of the formative years of this towering comic genius, most famous as writer and star of The Goon Show. They have sold over 4.5 million copies. Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Monty: His Part in My Victory written and read by Spike Milligan. 'It's all over, Von Arnheim has surrendered and he's very angry.''This could mean war...' The third volume of Spike Milligan's laugh-a-line account of life as a gunner in World War Two resumes on the eve of victory in North Africa. Now Britain's looniest war hero must combat some of the direst threats a soldier has ever faced - boredom ('Christ, I just thought of Catford'), a cold ('In this weather?' 'Yed.'), moving camp ('It's a sort of Brighton with camels'), relaxing on the beach ('Life was golden, and we were the assayers'), moving camp again ('We're already somewhere else'), a visit to Carthage ('It's terrible, it's like Catford') and a perilous encounter with the gloriously endowed Mademoiselle Villion (''Help! massage,' I said weakly'). Against the odds, they survive and are sent at last to Italy to be killed...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mussolini-his-part-in-my-downfall-by-spike-milligan--65098327https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255472 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mussolini: His Part in My Downfall Series: #4 of Spike Milligan War Memoirs Author: Spike Milligan Narrator: Spike Milligan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42 minutes Release date: February 4, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.78 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Mussolini: His Part in My Downfall, written and read by Spike Milligan. A voice is calling across the land, 'Bombardier Milligan.''Bombadier Milligan is dead,' I replied in a disguised voice.The voice replied, 'Then he's going to miss his breakfast.' The fourth volume of Spike Milligan's legendary account of his time in the army during World War Two begins as he and his regiment land in sunny Italy in 1943 ('The ship touched the beach very gently, so gently I suspect it's not insured'). After a bout of Sandfly Fever, from which he soon recovers ('I'm ready to be killed again'), our plucky hero is piddled on by a farm dog ('Mussolini's revenge?') before forging his way inland towards the enemy and the sound of guns ('We're getting near civilisation'), where matters suddenly take a dark turn ('I was not really me any more') ...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255472Thu, 04 Feb 2016 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255472 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mussolini: His Part in My Downfall Series: #4 of Spike Milligan War Memoirs Author: Spike Milligan Narrator: Spike Milligan Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255472 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mussolini: His Part in My Downfall Series: #4 of Spike Milligan War Memoirs Author: Spike Milligan Narrator: Spike Milligan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42 minutes Release date: February 4, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.78 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Mussolini: His Part in My Downfall, written and read by Spike Milligan. A voice is calling across the land, 'Bombardier Milligan.''Bombadier Milligan is dead,' I replied in a disguised voice.The voice replied, 'Then he's going to miss his breakfast.' The fourth volume of Spike Milligan's legendary account of his time in the army during World War Two begins as he and his regiment land in sunny Italy in 1943 ('The ship touched the beach very gently, so gently I suspect it's not insured'). After a bout of Sandfly Fever, from which he soon recovers ('I'm ready to be killed again'), our plucky hero is piddled on by a farm dog ('Mussolini's revenge?') before forging his way inland towards the enemy and the sound of guns ('We're getting near civilisation'), where matters suddenly take a dark turn ('I was not really me any more') ...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/adolf-hitler-my-part-in-his-downfall-by-spike-milligan--65098326https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251298 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall Series: #1 of Spike Milligan War Memoirs Author: Spike Milligan Narrator: Spike Milligan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 24 minutes Release date: February 4, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.64 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Spike Milligan's legendary war memoirs are a hilarious and subversive first-hand account of the Second World War, as well as a fascinating portrait of the formative years of this towering comic genius, most famous as writer and star of The Goon Show. They have sold over 4.5 million copies. Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall written and read by Spike Milligan. 'At Victoria station the R.T.O. gave me a travel warrant, a white feather and a picture of Hitler marked 'This is your enemy'. I searched every compartment, but he wasn't on the train . . .' In this, the first of Spike Milligan's uproarious recollections of life in the army, our hero takes us from the outbreak of war in 1939 ('it must have been something we said'), through his attempts to avoid enlistment ('time for my appendicitus, I thought') and his gunner training in Bexhill ('There was one drawback. No ammunition') to the landing at Algiers in 1943 ('I closed my eyes and faced the sun. I fell down a hatchway'). Filled with bathos, pathos and gales of ribald laughter, this is a barely sane helping of military goonery and superlative Milliganese.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251298Thu, 04 Feb 2016 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251298 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall Series: #1 of Spike Milligan War Memoirs Author: Spike Milligan Narrator: Spike Milligan Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251298 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall Series: #1 of Spike Milligan War Memoirs Author: Spike Milligan Narrator: Spike Milligan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 24 minutes Release date: February 4, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.64 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Spike Milligan's legendary war memoirs are a hilarious and subversive first-hand account of the Second World War, as well as a fascinating portrait of the formative years of this towering comic genius, most famous as writer and star of The Goon Show. They have sold over 4.5 million copies. Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall written and read by Spike Milligan. 'At Victoria station the R.T.O. gave me a travel warrant, a white feather and a picture of Hitler marked 'This is your enemy'. I searched every compartment, but he wasn't on the train . . .' In this, the first of Spike Milligan's uproarious recollections of life in the army, our hero takes us from the outbreak of war in 1939 ('it must have been something we said'), through his attempts to avoid enlistment ('time for my appendicitus, I thought') and his gunner training in Bexhill ('There was one drawback. No ammunition') to the landing at Algiers in 1943 ('I closed my eyes and faced the sun. I fell down a hatchway'). Filled with bathos, pathos and gales of ribald laughter, this is a barely sane helping of military goonery and superlative Milliganese.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/goodbye-soldier-by-spike-milligan--65098311https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255534 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Goodbye Soldier Series: #6 of Spike Milligan War Memoirs Author: Spike Milligan Narrator: Spike Milligan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release date: February 4, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Spike Milligan's legendary war memoirs are a hilarious and subversive first-hand account of the Second World War, as well as a fascinating portrait of the formative years of this towering comic genius, most famous as writer and star of The Goon Show. They have sold over 4.5 million copies. Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Goodbye Soldier, written and read by Spike Milligan. 'My namer is Maria Antonoinetta Fontana, but everyone call me Toni.''I'm Spike,' sometimes known as stop thief or hey you.'Yeser, I know.' The sixth volume of Spike Milligan's off-the-wall account of his part in World War Two sees our hero doing very little soldiering. Because it's 1946. Rather, he is now part of the Bill Hall Trio - a 'Combined Services Entertainment' inflicted on unsuspecting soldiers across Italy and Austria - and is largely preoccupied with the unbearably beautiful ballerina, Ms Toni Fontana ('Arghhhhhhhhh!). But he must enjoy it while he can before he is demobbed and sent home to Catford - so he does ...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255534Thu, 04 Feb 2016 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255534 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Goodbye Soldier Series: #6 of Spike Milligan War Memoirs Author: Spike Milligan Narrator: Spike Milligan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255534 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Goodbye Soldier Series: #6 of Spike Milligan War Memoirs Author: Spike Milligan Narrator: Spike Milligan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release date: February 4, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Spike Milligan's legendary war memoirs are a hilarious and subversive first-hand account of the Second World War, as well as a fascinating portrait of the formative years of this towering comic genius, most famous as writer and star of The Goon Show. They have sold over 4.5 million copies. Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Goodbye Soldier, written and read by Spike Milligan. 'My namer is Maria Antonoinetta Fontana, but everyone call me Toni.''I'm Spike,' sometimes known as stop thief or hey you.'Yeser, I know.' The sixth volume of Spike Milligan's off-the-wall account of his part in World War Two sees our hero doing very little soldiering. Because it's 1946. Rather, he is now part of the Bill Hall Trio - a 'Combined Services Entertainment' inflicted on unsuspecting soldiers across Italy and Austria - and is largely preoccupied with the unbearably beautiful ballerina, Ms Toni Fontana ('Arghhhhhhhhh!). But he must enjoy it while he can before he is demobbed and sent home to Catford - so he does ...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rommel-gunner-who-a-confrontation-in-the-desert-by-spike-milligan--65098306https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251300 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 'Rommel?' 'Gunner Who?': A Confrontation in the Desert Series: #2 of Spike Milligan War Memoirs Author: Spike Milligan Narrator: Spike Milligan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 15 minutes Release date: February 4, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Penguin Presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Rommel? 'Gunner Who?' written and read by Spike Milligan. 'Keep talking, Milligan. I think I can get you out on Mental Grounds.''That's how I got in, sir.''Didn't we all.' The second volume of Spike Milligan's legendary recollections of life as a gunner in World War Two sees our hero into battle in North Africa - eventually. First, there is important preparation to be done: extensive periods of loitering ('We had been standing by vehicles for an hour and nothing had happened, but it happened frequently'), psychological toughening ('If a man dies when you hang him, keep hanging him until he gets used to it') and living dangerously ('no underwear!'). At last the battle for Tunis is upon them...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251300Thu, 04 Feb 2016 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251300 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 'Rommel?' 'Gunner Who?': A Confrontation in the Desert Series: #2 of Spike Milligan War Memoirs Author: Spike Milligan Narrator: Spike Milligan Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251300 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 'Rommel?' 'Gunner Who?': A Confrontation in the Desert Series: #2 of Spike Milligan War Memoirs Author: Spike Milligan Narrator: Spike Milligan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 15 minutes Release date: February 4, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Penguin Presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Rommel? 'Gunner Who?' written and read by Spike Milligan. 'Keep talking, Milligan. I think I can get you out on Mental Grounds.''That's how I got in, sir.''Didn't we all.' The second volume of Spike Milligan's legendary recollections of life as a gunner in World War Two sees our hero into battle in North Africa - eventually. First, there is important preparation to be done: extensive periods of loitering ('We had been standing by vehicles for an hour and nothing had happened, but it happened frequently'), psychological toughening ('If a man dies when you hang him, keep hanging him until he gets used to it') and living dangerously ('no underwear!'). At last the battle for Tunis is upon them...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-republic-of-imagination-by-azar-nafisi--65098325https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252103 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Republic of Imagination Author: Azar Nafisi Narrator: Mozhan Marno Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 9 minutes Release date: January 28, 2016 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: From the author of the bestselling memoir Reading Lolita in Tehran comes a powerful and passionate case for the vital role of fiction today. Ten years ago, Azar Nafisi electrified readers with her million-copy bestseller, Reading Lolita in Tehran, which told the story of how, against the backdrop of morality squads and executions, she taught The Great Gatsby and other classics to her eager students in Iran. In this exhilarating follow-up, Nafisi has written the book her fans have been waiting for: an impassioned, beguiling and utterly original tribute to the vital importance of fiction in a democratic society. Taking her cue from a challenge thrown to her at a reading, she energetically responds to those who say fiction has nothing to teach us today. Blending memoir and polemic with close readings of her favourite novels, she invites us to join her as citizens of her 'Republic of Imagination', a country where the villains are conformity, and orthodoxy and the only passport to entry is a free mind and a willingness to dream.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252103Thu, 28 Jan 2016 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252103 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Republic of Imagination Author: Azar Nafisi Narrator: Mozhan Marno Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 9 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252103 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Republic of Imagination Author: Azar Nafisi Narrator: Mozhan Marno Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 9 minutes Release date: January 28, 2016 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: From the author of the bestselling memoir Reading Lolita in Tehran comes a powerful and passionate case for the vital role of fiction today. Ten years ago, Azar Nafisi electrified readers with her million-copy bestseller, Reading Lolita in Tehran, which told the story of how, against the backdrop of morality squads and executions, she taught The Great Gatsby and other classics to her eager students in Iran. In this exhilarating follow-up, Nafisi has written the book her fans have been waiting for: an impassioned, beguiling and utterly original tribute to the vital importance of fiction in a democratic society. Taking her cue from a challenge thrown to her at a reading, she energetically responds to those who say fiction has nothing to teach us today. Blending memoir and polemic with close readings of her favourite novels, she invites us to join her as citizens of her 'Republic of Imagination', a country where the villains are conformity, and orthodoxy and the only passport to entry is a free mind and a willingness to dream.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sailor-and-fiddler-reflections-of-a-100-year-old-author-by-herman-wouk--65098365https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251644 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sailor and Fiddler: Reflections of a 100-Year-Old Author Author: Herman Wouk Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 20 minutes Release date: January 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: “A sparkling memoir of a well-lived life of literature, fame, and love” (Booklist) by one of America’s most beloved authors, as he looks back over his 100 years. In this remarkable memoir “full of adventure, wit, color, and detail” (Jewish Journal), Herman Wouk finally reflects on the life experiences that inspired his most enduring novels. With a tone that is “generous and warm” (The Boston Globe), he tells of his days writing for comedian Fred Allen’s radio show, one of the most popular shows in the history of the medium; enlisting in the US Navy during World War II; falling in love with Betty Sarah Brown, the woman who would become his wife (and literary agent) for sixty-three years; writing his Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, The Caine Mutiny; as well as a big hit Broadway play and an equally big Broadway flop; and the surprising inspirations and people behind such masterpieces as The Winds of War, War and Remembrance, Marjorie Morningstar, and Youngblood Hawke. Written with the wisdom of a “trailblazing centenarian charmer” (Buffalo News) and the wit of someone who began his career as professional comedy writer, Sailor and Fiddler is an unprecedented reflection on writing and faith—“a lovely coda to the career of a man who made American literature a kinder, smarter, better place” (NPR).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251644Tue, 05 Jan 2016 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251644 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sailor and Fiddler: Reflections of a 100-Year-Old Author Author: Herman Wouk Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 20...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251644 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sailor and Fiddler: Reflections of a 100-Year-Old Author Author: Herman Wouk Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 20 minutes Release date: January 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: “A sparkling memoir of a well-lived life of literature, fame, and love” (Booklist) by one of America’s most beloved authors, as he looks back over his 100 years. In this remarkable memoir “full of adventure, wit, color, and detail” (Jewish Journal), Herman Wouk finally reflects on the life experiences that inspired his most enduring novels. With a tone that is “generous and warm” (The Boston Globe), he tells of his days writing for comedian Fred Allen’s radio show, one of the most popular shows in the history of the medium; enlisting in the US Navy during World War II; falling in love with Betty Sarah Brown, the woman who would become his wife (and literary agent) for sixty-three years; writing his Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, The Caine Mutiny; as well as a big hit Broadway play and an equally big Broadway flop; and the surprising inspirations and people behind such masterpieces as The Winds of War, War and Remembrance, Marjorie Morningstar, and Youngblood Hawke. Written with the wisdom of a “trailblazing centenarian charmer” (Buffalo News) and the wit of someone who began his career as professional comedy writer, Sailor and Fiddler is an unprecedented reflection on writing and faith—“a lovely coda to the career of a man who made American literature a kinder, smarter, better place” (NPR).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-brave-ones-a-memoir-of-hope-pride-and-military-service-by-michael-j-macleod--65098330https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249003 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Brave Ones: A Memoir of Hope, Pride and Military Service Author: Michael J. MacLeod Narrator: Patrick Lawlor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 36 minutes Release date: November 10, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.86 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: How does the US Army mold a video-game generation with its thumbs on the joystick into a proud fighting force with its fingers on the trigger—and lives on the line—in America’s War on Terror? Michael J. MacLeod, already an accomplished professional photographer and journalist, decided to find out the hard way: by enlisting in the armed forces at age forty-one. What he observed and experienced as an embedded reporter and a serving soldier makes for an unflinching and inspiring portrait of endurance, sacrifice, discipline, and courage. From the trials of basic training on the home front to the ranks of the legendary 82nd Airborne Division to taking fire in the hot zones of Iraq and Afghanistan, MacLeod chronicles the soldier’s evolution as only one who’s been in those boots can. Candid, wise, and powerful, his memoir takes readers on an unforgettable journey through war and allows them to witness bravery firsthand.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249003Tue, 10 Nov 2015 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249003 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Brave Ones: A Memoir of Hope, Pride and Military Service Author: Michael J. MacLeod Narrator: Patrick Lawlor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249003 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Brave Ones: A Memoir of Hope, Pride and Military Service Author: Michael J. MacLeod Narrator: Patrick Lawlor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 36 minutes Release date: November 10, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.86 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: How does the US Army mold a video-game generation with its thumbs on the joystick into a proud fighting force with its fingers on the trigger—and lives on the line—in America’s War on Terror? Michael J. MacLeod, already an accomplished professional photographer and journalist, decided to find out the hard way: by enlisting in the armed forces at age forty-one. What he observed and experienced as an embedded reporter and a serving soldier makes for an unflinching and inspiring portrait of endurance, sacrifice, discipline, and courage. From the trials of basic training on the home front to the ranks of the legendary 82nd Airborne Division to taking fire in the hot zones of Iraq and Afghanistan, MacLeod chronicles the soldier’s evolution as only one who’s been in those boots can. Candid, wise, and powerful, his memoir takes readers on an unforgettable journey through war and allows them to witness bravery firsthand.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-generals-patton-macarthur-marshall-and-the-winning-of-world-war-ii-by-winston-groom--65098302https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/248135 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Generals: Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, and the Winning of World War II Author: Winston Groom Narrator: Robertson Dean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 4 minutes Release date: November 10, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.58 of Total 36 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 9 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Celebrated historian Winston Groom tells the intertwined and uniquely American tales of George Patton, Douglas MacArthur, and George Marshall—from the World War I battle that shaped them to their greatest achievement: leading the allies to victory in World War II. These three remarkable men-of-arms, who rose from the gruesome hell of the First World War to become the finest generals of their generation during World War II, redefined America’s ideas of military leadership and brought forth a new generation of American soldier. Their efforts revealed to the world the grit and determination that would become synonymous with America in the postwar years. Virginian George Marshall led his class at the Virginia Military Institute to become the principal planner of the Battle of the Meuse-Argonne, the greatest American operation, which ended the conflict. Afterward, he rose to become the Army’s chief of staff, where he balanced the volatility of generals such as Patton and MacArthur for the good of the country. Like Marshall, George Patton, who is remembered as one of the most heroic and controversial generals in American history, overcame early academic difficulties to graduate at the top of his class at West Point. He would build and command the Army’s burgeoning tank division, lead the successful invasion of North Africa during World War II, and die under mysterious circumstances in 1945. Douglas MacArthur also graduated at the top of his West Point class and became known as the “bravest man in the US Army” during the First World War, where he was commissioned as the youngest general in the armed forces. He commanded in the Pacific in World War II, where his strategy famously defeated the Empire of Japan. Filled with novel-worthy twists and turns, and set against the backdrop of the most dramatic moments of the twentieth century, The Generals is a powerful, action-packed book filled with marvelous surprises and insights into the lives of America’s most celebrated warriors.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/248135Tue, 10 Nov 2015 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/248135 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Generals: Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, and the Winning of World War II Author: Winston Groom Narrator: Robertson Dean Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/248135 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Generals: Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, and the Winning of World War II Author: Winston Groom Narrator: Robertson Dean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 4 minutes Release date: November 10, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.58 of Total 36 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 9 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Celebrated historian Winston Groom tells the intertwined and uniquely American tales of George Patton, Douglas MacArthur, and George Marshall—from the World War I battle that shaped them to their greatest achievement: leading the allies to victory in World War II. These three remarkable men-of-arms, who rose from the gruesome hell of the First World War to become the finest generals of their generation during World War II, redefined America’s ideas of military leadership and brought forth a new generation of American soldier. Their efforts revealed to the world the grit and determination that would become synonymous with America in the postwar years. Virginian George Marshall led his class at the Virginia Military Institute to become the principal planner of the Battle of the Meuse-Argonne, the greatest American operation, which ended the conflict. Afterward, he rose to become the Army’s chief of staff, where he balanced the volatility of generals such as Patton and MacArthur for the good of the country. Like Marshall, George Patton, who is remembered as one of the most heroic and controversial generals in American history, overcame early academic difficulties to graduate at the top of his class at West Point. He would build and command the Army’s burgeoning tank division, lead the successful invasion of North Africa during World War II, and die under mysterious circumstances in 1945. Douglas MacArthur also graduated at the top of his West Point class and became known as the “bravest man in the US Army” during the First World War, where he was commissioned as the youngest general in the armed forces. He commanded in the Pacific in World War II, where his strategy famously defeated the Empire of Japan. Filled with novel-worthy twists and turns, and set against the backdrop of the most dramatic moments of the twentieth century, The Generals is a powerful, action-packed book filled with marvelous surprises and insights into the lives of America’s most celebrated warriors.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-general-and-the-genius-groves-and-oppenheimer-the-unlikely-partnership-that-built-the-atom-bomb-by-james-kunetka--65098309https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247780 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The General and the Genius: Groves and Oppenheimer—the Unlikely Partnership That Built the Atom Bomb Author: James Kunetka Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 7 minutes Release date: November 3, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.73 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4.83 of Total 6 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Two ambitious men. One historic mission. With a blinding flash in the New Mexico desert in the summer of 1945, the world was changed forever. The bomb that ushered in the atomic age was the product of one of history’s most improbable partnerships. The General and the Genius reveals how two extraordinary men pulled off the greatest scientific feat of the twentieth century. Leslie Richard Groves of the Army Corps of Engineers, who had made his name by building the Pentagon in record time and under budget, was made overlord of the impossibly vast scientific enterprise known as the Manhattan Project. His mission: to beat the Nazis to the atomic bomb. So he turned to the nation’s preeminent theoretical physicist, J. Robert Oppenheimer—the chain-smoking, martini-quaffing son of wealthy Jewish immigrants, whose background was riddled with communist associations—Groves’ opposite in nearly every respect. In their three-year collaboration, the iron-willed general and the visionary scientist led a brilliant team in a secret mountaintop lab and built the fearsome weapons that ended the war but introduced the human race to unimaginable new terrors. And at the heart of this most momentous work of World War II is the story of two extraordinary men—the general and the genius.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247780Tue, 03 Nov 2015 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247780 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The General and the Genius: Groves and Oppenheimer—the Unlikely Partnership That Built the Atom Bomb Author: James Kunetka Narrator: Malcolm...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247780 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The General and the Genius: Groves and Oppenheimer—the Unlikely Partnership That Built the Atom Bomb Author: James Kunetka Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 7 minutes Release date: November 3, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.73 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4.83 of Total 6 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Two ambitious men. One historic mission. With a blinding flash in the New Mexico desert in the summer of 1945, the world was changed forever. The bomb that ushered in the atomic age was the product of one of history’s most improbable partnerships. The General and the Genius reveals how two extraordinary men pulled off the greatest scientific feat of the twentieth century. Leslie Richard Groves of the Army Corps of Engineers, who had made his name by building the Pentagon in record time and under budget, was made overlord of the impossibly vast scientific enterprise known as the Manhattan Project. His mission: to beat the Nazis to the atomic bomb. So he turned to the nation’s preeminent theoretical physicist, J. Robert Oppenheimer—the chain-smoking, martini-quaffing son of wealthy Jewish immigrants, whose background was riddled with communist associations—Groves’ opposite in nearly every respect. In their three-year collaboration, the iron-willed general and the visionary scientist led a brilliant team in a secret mountaintop lab and built the fearsome weapons that ended the war but introduced the human race to unimaginable new terrors. And at the heart of this most momentous work of World War II is the story of two extraordinary men—the general and the genius.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tough-as-they-come-by-marcus-brotherton-travis-mills--65098349https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245849 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tough As They Come Author: Marcus Brotherton, Travis Mills Narrator: Travis Mills Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 1 minute Release date: October 27, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Thousands have been wounded in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Five have survived quadruple amputee injuries. This is one soldier's story.    Thousands of soldiers die every year to defend their country. United States Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills was sure that he would become another statistic when, during his third tour of duty in Afghanistan, he was caught in an IED blast four days before his twenty-fifth birthday. Against the odds, he lived, but at a severe cost—Travis became one of only five soldiers from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to survive a quadruple amputation.   Suddenly forced to reconcile with the fact that he no longer had arms or legs, Travis was faced with a future drastically different from the one he had imagined for himself. He would never again be able to lead his squad, stroke his fingers against his wife’s cheek, or pick up his infant daughter.   Travis struggled through the painful and anxious days of rehabilitation so that he could regain the strength to live his life to the fullest.  With enormous willpower and endurance, the unconditional love of his family, and a generous amount of faith, Travis shocked everyone with his remarkable recovery. Even without limbs, he still swims, dances with his wife, rides mountain bikes, and drives his daughter to school.    Travis inspires thousands every day with his remarkable journey. He doesn’t want to be thought of as wounded.  “I'm just a man with scars,” he says, “living life to the fullest and best I know how.”]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245849Tue, 27 Oct 2015 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245849 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tough As They Come Author: Marcus Brotherton, Travis Mills Narrator: Travis Mills Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 1 minute Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245849 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tough As They Come Author: Marcus Brotherton, Travis Mills Narrator: Travis Mills Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 1 minute Release date: October 27, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Thousands have been wounded in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Five have survived quadruple amputee injuries. This is one soldier's story.    Thousands of soldiers die every year to defend their country. United States Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills was sure that he would become another statistic when, during his third tour of duty in Afghanistan, he was caught in an IED blast four days before his twenty-fifth birthday. Against the odds, he lived, but at a severe cost—Travis became one of only five soldiers from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to survive a quadruple amputation.   Suddenly forced to reconcile with the fact that he no longer had arms or legs, Travis was faced with a future drastically different from the one he had imagined for himself. He would never again be able to lead his squad, stroke his fingers against his wife’s cheek, or pick up his infant daughter.   Travis struggled through the painful and anxious days of rehabilitation so that he could regain the strength to live his life to the fullest.  With enormous willpower and endurance, the unconditional love of his family, and a generous amount of faith, Travis shocked everyone with his remarkable recovery. Even without limbs, he still swims, dances with his wife, rides mountain bikes, and drives his daughter to school.    Travis inspires thousands every day with his remarkable journey. He doesn’t want to be thought of as wounded.  “I'm just a man with scars,” he says, “living life to the fullest and best I know how.”]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/custer-s-trials-a-life-on-the-frontier-of-a-new-america-by-t-j-stiles--65098346https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245851 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America Author: T.J. Stiles Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23 hours 42 minutes Release date: October 27, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for History From the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes and a National Book Award, a brilliant biography of Gen. George Armstrong Custer that radically changes our view of the man and his turbulent times. In this magisterial biography, T. J. Stiles paints a portrait of Custer both deeply personal and sweeping in scope, proving how much of Custer’s legacy has been ignored. He demolishes Custer’s historical caricature, revealing a volatile, contradictory, intense person—capable yet insecure, intelligent yet bigoted, passionate yet self-destructive, a romantic individualist at odds with the institution of the military (he was court-martialed twice in six years). The key to understanding Custer, Stiles writes, is keeping in mind that he lived on a frontier in time. In the Civil War, the West, and many areas overlooked in previous biographies, Custer helped to create modern America, but he could never adapt to it. He freed countless slaves yet rejected new civil rights laws. He proved his heroism but missed the dark reality of war for so many others. A talented combat leader, he struggled as a manager in the West. He tried to make a fortune on Wall Street yet never connected with the new corporate economy. Native Americans fascinated him, but he could not see them as fully human. A popular writer, he remained apart from Ambrose Bierce, Mark Twain, and other rising intellectuals. During Custer’s lifetime, Americans saw their world remade. His admirers saw him as the embodiment of the nation’s gallant youth, of all that they were losing; his detractors despised him for resisting a more complex and promising future. Intimate, dramatic, and provocative, this biography captures the larger story of the changing nation in Custer’s tumultuous marriage to his highly educated wife, Libbie; their complicated relationship with Eliza Brown, the forceful black woman who ran their household; as well as his battles and expeditions. It casts surprising new light on a near-mythic American figure, a man both widely known and little understood.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245851Tue, 27 Oct 2015 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245851 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America Author: T.J. Stiles Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23 hours 42...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245851 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America Author: T.J. Stiles Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23 hours 42 minutes Release date: October 27, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for History From the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes and a National Book Award, a brilliant biography of Gen. George Armstrong Custer that radically changes our view of the man and his turbulent times. In this magisterial biography, T. J. Stiles paints a portrait of Custer both deeply personal and sweeping in scope, proving how much of Custer’s legacy has been ignored. He demolishes Custer’s historical caricature, revealing a volatile, contradictory, intense person—capable yet insecure, intelligent yet bigoted, passionate yet self-destructive, a romantic individualist at odds with the institution of the military (he was court-martialed twice in six years). The key to understanding Custer, Stiles writes, is keeping in mind that he lived on a frontier in time. In the Civil War, the West, and many areas overlooked in previous biographies, Custer helped to create modern America, but he could never adapt to it. He freed countless slaves yet rejected new civil rights laws. He proved his heroism but missed the dark reality of war for so many others. A talented combat leader, he struggled as a manager in the West. He tried to make a fortune on Wall Street yet never connected with the new corporate economy. Native Americans fascinated him, but he could not see them as fully human. A popular writer, he remained apart from Ambrose Bierce, Mark Twain, and other rising intellectuals. During Custer’s lifetime, Americans saw their world remade. His admirers saw him as the embodiment of the nation’s gallant youth, of all that they were losing; his detractors despised him for resisting a more complex and promising future. Intimate, dramatic, and provocative, this biography captures the larger story of the changing nation in Custer’s tumultuous marriage to his highly educated wife, Libbie; their complicated relationship with Eliza Brown, the forceful black woman who ran their household; as well as his battles and expeditions. It casts surprising new light on a near-mythic American figure, a man both widely known and little understood.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/charlie-mike-a-true-story-of-war-and-finding-the-way-home-by-joe-klein--65098340https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245966 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Charlie Mike: A True Story of War and Finding the Way Home Author: Joe Klein Narrator: Holter Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 55 minutes Release date: October 20, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: This true story of two decorated combat veterans who find a new way to save their comrades and heal their country is “a great look at two of the best veteran organizations going and the incredible humans who make the effort work” (Jon Stewart). In Charlie Mike, a true account that “reads like a novel” (Publishers Weekly) and “explodes like a thriller” (The Huffington Post), Klein tells the dramatic story of Eric Greitens and Jake Wood, larger-than-life war heroes who come home and use their military values to help others. Wounded in Iraq, Navy SEAL Eric Greitens returns home to find that his fellow veterans all want the same thing: to continue to serve their country. He founds The Mission Continues to provide paid public service fellowships for wounded veterans. One of the first fellows is former Marine sergeant Jake Wood, a natural leader who begins Team Rubicon, organizing 9/11 veterans for dangerous disaster relief projects around the world. “We do chaos,” he says. “A deep and compelling exploration of a group of young veterans determined to continue serving after leaving the military” (The Washington Post), this is a story that hasn’t been told before—a saga of lives saved, not wasted. The chaos these soldiers face isn’t only in the streets of Haiti after the 2010 earthquake or in New York City after Hurricane Sandy—it’s also in the lives of their fellow veterans. Charlie Mike shows how Greitens and Wood draw on the military virtues of discipline and selflessness to guide others towards inner peace and, ultimately, to help build a more vigorous nation.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245966Tue, 20 Oct 2015 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245966 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Charlie Mike: A True Story of War and Finding the Way Home Author: Joe Klein Narrator: Holter Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 55...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245966 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Charlie Mike: A True Story of War and Finding the Way Home Author: Joe Klein Narrator: Holter Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 55 minutes Release date: October 20, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: This true story of two decorated combat veterans who find a new way to save their comrades and heal their country is “a great look at two of the best veteran organizations going and the incredible humans who make the effort work” (Jon Stewart). In Charlie Mike, a true account that “reads like a novel” (Publishers Weekly) and “explodes like a thriller” (The Huffington Post), Klein tells the dramatic story of Eric Greitens and Jake Wood, larger-than-life war heroes who come home and use their military values to help others. Wounded in Iraq, Navy SEAL Eric Greitens returns home to find that his fellow veterans all want the same thing: to continue to serve their country. He founds The Mission Continues to provide paid public service fellowships for wounded veterans. One of the first fellows is former Marine sergeant Jake Wood, a natural leader who begins Team Rubicon, organizing 9/11 veterans for dangerous disaster relief projects around the world. “We do chaos,” he says. “A deep and compelling exploration of a group of young veterans determined to continue serving after leaving the military” (The Washington Post), this is a story that hasn’t been told before—a saga of lives saved, not wasted. The chaos these soldiers face isn’t only in the streets of Haiti after the 2010 earthquake or in New York City after Hurricane Sandy—it’s also in the lives of their fellow veterans. Charlie Mike shows how Greitens and Wood draw on the military virtues of discipline and selflessness to guide others towards inner peace and, ultimately, to help build a more vigorous nation.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/extreme-ownership-how-u-s-navy-seals-lead-and-win-by-jocko-willink-leif-babin--65098305https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245598 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win Author: Jocko Willink, Leif Babin Narrator: Leif Babin, Jocko Willink Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 26 minutes Release date: October 20, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.56 of Total 1588 Ratings of Narrator: 4.74 of Total 238 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: 'These guys are intense. And they bring that same fire to their narration in the audiobook. Listen to these insanely competent SEAL officers tell you exactly how to make a team successful through their firsthand experiences in business and combat.' - The Hustle An updated edition of the blockbuster bestselling leadership audiobook that took America and the world by storm, two U.S. Navy SEAL officers who led the most highly decorated special operations unit of the Iraq War demonstrate how to apply powerful leadership principles from the battlefield to business and life. Combat, the most intense and dynamic environment imaginable, teaches the toughest leadership lessons, with absolutely everything at stake. Jocko Willink and Leif Babin learned this reality first-hand on the most violent and dangerous battlefield in Iraq. As leaders of SEAL Team Three’s Task Unit Bruiser, their mission was one many thought impossible: help U.S. forces secure Ramadi, a violent, insurgent-held city deemed “all but lost.” In gripping, firsthand accounts of heroism, tragic loss, and hard-won victories, they learned that leadership—at every level—is the most important factor in whether a team succeeds or fails. Willink and Babin returned home from deployment and instituted SEAL leadership training to pass on their harsh lessons learned in combat to help forge the next generation of SEAL leaders. After leaving the SEAL Teams, they launched a company, Echelon Front, to teach those same leadership principles to leaders in businesses, companies, and organizations across the civilian sector. Since that time, they have trained countless leaders and worked with hundreds of companies in virtually every industry across the U.S. and internationally, teaching them how to develop their own high-performance teams and most effectively lead those teams to dominate their battlefields. Since its release in October 2015, Extreme Ownership has revolutionized leadership development and set a new standard for literature on the subject. Required listening for many of the most successful organizations, it has become an integral part of the official leadership training programs for scores of business teams, military units, and first responders. Detailing the mindset and principles that enable SEAL units to accomplish the most difficult combat missions, Extreme Ownership demonstrates how to apply them to any team or organization, in any leadership environment. A compelling narrative with powerful instruction and direct application, Extreme Ownership challenges leaders everywhere to fulfill their ultimate purpose: lead and win.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245598Tue, 20 Oct 2015 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245598 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win Author: Jocko Willink, Leif Babin Narrator: Leif Babin, Jocko Willink Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245598 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win Author: Jocko Willink, Leif Babin Narrator: Leif Babin, Jocko Willink Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 26 minutes Release date: October 20, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.56 of Total 1588 Ratings of Narrator: 4.74 of Total 238 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: 'These guys are intense. And they bring that same fire to their narration in the audiobook. Listen to these insanely competent SEAL officers tell you exactly how to make a team successful through their firsthand experiences in business and combat.' - The Hustle An updated edition of the blockbuster bestselling leadership audiobook that took America and the world by storm, two U.S. Navy SEAL officers who led the most highly decorated special operations unit of the Iraq War demonstrate how to apply powerful leadership principles from the battlefield to business and life. Combat, the most intense and dynamic environment imaginable, teaches the toughest leadership lessons, with absolutely everything at stake. Jocko Willink and Leif Babin learned this reality first-hand on the most violent and dangerous battlefield in Iraq. As leaders of SEAL Team Three’s Task Unit Bruiser, their mission was one many thought impossible: help U.S. forces secure Ramadi, a violent, insurgent-held city deemed “all but lost.” In gripping, firsthand accounts of heroism, tragic loss, and hard-won victories, they learned that leadership—at every level—is the most important factor in whether a team succeeds or fails. Willink and Babin returned home from deployment and instituted SEAL leadership training to pass on their harsh lessons learned in combat to help forge the next generation of SEAL leaders. After leaving the SEAL Teams, they launched a company, Echelon Front, to teach those same leadership principles to leaders in businesses, companies, and organizations across the civilian sector. Since that time, they have trained countless leaders and worked with hundreds of companies in virtually every industry across the U.S. and internationally, teaching them how to develop their own high-performance teams and most effectively lead those teams to dominate their battlefields. Since its release in October 2015, Extreme Ownership has revolutionized leadership development and set a new standard for literature on the subject. Required listening for many of the most successful organizations, it has become an integral part of the official leadership training programs for scores of business teams, military units, and first responders. Detailing the mindset and principles that enable SEAL units to accomplish the most difficult combat missions, Extreme Ownership demonstrates how to apply them to any team or organization, in any leadership environment. A compelling narrative with powerful instruction and direct application, Extreme Ownership challenges leaders everywhere to fulfill their ultimate purpose: lead and win.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/with-schwarzkopf-life-lessons-of-the-bear-by-gus-lee--65098322https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/246782 to listen full audiobooks. Title: With Schwarzkopf: Life Lessons of The Bear Author: Gus Lee Narrator: Mel Foster Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 34 minutes Release date: October 13, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: With Schwarzkopf is Gus Lee's remembrance of his mentor and friend H. Norman Schwarzkopf, and his firsthand account of how Schwarzkopf shaped his life. In 1966, Lee, a junior-year cadet at West Point, was bright, athletic, and popular. He was also on the verge of getting kicked out. Nearing the bottom of his class due to his penchant for playing poker and reading recreationally instead of studying engineering, he was assigned a new professor: then-Major Norman Schwarzkopf. Schwarzkopf's deeply principled nature and fierce personality took hold of the wayward cadet, and the two began meeting regularly and discussing what it meant to be a scholar, a soldier, and a man.Lee's vibrant, witty narrative brings his more than forty-year relationship with Schwarzkopf to life. Listeners get an inside look at West Point culture; they see Schwarzkopf's bristling anger with his rebellious pupil as well as his tenacity, intellect, and moments of surprising emotional warmth; and they watch as Lee starts to absorb his teachings. As he left West Point and took on more professional and personal roles, Lee approached every crisis or difficult decision by channeling his mentor. Over the years, Schwarzkopf's instilled values, wise counsel, and warm conversations shaped Lee and brought the two together in an unlikely friendship. In With Schwarzkopf, Lee passes along the lessons he learned so future generations can hear Schwarzkopf's important teachings.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/246782Tue, 13 Oct 2015 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/246782 to listen full audiobooks. Title: With Schwarzkopf: Life Lessons of The Bear Author: Gus Lee Narrator: Mel Foster Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 34 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/246782 to listen full audiobooks. Title: With Schwarzkopf: Life Lessons of The Bear Author: Gus Lee Narrator: Mel Foster Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 34 minutes Release date: October 13, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: With Schwarzkopf is Gus Lee's remembrance of his mentor and friend H. Norman Schwarzkopf, and his firsthand account of how Schwarzkopf shaped his life. In 1966, Lee, a junior-year cadet at West Point, was bright, athletic, and popular. He was also on the verge of getting kicked out. Nearing the bottom of his class due to his penchant for playing poker and reading recreationally instead of studying engineering, he was assigned a new professor: then-Major Norman Schwarzkopf. Schwarzkopf's deeply principled nature and fierce personality took hold of the wayward cadet, and the two began meeting regularly and discussing what it meant to be a scholar, a soldier, and a man.Lee's vibrant, witty narrative brings his more than forty-year relationship with Schwarzkopf to life. Listeners get an inside look at West Point culture; they see Schwarzkopf's bristling anger with his rebellious pupil as well as his tenacity, intellect, and moments of surprising emotional warmth; and they watch as Lee starts to absorb his teachings. As he left West Point and took on more professional and personal roles, Lee approached every crisis or difficult decision by channeling his mentor. Over the years, Schwarzkopf's instilled values, wise counsel, and warm conversations shaped Lee and brought the two together in an unlikely friendship. In With Schwarzkopf, Lee passes along the lessons he learned so future generations can hear Schwarzkopf's important teachings.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-outsider-my-life-in-intrigue-by-frederick-forsyth--65098376https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243396 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Outsider: My Life in Intrigue Author: Frederick Forsyth Narrator: Robert Powell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: October 6, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: From Frederick Forsyth, the grand master of international suspense, comes his most intriguing story ever—his own.     For more than forty years, Frederick Forsyth has been writing extraordinary real-world novels of intrigue, from the groundbreaking The Day of the Jackal to the prescient The Kill List. Whether writing about the murky world of arms dealers, the shadowy Nazi underground movement, or the intricacies of worldwide drug cartels, every plot has been chillingly plausible because every detail has been minutely researched. But what most people don’t know is that some of his greatest stories of intrigue have been in his own life. He was the RAF’s youngest pilot at the age of nineteen, barely escaped the wrath of an arms dealer in Hamburg, got strafed by a MiG during the Nigerian civil war, landed during a bloody coup in Guinea-Bissau (and was accused of helping fund a 1973 coup in Equatorial Guinea). The Stasi arrested him, the Israelis feted him, the IRA threatened him, and a certain attractive Czech secret police agent—well, her actions were a bit more intimate. And that’s just for starters. It is a memoir like no other—and a book of pure delight.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243396Tue, 06 Oct 2015 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243396 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Outsider: My Life in Intrigue Author: Frederick Forsyth Narrator: Robert Powell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243396 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Outsider: My Life in Intrigue Author: Frederick Forsyth Narrator: Robert Powell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: October 6, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: From Frederick Forsyth, the grand master of international suspense, comes his most intriguing story ever—his own.     For more than forty years, Frederick Forsyth has been writing extraordinary real-world novels of intrigue, from the groundbreaking The Day of the Jackal to the prescient The Kill List. Whether writing about the murky world of arms dealers, the shadowy Nazi underground movement, or the intricacies of worldwide drug cartels, every plot has been chillingly plausible because every detail has been minutely researched. But what most people don’t know is that some of his greatest stories of intrigue have been in his own life. He was the RAF’s youngest pilot at the age of nineteen, barely escaped the wrath of an arms dealer in Hamburg, got strafed by a MiG during the Nigerian civil war, landed during a bloody coup in Guinea-Bissau (and was accused of helping fund a 1973 coup in Equatorial Guinea). The Stasi arrested him, the Israelis feted him, the IRA threatened him, and a certain attractive Czech secret police agent—well, her actions were a bit more intimate. And that’s just for starters. It is a memoir like no other—and a book of pure delight.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/operation-overflight-a-memoir-of-the-u-2-incident-by-curt-gentry-francis-gary-powers--65098402https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242818 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Operation Overflight: A Memoir of the U-2 Incident Author: Curt Gentry, Francis Gary Powers Narrator: Jon Lindstrom Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 26 minutes Release date: September 15, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is a central character in the movie “Bridge of Spies” starring Tom Hanks.  In his classic 1970 memoir, Powers reveals the full story behind what happened in the most sensational espionage case in Cold War history.  After his U-2 reconnaissance plane was shot down, Powers was captured on May 1, 1960 and endured 61 days of rigorous interrogation by the KGB, a public trial, a conviction for espionage, and the start of a 10-year sentence. After nearly two years, the US government obtained his release from prison in a dramatic exchange for convicted Soviet spy Rudolph Abel. The narrative is a tremendously exciting suspense story about a man who was labeled a traitor by many of his countrymen but who emerged a Cold War hero.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242818Tue, 15 Sep 2015 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242818 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Operation Overflight: A Memoir of the U-2 Incident Author: Curt Gentry, Francis Gary Powers Narrator: Jon Lindstrom Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242818 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Operation Overflight: A Memoir of the U-2 Incident Author: Curt Gentry, Francis Gary Powers Narrator: Jon Lindstrom Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 26 minutes Release date: September 15, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is a central character in the movie “Bridge of Spies” starring Tom Hanks.  In his classic 1970 memoir, Powers reveals the full story behind what happened in the most sensational espionage case in Cold War history.  After his U-2 reconnaissance plane was shot down, Powers was captured on May 1, 1960 and endured 61 days of rigorous interrogation by the KGB, a public trial, a conviction for espionage, and the start of a 10-year sentence. After nearly two years, the US government obtained his release from prison in a dramatic exchange for convicted Soviet spy Rudolph Abel. The narrative is a tremendously exciting suspense story about a man who was labeled a traitor by many of his countrymen but who emerged a Cold War hero.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/genghis-khan-his-conquests-his-empire-his-legacy-by-frank-mclynn--65098354https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244682 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Genghis Khan: His Conquests, His Empire, His Legacy Author: Frank McLynn Narrator: Tim Andres Pabon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 15 minutes Release date: September 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.13 of Total 80 Ratings of Narrator: 4.21 of Total 14 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Mongol leader Genghis Khan was by far the greatest conqueror the world has ever known. His empire stretched from the Pacific Ocean to central Europe, including all of China, the Middle East, and Russia. So how did an illiterate nomad rise to such colossal power and subdue most of the known world, eclipsing Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Napoleon? Credited by some with paving the way for the Renaissance, condemned by others for being the most heinous murderer in history, who was Genghis Khan? His actual name was Temujin, and the story of his success is that of the Mongol people: a loose collection of fractious tribes who tended livestock, considered bathing taboo, and possessed an unparalleled genius for horseback warfare. United under Genghis, a strategist of astonishing cunning and versatility, they could dominate any sedentary society they chose. Combining fast-paced accounts of battles with rich cultural background and the latest scholarship, Frank McLynn brings vividly to life the strange world of the Mongols, describes Temujin's rise from boyhood outcast to becoming Genghis Khan, and provides the most accurate and absorbing account yet of one of the most powerful men ever to have lived.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244682Tue, 01 Sep 2015 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244682 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Genghis Khan: His Conquests, His Empire, His Legacy Author: Frank McLynn Narrator: Tim Andres Pabon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 15...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244682 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Genghis Khan: His Conquests, His Empire, His Legacy Author: Frank McLynn Narrator: Tim Andres Pabon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 15 minutes Release date: September 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.13 of Total 80 Ratings of Narrator: 4.21 of Total 14 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Mongol leader Genghis Khan was by far the greatest conqueror the world has ever known. His empire stretched from the Pacific Ocean to central Europe, including all of China, the Middle East, and Russia. So how did an illiterate nomad rise to such colossal power and subdue most of the known world, eclipsing Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Napoleon? Credited by some with paving the way for the Renaissance, condemned by others for being the most heinous murderer in history, who was Genghis Khan? His actual name was Temujin, and the story of his success is that of the Mongol people: a loose collection of fractious tribes who tended livestock, considered bathing taboo, and possessed an unparalleled genius for horseback warfare. United under Genghis, a strategist of astonishing cunning and versatility, they could dominate any sedentary society they chose. Combining fast-paced accounts of battles with rich cultural background and the latest scholarship, Frank McLynn brings vividly to life the strange world of the Mongols, describes Temujin's rise from boyhood outcast to becoming Genghis Khan, and provides the most accurate and absorbing account yet of one of the most powerful men ever to have lived.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gray-work-confessions-of-an-american-paramilitary-spy-by-jamie-smith--65098397https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236102 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gray Work: Confessions of an American Paramilitary Spy Author: Jamie Smith Narrator: Jeff Gurner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 19 minutes Release date: June 30, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.3 of Total 40 Ratings of Narrator: 4.2 of Total 10 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The first ever, first-person story of America's private, paramilitary contractors at work around the world-from a man who performed these missions himself and has decades of stories to tell. This is a fascinating tale-and potentially the first-to describe the work of American contractors, men who run highly dangerous missions deep inside foreign countries on the brink of war. It will lift the veil and detail the ultimate danger and risk of paramilitary operations (both officially government-sanctioned and not) and show us in very intimate terms exactly what private soldiers do when the government can't act or take public responsibility. GRAY WORK combines covert military intelligence with boots-on-the-ground realism, following Jamie Smith through his CIA training and work as a spy in the State Department, to his co-founding of Blackwater following 9/11, to his decision to leave that company. As the founder and director of Blackwater Security, Smith's initial vision has undeniably shaped and transformed a decade of war. He argues that this gray area-and its warriors who occupy the controversial space between public and private-has become an indispensable element of the modern battlefield.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236102Tue, 30 Jun 2015 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236102 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gray Work: Confessions of an American Paramilitary Spy Author: Jamie Smith Narrator: Jeff Gurner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 19...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236102 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gray Work: Confessions of an American Paramilitary Spy Author: Jamie Smith Narrator: Jeff Gurner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 19 minutes Release date: June 30, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.3 of Total 40 Ratings of Narrator: 4.2 of Total 10 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The first ever, first-person story of America's private, paramilitary contractors at work around the world-from a man who performed these missions himself and has decades of stories to tell. This is a fascinating tale-and potentially the first-to describe the work of American contractors, men who run highly dangerous missions deep inside foreign countries on the brink of war. It will lift the veil and detail the ultimate danger and risk of paramilitary operations (both officially government-sanctioned and not) and show us in very intimate terms exactly what private soldiers do when the government can't act or take public responsibility. GRAY WORK combines covert military intelligence with boots-on-the-ground realism, following Jamie Smith through his CIA training and work as a spy in the State Department, to his co-founding of Blackwater following 9/11, to his decision to leave that company. As the founder and director of Blackwater Security, Smith's initial vision has undeniably shaped and transformed a decade of war. He argues that this gray area-and its warriors who occupy the controversial space between public and private-has become an indispensable element of the modern battlefield.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/81-days-below-zero-the-incredible-survival-story-of-a-world-war-ii-pilot-in-alaska-s-frozen-wilderness-by-toula-vlahou-brian-murphy--65098368https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234005 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 81 Days Below Zero: The Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska's Frozen Wilderness Author: Toula Vlahou, Brian Murphy Narrator: Richard Ferrone Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 44 minutes Release date: June 2, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.32 of Total 167 Ratings of Narrator: 4.54 of Total 35 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The untold story of Leon Crane, the only surviving crew member of a World War II B-24 crash on a remote mountain near the Arctic Circle, who managed to stay alive 81 days in sub-zero temperature by making peace with nature, and end his ordeal by walking along a river to safety. Part World War II story, part Alaskan adventure story, part survival story, and even part inspirational story, this is what we call ' a good read.' This is the first full length retelling of Crane' s incredible survivalist story. It has been noted in magazines and in story collections over the years: most notably, just after the war ended, Crane' s story was included in a book aptly titled, The 100 Best True Stories of World War II , and in the 1970s, the story was a part of John McPhee' s hot-selling collection of Alaskan survival tales, Coming into the Country. The author suggests that we think Jon Krakauer' s Into the Wild ' meets' Alfred Lansing' s Endurance . I would suggest that we also think Dick Proenneke' s Alone in the Wilderness ' meets' Slavomir Rawicz' s The Long Walk . These meetings can go on and on; but there are some very impressive WWII survival stories that have become bestselling books-- even with previously ' untold' and ' unknown' stories, like Crane' s.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234005Tue, 02 Jun 2015 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234005 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 81 Days Below Zero: The Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska's Frozen Wilderness Author: Toula Vlahou, Brian Murphy Narrator:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234005 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 81 Days Below Zero: The Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska's Frozen Wilderness Author: Toula Vlahou, Brian Murphy Narrator: Richard Ferrone Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 44 minutes Release date: June 2, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.32 of Total 167 Ratings of Narrator: 4.54 of Total 35 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The untold story of Leon Crane, the only surviving crew member of a World War II B-24 crash on a remote mountain near the Arctic Circle, who managed to stay alive 81 days in sub-zero temperature by making peace with nature, and end his ordeal by walking along a river to safety. Part World War II story, part Alaskan adventure story, part survival story, and even part inspirational story, this is what we call ' a good read.' This is the first full length retelling of Crane' s incredible survivalist story. It has been noted in magazines and in story collections over the years: most notably, just after the war ended, Crane' s story was included in a book aptly titled, The 100 Best True Stories of World War II , and in the 1970s, the story was a part of John McPhee' s hot-selling collection of Alaskan survival tales, Coming into the Country. The author suggests that we think Jon Krakauer' s Into the Wild ' meets' Alfred Lansing' s Endurance . I would suggest that we also think Dick Proenneke' s Alone in the Wilderness ' meets' Slavomir Rawicz' s The Long Walk . These meetings can go on and on; but there are some very impressive WWII survival stories that have become bestselling books-- even with previously ' untold' and ' unknown' stories, like Crane' s.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/agent-storm-my-life-inside-al-qaeda-by-tim-lister-morten-storm-paul-cruickshank--65098411https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236272 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Agent Storm: My Life Inside al-Qaeda Author: Tim Lister, Morten Storm, Paul Cruickshank Narrator: Neil Shah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 40 minutes Release date: May 21, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Agent Storm: My Life Inside al-Qaeda by Morten Storm with Tim Lister and Paul Cruckshanks. Read by Neil Shah. He was the Western convert who would plunge deep inside al-Qaeda. He named his first son Osama after 9/11 and became a Jihadist. But then - after a sudden loss of faith - Morten Storm made a life-changing decision. He became a double agent and joined the CIA, MI6 and MI5. Filled with hair-raising close calls and deception, Storm's story builds to the climactic finale when he must betray his friend and mentor al-Awlaki - al-Qaeda's biggest threat to the West. Storm is trusted to find al-Awlaki a wife from Europe. She becomes the bait for a possible American drone strike.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236272Thu, 21 May 2015 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236272 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Agent Storm: My Life Inside al-Qaeda Author: Tim Lister, Morten Storm, Paul Cruickshank Narrator: Neil Shah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236272 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Agent Storm: My Life Inside al-Qaeda Author: Tim Lister, Morten Storm, Paul Cruickshank Narrator: Neil Shah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 40 minutes Release date: May 21, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Agent Storm: My Life Inside al-Qaeda by Morten Storm with Tim Lister and Paul Cruckshanks. Read by Neil Shah. He was the Western convert who would plunge deep inside al-Qaeda. He named his first son Osama after 9/11 and became a Jihadist. But then - after a sudden loss of faith - Morten Storm made a life-changing decision. He became a double agent and joined the CIA, MI6 and MI5. Filled with hair-raising close calls and deception, Storm's story builds to the climactic finale when he must betray his friend and mentor al-Awlaki - al-Qaeda's biggest threat to the West. Storm is trusted to find al-Awlaki a wife from Europe. She becomes the bait for a possible American drone strike.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-dog-s-gift-the-inspirational-story-of-veterans-and-children-healed-by-man-s-best-friend-by-bob-drury--65098347https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233742 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Dog’s Gift: The Inspirational Story of Veterans and Children Healed by Man’s Best Friend Author: Bob Drury Narrator: Traber Burns Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 13 minutes Release date: May 19, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A decade ago, former military counterintelligence officer Terry Henry joined his precocious young daughter, Kyria, on a trip to a nursing home in order to allow its residents to play with their family dog, a golden retriever named Riley. Terry was astounded by the transformations that unfolded before his eyes. Soon after, Terry and Kyria started their service dog organization, Paws4people, with the goal of pairing dogs with human beings in need of healing, including traumatized and wounded war veterans and children living with physical, emotional, and intellectual disabilities. In A Dog's Gift, award-winning journalist and author Bob Drury movingly captures the story of a year in the life of Paws4people and the broken bodies and souls the organization mends. The book follows the journey of pups bred by the organization from their loving, if rigorous, early training to an emotional event that Terry and Kyria have christened 'the bump,' where each individual service dog chooses its new owner through an almost mystical connection that ignites the healing process. Incorporating vivid storytelling, insights into canine wisdom, history, science, and moving tales of personal transformation, A Dog's Gift is a story of miracles bound to be embraced by not only the sixty million Americans who own dogs but by anyone with a full heart and a loving soul.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233742Tue, 19 May 2015 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233742 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Dog’s Gift: The Inspirational Story of Veterans and Children Healed by Man’s Best Friend Author: Bob Drury Narrator: Traber Burns Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233742 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Dog’s Gift: The Inspirational Story of Veterans and Children Healed by Man’s Best Friend Author: Bob Drury Narrator: Traber Burns Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 13 minutes Release date: May 19, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A decade ago, former military counterintelligence officer Terry Henry joined his precocious young daughter, Kyria, on a trip to a nursing home in order to allow its residents to play with their family dog, a golden retriever named Riley. Terry was astounded by the transformations that unfolded before his eyes. Soon after, Terry and Kyria started their service dog organization, Paws4people, with the goal of pairing dogs with human beings in need of healing, including traumatized and wounded war veterans and children living with physical, emotional, and intellectual disabilities. In A Dog's Gift, award-winning journalist and author Bob Drury movingly captures the story of a year in the life of Paws4people and the broken bodies and souls the organization mends. The book follows the journey of pups bred by the organization from their loving, if rigorous, early training to an emotional event that Terry and Kyria have christened 'the bump,' where each individual service dog chooses its new owner through an almost mystical connection that ignites the healing process. Incorporating vivid storytelling, insights into canine wisdom, history, science, and moving tales of personal transformation, A Dog's Gift is a story of miracles bound to be embraced by not only the sixty million Americans who own dogs but by anyone with a full heart and a loving soul.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/combat-crew-the-story-of-25-combat-missions-over-europe-from-the-daily-journal-of-a-b-17-gunner-by-john-comer--65098439https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233543 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Combat Crew: The Story of 25 Combat Missions Over Europe From the Daily Journal of a B-17 Gunner Author: John Comer Narrator: Patrick Lawlor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 46 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: John Comer kept a journal of the twenty-five missions he flew in 1943 when the casualty rate on his base was close to 80 percent. His book is handwritten history, recorded within hours after the battles occurred. Comer vividly creates his experiences as top-turret gunner/flight engineer in a B-17 Squadron that was thrown against the best pilots the Luftwaffe could offer. In 1943 the Army Air Force had no long-range fighters to protect the B-17s as they flew deep into enemy territory. Immediate, straightforward, and compelling, Combat Crew is a classic of aerial warfare.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233543Tue, 05 May 2015 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233543 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Combat Crew: The Story of 25 Combat Missions Over Europe From the Daily Journal of a B-17 Gunner Author: John Comer Narrator: Patrick Lawlor Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233543 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Combat Crew: The Story of 25 Combat Missions Over Europe From the Daily Journal of a B-17 Gunner Author: John Comer Narrator: Patrick Lawlor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 46 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: John Comer kept a journal of the twenty-five missions he flew in 1943 when the casualty rate on his base was close to 80 percent. His book is handwritten history, recorded within hours after the battles occurred. Comer vividly creates his experiences as top-turret gunner/flight engineer in a B-17 Squadron that was thrown against the best pilots the Luftwaffe could offer. In 1943 the Army Air Force had no long-range fighters to protect the B-17s as they flew deep into enemy territory. Immediate, straightforward, and compelling, Combat Crew is a classic of aerial warfare.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/american-warlords-how-roosevelt-s-high-command-led-america-to-victory-in-world-war-ii-by-jonathan-w-jordan--65098398https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233279 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Warlords: How Roosevelt’s High Command Led America to Victory in World War II Author: Jonathan W. Jordan Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 51 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: American Warlords is the story of the greatest “team of rivals” since the days of Lincoln. In a lifetime shaped by politics, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proved himself a master manipulator of Congress, the press, and the public. But when war in Europe and Asia threatened America’s shores, FDR found himself in a world turned upside down, where his friends became his foes, his enemies his allies. To help wage democracy’s first “total war,” he turned to one of history’s most remarkable triumvirates. Henry Stimson, an old-money Republican from Long Island, rallied to FDR’s banner to lead the Army as Secretary of War and championed innovative weapons that helped shape our world today. General George C. Marshall argued with Roosevelt over grand strategy, but he built the world’s greatest war machine and willingly sacrificed his dream of leading the invasion of Europe that made his protégé, Dwight Eisenhower, a legend. Admiral Ernest J. King, a hard-drinking, irascible fighter who “destroyed” Pearl Harbor in a prewar naval exercise, understood how to fight Japan, but he also battled the Army, the Air Force, Douglas MacArthur, and his British allies as they moved armies and fleets across the globe. These commanders threw off sparks whenever they clashed: generals against politicians, Army versus Navy. But those sparks lit the fire of victory. During four years of bitter warfare, FDR’s lieutenants learned to set aside deep personal, political, and professional differences and pull a nation through the twentieth century’s darkest days. Encircling Roosevelt’s warlords—and sometimes bitterly at odds with them—was a colorful cast of the Second World War’s giants: Winston Churchill, MacArthur, Josef Stalin, Eisenhower, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Charles de Gaulle. These and other larger-than-life figures enrich a sweeping story of an era brimming with steel, fire, and blood. Drawing upon a wealth of primary sources, American Warlords goes behind closed doors to give readers an intimate, often surprising view of titans who led America from isolation to the summit of global power. Written in a robust, engaging style, author Jonathan W. Jordan offers a vivid portrait of four extraordinary Americans in the eye of the war’s hurricane.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233279Tue, 05 May 2015 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233279 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Warlords: How Roosevelt’s High Command Led America to Victory in World War II Author: Jonathan W. Jordan Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233279 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Warlords: How Roosevelt’s High Command Led America to Victory in World War II Author: Jonathan W. Jordan Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 51 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: American Warlords is the story of the greatest “team of rivals” since the days of Lincoln. In a lifetime shaped by politics, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proved himself a master manipulator of Congress, the press, and the public. But when war in Europe and Asia threatened America’s shores, FDR found himself in a world turned upside down, where his friends became his foes, his enemies his allies. To help wage democracy’s first “total war,” he turned to one of history’s most remarkable triumvirates. Henry Stimson, an old-money Republican from Long Island, rallied to FDR’s banner to lead the Army as Secretary of War and championed innovative weapons that helped shape our world today. General George C. Marshall argued with Roosevelt over grand strategy, but he built the world’s greatest war machine and willingly sacrificed his dream of leading the invasion of Europe that made his protégé, Dwight Eisenhower, a legend. Admiral Ernest J. King, a hard-drinking, irascible fighter who “destroyed” Pearl Harbor in a prewar naval exercise, understood how to fight Japan, but he also battled the Army, the Air Force, Douglas MacArthur, and his British allies as they moved armies and fleets across the globe. These commanders threw off sparks whenever they clashed: generals against politicians, Army versus Navy. But those sparks lit the fire of victory. During four years of bitter warfare, FDR’s lieutenants learned to set aside deep personal, political, and professional differences and pull a nation through the twentieth century’s darkest days. Encircling Roosevelt’s warlords—and sometimes bitterly at odds with them—was a colorful cast of the Second World War’s giants: Winston Churchill, MacArthur, Josef Stalin, Eisenhower, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Charles de Gaulle. These and other larger-than-life figures enrich a sweeping story of an era brimming with steel, fire, and blood. Drawing upon a wealth of primary sources, American Warlords goes behind closed doors to give readers an intimate, often surprising view of titans who led America from isolation to the summit of global power. Written in a robust, engaging style, author Jonathan W. Jordan offers a vivid portrait of four extraordinary Americans in the eye of the war’s hurricane.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-hidden-history-of-america-at-war-untold-tales-from-yorktown-to-fallujah-by-kenneth-c-davis--65098379https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231884 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hidden History of America at War: Untold Tales from Yorktown to Fallujah Author: Kenneth C. Davis Narrator: Paul Boehmer, Mark Bramhall, Kenneth C. Davis, Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 42 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Multi-million-copy bestselling historian Kenneth C. Davis sets his sights on war stories in The Hidden History of America at War. In prose that will remind you of 'the best teacher you ever had' (People Magazine), Davis brings to life six emblematic battles, revealing untold tales that span our nation's history, from the Revolutionary War to Iraq. Along the way, he illuminates why we go to war, who fights, the grunt's-eye view of combat, and how these conflicts reshaped our military and national identity. From the Battle of Yorktown (1781), where a fledgling America learned hard lessons about what kind of military it would need to survive, to Fallujah (2004), which epitomized the dawn of the privatization of war, The Hidden History of America at War takes listeners inside the battlefield, introducing them to key characters and events that will shatter myths, misconceptions, and romanticism, replacing them with rich insight.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231884Tue, 05 May 2015 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231884 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hidden History of America at War: Untold Tales from Yorktown to Fallujah Author: Kenneth C. Davis Narrator: Paul Boehmer, Mark Bramhall, Kenneth C....https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231884 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hidden History of America at War: Untold Tales from Yorktown to Fallujah Author: Kenneth C. Davis Narrator: Paul Boehmer, Mark Bramhall, Kenneth C. Davis, Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 42 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Multi-million-copy bestselling historian Kenneth C. Davis sets his sights on war stories in The Hidden History of America at War. In prose that will remind you of 'the best teacher you ever had' (People Magazine), Davis brings to life six emblematic battles, revealing untold tales that span our nation's history, from the Revolutionary War to Iraq. Along the way, he illuminates why we go to war, who fights, the grunt's-eye view of combat, and how these conflicts reshaped our military and national identity. From the Battle of Yorktown (1781), where a fledgling America learned hard lessons about what kind of military it would need to survive, to Fallujah (2004), which epitomized the dawn of the privatization of war, The Hidden History of America at War takes listeners inside the battlefield, introducing them to key characters and events that will shatter myths, misconceptions, and romanticism, replacing them with rich insight.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/american-wife-a-memoir-of-love-war-faith-and-renewal-by-taya-kyle-jim-defelice--65098358https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232020 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Wife: A Memoir of Love, War, Faith, and Renewal Author: Taya Kyle, Jim DeFelice Narrator: Taya Kyle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 54 minutes Release date: May 4, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.58 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 9 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The widow of “American Sniper” Chris Kyle shares their private story: an unforgettable testament to the power of love and faith in the face of war and unimaginable loss--and a moving tribute to a man whose true heroism ran even deeper than the legend In early 2013, Taya Kyle and her husband Chris were the happiest they ever had been. Their decade-long marriage had survived years of war that took Chris, a U.S. Navy SEAL, away from Taya and their two children for agonizingly long stretches while he put his life on the line in many major battles of the Iraq War. After struggling to readjust to life out of the military, Chris had found new purpose in redirecting his lifelong dedication to service to supporting veterans and their families. Their love had deepened, and, most special of all, their family was whole, finally. Then, the unthinkable. On February 2, 2013, Chris and his friend Chad Littlefield were killed while attempting to help a troubled vet. The life Chris and Taya fought so hard to build together was shattered. In an instant, Taya became a single parent of two. A widow. A young woman facing the rest of her life without the man she loved. Chris and Taya’s remarkable story has captivated millions through Clint Eastwood’s blockbuster, Academy Award-winning film American Sniper, starring Bradley Cooper as Chris and Sienna Miller as Taya, and because of Chris’s bestselling memoir, in which Taya contributed passages that formed the book’s emotional core. Now, with trusted collaborator Jim DeFelice, Taya writes in never-before-told detail about the hours, days, and months after his shocking death when grief threatened to overwhelm her. Then there were wearying battles to protect her husband’s legacy and reputation. And yet throughout, friendship, family, and a deepening faith were lifelines that sustained her and the kids when the sorrow became too much. Two years after her husband’s tragic death, Taya has found renewed meaning and connection to Chris by advancing their shared mission of “serving those who serve others,” particularly military and first-responder families. She and the children now are embracing a new future, one that honors the past but also looks forward with hope, gratitude, and joy. American Wife is one of the most remarkable memoirs of the year -- a universal chronicle of love and heartbreak, service and sacrifice, faith and purpose that will inspire every reader.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232020Mon, 04 May 2015 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232020 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Wife: A Memoir of Love, War, Faith, and Renewal Author: Taya Kyle, Jim DeFelice Narrator: Taya Kyle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232020 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Wife: A Memoir of Love, War, Faith, and Renewal Author: Taya Kyle, Jim DeFelice Narrator: Taya Kyle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 54 minutes Release date: May 4, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.58 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 9 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The widow of “American Sniper” Chris Kyle shares their private story: an unforgettable testament to the power of love and faith in the face of war and unimaginable loss--and a moving tribute to a man whose true heroism ran even deeper than the legend In early 2013, Taya Kyle and her husband Chris were the happiest they ever had been. Their decade-long marriage had survived years of war that took Chris, a U.S. Navy SEAL, away from Taya and their two children for agonizingly long stretches while he put his life on the line in many major battles of the Iraq War. After struggling to readjust to life out of the military, Chris had found new purpose in redirecting his lifelong dedication to service to supporting veterans and their families. Their love had deepened, and, most special of all, their family was whole, finally. Then, the unthinkable. On February 2, 2013, Chris and his friend Chad Littlefield were killed while attempting to help a troubled vet. The life Chris and Taya fought so hard to build together was shattered. In an instant, Taya became a single parent of two. A widow. A young woman facing the rest of her life without the man she loved. Chris and Taya’s remarkable story has captivated millions through Clint Eastwood’s blockbuster, Academy Award-winning film American Sniper, starring Bradley Cooper as Chris and Sienna Miller as Taya, and because of Chris’s bestselling memoir, in which Taya contributed passages that formed the book’s emotional core. Now, with trusted collaborator Jim DeFelice, Taya writes in never-before-told detail about the hours, days, and months after his shocking death when grief threatened to overwhelm her. Then there were wearying battles to protect her husband’s legacy and reputation. And yet throughout, friendship, family, and a deepening faith were lifelines that sustained her and the kids when the sorrow became too much. Two years after her husband’s tragic death, Taya has found renewed meaning and connection to Chris by advancing their shared mission of “serving those who serve others,” particularly military and first-responder families. She and the children now are embracing a new future, one that honors the past but also looks forward with hope, gratitude, and joy. American Wife is one of the most remarkable memoirs of the year -- a universal chronicle of love and heartbreak, service and sacrifice, faith and purpose that will inspire every reader.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/legend-a-harrowing-story-from-the-vietnam-war-of-one-green-beret-s-heroic-mission-to-rescue-a-special-forces-team-caught-behind-enemy-lines--65098424https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230732 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Legend: A Harrowing Story from the Vietnam War of One Green Beret's Heroic Mission to Rescue a Special Forces Team Caught Behind Enemy Lines Author: Eric Blehm Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 8 minutes Release date: April 28, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 4.86 of Total 7 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The true story of the U.S. Army’s 240th Assault Helicopter Company and a Green Beret Staff Sergeant's heroic mission to rescue a Special Forces team trapped behind enemy lines during the Vietnam War, from New York Times bestselling author Eric Blehm.  On May 2, 1968, a twelve-man Special Forces team covertly infiltrated a small clearing in the jungles of neutral Cambodia—where U.S. forces were forbidden to operate. Their objective, just miles over the Vietnam border, was to collect evidence that proved the North Vietnamese Army was using the Cambodian sanctuary as a major conduit for supplying troops and materiel to the south via the Ho Chi Minh Trail. What the team didn’t know was that they had infiltrated a section of jungle that concealed a major enemy base. Soon they found themselves surrounded by hundreds of NVA, under attack, low on ammunition, stacking the bodies of the dead as cover in a desperate attempt to survive the onslaught.   When Special Forces Staff Sergeant Roy Benavidez heard their distress call, he jumped aboard the next helicopter bound for the combat zone. What followed would become legend in the Special Operations community. Flown into the foray of battle by the 240th Assault Helicopter Company, Benavidez jumped from the hovering aircraft, ran nearly 100 yards through withering enemy fire, and--despite being immediately and severely wounded--organized an extraordinary defense and rescue of the Special Forces team.   Written with extensive access to family members, surviving members of the 240th Assault Helicopter Company, on-the-ground eye-witness accounts never before published, as well as recently discovered archival, and declassified military records, Blehm has created a riveting narrative both of Roy Benavidez’s life and career, and of the inspiring, almost unbelievable events that defined the brotherhood of the air and ground warriors in an unpopular war halfway around the world. Legend recounts the courage and commitment of those who fought in Vietnam in service of their country, and the story of one of the many unsung heroes of the war.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230732Tue, 28 Apr 2015 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230732 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Legend: A Harrowing Story from the Vietnam War of One Green Beret's Heroic Mission to Rescue a Special Forces Team Caught Behind Enemy Lines Author:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230732 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Legend: A Harrowing Story from the Vietnam War of One Green Beret's Heroic Mission to Rescue a Special Forces Team Caught Behind Enemy Lines Author: Eric Blehm Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 8 minutes Release date: April 28, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 4.86 of Total 7 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The true story of the U.S. Army’s 240th Assault Helicopter Company and a Green Beret Staff Sergeant's heroic mission to rescue a Special Forces team trapped behind enemy lines during the Vietnam War, from New York Times bestselling author Eric Blehm.  On May 2, 1968, a twelve-man Special Forces team covertly infiltrated a small clearing in the jungles of neutral Cambodia—where U.S. forces were forbidden to operate. Their objective, just miles over the Vietnam border, was to collect evidence that proved the North Vietnamese Army was using the Cambodian sanctuary as a major conduit for supplying troops and materiel to the south via the Ho Chi Minh Trail. What the team didn’t know was that they had infiltrated a section of jungle that concealed a major enemy base. Soon they found themselves surrounded by hundreds of NVA, under attack, low on ammunition, stacking the bodies of the dead as cover in a desperate attempt to survive the onslaught.   When Special Forces Staff Sergeant Roy Benavidez heard their distress call, he jumped aboard the next helicopter bound for the combat zone. What followed would become legend in the Special Operations community. Flown into the foray of battle by the 240th Assault Helicopter Company, Benavidez jumped from the hovering aircraft, ran nearly 100 yards through withering enemy fire, and--despite being immediately and severely wounded--organized an extraordinary defense and rescue of the Special Forces team.   Written with extensive access to family members, surviving members of the 240th Assault Helicopter Company, on-the-ground eye-witness accounts never before published, as well as recently discovered archival, and declassified military records, Blehm has created a riveting narrative both of Roy Benavidez’s life and career, and of the inspiring, almost unbelievable events that defined the brotherhood of the air and ground warriors in an unpopular war halfway around the world. Legend recounts the courage and commitment of those who fought in Vietnam in service of their country, and the story of one of the many unsung heroes of the war.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/airborne-the-combat-story-of-ed-shames-of-easy-company-by-ian-gardner--65098383https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231178 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Airborne: The Combat Story of Ed Shames of Easy Company Author: Ian Gardner Narrator: P.J. Ochlan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 8 minutes Release date: April 21, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Some men are born to be warriors, and Ed Shames is one of these men. His incredible combat record includes service at DDay, Operation Market Garden, Bastogne and finally in Germany itself. He was the first man in the Dachau concentration camp and captured Hitler's infamous Eagle's nest. Shames appeared in 'Band of Brothers' but now, with the comprehensive support of the man himself, the full story of his life and experiences can be told. Written by the author of 'Tonight We Die as Men' this is a searing account of the combat career of a remarkable young lieutenant serving at the sharp end of World War II. His insistence on high standards together with a perfection of tactics and techniques did not always win him friends but that was never the intention. His aim was to win each encounter, each battle and ultimately the war itself with a minimum loss of life amongst his men. He was once told by one of his subordinates, 'Shames, you are the meanest, roughest son of a bitch I've ever had to deal with. But you brought us home.']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231178Tue, 21 Apr 2015 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231178 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Airborne: The Combat Story of Ed Shames of Easy Company Author: Ian Gardner Narrator: P.J. Ochlan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 8...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231178 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Airborne: The Combat Story of Ed Shames of Easy Company Author: Ian Gardner Narrator: P.J. Ochlan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 8 minutes Release date: April 21, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Some men are born to be warriors, and Ed Shames is one of these men. His incredible combat record includes service at DDay, Operation Market Garden, Bastogne and finally in Germany itself. He was the first man in the Dachau concentration camp and captured Hitler's infamous Eagle's nest. Shames appeared in 'Band of Brothers' but now, with the comprehensive support of the man himself, the full story of his life and experiences can be told. Written by the author of 'Tonight We Die as Men' this is a searing account of the combat career of a remarkable young lieutenant serving at the sharp end of World War II. His insistence on high standards together with a perfection of tactics and techniques did not always win him friends but that was never the intention. His aim was to win each encounter, each battle and ultimately the war itself with a minimum loss of life amongst his men. He was once told by one of his subordinates, 'Shames, you are the meanest, roughest son of a bitch I've ever had to deal with. But you brought us home.']]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ashley-s-war-the-untold-story-of-a-team-of-women-soldiers-on-the-special-ops-battlefield-by-gayle-tzemach-lemmon--65098356https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232010 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ashley's War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield Author: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Narrator: Kathe Mazur Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release date: April 21, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.21 of Total 33 Ratings of Narrator: 4.43 of Total 7 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In 2010, the Army created Cultural Support Teams, a secret pilot program to insert women alongside Special Operations soldiers battling in Afghanistan. The Army reasoned that women could play a unique role on Special Ops teams: accompanying their male colleagues on raids and, while those soldiers were searching for insurgents, questioning the mothers, sisters, daughters and wives living at the compound. Their presence had a calming effect on enemy households, but more importantly, the CSTs were able to search adult women for weapons and gather crucial intelligence. They could build relationships—woman to woman—in ways that male soldiers in an Islamic country never could. In Ashley's War, Gayle Tzemach Lemmon uses on-the-ground reporting and a finely tuned understanding of the complexities of war to tell the story of CST-2, a unit of women hand-picked from the Army to serve in this highly specialized and challenging role. The pioneers of CST-2 proved for the first time, at least to some grizzled Special Operations soldiers, that women might be physically and mentally tough enough to become one of them. The price of this professional acceptance came in personal loss and social isolation: the only people who really understand the women of CST-2 are each other. At the center of this story is a friendship cemented by "Glee," video games, and the shared perils and seductive powers of up-close combat. At the heart of the team is the tale of a beloved and effective soldier, Ashley White. Much as she did in her bestselling The Dressmaker of Khair Khana, Lemmon transports readers to a world they previously had no idea existed: a community of women called to fulfill the military's mission to "win hearts and minds" and bound together by danger, valor, and determination. Ashley's War is a gripping combat narrative and a moving story of friendship—a book that will change the way readers think about war and the meaning of service.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232010Tue, 21 Apr 2015 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232010 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ashley's War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield Author: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Narrator: Kathe Mazur Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232010 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ashley's War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield Author: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Narrator: Kathe Mazur Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release date: April 21, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.21 of Total 33 Ratings of Narrator: 4.43 of Total 7 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In 2010, the Army created Cultural Support Teams, a secret pilot program to insert women alongside Special Operations soldiers battling in Afghanistan. The Army reasoned that women could play a unique role on Special Ops teams: accompanying their male colleagues on raids and, while those soldiers were searching for insurgents, questioning the mothers, sisters, daughters and wives living at the compound. Their presence had a calming effect on enemy households, but more importantly, the CSTs were able to search adult women for weapons and gather crucial intelligence. They could build relationships—woman to woman—in ways that male soldiers in an Islamic country never could. In Ashley's War, Gayle Tzemach Lemmon uses on-the-ground reporting and a finely tuned understanding of the complexities of war to tell the story of CST-2, a unit of women hand-picked from the Army to serve in this highly specialized and challenging role. The pioneers of CST-2 proved for the first time, at least to some grizzled Special Operations soldiers, that women might be physically and mentally tough enough to become one of them. The price of this professional acceptance came in personal loss and social isolation: the only people who really understand the women of CST-2 are each other. At the center of this story is a friendship cemented by "Glee," video games, and the shared perils and seductive powers of up-close combat. At the heart of the team is the tale of a beloved and effective soldier, Ashley White. Much as she did in her bestselling The Dressmaker of Khair Khana, Lemmon transports readers to a world they previously had no idea existed: a community of women called to fulfill the military's mission to "win hearts and minds" and bound together by danger, valor, and determination. Ashley's War is a gripping combat narrative and a moving story of friendship—a book that will change the way readers think about war and the meaning of service.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-price-of-valor-the-life-of-audie-murphy-america-s-most-decorated-hero-of-world-war-ii-by-david-smith--65098472https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232275 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Price of Valor: The Life of Audie Murphy, America's Most Decorated Hero of World War II Author: David Smith Narrator: Tom Perkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 2 minutes Release date: April 20, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.36 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: When he was seventeen years old, Audie Murphy falsified his birth records so that he could enlist in the Army and help defeat the Nazis. When he was nineteen, he single-handedly turned back the German Army at the Battle of Colmar Pocket by climbing on top of a tank with a machine gun, a moment immortalized in the classic film To Hell and Back, starring Audie himself. In the first biography covering his entire life—including his severe PTSD and his tragic death at age forty-five—the unusual story of Audie Murphy, the most decorated hero of World War II, is brought to life for a new generation.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232275Mon, 20 Apr 2015 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232275 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Price of Valor: The Life of Audie Murphy, America's Most Decorated Hero of World War II Author: David Smith Narrator: Tom Perkins Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232275 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Price of Valor: The Life of Audie Murphy, America's Most Decorated Hero of World War II Author: David Smith Narrator: Tom Perkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 2 minutes Release date: April 20, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.36 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: When he was seventeen years old, Audie Murphy falsified his birth records so that he could enlist in the Army and help defeat the Nazis. When he was nineteen, he single-handedly turned back the German Army at the Battle of Colmar Pocket by climbing on top of a tank with a machine gun, a moment immortalized in the classic film To Hell and Back, starring Audie himself. In the first biography covering his entire life—including his severe PTSD and his tragic death at age forty-five—the unusual story of Audie Murphy, the most decorated hero of World War II, is brought to life for a new generation.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-francotirador-american-sniper-spanish-edition-la-autobiografia-del-francotirador-mas-letal-en-la-historia-de-estados-unidos--65098400https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228405 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Francotirador (American Sniper - Spanish Edition): La autobiografía del francotirador mAs letal en la historia de Estados Unidos de America Author: Chris Kyle Narrator: Ricardo Cardenas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 56 minutes Release date: February 24, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Fascinante, reveladora y poderosa, Francotirador la asombrosa autobiografía del Capitán SEAL Chris Kyle, el francotirador que tuvo el récord más alto en la historia militar estadounidense. En Francotirador, Kyle relata la extraordinaria historia de su carrera que duró una década. El fascinante relato de cómo pasó de ser un cowboy de rodeos de Texas a ser un experto franco tirador y temido asesino, ofrece una perspectiva única de la guerra actual y una de las descripciones más profundas, reveladoras y jamás escritas del mundo secreto de Special Ops (Operaciones Especiales) de Estados Unidos. Esta obra, también honra a los compañeros de guerra de Kyle, que lucharon dentro y fuera del campo de batalla, así como con conmovedores relatos de su esposa Taya, quien habla abiertamente de las presiones de la guerra en su matrimonio, sus hijos, y en Chris. Extraordinario, inolvidable y cargado de adrenalina, el relato de Kyle se sitúa como una de las mejores autobiografías de guerra de todos los tiempos.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228405Tue, 24 Feb 2015 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228405 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Francotirador (American Sniper - Spanish Edition): La autobiografía del francotirador mAs letal en la historia de Estados Unidos de America...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228405 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Francotirador (American Sniper - Spanish Edition): La autobiografía del francotirador mAs letal en la historia de Estados Unidos de America Author: Chris Kyle Narrator: Ricardo Cardenas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 56 minutes Release date: February 24, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Fascinante, reveladora y poderosa, Francotirador la asombrosa autobiografía del Capitán SEAL Chris Kyle, el francotirador que tuvo el récord más alto en la historia militar estadounidense. En Francotirador, Kyle relata la extraordinaria historia de su carrera que duró una década. El fascinante relato de cómo pasó de ser un cowboy de rodeos de Texas a ser un experto franco tirador y temido asesino, ofrece una perspectiva única de la guerra actual y una de las descripciones más profundas, reveladoras y jamás escritas del mundo secreto de Special Ops (Operaciones Especiales) de Estados Unidos. Esta obra, también honra a los compañeros de guerra de Kyle, que lucharon dentro y fuera del campo de batalla, así como con conmovedores relatos de su esposa Taya, quien habla abiertamente de las presiones de la guerra en su matrimonio, sus hijos, y en Chris. Extraordinario, inolvidable y cargado de adrenalina, el relato de Kyle se sitúa como una de las mejores autobiografías de guerra de todos los tiempos.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/extracts-from-a-diary-kept-by-the-rev-r-burrows-during-heke-s-war-in-the-north-in-1845-by-robert-burrows--65098348https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274855 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Extracts from a Diary Kept by the Rev. R. Burrows during Heke's War in the North, in 1845 Author: Robert Burrows Narrator: Phil Benson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 26 minutes Release date: February 18, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: An eye-witness account of the so-called Flagstaff War, fought between Maori warriors, led by Hone Heke, and British troops between March 1845 and January 1846 in and around the Bay of Islands. Ostensibly triggered by the cutting down of the flagstaff above Kororareka (now Russell), Heke's attack on the town was a consequence of festering grievances following the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi and annexation of New Zealand by the British Crown in 1840. The Reverend Robert Burrows had charge of the mission station and school at Waimate, inland from the Bay of Islands. His day-by-day account paints a vivid picture of the conflict, in which his chosen role was to mediate between the two sides. - Summary by Phil Benson]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274855Wed, 18 Feb 2015 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274855 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Extracts from a Diary Kept by the Rev. R. Burrows during Heke's War in the North, in 1845 Author: Robert Burrows Narrator: Phil Benson Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274855 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Extracts from a Diary Kept by the Rev. R. Burrows during Heke's War in the North, in 1845 Author: Robert Burrows Narrator: Phil Benson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 26 minutes Release date: February 18, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: An eye-witness account of the so-called Flagstaff War, fought between Maori warriors, led by Hone Heke, and British troops between March 1845 and January 1846 in and around the Bay of Islands. Ostensibly triggered by the cutting down of the flagstaff above Kororareka (now Russell), Heke's attack on the town was a consequence of festering grievances following the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi and annexation of New Zealand by the British Crown in 1840. The Reverend Robert Burrows had charge of the mission station and school at Waimate, inland from the Bay of Islands. His day-by-day account paints a vivid picture of the conflict, in which his chosen role was to mediate between the two sides. - Summary by Phil Benson]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/recollections-and-letters-of-general-robert-e-lee-by-robert-e-lee--65098393https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228821 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee Author: Robert E. Lee Narrator: John Pruden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 40 minutes Release date: January 27, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Robert E. Lee, the famed Confederate forces commander and icon of the South, is a towering figure in U.S. and military history. The son of a famed Revolutionary War officer, his path to greatness included graduating at the top of his class at West Point, serving with distinction in the Mexican-American War, and being asked to command the Union Forces at the start of the Great War. Declining the offer, he chose to remain with his home state of Virginia, which had seceded. His memoirs, here gathered and edited by his youngest son Robert Jr., bring to life a seismic period in American history.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228821Tue, 27 Jan 2015 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228821 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee Author: Robert E. Lee Narrator: John Pruden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 40 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228821 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee Author: Robert E. Lee Narrator: John Pruden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 40 minutes Release date: January 27, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Robert E. Lee, the famed Confederate forces commander and icon of the South, is a towering figure in U.S. and military history. The son of a famed Revolutionary War officer, his path to greatness included graduating at the top of his class at West Point, serving with distinction in the Mexican-American War, and being asked to command the Union Forces at the start of the Great War. Declining the offer, he chose to remain with his home state of Virginia, which had seceded. His memoirs, here gathered and edited by his youngest son Robert Jr., bring to life a seismic period in American history.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-intimate-view-of-robert-g-ingersoll-by-i-newton-baker--65098315https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/271050 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Intimate View of Robert G. Ingersoll Author: I. Newton Baker Narrator: Michele Fry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 29 minutes Release date: January 19, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Written as a tribute to Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll after his death, by Isaac Newton Baker, his secretary of 14 years, and presented to the Ingersoll family. Later expanded and published by the family so the world could learn more about the public and private life, personality, work, thoughts and ideals of the most famous orator of the late 1800's, also dubbed "The Greatest Agnostic Of the Century".]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/271050Mon, 19 Jan 2015 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/271050 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Intimate View of Robert G. Ingersoll Author: I. Newton Baker Narrator: Michele Fry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 29 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/271050 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Intimate View of Robert G. Ingersoll Author: I. Newton Baker Narrator: Michele Fry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 29 minutes Release date: January 19, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Written as a tribute to Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll after his death, by Isaac Newton Baker, his secretary of 14 years, and presented to the Ingersoll family. Later expanded and published by the family so the world could learn more about the public and private life, personality, work, thoughts and ideals of the most famous orator of the late 1800's, also dubbed "The Greatest Agnostic Of the Century".]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/immediate-action-by-andy-mcnab--65098403https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241323 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Immediate Action Author: Andy McNab Narrator: Paul Thornley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 28 minutes Release date: January 15, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.78 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 4.88 of Total 8 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Immediate Action is a no-holds-barred account of an extraordinary life, from the day Andy McNab was found in a carrier bag on the steps of Guy's Hospital to the day he went to fight in the Gulf War. As a delinquent youth he kicked against society. As a young soldier he waged war against the IRA in the streets and fields of South Armagh. As a member of 22 SAS Regiment he was at the centre of covert operations for nine years - on five continents. Recounting with grim humour and in riveting, often horrifying, detail his activities in the world's most highly trained and efficient Special Forces unit, McNab sweeps us into a world of surveillance and intelligence-gathering, counter-terrorism and hostage rescue.There are casualties: the best men are so often the first to be killed, because they are in front. By turns chilling, astonishing, violent, funny and moving, this blistering first-hand account of life at the forward edge of battle confirms Andy McNab's standing in the front rank of writers on modern war.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241323Thu, 15 Jan 2015 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241323 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Immediate Action Author: Andy McNab Narrator: Paul Thornley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 28 minutes Release date: January 15, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241323 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Immediate Action Author: Andy McNab Narrator: Paul Thornley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 28 minutes Release date: January 15, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.78 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 4.88 of Total 8 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Immediate Action is a no-holds-barred account of an extraordinary life, from the day Andy McNab was found in a carrier bag on the steps of Guy's Hospital to the day he went to fight in the Gulf War. As a delinquent youth he kicked against society. As a young soldier he waged war against the IRA in the streets and fields of South Armagh. As a member of 22 SAS Regiment he was at the centre of covert operations for nine years - on five continents. Recounting with grim humour and in riveting, often horrifying, detail his activities in the world's most highly trained and efficient Special Forces unit, McNab sweeps us into a world of surveillance and intelligence-gathering, counter-terrorism and hostage rescue.There are casualties: the best men are so often the first to be killed, because they are in front. By turns chilling, astonishing, violent, funny and moving, this blistering first-hand account of life at the forward edge of battle confirms Andy McNab's standing in the front rank of writers on modern war.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/seven-troop-by-andy-mcnab--65098386https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241322 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Seven Troop Author: Andy McNab Narrator: Paul Thornley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: January 15, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: They were like a band of brothers... In 1983 Andy McNab was assigned to B Squadron, one of the four Sabre Squadrons of the SAS, and within it to Air Troop, otherwise known as SEVEN TROOP. This is Andy McNab's gripping account of the time he served in the company of a remarkable group of men - from the day, freshly badged, he joined them in the Malayan jungle, to the day, ten years later, that he handed in his sand-coloured beret and started a new life. The links they forged then bound them inextricably together, but the things they saw and did during that time would take them all to breaking point - and some beyond - in the years that were to follow. He who dares doesn't always win...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241322Thu, 15 Jan 2015 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241322 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Seven Troop Author: Andy McNab Narrator: Paul Thornley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: January 15, 2015 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241322 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Seven Troop Author: Andy McNab Narrator: Paul Thornley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: January 15, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: They were like a band of brothers... In 1983 Andy McNab was assigned to B Squadron, one of the four Sabre Squadrons of the SAS, and within it to Air Troop, otherwise known as SEVEN TROOP. This is Andy McNab's gripping account of the time he served in the company of a remarkable group of men - from the day, freshly badged, he joined them in the Malayan jungle, to the day, ten years later, that he handed in his sand-coloured beret and started a new life. The links they forged then bound them inextricably together, but the things they saw and did during that time would take them all to breaking point - and some beyond - in the years that were to follow. He who dares doesn't always win...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/crucible-of-command-ulysses-s-grant-and-robert-e-lee-the-war-they-fought-the-peace-they-forged-by-william-c-davis--65098363https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/226127 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Crucible of Command: Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee—the War They Fought, the Peace They Forged Author: William C. Davis Narrator: Traber Burns Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 59 minutes Release date: January 6, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A dual biography of two iconic leaders: how they fought a bloody, brutal war then forged a lasting peace that fundamentally changed our nation They met in person only four times, yet these two men determined the outcome of the Civil War and cast competing styles for the reunited nation. Each the subject of innumerable biographies, Generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee have never before been paired as they are here. Exploring their personalities, their character, and their ethical, moral, political, and military worlds, William C. Davis finds surprising similarities between the two men as well as new perspectives on how their lives prepared them for the war they fought and influenced how they fought it. Davis reveals Lee's sense of failure before the war, Grant's optimism during disaster, and the sophisticated social and political instincts that each had when waging a war between democracies.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/226127Tue, 06 Jan 2015 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/226127 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Crucible of Command: Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee—the War They Fought, the Peace They Forged Author: William C. Davis Narrator: Traber Burns...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/226127 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Crucible of Command: Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee—the War They Fought, the Peace They Forged Author: William C. Davis Narrator: Traber Burns Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 59 minutes Release date: January 6, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A dual biography of two iconic leaders: how they fought a bloody, brutal war then forged a lasting peace that fundamentally changed our nation They met in person only four times, yet these two men determined the outcome of the Civil War and cast competing styles for the reunited nation. Each the subject of innumerable biographies, Generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee have never before been paired as they are here. Exploring their personalities, their character, and their ethical, moral, political, and military worlds, William C. Davis finds surprising similarities between the two men as well as new perspectives on how their lives prepared them for the war they fought and influenced how they fought it. Davis reveals Lee's sense of failure before the war, Grant's optimism during disaster, and the sophisticated social and political instincts that each had when waging a war between democracies.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/canada-s-hundred-days-with-the-canadian-corps-from-amiens-to-mons-aug-8-nov-11-1918-part-1-amiens-by-john-frederick-bligh-livesay--65098341https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/272853 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Canada's Hundred Days: With the Canadian Corps from Amiens to Mons, Aug. 8 - Nov. 11, 1918. Part 1, Amiens Author: John Frederick Bligh Livesay Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 3 minutes Release date: January 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: This is the incredible story of the actions of the men and women of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Canada's contribution to the Great War 1914-1919, during the last 100 days of the First World War. After nearly 4 years of stalemate (trench warfare) the Allied Forces planned to break through the German Hindenburg Line and then push the enemy from their defensive positions. You will follow the CEF as they take Amiens, Arras, Cambrai and then the pursuit of the German Forces from Valenciennes to Mons (in Belgium, the same place where the war began on August 4, 1914), on November 11, 1918. Summary by Richard Laughton.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/272853Thu, 01 Jan 2015 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/272853 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Canada's Hundred Days: With the Canadian Corps from Amiens to Mons, Aug. 8 - Nov. 11, 1918. Part 1, Amiens Author: John Frederick Bligh Livesay...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/272853 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Canada's Hundred Days: With the Canadian Corps from Amiens to Mons, Aug. 8 - Nov. 11, 1918. Part 1, Amiens Author: John Frederick Bligh Livesay Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 3 minutes Release date: January 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: This is the incredible story of the actions of the men and women of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Canada's contribution to the Great War 1914-1919, during the last 100 days of the First World War. After nearly 4 years of stalemate (trench warfare) the Allied Forces planned to break through the German Hindenburg Line and then push the enemy from their defensive positions. You will follow the CEF as they take Amiens, Arras, Cambrai and then the pursuit of the German Forces from Valenciennes to Mons (in Belgium, the same place where the war began on August 4, 1914), on November 11, 1918. Summary by Richard Laughton.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/modern-american-snipers-from-the-legend-to-the-reaper-on-the-battlefield-with-special-operations-snipers-by-chris-martin--65098357https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223517 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Modern American Snipers: From The Legend to The Reaper---on the Battlefield with Special Operations Snipers Author: Chris Martin Narrator: Peter Larkin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: December 16, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.45 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: An inside look at today's special operations sniper and an in depth look at the career of Chris Kyle from those who knew him and fought alongside him. Most people think of snipers as shooters perched in urban hides, dealing out death unseen from a considerable distance. But this description barely scratches the surface. Special operations snipers are men with stacked skill sets who have the ability to turn the tide of battles, even when they aren't pulling the trigger. Snipers have played an outsized role in the War on Terror that has earned them the Medal of Honor, Navy Cross, and countless other honors. These are the most experienced warriors on the battlefield, oftentimes the units' best assaulters with years of door-kicking under their belt. These are the men who run ops in small teams across borders, or dress like locals and pull off high-risk vehicle reconnaissance and singleton missions in non-permissive environments. Chris Martin's Modern American Snipers tells the inside story of some of the most heroic patriots in recent American history by the friends and colleagues who knew them best, including: * The Legend - Chris Kyle, SEAL Team 3 Chief and the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history * The Reaper - Nick Irving, the first African American to serve as a sniper in the 3rd Ranger Battalion, and its deadliest, with 33 confirmed kills * Robert Horrigan, Delta sniper who played a critical role in Operation Anaconda * Don Hollenbaugh, Delta Operator who earned the Distinguished Service Cross while embedded with a Marine platoon in the First Battle of Fallujah * And many more]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223517Tue, 16 Dec 2014 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223517 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Modern American Snipers: From The Legend to The Reaper---on the Battlefield with Special Operations Snipers Author: Chris Martin Narrator: Peter Larkin...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223517 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Modern American Snipers: From The Legend to The Reaper---on the Battlefield with Special Operations Snipers Author: Chris Martin Narrator: Peter Larkin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: December 16, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.45 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: An inside look at today's special operations sniper and an in depth look at the career of Chris Kyle from those who knew him and fought alongside him. Most people think of snipers as shooters perched in urban hides, dealing out death unseen from a considerable distance. But this description barely scratches the surface. Special operations snipers are men with stacked skill sets who have the ability to turn the tide of battles, even when they aren't pulling the trigger. Snipers have played an outsized role in the War on Terror that has earned them the Medal of Honor, Navy Cross, and countless other honors. These are the most experienced warriors on the battlefield, oftentimes the units' best assaulters with years of door-kicking under their belt. These are the men who run ops in small teams across borders, or dress like locals and pull off high-risk vehicle reconnaissance and singleton missions in non-permissive environments. Chris Martin's Modern American Snipers tells the inside story of some of the most heroic patriots in recent American history by the friends and colleagues who knew them best, including: * The Legend - Chris Kyle, SEAL Team 3 Chief and the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history * The Reaper - Nick Irving, the first African American to serve as a sniper in the 3rd Ranger Battalion, and its deadliest, with 33 confirmed kills * Robert Horrigan, Delta sniper who played a critical role in Operation Anaconda * Don Hollenbaugh, Delta Operator who earned the Distinguished Service Cross while embedded with a Marine platoon in the First Battle of Fallujah * And many more]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-hero-the-evolution-of-a-navy-seal-by-mark-owen-kevin-maurer--65098395https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221304 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Hero: The Evolution of a Navy SEAL Author: Mark Owen, Kevin Maurer Narrator: Paul Michael Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 41 minutes Release date: November 10, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 37 Ratings of Narrator: 4.38 of Total 8 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The companion volume to the multimillion-copy bestseller No Easy Day by former Navy SEAL Mark Owen reveals the evolution of a SEAL Team Six operator. Mark Owen’s instant #1 New York Times bestseller, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama bin Laden, focused on the high-profile targets and headline-grabbing chapters of the author’s thirteen years as a Navy SEAL. His follow-up, No Hero, is an account of Owen’s most personally meaningful missions, missions that never made headlines, including the moments in which he learned the most about himself and his teammates in both success and failure. Featuring stories from the training ground to the battlefield, No Hero offers readers a never-before-seen close-up view of the experiences and values that make Mark Owen and the SEALs he served with capable of executing the missions that make history.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221304Mon, 10 Nov 2014 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221304 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Hero: The Evolution of a Navy SEAL Author: Mark Owen, Kevin Maurer Narrator: Paul Michael Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 41 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221304 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Hero: The Evolution of a Navy SEAL Author: Mark Owen, Kevin Maurer Narrator: Paul Michael Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 41 minutes Release date: November 10, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 37 Ratings of Narrator: 4.38 of Total 8 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The companion volume to the multimillion-copy bestseller No Easy Day by former Navy SEAL Mark Owen reveals the evolution of a SEAL Team Six operator. Mark Owen’s instant #1 New York Times bestseller, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama bin Laden, focused on the high-profile targets and headline-grabbing chapters of the author’s thirteen years as a Navy SEAL. His follow-up, No Hero, is an account of Owen’s most personally meaningful missions, missions that never made headlines, including the moments in which he learned the most about himself and his teammates in both success and failure. Featuring stories from the training ground to the battlefield, No Hero offers readers a never-before-seen close-up view of the experiences and values that make Mark Owen and the SEALs he served with capable of executing the missions that make history.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/napoleon-a-life-by-andrew-roberts--65098362https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223144 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Napoleon: A Life Author: Andrew Roberts Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 32 hours 56 minutes Release date: November 4, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 126 Ratings of Narrator: 4.43 of Total 28 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the New York Times bestselling author of The Storm of War Austerlitz, Borodino, Waterloo: his battles are among the greatest in history, but Napoleon Bonaparte was far more than a military genius and astute leader of men. Like George Washington and his own hero Julius Caesar, he was one of the greatest soldier-statesmen of all times. Andrew Roberts’s Napoleon is the first one-volume biography to take advantage of the recent publication of Napoleon’s thirty-three thousand letters, which radically transform our understanding of his character and motivation. At last we see him as he was: protean multitasker, decisive, surprisingly willing to forgive his enemies and his errant wife Josephine. Like Churchill, he understood the strategic importance of telling his own story, and his memoirs, dictated from exile on St. Helena, became the single bestselling book of the nineteenth century. An award-winning historian, Roberts traveled to fifty-three of Napoleon’s sixty battle sites, discovered crucial new documents in archives, and even made the long trip by boat to St. Helena. He is as acute in his understanding of politics as he is of military history. Here at last is a biography worthy of its subject: magisterial, insightful, beautifully written, by one of our foremost historians.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223144Tue, 04 Nov 2014 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223144 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Napoleon: A Life Author: Andrew Roberts Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 32 hours 56 minutes Release date: November 4, 2014...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223144 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Napoleon: A Life Author: Andrew Roberts Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 32 hours 56 minutes Release date: November 4, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 126 Ratings of Narrator: 4.43 of Total 28 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the New York Times bestselling author of The Storm of War Austerlitz, Borodino, Waterloo: his battles are among the greatest in history, but Napoleon Bonaparte was far more than a military genius and astute leader of men. Like George Washington and his own hero Julius Caesar, he was one of the greatest soldier-statesmen of all times. Andrew Roberts’s Napoleon is the first one-volume biography to take advantage of the recent publication of Napoleon’s thirty-three thousand letters, which radically transform our understanding of his character and motivation. At last we see him as he was: protean multitasker, decisive, surprisingly willing to forgive his enemies and his errant wife Josephine. Like Churchill, he understood the strategic importance of telling his own story, and his memoirs, dictated from exile on St. Helena, became the single bestselling book of the nineteenth century. An award-winning historian, Roberts traveled to fifty-three of Napoleon’s sixty battle sites, discovered crucial new documents in archives, and even made the long trip by boat to St. Helena. He is as acute in his understanding of politics as he is of military history. Here at last is a biography worthy of its subject: magisterial, insightful, beautifully written, by one of our foremost historians.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/parachute-infantry-an-american-paratrooper-s-memoir-of-d-day-and-the-fall-of-the-third-reich-by-david-kenyon-webster--65098438https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223272 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich Author: David Kenyon Webster Narrator: Alan Sklar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 1 minute Release date: October 28, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.62 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 4.83 of Total 6 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: David Kenyon Webster's memoir is a clear-eyed, emotionally charged chronicle of youth, camaraderie, and the chaos of war. Relying on his own letters home and recollections he penned just after his discharge, Webster gives a firsthand account of life in E Company, 101st Airborne Division, crafting a memoir that resonates with the immediacy of a gripping novel. From the beaches of Normandy to the blood-dimmed battlefields of Holland, here are acts of courage and cowardice, moments of irritating boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror, and pitched urban warfare. Offering a remarkable snapshot of what it was like to enter Germany in the last days of World War II, Webster presents a vivid, varied cast of young paratroopers from all walks of life, and unforgettable glimpses of enemy soldiers and hapless civilians caught up in the melee. Parachute Infantry is at once harsh and moving, boisterous and tragic, and it stands today as an unsurpassed chronicle of war—how men fight it, survive it, and remember it.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223272Tue, 28 Oct 2014 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223272 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich Author: David Kenyon Webster Narrator: Alan Sklar Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223272 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich Author: David Kenyon Webster Narrator: Alan Sklar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 1 minute Release date: October 28, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.62 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 4.83 of Total 6 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: David Kenyon Webster's memoir is a clear-eyed, emotionally charged chronicle of youth, camaraderie, and the chaos of war. Relying on his own letters home and recollections he penned just after his discharge, Webster gives a firsthand account of life in E Company, 101st Airborne Division, crafting a memoir that resonates with the immediacy of a gripping novel. From the beaches of Normandy to the blood-dimmed battlefields of Holland, here are acts of courage and cowardice, moments of irritating boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror, and pitched urban warfare. Offering a remarkable snapshot of what it was like to enter Germany in the last days of World War II, Webster presents a vivid, varied cast of young paratroopers from all walks of life, and unforgettable glimpses of enemy soldiers and hapless civilians caught up in the melee. Parachute Infantry is at once harsh and moving, boisterous and tragic, and it stands today as an unsurpassed chronicle of war—how men fight it, survive it, and remember it.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-perfect-kill-21-laws-for-assassins-by-robert-b-baer--65098399https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221199 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Perfect Kill: 21 Laws for Assassins Author: Robert B. Baer Narrator: Keith Szarabajka Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 2 minutes Release date: October 28, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: What is the definition of assassination? Robert B. Baer’s boss at the CIA once told him, “It’s a bullet with a man’s name on it.” Sometimes assassination is the senseless act of a psychotic, a bloodletting without social value. Other times, it can be the sanest and most humane way to change the course of conflict—one bullet, one death, case closed. Assassination has been dramatized by literature and politicized by infamous murders throughout history, and for Robert Baer, one of the most accomplished agents to ever work for the CIA, it’s a source of endless fascination, speculation, and intrigue. Over several decades, Baer served as an operative, from Iraq to New Delhi and beyond; notably, his career was the model for the acclaimed movie Syriana. In The Perfect Kill, he takes us on a serpentine adventure through the history of political murder; its connections to, and differences from, the ubiquitous use of drones in state-sponsored killing; his firsthand experience with political executions; and his decades-long cat-and-mouse hunt, across the Middle East and Europe, for the most effective and deadliest assassin of the modern age. A true maverick with an undeniably captivating personal story, Baer pulls back the curtain on the underbelly of world politics and the quiet murderers who operate on the fringe of our society.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221199Tue, 28 Oct 2014 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221199 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Perfect Kill: 21 Laws for Assassins Author: Robert B. Baer Narrator: Keith Szarabajka Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 2 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221199 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Perfect Kill: 21 Laws for Assassins Author: Robert B. Baer Narrator: Keith Szarabajka Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 2 minutes Release date: October 28, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: What is the definition of assassination? Robert B. Baer’s boss at the CIA once told him, “It’s a bullet with a man’s name on it.” Sometimes assassination is the senseless act of a psychotic, a bloodletting without social value. Other times, it can be the sanest and most humane way to change the course of conflict—one bullet, one death, case closed. Assassination has been dramatized by literature and politicized by infamous murders throughout history, and for Robert Baer, one of the most accomplished agents to ever work for the CIA, it’s a source of endless fascination, speculation, and intrigue. Over several decades, Baer served as an operative, from Iraq to New Delhi and beyond; notably, his career was the model for the acclaimed movie Syriana. In The Perfect Kill, he takes us on a serpentine adventure through the history of political murder; its connections to, and differences from, the ubiquitous use of drones in state-sponsored killing; his firsthand experience with political executions; and his decades-long cat-and-mouse hunt, across the Middle East and Europe, for the most effective and deadliest assassin of the modern age. A true maverick with an undeniably captivating personal story, Baer pulls back the curtain on the underbelly of world politics and the quiet murderers who operate on the fringe of our society.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-last-british-dambuster-one-man-s-extraordinary-life-and-the-raid-that-changed-history-by-george-johnny-johnson-mbe--65098369https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241365 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last British Dambuster: One man's extraordinary life and the raid that changed history Author: George Johnny Johnson Mbe Narrator: Michael Tudor Barnes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 3 minutes Release date: October 16, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: 'I was anxious to fight. Hitler was the bastard who had started all this and he needed sorting out. We were under threat. Everything we stood for: our country, our families and our way of life was being attacked by this maniac. He could not be allowed to win. So for me and many, many others like me, there was no alternative. We were in a pickle and something had to be done.’ Johnny Johnson is 92 years old and one of very few men who can recall first-hand the most daring and ingenious air raid of all time. He can also vividly remember his childhood spent working on a farm with his controlling father, the series of events that led him to the RAF and the rigorous training that followed. But it was his decision to join 617 Squadron, and the consequences, that have truly stayed etched in his mind. On 16 May 1943, Johnny, alongside 132 specially selected comrades, took off from Scampton airbase in Lincolnshire. For six weeks they had been trained to fulfil one mission that was near impossible: to destroy three dams deep within Germany’s Ruhr Valley. It was a daring task but, against the odds, Johnny and his crew survived. Sadly, 53 comrades did not. For the first time, Johnny relives every moment of that fatal night – and the devastating aftermath. He recalls with unique wit and insight the difficult training conducted in secrecy, the race against time to release the bombs, and the sheer strength and bravery shown by a small unit faced with great adversity and uncertainty. Embodying a whole squadron, and leaving a lasting legacy for generations to come, Johnny’s story is like no other.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241365Thu, 16 Oct 2014 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241365 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last British Dambuster: One man's extraordinary life and the raid that changed history Author: George Johnny Johnson Mbe Narrator: Michael Tudor...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241365 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last British Dambuster: One man's extraordinary life and the raid that changed history Author: George Johnny Johnson Mbe Narrator: Michael Tudor Barnes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 3 minutes Release date: October 16, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: 'I was anxious to fight. Hitler was the bastard who had started all this and he needed sorting out. We were under threat. Everything we stood for: our country, our families and our way of life was being attacked by this maniac. He could not be allowed to win. So for me and many, many others like me, there was no alternative. We were in a pickle and something had to be done.’ Johnny Johnson is 92 years old and one of very few men who can recall first-hand the most daring and ingenious air raid of all time. He can also vividly remember his childhood spent working on a farm with his controlling father, the series of events that led him to the RAF and the rigorous training that followed. But it was his decision to join 617 Squadron, and the consequences, that have truly stayed etched in his mind. On 16 May 1943, Johnny, alongside 132 specially selected comrades, took off from Scampton airbase in Lincolnshire. For six weeks they had been trained to fulfil one mission that was near impossible: to destroy three dams deep within Germany’s Ruhr Valley. It was a daring task but, against the odds, Johnny and his crew survived. Sadly, 53 comrades did not. For the first time, Johnny relives every moment of that fatal night – and the devastating aftermath. He recalls with unique wit and insight the difficult training conducted in secrecy, the race against time to release the bombs, and the sheer strength and bravery shown by a small unit faced with great adversity and uncertainty. Embodying a whole squadron, and leaving a lasting legacy for generations to come, Johnny’s story is like no other.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/take-command-lessons-in-leadership-how-to-be-a-first-responder-in-business-by-jake-wood--65098388https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221074 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Take Command: Lessons in Leadership: How to Be a First Responder in Business Author: Jake Wood Narrator: Bo Foxworth Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 56 minutes Release date: October 14, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In this groundbreaking book on high-stakes leadership, Co-founder and CEO of Team Rubicon and former Marine Sniper Jake Wood, shows how to apply hard-learned lessons in leadership and teamwork from the battlefield and disaster zone to your professional life. What do elite members of the military, first responders in the disaster zone, and high-performing leaders in fast-paced, high-pressure, modern day organizations have in common? The ability to have clarity of mind and purpose when surrounded by chaos. To operate at peak performance under risk. To be able to see clearly when others are blinded by fear, and act when others are paralyzed. To craft plans even with incomplete information, then execute those plans decisively--while still being nimble and adaptable enough to iterate as the terrain changes. To deliver in the clutch. To build teams with high impact, and then inspire those teams to follow you into the fire. While most of our jobs don’t involve leading a tour of Marines through an ambush, or rushing into a relief zone just decimated by a hurricane, in today's fast-paced, hyper-competitive business environment, we are all on the front lines. And in an entrepreneurially-minded world where technology is constantly reinventing how we work, global competition is fierce, and industries are being disrupted overnight, success requires a new kind of leadership. This book is about how to become the kind of leader who gets results when the stakes are at their highest—how to Take Command.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221074Tue, 14 Oct 2014 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221074 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Take Command: Lessons in Leadership: How to Be a First Responder in Business Author: Jake Wood Narrator: Bo Foxworth Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221074 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Take Command: Lessons in Leadership: How to Be a First Responder in Business Author: Jake Wood Narrator: Bo Foxworth Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 56 minutes Release date: October 14, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In this groundbreaking book on high-stakes leadership, Co-founder and CEO of Team Rubicon and former Marine Sniper Jake Wood, shows how to apply hard-learned lessons in leadership and teamwork from the battlefield and disaster zone to your professional life. What do elite members of the military, first responders in the disaster zone, and high-performing leaders in fast-paced, high-pressure, modern day organizations have in common? The ability to have clarity of mind and purpose when surrounded by chaos. To operate at peak performance under risk. To be able to see clearly when others are blinded by fear, and act when others are paralyzed. To craft plans even with incomplete information, then execute those plans decisively--while still being nimble and adaptable enough to iterate as the terrain changes. To deliver in the clutch. To build teams with high impact, and then inspire those teams to follow you into the fire. While most of our jobs don’t involve leading a tour of Marines through an ambush, or rushing into a relief zone just decimated by a hurricane, in today's fast-paced, hyper-competitive business environment, we are all on the front lines. And in an entrepreneurially-minded world where technology is constantly reinventing how we work, global competition is fierce, and industries are being disrupted overnight, success requires a new kind of leadership. This book is about how to become the kind of leader who gets results when the stakes are at their highest—how to Take Command.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/please-mister-postman-by-alan-johnson--65098366https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241451 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Please, Mister Postman Author: Alan Johnson Narrator: Alan Johnson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 23 minutes Release date: October 9, 2014 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: 'A fascinating piece of social history' - Daisy Goodwin, Sunday Times In July 1969, while the Rolling Stones played a free concert in Hyde Park, Alan Johnson and his young family left West London to start a new life. The Britwell Estate in Slough, apparently notorious among the locals, in fact came as a blessed relief after the tensions of Notting Hill, and the local community welcomed them with open arms. Alan had become a postman the previous year, and in order to support his growing family took on every bit of overtime he could, often working twelve-hour shifts six days a week. It was hard work, but not without its compensations – the farmer’s wife offering a hearty breakfast and even the mysterious lady on Glebe Road who appeared daily, topless, at her window as the postman passed by… Please, Mister Postman paints a vivid picture of England in the 1970s, where no celebration was complete without a Party Seven of Watney’s Red Barrel, smoking was the norm rather than the exception, and Sunday lunchtime was about beer, bingo and cribbage. But as Alan’s life appears to be settling down and his career in the Union of Postal Workers begins to take off, his close-knit family is struck once again by tragedy… Moving, hilarious and unforgettable, Please, Mister Postman is another astonishing book from the award-winning author of This Boy.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241451Thu, 09 Oct 2014 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241451 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Please, Mister Postman Author: Alan Johnson Narrator: Alan Johnson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 23 minutes Release date: October 9,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241451 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Please, Mister Postman Author: Alan Johnson Narrator: Alan Johnson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 23 minutes Release date: October 9, 2014 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: 'A fascinating piece of social history' - Daisy Goodwin, Sunday Times In July 1969, while the Rolling Stones played a free concert in Hyde Park, Alan Johnson and his young family left West London to start a new life. The Britwell Estate in Slough, apparently notorious among the locals, in fact came as a blessed relief after the tensions of Notting Hill, and the local community welcomed them with open arms. Alan had become a postman the previous year, and in order to support his growing family took on every bit of overtime he could, often working twelve-hour shifts six days a week. It was hard work, but not without its compensations – the farmer’s wife offering a hearty breakfast and even the mysterious lady on Glebe Road who appeared daily, topless, at her window as the postman passed by… Please, Mister Postman paints a vivid picture of England in the 1970s, where no celebration was complete without a Party Seven of Watney’s Red Barrel, smoking was the norm rather than the exception, and Sunday lunchtime was about beer, bingo and cribbage. But as Alan’s life appears to be settling down and his career in the Union of Postal Workers begins to take off, his close-knit family is struck once again by tragedy… Moving, hilarious and unforgettable, Please, Mister Postman is another astonishing book from the award-winning author of This Boy.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-black-count-glory-revolution-betrayal-and-the-real-count-of-monte-cristo-by-tom-reiss--65098377https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241456 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Black Count: Glory, revolution, betrayal and the real Count of Monte Cristo Author: Tom Reiss Narrator: Paul Michael Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 2, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Biography. Who was the real Count of Monte Cristo? In this extraordinary biography, Tom Reiss traces the almost unbelievable life of the man who inspired not only Monte Cristo, but all three of the Musketeers: the novelist's own father. Born in St Dominigue in 1762, the son of a French nobleman and a sugar plantation slave, General Alexandre Dumas did not have an auspicious start in life. Things got worse when his father sold him into slavery to pay his passage back to Normandy. But six months later, Dumas' fortunes changed. His father bought him out of slavery and raised him in France, where Dumas went to the nation's finest schools and fencing academies, and having enrolled in the army became known as France's most handsome and strongest soldier. By the time Napoleon invaded Egypt, Dumas was his top cavalry commander. But Napoleon was threatened by the physical prowess and popularity of this black nobleman. He engineered his disgrace and imprisonment, and to please the sugar growers reintroduced slavery. A brief flowering of freedom and equality was over and forgotten, but Dumas' legacy would live on in the novels of the son who adored him. Reiss tells this tale with magisterial authority. Long years of research have led him across Europe, the Caribbean and the Middle East in search of forgotten documents. He has journeyed through the Alps where Dumas scaled unscalable ice cliffs. He has walked the streets of Cairo where Dumas' intrepid cavalry charge is still remembered. The result is an enthralling book that entertains, astounds and triumphantly resurrects a lost hero from the world's first multiracial society.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241456Thu, 02 Oct 2014 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241456 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Black Count: Glory, revolution, betrayal and the real Count of Monte Cristo Author: Tom Reiss Narrator: Paul Michael Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241456 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Black Count: Glory, revolution, betrayal and the real Count of Monte Cristo Author: Tom Reiss Narrator: Paul Michael Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 2, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Biography. Who was the real Count of Monte Cristo? In this extraordinary biography, Tom Reiss traces the almost unbelievable life of the man who inspired not only Monte Cristo, but all three of the Musketeers: the novelist's own father. Born in St Dominigue in 1762, the son of a French nobleman and a sugar plantation slave, General Alexandre Dumas did not have an auspicious start in life. Things got worse when his father sold him into slavery to pay his passage back to Normandy. But six months later, Dumas' fortunes changed. His father bought him out of slavery and raised him in France, where Dumas went to the nation's finest schools and fencing academies, and having enrolled in the army became known as France's most handsome and strongest soldier. By the time Napoleon invaded Egypt, Dumas was his top cavalry commander. But Napoleon was threatened by the physical prowess and popularity of this black nobleman. He engineered his disgrace and imprisonment, and to please the sugar growers reintroduced slavery. A brief flowering of freedom and equality was over and forgotten, but Dumas' legacy would live on in the novels of the son who adored him. Reiss tells this tale with magisterial authority. Long years of research have led him across Europe, the Caribbean and the Middle East in search of forgotten documents. He has journeyed through the Alps where Dumas scaled unscalable ice cliffs. He has walked the streets of Cairo where Dumas' intrepid cavalry charge is still remembered. The result is an enthralling book that entertains, astounds and triumphantly resurrects a lost hero from the world's first multiracial society.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/level-zero-heroes-the-story-of-u-s-marine-special-operations-in-bala-murghab-afghanistan-by-michael-golembesky-john-r-bruning--65098372https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221195 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Level Zero Heroes: The Story of U.S. Marine Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan Author: Michael Golembesky, John R. Bruning Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 20 minutes Release date: September 2, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.87 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 2.75 of Total 4 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: An elite Marine special operations team, a battle to save downed soldiers in Afghanistan, a fight for survival—an incredible true story of war that became a New York Times bestseller. In Level Zero Heroes, Michael Golembesky follows the members of U.S. Marine Special Operations Team 8222 on their assignment to the remote and isolated Taliban stronghold known as Bala Murghab as they conduct special operations in an effort to break the Taliban's grip on the Valley. What started out as a routine mission changed when two 82nd Airborne Paratroopers tragically drowned in the Bala Murghab River while trying to retrieve vital supplies from an air drop that had gone terribly wrong. In this one moment, the focus and purpose of the friendly forces at Forward Operating Base Todd, where Team 8222 was assigned, was forever altered as a massive clearing operation was initiated to break the Taliban's stranglehold on the valley and recover the bodies. From close-quarters firefights in Afghan villages to capturing key-terrain from the Taliban in the unforgiving Afghan winter, this intense and personal story depicts the brave actions and sacrifices of MSOT 8222. Readers will understand the hopelessness of being pinned down under a hail of enemy gunfire and the quake of the earth as a 2000 lb. guided bomb levels a fortified Taliban fighting position. A powerful and moving story of Marine Operators doing what they do best, Level Zero Heroes brings to life the mission of these selected few that fought side-by-side in Afghanistan, in a narrative as action-packed and emotional as anything to emerge from the Special Operations community contribution to the Afghan War.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221195Tue, 02 Sep 2014 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221195 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Level Zero Heroes: The Story of U.S. Marine Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan Author: Michael Golembesky, John R. Bruning Narrator: Peter...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221195 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Level Zero Heroes: The Story of U.S. Marine Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan Author: Michael Golembesky, John R. Bruning Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 20 minutes Release date: September 2, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.87 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 2.75 of Total 4 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: An elite Marine special operations team, a battle to save downed soldiers in Afghanistan, a fight for survival—an incredible true story of war that became a New York Times bestseller. In Level Zero Heroes, Michael Golembesky follows the members of U.S. Marine Special Operations Team 8222 on their assignment to the remote and isolated Taliban stronghold known as Bala Murghab as they conduct special operations in an effort to break the Taliban's grip on the Valley. What started out as a routine mission changed when two 82nd Airborne Paratroopers tragically drowned in the Bala Murghab River while trying to retrieve vital supplies from an air drop that had gone terribly wrong. In this one moment, the focus and purpose of the friendly forces at Forward Operating Base Todd, where Team 8222 was assigned, was forever altered as a massive clearing operation was initiated to break the Taliban's stranglehold on the valley and recover the bodies. From close-quarters firefights in Afghan villages to capturing key-terrain from the Taliban in the unforgiving Afghan winter, this intense and personal story depicts the brave actions and sacrifices of MSOT 8222. Readers will understand the hopelessness of being pinned down under a hail of enemy gunfire and the quake of the earth as a 2000 lb. guided bomb levels a fortified Taliban fighting position. A powerful and moving story of Marine Operators doing what they do best, Level Zero Heroes brings to life the mission of these selected few that fought side-by-side in Afghanistan, in a narrative as action-packed and emotional as anything to emerge from the Special Operations community contribution to the Afghan War.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-ll-be-back-right-after-this-my-memoir-by-pat-o-brien--65098396https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/217545 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I'll Be Back Right After This: My Memoir Author: Pat O'brien Narrator: Pat O'brien Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 39 minutes Release date: August 19, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Pat O'Brien was a skinny South Dakota kid with long hair, a rock and roll band, divorced parents and an alcoholic father. In all the familiar ways, he was on the road to nowhere until a professor, who envisioned his future as the household name he would soon become, dramatically changed his life. From that day forward Pat's life took turns that were both spectacular and destructive: from the Huntley-Brinkley Report and afternoons at Bobby Kennedy's living room with Muhammad Ali to conversations with six Presidents. He did acid with Timothy Leary, drank with Mickey Mantle, and over the course of a remarkable career up close and personal with the Beatles, The Stones, The Kennedy's, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods and virtually every star in Hollywood. In I'LL BE BACK RIGHT AFTER THIS, Pat reveals the highs and lows of the life of a radio and TV broadcaster, spent sharing the mic with the world's rich and famous while battling an infamous public scandal and demons that nearly killed him. With laughter, tears and miracles he reveals how he learned to accept his mistakes, find redemption and become the father he never had, proving there really are second and even third acts in life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/217545Tue, 19 Aug 2014 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/217545 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I'll Be Back Right After This: My Memoir Author: Pat O'brien Narrator: Pat O'brien Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 39 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/217545 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I'll Be Back Right After This: My Memoir Author: Pat O'brien Narrator: Pat O'brien Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 39 minutes Release date: August 19, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Pat O'Brien was a skinny South Dakota kid with long hair, a rock and roll band, divorced parents and an alcoholic father. In all the familiar ways, he was on the road to nowhere until a professor, who envisioned his future as the household name he would soon become, dramatically changed his life. From that day forward Pat's life took turns that were both spectacular and destructive: from the Huntley-Brinkley Report and afternoons at Bobby Kennedy's living room with Muhammad Ali to conversations with six Presidents. He did acid with Timothy Leary, drank with Mickey Mantle, and over the course of a remarkable career up close and personal with the Beatles, The Stones, The Kennedy's, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods and virtually every star in Hollywood. In I'LL BE BACK RIGHT AFTER THIS, Pat reveals the highs and lows of the life of a radio and TV broadcaster, spent sharing the mic with the world's rich and famous while battling an infamous public scandal and demons that nearly killed him. With laughter, tears and miracles he reveals how he learned to accept his mistakes, find redemption and become the father he never had, proving there really are second and even third acts in life.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/true-courage-a-trilogy-of-true-life-survival-of-pows-from-vietnam-world-war-ii-and-cambodia-by-bun-yom-gerald-coffee-kelly-estes--65098418https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218111 to listen full audiobooks. Title: True Courage: A Trilogy of True-Life Survival of POWs from Vietnam, World War II, and Cambodia Series: Part of The Made for Success Series Author: Būn Yom, Gerald Coffee, Kelly Estes Narrator: Dan Mcgowan, Bill Chandler Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 36 minutes Release date: August 15, 2014 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Full of action-packed experiences from world conflicts, this collection of war stories—some true, some not—tells tales of POWs surviving in Vietnam, World War II, and Cambodia. These stories of grit and strength put you in the middle of the action and will leave you with a respect for true war heroes. Beyond Survival is a journey into the invincible human spirit that unites heart and mind in a compelling and unforgettable experience. Drawing from his seven years as a POW, Captain Gerald Coffee provides timeless lessons that apply to the physical, emotional, and ethical challenges of everyday life. Without inflaming the wounds inflicted by America's involvement in Vietnam, Beyond Survival explores an issue at the heart of every free society: the willingness of ordinary individuals to maintain a passion for freedom so compelling that adversity strengthens rather than weakens personal resolve in the worst of circumstances. Through Coffee's story you will discover the universal principles of survival and triumph that empower anyone to overcome adversity. The Cost of Courage is a work of military fiction based on the true story of two brothers who served in separate campaigns of World War II. After being shot down over Berlin, one brother is forced to endure both mental and physical torture as a POW at Stalag Luft III. As a defiant soul, he gains the respect of his comrades by making life difficult for his captors. However, things change after an ill-fated trip to solitary, where it is revealed by another airman that his brother has died in the Doolittle Raid over Tokyo. Devastated, he struggles with the will to survive while reminiscing about his brother. Tomorrow I'm Dead is B┼½n Yom's story of his capture by the Khmer Rouge at the age of fourteen—and the unmatched suffering, courage, and heroism that ensued. After three years as a killing-field slave, seventeen-year-old B┼½n Yom escaped from the Khmer Rouge and became a freedom fighter. Using his wisdom, courage, and infinite compassion, B┼½n rescued thousands of Cambodian people and soon became the Cambodian Freedom Fighters' greatest soldier. Tomorrow I'm Dead is the only known firsthand account of the freedom fighters' heroic liberation of slaves from the Khmer Rouge killing fields.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218111Fri, 15 Aug 2014 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218111 to listen full audiobooks. Title: True Courage: A Trilogy of True-Life Survival of POWs from Vietnam, World War II, and Cambodia Series: Part of The Made for Success Series Author: Būn...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218111 to listen full audiobooks. Title: True Courage: A Trilogy of True-Life Survival of POWs from Vietnam, World War II, and Cambodia Series: Part of The Made for Success Series Author: Būn Yom, Gerald Coffee, Kelly Estes Narrator: Dan Mcgowan, Bill Chandler Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 36 minutes Release date: August 15, 2014 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Full of action-packed experiences from world conflicts, this collection of war stories—some true, some not—tells tales of POWs surviving in Vietnam, World War II, and Cambodia. These stories of grit and strength put you in the middle of the action and will leave you with a respect for true war heroes. Beyond Survival is a journey into the invincible human spirit that unites heart and mind in a compelling and unforgettable experience. Drawing from his seven years as a POW, Captain Gerald Coffee provides timeless lessons that apply to the physical, emotional, and ethical challenges of everyday life. Without inflaming the wounds inflicted by America's involvement in Vietnam, Beyond Survival explores an issue at the heart of every free society: the willingness of ordinary individuals to maintain a passion for freedom so compelling that adversity strengthens rather than weakens personal resolve in the worst of circumstances. Through Coffee's story you will discover the universal principles of survival and triumph that empower anyone to overcome adversity. The Cost of Courage is a work of military fiction based on the true story of two brothers who served in separate campaigns of World War II. After being shot down over Berlin, one brother is forced to endure both mental and physical torture as a POW at Stalag Luft III. As a defiant soul, he gains the respect of his comrades by making life difficult for his captors. However, things change after an ill-fated trip to solitary, where it is revealed by another airman that his brother has died in the Doolittle Raid over Tokyo. Devastated, he struggles with the will to survive while reminiscing about his brother. Tomorrow I'm Dead is B┼½n Yom's story of his capture by the Khmer Rouge at the age of fourteen—and the unmatched suffering, courage, and heroism that ensued. After three years as a killing-field slave, seventeen-year-old B┼½n Yom escaped from the Khmer Rouge and became a freedom fighter. Using his wisdom, courage, and infinite compassion, B┼½n rescued thousands of Cambodian people and soon became the Cambodian Freedom Fighters' greatest soldier. Tomorrow I'm Dead is the only known firsthand account of the freedom fighters' heroic liberation of slaves from the Khmer Rouge killing fields.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/harry-s-war-the-true-story-of-the-soldier-prince-by-robert-jobson--65098308https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255767 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Harry's War: The True Story of the Soldier Prince Author: Robert Jobson Narrator: Matthew Lloyd Davies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 8 minutes Release date: July 31, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In March 2008, the public learned the news that Prince Harry had been fighting with British troops in Afghanistan. This amazing book gives the definitive inside story of Prince Harry's brave service and reveals, amongst other breathtaking stories, how the third in line to the throne was operating only 500 yards from enemy positions, calling in air strikes and carrying out surveillance of Taliban fighters in Helmand province; how he took part in a heroic fire-fight alongside the Gurkhas and how he killed dozens of enemy insurgents.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255767Thu, 31 Jul 2014 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255767 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Harry's War: The True Story of the Soldier Prince Author: Robert Jobson Narrator: Matthew Lloyd Davies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 8...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255767 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Harry's War: The True Story of the Soldier Prince Author: Robert Jobson Narrator: Matthew Lloyd Davies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 8 minutes Release date: July 31, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In March 2008, the public learned the news that Prince Harry had been fighting with British troops in Afghanistan. This amazing book gives the definitive inside story of Prince Harry's brave service and reveals, amongst other breathtaking stories, how the third in line to the throne was operating only 500 yards from enemy positions, calling in air strikes and carrying out surveillance of Taliban fighters in Helmand province; how he took part in a heroic fire-fight alongside the Gurkhas and how he killed dozens of enemy insurgents.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/priscilla-the-hidden-life-of-an-englishwoman-in-wartime-france-by-nicholas-shakespeare--65098381https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241506 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Priscilla: The Hidden Life of an Englishwoman in Wartime France Author: Nicholas Shakespeare Narrator: Nicholas Shakespeare Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 54 minutes Release date: July 3, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The astonishing true story of a young woman's adventures, and misadventures, in the dangerous world of Nazi-occupied France. 'A most strange and compelling book driven by the writer's unsparing search for truth: now an optimistic hunt for a family heroine, now a study in female wiles of survival, now a portrait of one very ordinary person's frailty in the face of terrible odds.' John le Carré When Nicholas Shakespeare stumbled across a box of documents belonging to his late aunt he was completely unaware of where this discovery would take him. The Priscilla he remembered was very different from the glamorous, morally ambiguous young woman who emerged from the many love letters and journals, surrounded by suitors and living the dangerous existence of a British woman in a country controlled by the enemy. He had heard rumours that Priscilla had fought in the Resistance, but the truth turned out to be far more complicated. As he investigated his aunt's life, dark secrets emerged. Nicholas discovered the answer to the questions he'd been puzzling over: what caused the breakdown of Priscilla's marriage to a French aristocrat? Why had she been interned in a prisoner-of-war camp and how had she escaped? And who was the 'Otto' she was having a relationship with as Paris was liberated? Priscilla's story shows us the precariousness of life in occupied France, when loyalties were compromised and life could change in an instant. It gives us an intimate insight into women's lives in times of conflict and asks us to consider what we might do to survive in similar circumstances.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241506Thu, 03 Jul 2014 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241506 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Priscilla: The Hidden Life of an Englishwoman in Wartime France Author: Nicholas Shakespeare Narrator: Nicholas Shakespeare Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241506 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Priscilla: The Hidden Life of an Englishwoman in Wartime France Author: Nicholas Shakespeare Narrator: Nicholas Shakespeare Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 54 minutes Release date: July 3, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The astonishing true story of a young woman's adventures, and misadventures, in the dangerous world of Nazi-occupied France. 'A most strange and compelling book driven by the writer's unsparing search for truth: now an optimistic hunt for a family heroine, now a study in female wiles of survival, now a portrait of one very ordinary person's frailty in the face of terrible odds.' John le Carré When Nicholas Shakespeare stumbled across a box of documents belonging to his late aunt he was completely unaware of where this discovery would take him. The Priscilla he remembered was very different from the glamorous, morally ambiguous young woman who emerged from the many love letters and journals, surrounded by suitors and living the dangerous existence of a British woman in a country controlled by the enemy. He had heard rumours that Priscilla had fought in the Resistance, but the truth turned out to be far more complicated. As he investigated his aunt's life, dark secrets emerged. Nicholas discovered the answer to the questions he'd been puzzling over: what caused the breakdown of Priscilla's marriage to a French aristocrat? Why had she been interned in a prisoner-of-war camp and how had she escaped? And who was the 'Otto' she was having a relationship with as Paris was liberated? Priscilla's story shows us the precariousness of life in occupied France, when loyalties were compromised and life could change in an instant. It gives us an intimate insight into women's lives in times of conflict and asks us to consider what we might do to survive in similar circumstances.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sergeant-stubby-how-a-stray-dog-and-his-best-friend-helped-winworld-war-i-and-stole-the-heart-of-a-nation-by-ann-bausum--65098352https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211870 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sergeant Stubby: How a Stray Dog and His Best Friend Helped WinWorld War I and Stole the Heart of a Nation Author: Ann Bausum Narrator: Pam Ward Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 12 minutes Release date: May 13, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 5 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Told for the first time, here is the story of a stray dog who eventually became affectionately known as Sergeant Stubby, the most famous war dog of World War I. Beloved award-winning children's author Ann Bausum brings her friendly writing style and in-depth research to her first book for adults. Stubby's story begins in 1917 when America is about to enter the war. A stray dog befriends Private J. Robert 'Bob' Conroy at the Connecticut National Guard camp at Yale University, and the two become inseparable, eventually crossing an ocean and going to war together. What follows is an epic tale of how man's best friend becomes an invaluable soldier on the front lines and in the trenches, a decorated war hero, and an inspiration to a country long after the troops returned home.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211870Tue, 13 May 2014 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211870 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sergeant Stubby: How a Stray Dog and His Best Friend Helped WinWorld War I and Stole the Heart of a Nation Author: Ann Bausum Narrator: Pam Ward...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211870 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sergeant Stubby: How a Stray Dog and His Best Friend Helped WinWorld War I and Stole the Heart of a Nation Author: Ann Bausum Narrator: Pam Ward Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 12 minutes Release date: May 13, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 5 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Told for the first time, here is the story of a stray dog who eventually became affectionately known as Sergeant Stubby, the most famous war dog of World War I. Beloved award-winning children's author Ann Bausum brings her friendly writing style and in-depth research to her first book for adults. Stubby's story begins in 1917 when America is about to enter the war. A stray dog befriends Private J. Robert 'Bob' Conroy at the Connecticut National Guard camp at Yale University, and the two become inseparable, eventually crossing an ocean and going to war together. What follows is an epic tale of how man's best friend becomes an invaluable soldier on the front lines and in the trenches, a decorated war hero, and an inspiration to a country long after the troops returned home.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/american-spartan-the-promise-the-mission-and-the-betrayal-of-special-forces-major-jim-gant-by-ann-scott-tyson--65098419https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/209888 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Spartan: The Promise, the Mission, and the Betrayal of Special Forces Major Jim Gant Author: Ann Scott Tyson Narrator: Danny Campbell, Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 41 minutes Release date: March 25, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 9 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Lawrence of Arabia meets Sebastian Junger's War in this unique, incendiary, and dramatic true story of heroism and heartbreak in Afghanistan written by a Pulitzer Prize–nominated war correspondent. Army Special Forces Major Jim Gant changed the face of America’s war effort in Afghanistan. A decorated Green Beret who spent years in Afghanistan and Iraq training indigenous fighters, Gant argued for embedding autonomous units with tribes across Afghanistan to earn the Afghans’ trust and transform them into a reliable ally with whom we could defeat the Taliban and counter al-Qaeda networks. The military's top brass, including General David Petraeus, commander of U.S. Forces in Afghanistan, approved, and Gant was tasked with implementing his controversial strategy. Veteran war correspondent Ann Scott Tyson first spoke with Gant when he was awarded the Silver Star in 2007. Tyson soon came to share Gant’s vision, so she accompanied him to Afghanistan, risking her life to embed with the tribes and chronicle their experience. And then they fell in love. Illustrated with dozens of photographs, American Spartan is their remarkable story—one of the most riveting, emotional narratives of wartime ever published.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/209888Tue, 25 Mar 2014 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/209888 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Spartan: The Promise, the Mission, and the Betrayal of Special Forces Major Jim Gant Author: Ann Scott Tyson Narrator: Danny Campbell,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/209888 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Spartan: The Promise, the Mission, and the Betrayal of Special Forces Major Jim Gant Author: Ann Scott Tyson Narrator: Danny Campbell, Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 41 minutes Release date: March 25, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 9 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Lawrence of Arabia meets Sebastian Junger's War in this unique, incendiary, and dramatic true story of heroism and heartbreak in Afghanistan written by a Pulitzer Prize–nominated war correspondent. Army Special Forces Major Jim Gant changed the face of America’s war effort in Afghanistan. A decorated Green Beret who spent years in Afghanistan and Iraq training indigenous fighters, Gant argued for embedding autonomous units with tribes across Afghanistan to earn the Afghans’ trust and transform them into a reliable ally with whom we could defeat the Taliban and counter al-Qaeda networks. The military's top brass, including General David Petraeus, commander of U.S. Forces in Afghanistan, approved, and Gant was tasked with implementing his controversial strategy. Veteran war correspondent Ann Scott Tyson first spoke with Gant when he was awarded the Silver Star in 2007. Tyson soon came to share Gant’s vision, so she accompanied him to Afghanistan, risking her life to embed with the tribes and chronicle their experience. And then they fell in love. Illustrated with dozens of photographs, American Spartan is their remarkable story—one of the most riveting, emotional narratives of wartime ever published.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/forgotten-voices-of-the-great-war-by-max-arthur--65098370https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241656 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Forgotten Voices Of The Great War Author: Max Arthur Narrator: Richard Bebb Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release date: March 6, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In 1960, the Imperial War Museum began a momentous task. A team of academics, archivists and volunteers set about tracing ordinary men and women who had lived through one of the most harrowing periods of modern history, the First World War. Veterans were interviewed in details about their day-to-day experiences, on and off the front. The project has since grown to be the most important archive of its kind in the world, and provides a unique account of life during the Great War. Forty years on, the Imperial War Museum gave author Max Arthur and his team of researchers unlimited access to the complete WWI tapes. These are the forgotten voices of an entire generation of survivors of the Great War. The resulting audiobook is an important and compelling history of WWI, in the words of those who experienced it. This collection includes: · The Opening Shots: August 1914 - April 1915 · From Ypres to Gallipoli: April 1915 - June 1916 · The Somme and back to Ypres: July 1916 - July 1917 · The Struggle to Victory: August 1917 - November 1918]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241656Thu, 06 Mar 2014 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241656 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Forgotten Voices Of The Great War Author: Max Arthur Narrator: Richard Bebb Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release date: March...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241656 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Forgotten Voices Of The Great War Author: Max Arthur Narrator: Richard Bebb Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release date: March 6, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In 1960, the Imperial War Museum began a momentous task. A team of academics, archivists and volunteers set about tracing ordinary men and women who had lived through one of the most harrowing periods of modern history, the First World War. Veterans were interviewed in details about their day-to-day experiences, on and off the front. The project has since grown to be the most important archive of its kind in the world, and provides a unique account of life during the Great War. Forty years on, the Imperial War Museum gave author Max Arthur and his team of researchers unlimited access to the complete WWI tapes. These are the forgotten voices of an entire generation of survivors of the Great War. The resulting audiobook is an important and compelling history of WWI, in the words of those who experienced it. This collection includes: · The Opening Shots: August 1914 - April 1915 · From Ypres to Gallipoli: April 1915 - June 1916 · The Somme and back to Ypres: July 1916 - July 1917 · The Struggle to Victory: August 1917 - November 1918]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/eyes-on-target-inside-stories-from-the-brotherhood-of-the-u-s-navy-seals-by-scott-mcewen-richard-miniter--65098407https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206769 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eyes on Target: Inside Stories from the Brotherhood of the U.S. Navy SEALs Author: Scott McEwen, Richard Miniter Narrator: Holter Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 29 minutes Release date: February 25, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.15 of Total 33 Ratings of Narrator: 3.9 of Total 10 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Told through the eyes of current and former Navy SEALs, EYES ON TARGET is an inside account of some of the most harrowing missions in American history-including the mission to kill Osama bin Laden and the mission that wasn't, the deadly attack on the US diplomatic outpost in Benghazi where a retired SEAL sniper with a small team held off one hundred terrorists while his repeated radio calls for help went unheeded. The book contains incredible accounts of major SEAL operations-from the violent birth of SEAL Team Six and the aborted Operation Eagle Claw meant to save the hostages in Iran, to key missions in Iraq and Afganistan where the SEALs suffered their worst losses in their fifty year history-and every chapter illustrates why this elite military special operations unit remains the most feared anti-terrorist force in the world. We hear reports on the record from retired SEAL officers including Lt. Cmdr. Richard Marcinko, the founder of SEAL Team Six, and a former Commander at SEAL team Six, Ryan Zinke, and we come away understanding the deep commitment of these military men who put themselves in danger to protect our country and save American lives. In the face of insurmountable odds and the imminent threat of death, they give all to protect those who cannot protect themselves. No matter the situation, on duty or at ease, SEALs never, ever give up. One powerful chapter in the book tells the story of how one Medal of Honor winner saved another, the only time this has been done in US military history. EYES ON TARGET includes these special features: - A detailed timeline of events during the Benghazi attack - Sample rescue scenarios from a military expert who believes that help could have reached the Benghazi compound in time - The US House Republican Conference Interim Progress Report on the events surrounding the September 11, 2012 Terrorist Attacks in Benghazi Through their many interviews and unique access, Scott McEwen and Richard Miniter pull back the veil that has so often concealed the heroism of these patriots. They live by a stringent and demanding code of their own creation, keeping them ready to ignore politics, bureaucracy and-if necessary-direct orders. They share a unique combination of character, intelligence, courage, love of country and what can only be called true grit. They are the Navy SEALs, and they keep their Eyes on Target.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206769Tue, 25 Feb 2014 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206769 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eyes on Target: Inside Stories from the Brotherhood of the U.S. Navy SEALs Author: Scott McEwen, Richard Miniter Narrator: Holter Graham Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206769 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eyes on Target: Inside Stories from the Brotherhood of the U.S. Navy SEALs Author: Scott McEwen, Richard Miniter Narrator: Holter Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 29 minutes Release date: February 25, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.15 of Total 33 Ratings of Narrator: 3.9 of Total 10 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Told through the eyes of current and former Navy SEALs, EYES ON TARGET is an inside account of some of the most harrowing missions in American history-including the mission to kill Osama bin Laden and the mission that wasn't, the deadly attack on the US diplomatic outpost in Benghazi where a retired SEAL sniper with a small team held off one hundred terrorists while his repeated radio calls for help went unheeded. The book contains incredible accounts of major SEAL operations-from the violent birth of SEAL Team Six and the aborted Operation Eagle Claw meant to save the hostages in Iran, to key missions in Iraq and Afganistan where the SEALs suffered their worst losses in their fifty year history-and every chapter illustrates why this elite military special operations unit remains the most feared anti-terrorist force in the world. We hear reports on the record from retired SEAL officers including Lt. Cmdr. Richard Marcinko, the founder of SEAL Team Six, and a former Commander at SEAL team Six, Ryan Zinke, and we come away understanding the deep commitment of these military men who put themselves in danger to protect our country and save American lives. In the face of insurmountable odds and the imminent threat of death, they give all to protect those who cannot protect themselves. No matter the situation, on duty or at ease, SEALs never, ever give up. One powerful chapter in the book tells the story of how one Medal of Honor winner saved another, the only time this has been done in US military history. EYES ON TARGET includes these special features: - A detailed timeline of events during the Benghazi attack - Sample rescue scenarios from a military expert who believes that help could have reached the Benghazi compound in time - The US House Republican Conference Interim Progress Report on the events surrounding the September 11, 2012 Terrorist Attacks in Benghazi Through their many interviews and unique access, Scott McEwen and Richard Miniter pull back the veil that has so often concealed the heroism of these patriots. They live by a stringent and demanding code of their own creation, keeping them ready to ignore politics, bureaucracy and-if necessary-direct orders. They share a unique combination of character, intelligence, courage, love of country and what can only be called true grit. They are the Navy SEALs, and they keep their Eyes on Target.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/code-name-johnny-walker-the-extraordinary-story-of-the-iraqi-who-risked-everything-to-fight-with-the-u-s-navy-seals-by-johnny-walker-jim--65098389https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206223 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Code Name: Johnny Walker: The Extraordinary Story of the Iraqi Who Risked Everything to Fight with the U.S. Navy SEALs Author: Johnny Walker, Jim DeFelice Narrator: Peter Ganim Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 31 minutes Release date: February 11, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.53 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 4.78 of Total 9 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In this unforgettable memoir, the Navy SEALs’ most trusted translator—a man who is credited with saving countless American lives and became a legend in the special-ops community—tells his inspiring story for the first time. As the insurgency in Iraq intensified following the American invasion, U.S. Navy SEALs were called upon to root terrorists from their lairs. Unsure of the local neighborhoods and unable to speak the local languages, they came to rely on one man to guide them and watch their backs. He was a "terp"—an interpreter—with a job so dangerous they couldn't even use his real name. They named him Johnny Walker. They soon called him brother. Over the course of eight years, the Iraqi native traveled around the country with nearly every SEAL and special operations unit deployed there. He went on thousands of missions, saved dozens of SEAL and other American lives, and risked his own daily. Helped to the U.S. by the SEALs he protected, Johnny Walker's life is so remarkable that his tale reads like fiction. But every word of it is true. For the first time ever, a "terp" tells what it was like in Iraq during the American invasion and the brutal insurgency that followed. With inside details on SEAL operations and a humane understanding of the tragic price paid by ordinary Iraqis, Code Name: Johnny Walker reveals a side of the war that has never been told before.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206223Tue, 11 Feb 2014 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206223 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Code Name: Johnny Walker: The Extraordinary Story of the Iraqi Who Risked Everything to Fight with the U.S. Navy SEALs Author: Johnny Walker, Jim...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206223 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Code Name: Johnny Walker: The Extraordinary Story of the Iraqi Who Risked Everything to Fight with the U.S. Navy SEALs Author: Johnny Walker, Jim DeFelice Narrator: Peter Ganim Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 31 minutes Release date: February 11, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.53 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 4.78 of Total 9 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In this unforgettable memoir, the Navy SEALs’ most trusted translator—a man who is credited with saving countless American lives and became a legend in the special-ops community—tells his inspiring story for the first time. As the insurgency in Iraq intensified following the American invasion, U.S. Navy SEALs were called upon to root terrorists from their lairs. Unsure of the local neighborhoods and unable to speak the local languages, they came to rely on one man to guide them and watch their backs. He was a "terp"—an interpreter—with a job so dangerous they couldn't even use his real name. They named him Johnny Walker. They soon called him brother. Over the course of eight years, the Iraqi native traveled around the country with nearly every SEAL and special operations unit deployed there. He went on thousands of missions, saved dozens of SEAL and other American lives, and risked his own daily. Helped to the U.S. by the SEALs he protected, Johnny Walker's life is so remarkable that his tale reads like fiction. But every word of it is true. For the first time ever, a "terp" tells what it was like in Iraq during the American invasion and the brutal insurgency that followed. With inside details on SEAL operations and a humane understanding of the tragic price paid by ordinary Iraqis, Code Name: Johnny Walker reveals a side of the war that has never been told before.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/and-there-was-light-the-extraordinary-memoir-of-a-blind-hero-of-the-french-resistance-in-world-war-ii-by-jacques-lusseyran--65098373https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208952 to listen full audiobooks. Title: And There Was Light: The Extraordinary Memoir of a Blind Hero of the French Resistance in World War II Author: Jacques Lusseyran Narrator: Andre Gregory Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 29 minutes Release date: February 1, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The book that helped inspire Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See An updated edition of this classic World War II memoir, chosen as one of the 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Twentieth Century, with a new photo insert and restored passages from the original French edition Jacques Lusseyran's gripping story is one of the most powerful and insightful descriptions of living and thriving with blindness, or indeed any challenge, ever published.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208952Sat, 01 Feb 2014 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208952 to listen full audiobooks. Title: And There Was Light: The Extraordinary Memoir of a Blind Hero of the French Resistance in World War II Author: Jacques Lusseyran Narrator: Andre...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208952 to listen full audiobooks. Title: And There Was Light: The Extraordinary Memoir of a Blind Hero of the French Resistance in World War II Author: Jacques Lusseyran Narrator: Andre Gregory Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 29 minutes Release date: February 1, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The book that helped inspire Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See An updated edition of this classic World War II memoir, chosen as one of the 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Twentieth Century, with a new photo insert and restored passages from the original French edition Jacques Lusseyran's gripping story is one of the most powerful and insightful descriptions of living and thriving with blindness, or indeed any challenge, ever published.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/beyond-survival-building-on-the-hard-times-a-pow-s-inspiring-story-by-gerald-coffee--65098410https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/207964 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beyond Survival: Building on the Hard Times - a POW's Inspiring Story Author: Gerald Coffee Narrator: Gerald Coffee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 26 minutes Release date: January 28, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: When life loses its meaning, when suddenly the world is turned upside down, when there's nothing left that resembles life as we've known it, where do we find the strength and sustenance to go on? This dramatic telling of naval aviator Jerry Coffee and others who were held as prisoners of war in North Vietnam shows that there was only one choice: to go within. Beyond Survival is a journey into the invincible human spirit that unites heart and mind in a compelling and unforgettable experience. Drawing from his seven years as a POW, Captain Coffee provides timeless lessons that apply to the physical, emotional, and ethical challenges of everyday life. Proving that leadership and creativity are possible in difficult and uncertain circumstances, Captain Coffee uses sound effects and , multiple voice actors to tell the story and offer a message we can draw on in any trying situation. His story demonstrates that conviction must come from within, and in telling that story he touches the place inside of us where growth begins. Beyond Survival is a positive statement about love and commitment in the midst of war and division. It contrasts the cold reality of war, degradation, and torture with the warmth of human connections, inner serenity, and kinship with all of life. It poignantly illustrates that to be stripped of everything that is familiar and by which we identify ourselves leaves us with only what unites us - our human identity. It conveys truths about relationships at every level - with ourselves, with others, with our country, and with our God. Without inflaming the wounds inflicted by America's involvement in Vietnam, Beyond Survival explores an issue at the heart of every free society: the willingness of ordinary individuals to maintain a passion for freedom so compelling that adversity strengthens rather than weakens personal resolve in the worst of circumstances. Through Gerald Coffee's story you will discover the universal principles of survival and triumph that empower anyone to overcome adversity.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/207964Tue, 28 Jan 2014 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/207964 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beyond Survival: Building on the Hard Times - a POW's Inspiring Story Author: Gerald Coffee Narrator: Gerald Coffee Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/207964 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beyond Survival: Building on the Hard Times - a POW's Inspiring Story Author: Gerald Coffee Narrator: Gerald Coffee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 26 minutes Release date: January 28, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: When life loses its meaning, when suddenly the world is turned upside down, when there's nothing left that resembles life as we've known it, where do we find the strength and sustenance to go on? This dramatic telling of naval aviator Jerry Coffee and others who were held as prisoners of war in North Vietnam shows that there was only one choice: to go within. Beyond Survival is a journey into the invincible human spirit that unites heart and mind in a compelling and unforgettable experience. Drawing from his seven years as a POW, Captain Coffee provides timeless lessons that apply to the physical, emotional, and ethical challenges of everyday life. Proving that leadership and creativity are possible in difficult and uncertain circumstances, Captain Coffee uses sound effects and , multiple voice actors to tell the story and offer a message we can draw on in any trying situation. His story demonstrates that conviction must come from within, and in telling that story he touches the place inside of us where growth begins. Beyond Survival is a positive statement about love and commitment in the midst of war and division. It contrasts the cold reality of war, degradation, and torture with the warmth of human connections, inner serenity, and kinship with all of life. It poignantly illustrates that to be stripped of everything that is familiar and by which we identify ourselves leaves us with only what unites us - our human identity. It conveys truths about relationships at every level - with ourselves, with others, with our country, and with our God. Without inflaming the wounds inflicted by America's involvement in Vietnam, Beyond Survival explores an issue at the heart of every free society: the willingness of ordinary individuals to maintain a passion for freedom so compelling that adversity strengthens rather than weakens personal resolve in the worst of circumstances. Through Gerald Coffee's story you will discover the universal principles of survival and triumph that empower anyone to overcome adversity.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/beyond-survival-building-on-the-hard-times-a-pow-s-inspiring-story-by-gerald-coffee--65098421https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208033 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beyond Survival: Building on the Hard Times—a POW’s Inspiring Story Author: Gerald Coffee Narrator: Retired Us Navy Captain Gerald Coffee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 25 minutes Release date: January 15, 2014 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: When life loses its meaning, when suddenly the world is turned upside down, when there's nothing left that resembles life as we've known it, where do we find the strength and sustenance to go on? For naval aviator Jerry Coffee and others who were held as prisoners of war in North Vietnam, there was only one choice: go within. Beyond Survival is a journey into the invincible human spirit that unites heart and mind in a compelling and unforgettable experience. Drawing from his seven years as a POW, Captain Coffee provides timeless lessons that apply to the physical, emotional, and ethical challenges of everyday life. Proving that leadership and creativity are possible in difficult and uncertain circumstances, Captain Coffee offers a message we can draw on in any trying situation. His story demonstrates that conviction must come from within, and in telling that story, he touches the place inside us where growth begins. Beyond Survival is a positive statement about love and commitment in the midst of war and division. It contrasts the cold reality of war, degradation, and torture with the warmth of human connections, inner serenity, and kinship with all life. It poignantly illustrates that to be stripped of everything that is familiar and by which we identify ourselves leaves us with only what unites us—our human identity. It conveys truths about relationships at every level: with ourselves, with others, with our country, and with our God. Without inflaming the wounds inflicted by America's involvement in Vietnam, Beyond Survival explores an issue at the heart of every free society: the willingness of ordinary individuals to maintain a passion for freedom so compelling that adversity strengthens rather than weakens personal resolve in the worst of circumstances. Through Gerald Coffee's story you will discover the universal principles of survival and triumph that empower anyone to overcome adversity.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208033Wed, 15 Jan 2014 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208033 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beyond Survival: Building on the Hard Times—a POW’s Inspiring Story Author: Gerald Coffee Narrator: Retired Us Navy Captain Gerald Coffee Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208033 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beyond Survival: Building on the Hard Times—a POW’s Inspiring Story Author: Gerald Coffee Narrator: Retired Us Navy Captain Gerald Coffee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 25 minutes Release date: January 15, 2014 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: When life loses its meaning, when suddenly the world is turned upside down, when there's nothing left that resembles life as we've known it, where do we find the strength and sustenance to go on? For naval aviator Jerry Coffee and others who were held as prisoners of war in North Vietnam, there was only one choice: go within. Beyond Survival is a journey into the invincible human spirit that unites heart and mind in a compelling and unforgettable experience. Drawing from his seven years as a POW, Captain Coffee provides timeless lessons that apply to the physical, emotional, and ethical challenges of everyday life. Proving that leadership and creativity are possible in difficult and uncertain circumstances, Captain Coffee offers a message we can draw on in any trying situation. His story demonstrates that conviction must come from within, and in telling that story, he touches the place inside us where growth begins. Beyond Survival is a positive statement about love and commitment in the midst of war and division. It contrasts the cold reality of war, degradation, and torture with the warmth of human connections, inner serenity, and kinship with all life. It poignantly illustrates that to be stripped of everything that is familiar and by which we identify ourselves leaves us with only what unites us—our human identity. It conveys truths about relationships at every level: with ourselves, with others, with our country, and with our God. Without inflaming the wounds inflicted by America's involvement in Vietnam, Beyond Survival explores an issue at the heart of every free society: the willingness of ordinary individuals to maintain a passion for freedom so compelling that adversity strengthens rather than weakens personal resolve in the worst of circumstances. Through Gerald Coffee's story you will discover the universal principles of survival and triumph that empower anyone to overcome adversity.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bravo-two-zero-by-andy-mcnab--65098350https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241892 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bravo Two Zero Author: Andy McNab Narrator: Paul Thornley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 49 minutes Release date: January 9, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.62 of Total 39 Ratings of Narrator: 4.63 of Total 8 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: January 1991. IRAQ. Eight members of the SAS regiment embark upon a top secret mission to infiltrate deep behind enemy lines. Under the command of Sergeant Andy McNab, they are to sever a vital underground communication link and to seek and destroy mobile Scud launchers. Their call sign: BRAVO TWO ZERO. Each laden with 15 stones of equipment, they tab 20km across the desert to reach their objective. But within days, their location is compromised. After a fierce fire fight, they are forced into evasive action. Four men are captured. Three die. Only one escapes. For the survivors, however, the worst ordeal is yet to come. Delivered to Baghdad, they are tortured with a savagery for which not even their intensive SAS training has prepared them. Twenty years from its first publication, Bravo Two Zero still sets the gold standard for military memoirs. It is a breathtaking account of Special Forces soldiering: an action-packed chronicle of superhuman courage, endurance and dark humour in the face of overwhelming odds.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241892Thu, 09 Jan 2014 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241892 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bravo Two Zero Author: Andy McNab Narrator: Paul Thornley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 49 minutes Release date: January 9, 2014...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241892 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bravo Two Zero Author: Andy McNab Narrator: Paul Thornley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 49 minutes Release date: January 9, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.62 of Total 39 Ratings of Narrator: 4.63 of Total 8 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: January 1991. IRAQ. Eight members of the SAS regiment embark upon a top secret mission to infiltrate deep behind enemy lines. Under the command of Sergeant Andy McNab, they are to sever a vital underground communication link and to seek and destroy mobile Scud launchers. Their call sign: BRAVO TWO ZERO. Each laden with 15 stones of equipment, they tab 20km across the desert to reach their objective. But within days, their location is compromised. After a fierce fire fight, they are forced into evasive action. Four men are captured. Three die. Only one escapes. For the survivors, however, the worst ordeal is yet to come. Delivered to Baghdad, they are tortured with a savagery for which not even their intensive SAS training has prepared them. Twenty years from its first publication, Bravo Two Zero still sets the gold standard for military memoirs. It is a breathtaking account of Special Forces soldiering: an action-packed chronicle of superhuman courage, endurance and dark humour in the face of overwhelming odds.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/josephine-desire-ambition-napoleon-by-kate-williams--65098382https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Josephine: Desire, Ambition, Napoleon Author: Kate Williams Narrator: Sandra Duncan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 27 minutes Release date: December 12, 2013 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: This is the incredible rise and unbelievable fall of a woman whose energy and ambition is often overshadowed by Napoleon’s military might. In this triumphant biography, Kate Williams tells Josephine’s searing story, of sexual obsession, politics and surviving as a woman in a man’s world. Abandoned in Paris by her aristocratic husband, Josephine's future did not look promising. But while her friends and contemporaries were sent to the guillotine during the Terror that followed the Revolution, she survived prison and emerged as the doyenne of a wildly debauched party scene, surprising everybody when she encouraged the advances of a short, marginalised Corsican soldier, six years her junior. Josephine, the fabulous hostess and skilled diplomat, was the perfect consort to the ambitious but obnoxious Napoleon. With her by his side, he became the greatest man in Europe, the Supreme Emperor; and she amassed a jewellery box with more diamonds than Marie Antoinette’s. But as his fame grew, Napoleon became increasingly obsessed with his need for an heir and irritated with Josephine’s extravagant spending. The woman who had enchanted France became desperate and jealous. Until, a divorcee aged forty-seven, she was forced to watch from the sidelines as Napoleon and his young bride produced a child.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241913Thu, 12 Dec 2013 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Josephine: Desire, Ambition, Napoleon Author: Kate Williams Narrator: Sandra Duncan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 27 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Josephine: Desire, Ambition, Napoleon Author: Kate Williams Narrator: Sandra Duncan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 27 minutes Release date: December 12, 2013 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: This is the incredible rise and unbelievable fall of a woman whose energy and ambition is often overshadowed by Napoleon’s military might. In this triumphant biography, Kate Williams tells Josephine’s searing story, of sexual obsession, politics and surviving as a woman in a man’s world. Abandoned in Paris by her aristocratic husband, Josephine's future did not look promising. But while her friends and contemporaries were sent to the guillotine during the Terror that followed the Revolution, she survived prison and emerged as the doyenne of a wildly debauched party scene, surprising everybody when she encouraged the advances of a short, marginalised Corsican soldier, six years her junior. Josephine, the fabulous hostess and skilled diplomat, was the perfect consort to the ambitious but obnoxious Napoleon. With her by his side, he became the greatest man in Europe, the Supreme Emperor; and she amassed a jewellery box with more diamonds than Marie Antoinette’s. But as his fame grew, Napoleon became increasingly obsessed with his need for an heir and irritated with Josephine’s extravagant spending. The woman who had enchanted France became desperate and jealous. Until, a divorcee aged forty-seven, she was forced to watch from the sidelines as Napoleon and his young bride produced a child.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stories-from-the-secret-war-cia-special-ops-in-laos-by-terrence-m-burke--65098423https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/204400 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stories From the Secret War: CIA Special Ops in Laos Author: Terrence M. Burke Narrator: Michael Pearl Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 52 minutes Release date: November 25, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In 1962, the International Geneva Accords declared Laos to be neutral and generally restricted from foreign interference and foreign troops. Thus began the CIA’s secret war in Laos, led by a handful of CIA paramilitary officers in the mountains of Laos against North Vietnamese and Lao Communist forces. One of those secret warriors, CIA Silver Star recipient Terrence Burke, gives a vivid account of primitive guerrilla warfare that eventually led to an attempt by the North Vietnamese to capture him. Burke’s stories of that war are of gritty and often deadly hit and run tactics against the North Vietnamese, attempted rescues of downed pilots, and daily survival far from American support.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/204400Mon, 25 Nov 2013 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/204400 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stories From the Secret War: CIA Special Ops in Laos Author: Terrence M. Burke Narrator: Michael Pearl Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 52...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/204400 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stories From the Secret War: CIA Special Ops in Laos Author: Terrence M. Burke Narrator: Michael Pearl Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 52 minutes Release date: November 25, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In 1962, the International Geneva Accords declared Laos to be neutral and generally restricted from foreign interference and foreign troops. Thus began the CIA’s secret war in Laos, led by a handful of CIA paramilitary officers in the mountains of Laos against North Vietnamese and Lao Communist forces. One of those secret warriors, CIA Silver Star recipient Terrence Burke, gives a vivid account of primitive guerrilla warfare that eventually led to an attempt by the North Vietnamese to capture him. Burke’s stories of that war are of gritty and often deadly hit and run tactics against the North Vietnamese, attempted rescues of downed pilots, and daily survival far from American support.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/civilian-warriors-the-inside-story-of-blackwater-and-the-unsung-heroes-of-the-war-on-terror-by-erik-prince--65098416https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203234 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Civilian Warriors: The Inside Story of Blackwater and the Unsung Heroes of the War on Terror Author: Erik Prince Narrator: Jeff Gurner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 13 minutes Release date: November 18, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.23 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 4.25 of Total 12 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The founder of Blackwater offers the gripping, previously untold story of the world’s most controversial military contractor Blackwater is one of the most misunderstood companies of our time. As Erik Prince, its founder and former CEO, writes: “Hundreds of American citizens employed by private military contractors, or PMCs, would lose their lives helping our government wage wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, only to have their memory tarnished by the unfair and/or ignorant depiction of PMCs as profiteers, jackbooted thugs, or worse.” Because of the secrecy requirements of Blackwater’s contracts with the Pentagon, the State Department, and the CIA, Prince was unable to speak out when his company’s opponents spread false information. But now he’s free to tell the often shocking story of Blackwater’s rise and fall.  Blackwater hired Special Forces veterans and others with the skills and courage to take on the riskiest security jobs in the world. As its reputation grew, demand for its services escalated. Its men eventually completed nearly 100,000 missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Prince’s narrative includes newly-revealed details about many controversial events. It debunks myths that have been spread by TV shows and movies. It honors our armed forces while challenging the Pentagon’s top leadership. Above all, it will make people rethink exactly who the “good guys” and “bad guys” have been since 9/11.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203234Mon, 18 Nov 2013 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203234 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Civilian Warriors: The Inside Story of Blackwater and the Unsung Heroes of the War on Terror Author: Erik Prince Narrator: Jeff Gurner Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203234 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Civilian Warriors: The Inside Story of Blackwater and the Unsung Heroes of the War on Terror Author: Erik Prince Narrator: Jeff Gurner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 13 minutes Release date: November 18, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.23 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 4.25 of Total 12 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The founder of Blackwater offers the gripping, previously untold story of the world’s most controversial military contractor Blackwater is one of the most misunderstood companies of our time. As Erik Prince, its founder and former CEO, writes: “Hundreds of American citizens employed by private military contractors, or PMCs, would lose their lives helping our government wage wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, only to have their memory tarnished by the unfair and/or ignorant depiction of PMCs as profiteers, jackbooted thugs, or worse.” Because of the secrecy requirements of Blackwater’s contracts with the Pentagon, the State Department, and the CIA, Prince was unable to speak out when his company’s opponents spread false information. But now he’s free to tell the often shocking story of Blackwater’s rise and fall.  Blackwater hired Special Forces veterans and others with the skills and courage to take on the riskiest security jobs in the world. As its reputation grew, demand for its services escalated. Its men eventually completed nearly 100,000 missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Prince’s narrative includes newly-revealed details about many controversial events. It debunks myths that have been spread by TV shows and movies. It honors our armed forces while challenging the Pentagon’s top leadership. Above all, it will make people rethink exactly who the “good guys” and “bad guys” have been since 9/11.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-trident-the-forging-and-reforging-of-a-navy-seal-leader-by-john-bruning-jason-redman--65098427https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/200904 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Trident: The Forging and Reforging of a Navy SEAL Leader Author: John Bruning, Jason Redman Narrator: Erik Bergmann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 23 minutes Release date: November 5, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.56 of Total 27 Ratings of Narrator: 4.38 of Total 8 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Decorated Navy SEAL Lieutenant Jason Redman served his country courageously and with distinction in Columbia, Peru, Afghanistan and Iraq, where he commanded mobility and assault forces. But his journey was not without its supreme challenges. He was critically wounded in 2007 when he was struck by machine-gun fire at point blank range. During his intense recovery period Redman posted a sign on his door, warning all who entered not to ''feel sorry for [his] wounds.'' His sign became both a statement and a symbol for wounded warriors everywhere. Vivid and powerful, emotionally resonant and illuminating, The Trident traces the evolution of a modern warrior, husband, and father, a man who has come to embody the never-say-die spirit that defines one of America's elite fighting forces.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/200904Tue, 05 Nov 2013 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/200904 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Trident: The Forging and Reforging of a Navy SEAL Leader Author: John Bruning, Jason Redman Narrator: Erik Bergmann Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/200904 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Trident: The Forging and Reforging of a Navy SEAL Leader Author: John Bruning, Jason Redman Narrator: Erik Bergmann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 23 minutes Release date: November 5, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.56 of Total 27 Ratings of Narrator: 4.38 of Total 8 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Decorated Navy SEAL Lieutenant Jason Redman served his country courageously and with distinction in Columbia, Peru, Afghanistan and Iraq, where he commanded mobility and assault forces. But his journey was not without its supreme challenges. He was critically wounded in 2007 when he was struck by machine-gun fire at point blank range. During his intense recovery period Redman posted a sign on his door, warning all who entered not to ''feel sorry for [his] wounds.'' His sign became both a statement and a symbol for wounded warriors everywhere. Vivid and powerful, emotionally resonant and illuminating, The Trident traces the evolution of a modern warrior, husband, and father, a man who has come to embody the never-say-die spirit that defines one of America's elite fighting forces.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-death-of-santini-the-story-of-a-father-and-his-son-by-pat-conroy--65098445https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/198610 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Death of Santini: The Story of a Father and His Son Author: Pat Conroy Narrator: Dick Hill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 12 minutes Release date: October 29, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.36 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4.25 of Total 4 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A painful, lyrical, addictive read” (People) by the cherished author of The Great Santini that brings his extraordinary career full circle   Pat Conroy’s great success as a writer has always been intimately linked with the exploration of his family history. As the oldest of seven children who were dragged from military base to military base across the South, Pat bore witness to the often cruel and violent behavior of his father, Marine Corps fighter pilot Donald Patrick Conroy. While the publication of The Great Santini brought Pat much acclaim, the rift it caused brought even more attention, fracturing an already battered family. But as Pat tenderly chronicles here, even the oldest of wounds can heal. In the final years of Don Conroy’s life, the Santini unexpectedly refocused his ire to defend his son’s honor.   The Death of Santini is a heart-wrenching act of reckoning whose ultimate conclusion is that love can soften even the meanest of men, lending significance to the oft-quoted line from Pat’s novel The Prince of Tides: “In families there are no crimes beyond forgiveness.”   Praise for The Death of Santini   “A painful, lyrical, addictive read that [Pat Conroy’s] fans won’t want to miss.”—People   “Conroy’s conviction pulls you fleetly through the book, as does the potency of his bond with his family, no matter their sins.”—The New York Times Book Review   “Vital, large-hearted and often raucously funny.”—The Washington Post   “Conroy writes athletically and beautifully, slicing through painful memories like a point guard splitting the defense.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune   “A brilliant storyteller, a master of sarcasm, and a hallucinatory stylist whose obsession with the impress of the past on the present binds him to Southern literary tradition.”—The Boston Globe]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/198610Tue, 29 Oct 2013 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/198610 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Death of Santini: The Story of a Father and His Son Author: Pat Conroy Narrator: Dick Hill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 12 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/198610 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Death of Santini: The Story of a Father and His Son Author: Pat Conroy Narrator: Dick Hill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 12 minutes Release date: October 29, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.36 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4.25 of Total 4 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A painful, lyrical, addictive read” (People) by the cherished author of The Great Santini that brings his extraordinary career full circle   Pat Conroy’s great success as a writer has always been intimately linked with the exploration of his family history. As the oldest of seven children who were dragged from military base to military base across the South, Pat bore witness to the often cruel and violent behavior of his father, Marine Corps fighter pilot Donald Patrick Conroy. While the publication of The Great Santini brought Pat much acclaim, the rift it caused brought even more attention, fracturing an already battered family. But as Pat tenderly chronicles here, even the oldest of wounds can heal. In the final years of Don Conroy’s life, the Santini unexpectedly refocused his ire to defend his son’s honor.   The Death of Santini is a heart-wrenching act of reckoning whose ultimate conclusion is that love can soften even the meanest of men, lending significance to the oft-quoted line from Pat’s novel The Prince of Tides: “In families there are no crimes beyond forgiveness.”   Praise for The Death of Santini   “A painful, lyrical, addictive read that [Pat Conroy’s] fans won’t want to miss.”—People   “Conroy’s conviction pulls you fleetly through the book, as does the potency of his bond with his family, no matter their sins.”—The New York Times Book Review   “Vital, large-hearted and often raucously funny.”—The Washington Post   “Conroy writes athletically and beautifully, slicing through painful memories like a point guard splitting the defense.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune   “A brilliant storyteller, a master of sarcasm, and a hallucinatory stylist whose obsession with the impress of the past on the present binds him to Southern literary tradition.”—The Boston Globe]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-blaze-of-autumn-sunshine-the-last-diaries-by-tony-benn--65098331https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241932 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Blaze of Autumn Sunshine: The Last Diaries Author: Tony Benn Narrator: Michael Jayston Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 41 minutes Release date: October 24, 2013 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In this final volume of diaries, Tony Benn reflects on the compensations and the disadvantages of old age. With the support of a small circle of friends and his extended family, he continues his activities on behalf of social justice, peace and accountability in public life, to a background of political change and the international economic crisis. Following an illness in 2009 the diaries, kept for over sixty years, cease. Published here alongside these last diaries are Tony Benn’s highly personal insights into the challenges of old age and failing health, of widowhood,and of moving out of the family home after sixty years. Finally, we share in Tony Benn's hopes for the future based on his years of experience and his natural optimism.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241932Thu, 24 Oct 2013 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241932 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Blaze of Autumn Sunshine: The Last Diaries Author: Tony Benn Narrator: Michael Jayston Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 41 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241932 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Blaze of Autumn Sunshine: The Last Diaries Author: Tony Benn Narrator: Michael Jayston Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 41 minutes Release date: October 24, 2013 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In this final volume of diaries, Tony Benn reflects on the compensations and the disadvantages of old age. With the support of a small circle of friends and his extended family, he continues his activities on behalf of social justice, peace and accountability in public life, to a background of political change and the international economic crisis. Following an illness in 2009 the diaries, kept for over sixty years, cease. Published here alongside these last diaries are Tony Benn’s highly personal insights into the challenges of old age and failing health, of widowhood,and of moving out of the family home after sixty years. Finally, we share in Tony Benn's hopes for the future based on his years of experience and his natural optimism.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wounded-from-battlefield-to-blighty-1914-1918-by-emily-mayhew--65098360https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241977 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wounded: From Battlefield to Blighty, 1914-1918 Author: Emily Mayhew Narrator: Nigel Anthony Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 22 minutes Release date: September 12, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Wounded traces the journey made by a casualty from the battlefield to a hospital in Britain. It is a story told through the testimony of those who cared for him – stretcher bearers and medical officers, surgeons and chaplains, orderlies and nurses – from the aid post in the trenches to the casualty clearing station and the ambulance train back to Blighty. We feel the calloused hands of the stretcher-bearers; we see the bloody dressings and bandages; we smell the nauseating gangrene and, at London’s stations, the gas clinging to the uniforms of the men arriving home. There are the unspeakable injuries: the officer with a hole in his torso so big the doctor can see the sky beyond him; a man with no legs holding a hymnbook for a man with no arms. Together, the experiences in Wounded encapsulate what it was to fight, live and die for four long years at the Western Front. The first comprehensive account of medical care at the Western Front, Wounded is a homage to the courageous and determined men and women who saved hundreds of thousands of lives.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241977Thu, 12 Sep 2013 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241977 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wounded: From Battlefield to Blighty, 1914-1918 Author: Emily Mayhew Narrator: Nigel Anthony Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 22 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241977 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wounded: From Battlefield to Blighty, 1914-1918 Author: Emily Mayhew Narrator: Nigel Anthony Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 22 minutes Release date: September 12, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Wounded traces the journey made by a casualty from the battlefield to a hospital in Britain. It is a story told through the testimony of those who cared for him – stretcher bearers and medical officers, surgeons and chaplains, orderlies and nurses – from the aid post in the trenches to the casualty clearing station and the ambulance train back to Blighty. We feel the calloused hands of the stretcher-bearers; we see the bloody dressings and bandages; we smell the nauseating gangrene and, at London’s stations, the gas clinging to the uniforms of the men arriving home. There are the unspeakable injuries: the officer with a hole in his torso so big the doctor can see the sky beyond him; a man with no legs holding a hymnbook for a man with no arms. Together, the experiences in Wounded encapsulate what it was to fight, live and die for four long years at the Western Front. The first comprehensive account of medical care at the Western Front, Wounded is a homage to the courageous and determined men and women who saved hundreds of thousands of lives.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/carnivore-a-memoir-by-one-of-the-deadliest-american-soldiers-of-all-time-by-dillard-johnson-james-tarr--65098413https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/179694 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Carnivore: A Memoir by One of the Deadliest American Soldiers of All Time Author: Dillard Johnson, James Tarr Narrator: John Pruden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date: June 25, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 42 Ratings of Narrator: 4.23 of Total 22 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Amid ferocious fighting that many times nearly took his life, Sergeant Dillard "C. J." Johnson and his crew are recognized by Pentagon reports to have accounted for astonishing enemy KIA totals while battling inside and out of the "Carnivore," the Bradley Fighting Vehicle Johnson commanded during Operation Iraqi Freedom. After miraculously beating stage-three cancer (caused by radiation exposure from firing armor-piercing depleted-uranium rounds during combat), he returned to his platoon in Baghdad for a second tour, often serving as a sniper protecting his fellow troops. Today, Johnson and his men's story is the stuff of legend—earning them a cover story in Soldier of Fortune and a display in the Fort Stewart Museum. But only now is Johnson telling his full story: reviewed and approved for publication by the Department of Defense, Carnivore is the gripping and unflinchingly honest autobiography of a remarkable American warrior. "The estimated enemy KIAs for Staff Sergeant Johnson’s BIFV [Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle] during this fight [22 March, 2003] was 488. The informal estimate from the troop was that Johnson and his crew killed at least 1,000 Iraqis on 23 March. Later in the move north, Johnson engaged and destroyed 20 trucks and tallied 314 KIAs in the vicinity of An Najaf. At Objective FLOYD, Johnson’s platoon fought yet another bitter fight against what they claim was a thousand paramilitary troops. … Events were corroborated by separate interviews with the remainder of C/3-7 CAV, to include the troop commander." —On Point: The United States Army in Operation Iraqi Freedom, the official study of the 2003 invasion commissioned by the U.S. Army Chief of Staff]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/179694Tue, 25 Jun 2013 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/179694 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Carnivore: A Memoir by One of the Deadliest American Soldiers of All Time Author: Dillard Johnson, James Tarr Narrator: John Pruden Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/179694 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Carnivore: A Memoir by One of the Deadliest American Soldiers of All Time Author: Dillard Johnson, James Tarr Narrator: John Pruden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date: June 25, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 42 Ratings of Narrator: 4.23 of Total 22 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Amid ferocious fighting that many times nearly took his life, Sergeant Dillard "C. J." Johnson and his crew are recognized by Pentagon reports to have accounted for astonishing enemy KIA totals while battling inside and out of the "Carnivore," the Bradley Fighting Vehicle Johnson commanded during Operation Iraqi Freedom. After miraculously beating stage-three cancer (caused by radiation exposure from firing armor-piercing depleted-uranium rounds during combat), he returned to his platoon in Baghdad for a second tour, often serving as a sniper protecting his fellow troops. Today, Johnson and his men's story is the stuff of legend—earning them a cover story in Soldier of Fortune and a display in the Fort Stewart Museum. But only now is Johnson telling his full story: reviewed and approved for publication by the Department of Defense, Carnivore is the gripping and unflinchingly honest autobiography of a remarkable American warrior. "The estimated enemy KIAs for Staff Sergeant Johnson’s BIFV [Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle] during this fight [22 March, 2003] was 488. The informal estimate from the troop was that Johnson and his crew killed at least 1,000 Iraqis on 23 March. Later in the move north, Johnson engaged and destroyed 20 trucks and tallied 314 KIAs in the vicinity of An Najaf. At Objective FLOYD, Johnson’s platoon fought yet another bitter fight against what they claim was a thousand paramilitary troops. … Events were corroborated by separate interviews with the remainder of C/3-7 CAV, to include the troop commander." —On Point: The United States Army in Operation Iraqi Freedom, the official study of the 2003 invasion commissioned by the U.S. Army Chief of Staff]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tell-my-sons-a-father-s-last-letters-by-mark-weber--65098436https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/177746 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tell My Sons: A Father's Last Letters Author: Mark Weber Narrator: Mark Weber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 26 minutes Release date: June 4, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER At the pinnacle of a soaring career in the U.S. Army, Lt. Col. Mark M. Weber was tapped to serve in a high-profile job within the Afghan Parliament as a military advisor. Weeks later, a routine physical revealed stage IV intestinal cancer in the thirty-eight-year-old father of three. Over the next two years he would fight a desperate battle he wasn’t trained for, with his wife and boys as his reluctant but willing fighting force.   When Weber realized that he was not going to survive this final tour of combat, he began to write a letter to his boys, so that as they grew up without him, they would know what his life-and-death story had taught him—about courage and fear, challenge and comfort, words and actions, pride and humility, seriousness and humor, and viewing life as a never-ending search for new ideas and inspiration.   This book is that letter. And it’s not just for his sons. It’s for everyone who can use the best advice a dying hero has to offer.   Weber’s stories illustrate that in the end you become what you are through the causes to which you attach yourself—and that you’ve made your own along the way. Through his example, he teaches how to live an ordinary life in an extraordinary way. Praise for Tell My Sons   “A gift to us all . . . Every page exudes courage, honesty, and an indomitable spirit. Mark Weber’s story has touched me in such a profound way.”—Mitch Albom, author of Tuesdays with Morrie   “Tell My Sons is a deeply moving, personal account of a soldier’s journey into an ultimate frontier. As I read Mark Weber’s book, I was astonished by its honesty, courage, and discipline. This book offers one of the most profound and detailed descriptions of the strange world of cancer and should be essential reading for all of us who seek to understand that topsy-turvy terrain.”—Siddhartha Mukherjee, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies “Tell My Sons is one of the most profound and inspirational stories I have ever read. It may have been written for Mark’s children, but it may as well be a treatise for all of us about honest parenting and leadership with character in love, family, faith, and politics. For a man who is facing profound health issues, Mark is doing a remarkable job showing us all how to live with courage and integrity.”—Walter F. Mondale, former vice president of the United States   “This book is why I have always been proud to call Mark Weber my son. His ability to reach across complex boundaries and write and speak with such depth and beauty makes him a modern day Lawrence of Arabia. Mark’s passion, attitude, and thoughts about life are what is best about America.”—General Babakir S. Zibari, chief of defense, Republic of Iraq   “A poignant illustration of what being a hero is all about . . . Heroes exemplify invincible courage, character, and perseverance in times of insurmountable odds. Mark embodies these attributes. Tell My Sons will empower the reader with profound lessons of living life with hope and determination.”—John Elway, Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/177746Tue, 04 Jun 2013 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/177746 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tell My Sons: A Father's Last Letters Author: Mark Weber Narrator: Mark Weber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 26 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/177746 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tell My Sons: A Father's Last Letters Author: Mark Weber Narrator: Mark Weber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 26 minutes Release date: June 4, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER At the pinnacle of a soaring career in the U.S. Army, Lt. Col. Mark M. Weber was tapped to serve in a high-profile job within the Afghan Parliament as a military advisor. Weeks later, a routine physical revealed stage IV intestinal cancer in the thirty-eight-year-old father of three. Over the next two years he would fight a desperate battle he wasn’t trained for, with his wife and boys as his reluctant but willing fighting force.   When Weber realized that he was not going to survive this final tour of combat, he began to write a letter to his boys, so that as they grew up without him, they would know what his life-and-death story had taught him—about courage and fear, challenge and comfort, words and actions, pride and humility, seriousness and humor, and viewing life as a never-ending search for new ideas and inspiration.   This book is that letter. And it’s not just for his sons. It’s for everyone who can use the best advice a dying hero has to offer.   Weber’s stories illustrate that in the end you become what you are through the causes to which you attach yourself—and that you’ve made your own along the way. Through his example, he teaches how to live an ordinary life in an extraordinary way. Praise for Tell My Sons   “A gift to us all . . . Every page exudes courage, honesty, and an indomitable spirit. Mark Weber’s story has touched me in such a profound way.”—Mitch Albom, author of Tuesdays with Morrie   “Tell My Sons is a deeply moving, personal account of a soldier’s journey into an ultimate frontier. As I read Mark Weber’s book, I was astonished by its honesty, courage, and discipline. This book offers one of the most profound and detailed descriptions of the strange world of cancer and should be essential reading for all of us who seek to understand that topsy-turvy terrain.”—Siddhartha Mukherjee, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies “Tell My Sons is one of the most profound and inspirational stories I have ever read. It may have been written for Mark’s children, but it may as well be a treatise for all of us about honest parenting and leadership with character in love, family, faith, and politics. For a man who is facing profound health issues, Mark is doing a remarkable job showing us all how to live with courage and integrity.”—Walter F. Mondale, former vice president of the United States   “This book is why I have always been proud to call Mark Weber my son. His ability to reach across complex boundaries and write and speak with such depth and beauty makes him a modern day Lawrence of Arabia. Mark’s passion, attitude, and thoughts about life are what is best about America.”—General Babakir S. Zibari, chief of defense, Republic of Iraq   “A poignant illustration of what being a hero is all about . . . Heroes exemplify invincible courage, character, and perseverance in times of insurmountable odds. Mark embodies these attributes. Tell My Sons will empower the reader with profound lessons of living life with hope and determination.”—John Elway, Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/patton-blood-guts-and-prayer-by-michael-keane--65098484https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/175526 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Patton: Blood, Guts, and Prayer Author: Michael Keane Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 51 minutes Release date: June 3, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Patton: Blood, Guts, and Prayer “There is no question of personal courage in this war,” Colonel Patton’s commanding officer told him on the eve of battle in 1918. “It is a business proposition where every man must be in his place and performing his part.” No one in the history of warfare was less likely to follow that advice than George S. Patton Jr. His place was in front of his men, and he paid the price, when he lay bleeding to death in a bomb crater in France. Patton’s survival that day at the end of World War I was nothing short of miraculous. It confirmed the powerful sense of destiny that guided him through three decades of war and made him a military legend—“Old Blood and Guts,” an impossible mixture of irascibility and courage, profanity and profound religious faith, tactical impulsiveness and strategic genius. Blood and guts were indeed a large part of what made Patton Patton. Descended from an illustrious line of warriors, he was acutely conscious of the martial heritage in his blood. He met every challenge of his life with determination and guts. He demanded the same from his men, and he usually got it. But as Michael Keane shows in this masterly portrait, the foundation of Patton’s character was his vivid awareness of the presence and providence of God. Patton’s Christian faith was idiosyncratic, even unorthodox, but his habit of prayer was as simple, trusting, and constant as a monk’s. A singular combination of virtues and flaws, Patton has been venerated and despised but rarely understood. In Patton: Blood, Guts, and Prayer, Michael Keane penetrates the fog of legend and reveals as compelling a human character as any in American history.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/175526Mon, 03 Jun 2013 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/175526 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Patton: Blood, Guts, and Prayer Author: Michael Keane Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 51 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/175526 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Patton: Blood, Guts, and Prayer Author: Michael Keane Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 51 minutes Release date: June 3, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Patton: Blood, Guts, and Prayer “There is no question of personal courage in this war,” Colonel Patton’s commanding officer told him on the eve of battle in 1918. “It is a business proposition where every man must be in his place and performing his part.” No one in the history of warfare was less likely to follow that advice than George S. Patton Jr. His place was in front of his men, and he paid the price, when he lay bleeding to death in a bomb crater in France. Patton’s survival that day at the end of World War I was nothing short of miraculous. It confirmed the powerful sense of destiny that guided him through three decades of war and made him a military legend—“Old Blood and Guts,” an impossible mixture of irascibility and courage, profanity and profound religious faith, tactical impulsiveness and strategic genius. Blood and guts were indeed a large part of what made Patton Patton. Descended from an illustrious line of warriors, he was acutely conscious of the martial heritage in his blood. He met every challenge of his life with determination and guts. He demanded the same from his men, and he usually got it. But as Michael Keane shows in this masterly portrait, the foundation of Patton’s character was his vivid awareness of the presence and providence of God. Patton’s Christian faith was idiosyncratic, even unorthodox, but his habit of prayer was as simple, trusting, and constant as a monk’s. A singular combination of virtues and flaws, Patton has been venerated and despised but rarely understood. In Patton: Blood, Guts, and Prayer, Michael Keane penetrates the fog of legend and reveals as compelling a human character as any in American history.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cronkite-s-war-his-world-war-ii-letters-home-by-maurice-isserman-walter-cronkite-iv--65098471https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/177610 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cronkite's War: His World War II Letters Home Author: Maurice Isserman, Walter Cronkite IV Narrator: Michael Prichard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 10 minutes Release date: May 20, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A giant in American journalism in the vanguard of 'The Greatest Generation' reveals his World War II experiences in this National Geographic book. Walter Cronkite, an obscure twenty-three-year-old United Press wire service reporter, married Betsy Maxwell on March 30, 1940, following a four-year courtship. She proved to be the love of his life, and their marriage lasted happily until her death in 2005. But before Walter and Betsy Cronkite celebrated their second anniversary, he became a credentialed war correspondent, preparing to leave her behind to go overseas. The couple spent months apart in the summer and fall of 1942, as Cronkite sailed on convoys to England and North Africa across the submarine-infested waters of the North Atlantic. After a brief December leave in New York City spent with his young wife, Cronkite left again on assignment for England. This time, the two would not be reunited until the end of the war in Europe. Cronkite would console himself during their absence by writing her long, detailed letters—sometimes five in a week—describing his experiences as a war correspondent, his observations of life in wartime Europe, and his longing for her. Betsy Cronkite carefully saved the letters, copying many to circulate among family and friends. More than a hundred of Cronkite's letters from 1943-45 (plus a few earlier letters) survive. They reveal surprising and little known facts about this storied public figure in the vanguard of 'The Greatest Generation.' They chronicle both a great love story and a great war story, as told by the reporter who would go on to become anchorman for the CBS Evening News with a reputation as 'the most trusted man in America.']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/177610Mon, 20 May 2013 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/177610 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cronkite's War: His World War II Letters Home Author: Maurice Isserman, Walter Cronkite IV Narrator: Michael Prichard Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/177610 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cronkite's War: His World War II Letters Home Author: Maurice Isserman, Walter Cronkite IV Narrator: Michael Prichard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 10 minutes Release date: May 20, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A giant in American journalism in the vanguard of 'The Greatest Generation' reveals his World War II experiences in this National Geographic book. Walter Cronkite, an obscure twenty-three-year-old United Press wire service reporter, married Betsy Maxwell on March 30, 1940, following a four-year courtship. She proved to be the love of his life, and their marriage lasted happily until her death in 2005. But before Walter and Betsy Cronkite celebrated their second anniversary, he became a credentialed war correspondent, preparing to leave her behind to go overseas. The couple spent months apart in the summer and fall of 1942, as Cronkite sailed on convoys to England and North Africa across the submarine-infested waters of the North Atlantic. After a brief December leave in New York City spent with his young wife, Cronkite left again on assignment for England. This time, the two would not be reunited until the end of the war in Europe. Cronkite would console himself during their absence by writing her long, detailed letters—sometimes five in a week—describing his experiences as a war correspondent, his observations of life in wartime Europe, and his longing for her. Betsy Cronkite carefully saved the letters, copying many to circulate among family and friends. More than a hundred of Cronkite's letters from 1943-45 (plus a few earlier letters) survive. They reveal surprising and little known facts about this storied public figure in the vanguard of 'The Greatest Generation.' They chronicle both a great love story and a great war story, as told by the reporter who would go on to become anchorman for the CBS Evening News with a reputation as 'the most trusted man in America.']]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/impossible-odds-the-kidnapping-of-jessica-buchanan-and-her-dramatic-rescue-by-seal-team-six-by-anthony-flacco-erik-landemalm-jessica-buch--65098430https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/177756 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Impossible Odds: The Kidnapping of Jessica Buchanan and Her Dramatic Rescue by SEAL Team Six Author: Anthony Flacco, Erik Landemalm, Jessica Buchanan Narrator: Anthony Flacco, Candace Thaxton, George Newbern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 21 minutes Release date: May 14, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.73 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A harrowing and heartwrenching memoir of humanitarian aid worker Jessica Buchanan’s kidnapping by Somali land pirates, her three months in captivity, her rescue by the Navy SEALs, and her husband’s extraordinary efforts to help bring her home. In 2006, twenty-seven-year-old Jessica Buchanan arrived in Nairobi, Kenya, with a teaching degree and long-held dreams of helping to educate African children. By 2009, she had met and married the man of her dreams, a native Swede named Erik Landemalm, who worked to coordinate humanitarian aid with local authorities in Africa. With dreams of starting a family, they moved from Nairobi to Somalia, and their future couldn’t have been brighter… But on October 25, 2011, Jessica and a male colleague were kidnapped at gunpoint and held for ransom by an organized band of Somali land pirates. For the next three months, Jessica was terrorized by more than two dozen gangsters. She was held outdoors in filthy conditions and kept on a starvation diet while her health steadily deteriorated. Negotiations for ransom dragged on, and as the ordeal stretched into its third month, the captors grew increasingly impatient. Every terrifying moment Jessica spent suffering in captivity was matched by that of her adoring husband working behind the scenes to deal with her captors. Finally, on January 25, 2012, President Barack Obama ordered a rescue operation by a team of twenty-four Navy SEALs. The team killed all nine kidnappers, with no harm to the hostages, who were quickly airlifted out on a military rescue helicopter. In riveting detail, Impossible Odds details Jessica and Erik’s mutual journey during those torturous months. Together they relate the events prior to the kidnapping, the drama of Jessica’s fight to stay alive, and Erik’s efforts to bolster and support the hunt for her while he acted as liaison between their two families, the FBI, professional hostage negotiators, and the United States government.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/177756Tue, 14 May 2013 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/177756 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Impossible Odds: The Kidnapping of Jessica Buchanan and Her Dramatic Rescue by SEAL Team Six Author: Anthony Flacco, Erik Landemalm, Jessica Buchanan...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/177756 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Impossible Odds: The Kidnapping of Jessica Buchanan and Her Dramatic Rescue by SEAL Team Six Author: Anthony Flacco, Erik Landemalm, Jessica Buchanan Narrator: Anthony Flacco, Candace Thaxton, George Newbern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 21 minutes Release date: May 14, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.73 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A harrowing and heartwrenching memoir of humanitarian aid worker Jessica Buchanan’s kidnapping by Somali land pirates, her three months in captivity, her rescue by the Navy SEALs, and her husband’s extraordinary efforts to help bring her home. In 2006, twenty-seven-year-old Jessica Buchanan arrived in Nairobi, Kenya, with a teaching degree and long-held dreams of helping to educate African children. By 2009, she had met and married the man of her dreams, a native Swede named Erik Landemalm, who worked to coordinate humanitarian aid with local authorities in Africa. With dreams of starting a family, they moved from Nairobi to Somalia, and their future couldn’t have been brighter… But on October 25, 2011, Jessica and a male colleague were kidnapped at gunpoint and held for ransom by an organized band of Somali land pirates. For the next three months, Jessica was terrorized by more than two dozen gangsters. She was held outdoors in filthy conditions and kept on a starvation diet while her health steadily deteriorated. Negotiations for ransom dragged on, and as the ordeal stretched into its third month, the captors grew increasingly impatient. Every terrifying moment Jessica spent suffering in captivity was matched by that of her adoring husband working behind the scenes to deal with her captors. Finally, on January 25, 2012, President Barack Obama ordered a rescue operation by a team of twenty-four Navy SEALs. The team killed all nine kidnappers, with no harm to the hostages, who were quickly airlifted out on a military rescue helicopter. In riveting detail, Impossible Odds details Jessica and Erik’s mutual journey during those torturous months. Together they relate the events prior to the kidnapping, the drama of Jessica’s fight to stay alive, and Erik’s efforts to bolster and support the hunt for her while he acted as liaison between their two families, the FBI, professional hostage negotiators, and the United States government.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/this-boy-by-alan-johnson--65098361https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242052 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Boy Author: Alan Johnson Narrator: Alan Johnson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 53 minutes Release date: May 9, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Alan Johnson's childhood was not so much difficult as unusual, particularly for a man who was destined to become Home Secretary. Not in respect of the poverty, which was shared with many of those living in the slums of post-war Britain, but in its transition from two-parent family to single mother and then to no parents at all... This is essentially the story of two incredible women: Alan's mother, Lily, who battled against poor health, poverty, domestic violence and loneliness to try to ensure a better life for her children; and his sister, Linda, who had to assume an enormous amount of responsibility at a very young age and who fought to keep the family together and out of care when she herself was still only a child. Played out against the background of a vanishing community living in condemned housing, the story moves from post-war austerity in pre-gentrified Notting Hill, through the race riots, school on the Kings Road, Chelsea in the Swinging 60s, to the rock-and-roll years, making a record in Denmark Street and becoming a husband and father whilst still in his teens. This Boy is one man’s story, but it is also a story of England and the West London slums which are so hard to imagine in the capital today. No matter how harsh the details, Alan Johnson writes with a spirit of generous acceptance, of humour and openness which makes his book anything but a grim catalogue of miseries.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242052Thu, 09 May 2013 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242052 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Boy Author: Alan Johnson Narrator: Alan Johnson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 53 minutes Release date: May 9, 2013 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242052 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Boy Author: Alan Johnson Narrator: Alan Johnson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 53 minutes Release date: May 9, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Alan Johnson's childhood was not so much difficult as unusual, particularly for a man who was destined to become Home Secretary. Not in respect of the poverty, which was shared with many of those living in the slums of post-war Britain, but in its transition from two-parent family to single mother and then to no parents at all... This is essentially the story of two incredible women: Alan's mother, Lily, who battled against poor health, poverty, domestic violence and loneliness to try to ensure a better life for her children; and his sister, Linda, who had to assume an enormous amount of responsibility at a very young age and who fought to keep the family together and out of care when she herself was still only a child. Played out against the background of a vanishing community living in condemned housing, the story moves from post-war austerity in pre-gentrified Notting Hill, through the race riots, school on the Kings Road, Chelsea in the Swinging 60s, to the rock-and-roll years, making a record in Denmark Street and becoming a husband and father whilst still in his teens. This Boy is one man’s story, but it is also a story of England and the West London slums which are so hard to imagine in the capital today. No matter how harsh the details, Alan Johnson writes with a spirit of generous acceptance, of humour and openness which makes his book anything but a grim catalogue of miseries.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-life-and-legend-of-chris-kyle-american-sniper-navy-seal-by-michael-j-mooney--65098442https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/175849 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life and Legend of Chris Kyle: American Sniper, Navy SEAL Author: Michael J. Mooney Narrator: Brian Troxell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 5 minutes Release date: April 23, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.83 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 4.11 of Total 9 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A New York Times bestseller: The life story of Chris Kyle, the American Sniper. A brutal warrior but a gentle father and husband, Chris Kyle led the life of an American hero. His renowned courage and skill in military service earned him two nicknames -- The Devil among insurgents and The Legend among his Navy SEAL brethren -- but his impact extended beyond that after he came home from combat and began working with fellow veterans. Journalist Michael J. Mooney reveals Kyle's life story, from his Texas childhood up through his death in February 2013. Mooney interviews those closest to the late SEAL and also sheds light on the life of the suffering veteran who killed Kyle. The Life and Legend of Chris Kyle is a candid, essential portrait of a celebrated warrior -- a man about whom a movie has only added to the legend.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/175849Tue, 23 Apr 2013 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/175849 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life and Legend of Chris Kyle: American Sniper, Navy SEAL Author: Michael J. Mooney Narrator: Brian Troxell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/175849 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life and Legend of Chris Kyle: American Sniper, Navy SEAL Author: Michael J. Mooney Narrator: Brian Troxell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 5 minutes Release date: April 23, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.83 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 4.11 of Total 9 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A New York Times bestseller: The life story of Chris Kyle, the American Sniper. A brutal warrior but a gentle father and husband, Chris Kyle led the life of an American hero. His renowned courage and skill in military service earned him two nicknames -- The Devil among insurgents and The Legend among his Navy SEAL brethren -- but his impact extended beyond that after he came home from combat and began working with fellow veterans. Journalist Michael J. Mooney reveals Kyle's life story, from his Texas childhood up through his death in February 2013. Mooney interviews those closest to the late SEAL and also sheds light on the life of the suffering veteran who killed Kyle. The Life and Legend of Chris Kyle is a candid, essential portrait of a celebrated warrior -- a man about whom a movie has only added to the legend.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/battle-ready-memoir-of-a-seal-warrior-medic-by-mark-l-donald-scott-mactavish--65098435https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/177647 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Battle Ready: Memoir of a SEAL Warrior Medic Author: Mark L. Donald, Scott Mactavish Narrator: Fred Berman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 12, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.56 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The gripping memoir of Navy Cross, Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart recipient SEAL Lieutenant Mark L. Donald, Battle Ready. As A SEAL and combat medic, Mark served his country with valorous distinction for almost twenty-five years and survived some of the most dangerous combat actions imaginable. From the rigors of BUD/S training to the horrors of the battlefield, Battle Ready dramatically immerses the listener in the unique life of the elite warrior-medic who advances into combat with life-saving equipment in one hand and life-taking weapons in the other. It is also an uplifting human story that reveals how a young Hispanic American bootstrapped himself out of a life that promised a dead-end future by enlisting in the military. That new life begins with the Marines and includes his heroic achievements on the battlefield and the operating table, and finally, of his inspirational triumph over the demons caused by Post Traumatic Stress Disorder that threatened to destroy him and his family. Includes an excerpt from the SEAL creed read by the author and a bonus conversation with Mark L. Donald and his editor.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/177647Tue, 12 Mar 2013 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/177647 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Battle Ready: Memoir of a SEAL Warrior Medic Author: Mark L. Donald, Scott Mactavish Narrator: Fred Berman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/177647 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Battle Ready: Memoir of a SEAL Warrior Medic Author: Mark L. Donald, Scott Mactavish Narrator: Fred Berman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 12, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.56 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The gripping memoir of Navy Cross, Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart recipient SEAL Lieutenant Mark L. Donald, Battle Ready. As A SEAL and combat medic, Mark served his country with valorous distinction for almost twenty-five years and survived some of the most dangerous combat actions imaginable. From the rigors of BUD/S training to the horrors of the battlefield, Battle Ready dramatically immerses the listener in the unique life of the elite warrior-medic who advances into combat with life-saving equipment in one hand and life-taking weapons in the other. It is also an uplifting human story that reveals how a young Hispanic American bootstrapped himself out of a life that promised a dead-end future by enlisting in the military. That new life begins with the Marines and includes his heroic achievements on the battlefield and the operating table, and finally, of his inspirational triumph over the demons caused by Post Traumatic Stress Disorder that threatened to destroy him and his family. Includes an excerpt from the SEAL creed read by the author and a bonus conversation with Mark L. Donald and his editor.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bringing-mulligan-home-the-other-side-of-the-good-war-by-dale-maharidge--65098431https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/197938 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bringing Mulligan Home: The Other Side of the Good War Author: Dale Maharidge Narrator: Pete Larkin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 47 minutes Release date: March 12, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Sgt. Steve Maharidge, like many of his generation, hardly ever talked about the war. The only sign he’d served in it was a single black and white photograph of himself and another soldier tacked to the wall of his basement workshop. After Steve Maharidge’s death, his son Dale, now an adult, began a twelve-year quest to understand his father’s preoccupation with the photo. What had happened during the battle for Okinawa, and why had his father remained silent about his experiences and the man in the picture, Herman Mulligan? In his search for answers, Maharidge sought out the survivors of Love Company, many of whom had never before spoken so openly and emotionally about what they saw and experienced on Okinawa. In Bringing Mulligan Home, Maharidge delivers an affecting narrative of war and its aftermath, of fathers and sons, with lessons for the children whose parents are returning from war today.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/197938Tue, 12 Mar 2013 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/197938 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bringing Mulligan Home: The Other Side of the Good War Author: Dale Maharidge Narrator: Pete Larkin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 47...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/197938 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bringing Mulligan Home: The Other Side of the Good War Author: Dale Maharidge Narrator: Pete Larkin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 47 minutes Release date: March 12, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Sgt. Steve Maharidge, like many of his generation, hardly ever talked about the war. The only sign he’d served in it was a single black and white photograph of himself and another soldier tacked to the wall of his basement workshop. After Steve Maharidge’s death, his son Dale, now an adult, began a twelve-year quest to understand his father’s preoccupation with the photo. What had happened during the battle for Okinawa, and why had his father remained silent about his experiences and the man in the picture, Herman Mulligan? In his search for answers, Maharidge sought out the survivors of Love Company, many of whom had never before spoken so openly and emotionally about what they saw and experienced on Okinawa. In Bringing Mulligan Home, Maharidge delivers an affecting narrative of war and its aftermath, of fathers and sons, with lessons for the children whose parents are returning from war today.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/badass-ultimate-deathmatch-skull-crushing-true-stories-of-the-most-hardcore-duels-showdowns-fistfights-last-stands-suicide-charges-an--65098401https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/167853 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Badass: Ultimate Deathmatch: Skull-Crushing True Stories of the Most Hardcore Duels, Showdowns, Fistfights, Last Stands, Suicide Charges, and Military Engagements of All Time Author: Ben Thompson Narrator: Stephen Bowlby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 49 minutes Release date: March 12, 2013 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Unstoppable true stories of the most hardcore showdowns, last stands, and military engagements of all time! When only one can live, it's an Ultimate Deathmatch! This ain't no table tennis. You're not here to skip rope with your niece. You're here to witness the catastrophically awesome exploits of history's greatest badasses. Not only that, you're here to see what happens when badasses collide, when glory and doom hang in the balance, when two men enter one man leaves. If you dare listen, you'll hear the stories of . . . Cyrus the Great The king who forged the Persian Empire with blood, steel, and a few thousand rampaging camels St. Moses the Black The Patron Saint of Asskickings, who taught bandit thugs a lesson in turning the other cheek The War of Aracau The only successful indigenous resistance to Spanish colonization, led by a Mapuche warrior who strapped blades to his arms after the conquistadors sawed off his hands The Rani of Jhansi The Indian warrior princess who took on the British crown with a sword in each hand and her baby strapped to her back Tango Mike-Mike One lone Green Beret single-handedly rescues an entire Special Forces squad from a pinned-down position deep behind enemy lines in Cambodia The Charge of the Australian Light Horse Eight hundred horsemen armed with bayonets embark on the last great cavalry charge in history, rushing toward trenches filled with machine guns, rifles, and huge bullets]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/167853Tue, 12 Mar 2013 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/167853 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Badass: Ultimate Deathmatch: Skull-Crushing True Stories of the Most Hardcore Duels, Showdowns, Fistfights, Last Stands, Suicide Charges, and Military...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/167853 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Badass: Ultimate Deathmatch: Skull-Crushing True Stories of the Most Hardcore Duels, Showdowns, Fistfights, Last Stands, Suicide Charges, and Military Engagements of All Time Author: Ben Thompson Narrator: Stephen Bowlby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 49 minutes Release date: March 12, 2013 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Unstoppable true stories of the most hardcore showdowns, last stands, and military engagements of all time! When only one can live, it's an Ultimate Deathmatch! This ain't no table tennis. You're not here to skip rope with your niece. You're here to witness the catastrophically awesome exploits of history's greatest badasses. Not only that, you're here to see what happens when badasses collide, when glory and doom hang in the balance, when two men enter one man leaves. If you dare listen, you'll hear the stories of . . . Cyrus the Great The king who forged the Persian Empire with blood, steel, and a few thousand rampaging camels St. Moses the Black The Patron Saint of Asskickings, who taught bandit thugs a lesson in turning the other cheek The War of Aracau The only successful indigenous resistance to Spanish colonization, led by a Mapuche warrior who strapped blades to his arms after the conquistadors sawed off his hands The Rani of Jhansi The Indian warrior princess who took on the British crown with a sword in each hand and her baby strapped to her back Tango Mike-Mike One lone Green Beret single-handedly rescues an entire Special Forces squad from a pinned-down position deep behind enemy lines in Cambodia The Charge of the Australian Light Horse Eight hundred horsemen armed with bayonets embark on the last great cavalry charge in history, rushing toward trenches filled with machine guns, rifles, and huge bullets]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/call-the-ambulance-by-les-pringle--65098367https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242253 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Call the Ambulance! Author: Les Pringle Narrator: Gordon Griffin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 12 minutes Release date: January 3, 2013 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Exploding pressure cookers, a thwarted wife's deadly revenge and transvestites in distress - manning an ambulance in the seventies kept you on your toes. Having survived the rites of passage as a probationer, Les Pringle now has to face up to the reality of life as an ambulance man in Thatcher's Britain. He does this with humour and fortitude - two qualities which are essential if he is to cope with cases ranging from the absurd to the heart rending. From attending murder scenes to delivering babies ... it's quite a life for Les, and one that he and his shift mates tread with warmth and humour in equal measure.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242253Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242253 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Call the Ambulance! Author: Les Pringle Narrator: Gordon Griffin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 12 minutes Release date: January 3,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242253 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Call the Ambulance! Author: Les Pringle Narrator: Gordon Griffin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 12 minutes Release date: January 3, 2013 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Exploding pressure cookers, a thwarted wife's deadly revenge and transvestites in distress - manning an ambulance in the seventies kept you on your toes. Having survived the rites of passage as a probationer, Les Pringle now has to face up to the reality of life as an ambulance man in Thatcher's Britain. He does this with humour and fortitude - two qualities which are essential if he is to cope with cases ranging from the absurd to the heart rending. From attending murder scenes to delivering babies ... it's quite a life for Les, and one that he and his shift mates tread with warmth and humour in equal measure.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/blue-lights-and-long-nights-by-les-pringle--65098320https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242257 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blue Lights and Long Nights Author: Les Pringle Narrator: Gordon Griffin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 47 minutes Release date: January 3, 2013 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: This book has been re-issued as Dial 999! ISBN 9780552165310. Card-playing corpses, unfaithful husbands and 'flying' ladies - life as an ambulance driver in the 1970s was certainly varied ... At the age of twenty-three, Les Pringle decided to escape from office life, broaden his horizons and become an ambulance driver. Little did he realize how broad those horizons would turn out to be. Filled with warmth and humour, Blue Lights and Long Nights takes us back to a time when lonely old ladies could call 999 and have a cup of tea waiting when the drivers turned up for a chat; when learning to drive the ambulance meant going out for one test drive and managing not to hit a pedestrian; and every day brought a glimpse into other people's lives. Gripping, poignant and darkly funny, Blue Lights and Long Nights is an affectionate, warm-hearted look at a world gone by.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242257Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242257 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blue Lights and Long Nights Author: Les Pringle Narrator: Gordon Griffin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 47 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242257 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blue Lights and Long Nights Author: Les Pringle Narrator: Gordon Griffin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 47 minutes Release date: January 3, 2013 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: This book has been re-issued as Dial 999! ISBN 9780552165310. Card-playing corpses, unfaithful husbands and 'flying' ladies - life as an ambulance driver in the 1970s was certainly varied ... At the age of twenty-three, Les Pringle decided to escape from office life, broaden his horizons and become an ambulance driver. Little did he realize how broad those horizons would turn out to be. Filled with warmth and humour, Blue Lights and Long Nights takes us back to a time when lonely old ladies could call 999 and have a cup of tea waiting when the drivers turned up for a chat; when learning to drive the ambulance meant going out for one test drive and managing not to hit a pedestrian; and every day brought a glimpse into other people's lives. Gripping, poignant and darkly funny, Blue Lights and Long Nights is an affectionate, warm-hearted look at a world gone by.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/living-with-honor-a-memoir-by-salvatore-giunta--65098414https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/153218 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Living With Honor: A Memoir Author: Salvatore Giunta Narrator: Salvatore Giunta, Keith Nobbs Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: December 4, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.36 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 7 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A compelling memoir from a true hero—an ordinary man who joined the army and became one of the few living persons to ever be awarded the celebrated Medal of Honor. Medal of Honor winner Staff Sergeant “Sal” Giunta’s empowering memoir describes a boy working at a Subway shop who was attracted to an Army recruiting center by a free T-shirt, but left inspired by the thought of making a difference to the world. After enlisting, he was posted to Afghanistan, where he learned from the seasoned soldiers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade about a totally new kind of war. In 2007, while he was on patrol in the Korengal Valley—the “Valley of Death”—his lessons on duty and honor in the face of danger were tested. His squad was ambushed by Taliban insurgents and pinned down under blistering fire. When their leader fell, Giunta shielded him with his own body. Amid the chaos, he continued to fight and protect his wounded comrades until Apache air cover finally brought a halt to the action. Living with Honor is a remarkable account by a man who insists he was “just a soldier,” but who has made the difference he dreamed of. His candid, insightful tale is a moving testament to the power of the human spirit.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/153218Tue, 04 Dec 2012 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/153218 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Living With Honor: A Memoir Author: Salvatore Giunta Narrator: Salvatore Giunta, Keith Nobbs Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/153218 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Living With Honor: A Memoir Author: Salvatore Giunta Narrator: Salvatore Giunta, Keith Nobbs Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: December 4, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.36 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 7 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A compelling memoir from a true hero—an ordinary man who joined the army and became one of the few living persons to ever be awarded the celebrated Medal of Honor. Medal of Honor winner Staff Sergeant “Sal” Giunta’s empowering memoir describes a boy working at a Subway shop who was attracted to an Army recruiting center by a free T-shirt, but left inspired by the thought of making a difference to the world. After enlisting, he was posted to Afghanistan, where he learned from the seasoned soldiers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade about a totally new kind of war. In 2007, while he was on patrol in the Korengal Valley—the “Valley of Death”—his lessons on duty and honor in the face of danger were tested. His squad was ambushed by Taliban insurgents and pinned down under blistering fire. When their leader fell, Giunta shielded him with his own body. Amid the chaos, he continued to fight and protect his wounded comrades until Apache air cover finally brought a halt to the action. Living with Honor is a remarkable account by a man who insists he was “just a soldier,” but who has made the difference he dreamed of. His candid, insightful tale is a moving testament to the power of the human spirit.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/civil-war-reminiscences-by-those-who-were-there-by-general-george-a-forsyth-various-authors--65098429https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/153925 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Civil War Reminiscences by Those Who Were There Author: General George A. Forsyth, Various Authors Narrator: Andrew Mulcare Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 40 minutes Release date: November 15, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.22 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: This is a collection of remarkable personal accounts of a variety of American Civil War incidents, from both Union and Confederate perspectives. These vivid and absorbing reminiscences provide an inside view of many fascinating events of the time, shedding light on our shared past and illuminating the character and point of view of those who lived through an extraordinary time in our nation's history. Enjoy these excursions back through the mists of time, recounted by those who were there.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/153925Thu, 15 Nov 2012 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/153925 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Civil War Reminiscences by Those Who Were There Author: General George A. Forsyth, Various Authors Narrator: Andrew Mulcare Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/153925 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Civil War Reminiscences by Those Who Were There Author: General George A. Forsyth, Various Authors Narrator: Andrew Mulcare Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 40 minutes Release date: November 15, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.22 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: This is a collection of remarkable personal accounts of a variety of American Civil War incidents, from both Union and Confederate perspectives. These vivid and absorbing reminiscences provide an inside view of many fascinating events of the time, shedding light on our shared past and illuminating the character and point of view of those who lived through an extraordinary time in our nation's history. Enjoy these excursions back through the mists of time, recounted by those who were there.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-liberator-one-world-war-ii-soldier-s-500-day-odyssey-from-the-beaches-of-sicily-to-the-gates-of-dachau-by-alex-kershaw--65098466https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/139504 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau Author: Alex Kershaw Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 3 minutes Release date: October 30, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.59 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The true story of the bloodiest and most dramatic march to victory of the Second World War: the battlefield odyssey of a maverick U.S. Army officer and his infantry unit as they fought for over five hundred days to liberate Europe - from the invasion of Italy to the gates of Dachau.    From July 10, 1943, the date of the Allied landing in Sicily, to May 8, 1945, when victory in Europe was declared – the entire time it took to liberate Europe – no regiment saw more action, and no single platoon, company, or battalion endured worse, than the ones commanded by Felix Sparks, who had entered the war as a greenhorn second lieutenant of the 157th “Eager for Duty” Infantry Regiment of the 45th “Thunderbird” Division.  Sparks and his fellow Thunderbirds fought longest and hardest to defeat Hitler, often against his most fanatical troops, when the odds on the battlefield were even and the fortunes of the Allies hung in the balance – and when the difference between defeat and victory was a matter of character, not tactics or armor.    Drawing on extensive interviews with Sparks and dozens of his men, as well as over five years of research in Europe and in archives across the US, historian Alex Kershaw masterfully recounts one of the most inspiring and heroic journeys in military history.  Over the course of four amphibious invasions, Sparks rose from captain to colonel as he battled from the beaches of Sicily through the mountains of Italy and France, ultimately enduring bitter and desperate winter combat against the diehard SS on the Fatherland’s borders.  Though he lost all of his company to save the Allied beach-head at Anzio and an entire battalion in the dark forests of the Vosges, Sparks miraculously survived the long bloody march across Europe and was selected to lead a final charge to Bavaria to hunt down Adolf Hitler.    In the dying days of the Third Reich, Sparks and his men crossed the last great barrier in the West, the Rhine, only to experience some of the most intense street fighting and close combat suffered by Americans in WWII.  When they finally arrived at the gates of Dachau, Hitler’s first and most notorious concentration camp, the Thunderbirds confronted scenes that robbed the mind of reason.  With victory within grasp, Sparks confronted the ultimate test of his humanity: after all he had faced, could he resist the urge to wreak vengeance on the men who had caused untold suffering and misery?    Written with the narrative drive and vivid immediacy of Kershaw’s previous bestselling books about American infantrymen in WWII, The Liberator is a story for the ages, an intensely human and dramatic account of one of history’s greatest warriors and his unheralded role in America’s finest achievement – the defeat of Nazi Germany.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/139504Tue, 30 Oct 2012 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/139504 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau Author: Alex Kershaw Narrator: Fred Sanders...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/139504 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau Author: Alex Kershaw Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 3 minutes Release date: October 30, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.59 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The true story of the bloodiest and most dramatic march to victory of the Second World War: the battlefield odyssey of a maverick U.S. Army officer and his infantry unit as they fought for over five hundred days to liberate Europe - from the invasion of Italy to the gates of Dachau.    From July 10, 1943, the date of the Allied landing in Sicily, to May 8, 1945, when victory in Europe was declared – the entire time it took to liberate Europe – no regiment saw more action, and no single platoon, company, or battalion endured worse, than the ones commanded by Felix Sparks, who had entered the war as a greenhorn second lieutenant of the 157th “Eager for Duty” Infantry Regiment of the 45th “Thunderbird” Division.  Sparks and his fellow Thunderbirds fought longest and hardest to defeat Hitler, often against his most fanatical troops, when the odds on the battlefield were even and the fortunes of the Allies hung in the balance – and when the difference between defeat and victory was a matter of character, not tactics or armor.    Drawing on extensive interviews with Sparks and dozens of his men, as well as over five years of research in Europe and in archives across the US, historian Alex Kershaw masterfully recounts one of the most inspiring and heroic journeys in military history.  Over the course of four amphibious invasions, Sparks rose from captain to colonel as he battled from the beaches of Sicily through the mountains of Italy and France, ultimately enduring bitter and desperate winter combat against the diehard SS on the Fatherland’s borders.  Though he lost all of his company to save the Allied beach-head at Anzio and an entire battalion in the dark forests of the Vosges, Sparks miraculously survived the long bloody march across Europe and was selected to lead a final charge to Bavaria to hunt down Adolf Hitler.    In the dying days of the Third Reich, Sparks and his men crossed the last great barrier in the West, the Rhine, only to experience some of the most intense street fighting and close combat suffered by Americans in WWII.  When they finally arrived at the gates of Dachau, Hitler’s first and most notorious concentration camp, the Thunderbirds confronted scenes that robbed the mind of reason.  With victory within grasp, Sparks confronted the ultimate test of his humanity: after all he had faced, could he resist the urge to wreak vengeance on the men who had caused untold suffering and misery?    Written with the narrative drive and vivid immediacy of Kershaw’s previous bestselling books about American infantrymen in WWII, The Liberator is a story for the ages, an intensely human and dramatic account of one of history’s greatest warriors and his unheralded role in America’s finest achievement – the defeat of Nazi Germany.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/into-the-fire-a-firsthand-account-of-the-most-extraordinary-battle-in-the-afghan-war-by-dakota-meyer-bing-west--65098486https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/142330 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War Author: Dakota Meyer, Bing West Narrator: Zach McLarty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 51 minutes Release date: September 25, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.46 of Total 41 Ratings of Narrator: 4.47 of Total 15 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: “The story of what Dakota did . . . will be told for generations.”—President Barack Obama, from remarks given at Meyer’s Medal of Honor ceremony In the fall of 2009, Taliban insurgents ambushed a patrol of Afghan soldiers and Marine advisors in a mountain village called Ganjigal. Firing from entrenched positions, the enemy was positioned to wipe out one hundred men who were pinned down and were repeatedly refused artillery support. Ordered to remain behind with the vehicles, twenty-one year-old Marine corporal Dakota Meyer disobeyed orders and attacked to rescue his comrades.             With a brave driver at the wheel, Meyer stood in the gun turret exposed to withering fire, rallying Afghan troops to follow. Over the course of the five hours, he charged into the valley time and again. Employing a variety of machine guns, rifles, grenade launchers, and even a rock, Meyer repeatedly repulsed enemy attackers, carried wounded Afghan soldiers to safety, and provided cover for dozens of others to escape—supreme acts of valor and determination. In the end, Meyer and four stalwart comrades—an Army captain, an Afghan sergeant major, and two Marines—cleared the battlefield and came to grips with a tragedy they knew could have been avoided. For his actions on that day, Meyer became the first living Marine in three decades to be awarded the Medal of Honor.   Into the Fire tells the full story of the chaotic battle of Ganjigal for the first time,  in a compelling, human way that reveals it as a microcosm of our recent wars. Meyer takes us from his upbringing on a farm in Kentucky, through his Marine and sniper training, onto the battlefield, and into the vexed aftermath of his harrowing exploits in a battle that has become the stuff of legend.    Investigations ensued, even as he was pitched back into battle alongside U.S. Army soldiers who embraced him as a fellow grunt. When it was over, he returned to the States to confront living with the loss of his closest friends. This is a tale of American values and upbringing, of stunning heroism, and of adjusting to loss and to civilian life.   We see it all through Meyer’s eyes, bullet by bullet, with raw honesty in telling of both the errors that resulted in tragedy and the resolve of American soldiers, U.S.Marines, and Afghan soldiers who’d been abandoned and faced certain death.    Meticulously researched and thrillingly told, with nonstop pace and vivid detail, Into the Fire is the true story of a modern American hero.   “Sergeant Meyer embodies all that is good about our nation’s Corps of Marines. . . . [His] heroic actions . . . will forever be etched in our Corps’ rich legacy of courage and valor.”—General James F. Amos, Commandant of the Marine Corps]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/142330Tue, 25 Sep 2012 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/142330 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War Author: Dakota Meyer, Bing West Narrator: Zach McLarty Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/142330 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War Author: Dakota Meyer, Bing West Narrator: Zach McLarty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 51 minutes Release date: September 25, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.46 of Total 41 Ratings of Narrator: 4.47 of Total 15 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: “The story of what Dakota did . . . will be told for generations.”—President Barack Obama, from remarks given at Meyer’s Medal of Honor ceremony In the fall of 2009, Taliban insurgents ambushed a patrol of Afghan soldiers and Marine advisors in a mountain village called Ganjigal. Firing from entrenched positions, the enemy was positioned to wipe out one hundred men who were pinned down and were repeatedly refused artillery support. Ordered to remain behind with the vehicles, twenty-one year-old Marine corporal Dakota Meyer disobeyed orders and attacked to rescue his comrades.             With a brave driver at the wheel, Meyer stood in the gun turret exposed to withering fire, rallying Afghan troops to follow. Over the course of the five hours, he charged into the valley time and again. Employing a variety of machine guns, rifles, grenade launchers, and even a rock, Meyer repeatedly repulsed enemy attackers, carried wounded Afghan soldiers to safety, and provided cover for dozens of others to escape—supreme acts of valor and determination. In the end, Meyer and four stalwart comrades—an Army captain, an Afghan sergeant major, and two Marines—cleared the battlefield and came to grips with a tragedy they knew could have been avoided. For his actions on that day, Meyer became the first living Marine in three decades to be awarded the Medal of Honor.   Into the Fire tells the full story of the chaotic battle of Ganjigal for the first time,  in a compelling, human way that reveals it as a microcosm of our recent wars. Meyer takes us from his upbringing on a farm in Kentucky, through his Marine and sniper training, onto the battlefield, and into the vexed aftermath of his harrowing exploits in a battle that has become the stuff of legend.    Investigations ensued, even as he was pitched back into battle alongside U.S. Army soldiers who embraced him as a fellow grunt. When it was over, he returned to the States to confront living with the loss of his closest friends. This is a tale of American values and upbringing, of stunning heroism, and of adjusting to loss and to civilian life.   We see it all through Meyer’s eyes, bullet by bullet, with raw honesty in telling of both the errors that resulted in tragedy and the resolve of American soldiers, U.S.Marines, and Afghan soldiers who’d been abandoned and faced certain death.    Meticulously researched and thrillingly told, with nonstop pace and vivid detail, Into the Fire is the true story of a modern American hero.   “Sergeant Meyer embodies all that is good about our nation’s Corps of Marines. . . . [His] heroic actions . . . will forever be etched in our Corps’ rich legacy of courage and valor.”—General James F. Amos, Commandant of the Marine Corps]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-easy-day-the-firsthand-account-of-the-mission-that-killed-osama-bin-laden-by-kevin-maurer-mark-owen--65098380https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/195129 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden Author: Kevin Maurer, Mark Owen Narrator: Holter Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 50 minutes Release date: September 4, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.63 of Total 143 Ratings of Narrator: 4.69 of Total 36 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The #1 New York Times bestselling first-person account of the planning and execution of the Bin Laden raid from a Navy SEAL who confronted the terrorist mastermind and witnessed his final moments. From the streets of Iraq to the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips in the Indian Ocean, and from the mountaintops of Afghanistan to the third floor of Osama Bin Laden’s compound, operator Mark Owen of the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group—known as SEAL Team Six—has been a part of some of the most memorable special operations in history, as well as countless missions that never made headlines. No Easy Day puts readers alongside Owen and his fellow SEAL team members as they train for the biggest mission of their lives. The blow-by-blow narrative of the assault, beginning with the helicopter crash that could have ended Owen’s life straight through to the radio call confirming Bin Laden’s death, is an essential piece of modern history. In No Easy Day, Owen also takes readers into the War on Terror and details the formation of the most elite units in the military. Owen’s story draws on his youth in Alaska and describes the SEALs’ quest to challenge themselves at the highest levels of physical and mental endurance. With boots-on-the-ground detail, Owen describes several missions that illustrate the life and work of a SEAL and the evolution of the team after the events of September 11. In telling the true story of the SEALs whose talents, skills, experiences, and exceptional sacrifices led to one of the greatest victories in the War on Terror, Mark Owen honors the men who risk everything for our country, and he leaves readers with a deep understanding of the warriors who keep America safe.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/195129Tue, 04 Sep 2012 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/195129 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden Author: Kevin Maurer, Mark Owen Narrator: Holter Graham Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/195129 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden Author: Kevin Maurer, Mark Owen Narrator: Holter Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 50 minutes Release date: September 4, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.63 of Total 143 Ratings of Narrator: 4.69 of Total 36 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The #1 New York Times bestselling first-person account of the planning and execution of the Bin Laden raid from a Navy SEAL who confronted the terrorist mastermind and witnessed his final moments. From the streets of Iraq to the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips in the Indian Ocean, and from the mountaintops of Afghanistan to the third floor of Osama Bin Laden’s compound, operator Mark Owen of the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group—known as SEAL Team Six—has been a part of some of the most memorable special operations in history, as well as countless missions that never made headlines. No Easy Day puts readers alongside Owen and his fellow SEAL team members as they train for the biggest mission of their lives. The blow-by-blow narrative of the assault, beginning with the helicopter crash that could have ended Owen’s life straight through to the radio call confirming Bin Laden’s death, is an essential piece of modern history. In No Easy Day, Owen also takes readers into the War on Terror and details the formation of the most elite units in the military. Owen’s story draws on his youth in Alaska and describes the SEALs’ quest to challenge themselves at the highest levels of physical and mental endurance. With boots-on-the-ground detail, Owen describes several missions that illustrate the life and work of a SEAL and the evolution of the team after the events of September 11. In telling the true story of the SEALs whose talents, skills, experiences, and exceptional sacrifices led to one of the greatest victories in the War on Terror, Mark Owen honors the men who risk everything for our country, and he leaves readers with a deep understanding of the warriors who keep America safe.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-the-garden-of-beasts-love-and-terror-in-hitler-s-berlin-by-erik-larson--65098328https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242443 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In The Garden of Beasts: Love and terror in Hitler's Berlin Author: Erik Larson Narrator: Stephen Hoye Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 53 minutes Release date: August 2, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Berlin,1933. William E. Dodd, a mild-mannered academic from Chicago, has to his own and everyone else's surprise, become America's first ambassador to Hitler's Germany, in a year that proves to be a turning point in history. Dodd and his family, notably his vivacious daughter, Martha, observe at first-hand the many changes - some subtle, some disturbing, and some horrifically violent - that signal Hitler's consolidation of power. Dodd has little choice but to associate with key figures in the Nazi party, his increasingly concerned cables make little impact on an indifferent U.S. State Department, while Martha is drawn to the Nazis and their vision of a 'New Germany' and has a succession of affairs with senior party players, including first chief of the Gestapo, Rudolf Diels. But as the year darkens, Dodd and his daughter find their lives transformed and any last illusion they might have about Hitler are shattered by the violence of the 'Night of the Long Knives' in the summer of 1934 that established him as supreme dictator. Suffused with the tense atmosphere of the times, and with brilliant portraits of Hitler, Goebbels, Goering and Himmler amongst others, Erik Larson's new book sheds unique light on events as they unfold, resulting in an unforgettable, addictively readable work of narrative history.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242443Thu, 02 Aug 2012 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242443 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In The Garden of Beasts: Love and terror in Hitler's Berlin Author: Erik Larson Narrator: Stephen Hoye Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 53...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242443 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In The Garden of Beasts: Love and terror in Hitler's Berlin Author: Erik Larson Narrator: Stephen Hoye Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 53 minutes Release date: August 2, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Berlin,1933. William E. Dodd, a mild-mannered academic from Chicago, has to his own and everyone else's surprise, become America's first ambassador to Hitler's Germany, in a year that proves to be a turning point in history. Dodd and his family, notably his vivacious daughter, Martha, observe at first-hand the many changes - some subtle, some disturbing, and some horrifically violent - that signal Hitler's consolidation of power. Dodd has little choice but to associate with key figures in the Nazi party, his increasingly concerned cables make little impact on an indifferent U.S. State Department, while Martha is drawn to the Nazis and their vision of a 'New Germany' and has a succession of affairs with senior party players, including first chief of the Gestapo, Rudolf Diels. But as the year darkens, Dodd and his daughter find their lives transformed and any last illusion they might have about Hitler are shattered by the violence of the 'Night of the Long Knives' in the summer of 1934 that established him as supreme dictator. Suffused with the tense atmosphere of the times, and with brilliant portraits of Hitler, Goebbels, Goering and Himmler amongst others, Erik Larson's new book sheds unique light on events as they unfold, resulting in an unforgettable, addictively readable work of narrative history.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/frederick-douglass-by-william-mcfeely--65098461https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/133191 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Frederick Douglass Author: William Mcfeely Narrator: Robert Sevra Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 41 minutes Release date: July 27, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Pulitzer Prize-winning author McFeely captures the power and the contemplative nature of Douglass, while shedding light on the insecurities and humanity of the man himself. The power of this landmark biography lies in McFeely's ability to bring to life not only the charismatic man, but the age as well-detailing the struggle for emancipation in the political arena as the nation moved toward civil war.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/133191Fri, 27 Jul 2012 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/133191 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Frederick Douglass Author: William Mcfeely Narrator: Robert Sevra Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 41 minutes Release date: July 27, 2012...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/133191 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Frederick Douglass Author: William Mcfeely Narrator: Robert Sevra Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 41 minutes Release date: July 27, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Pulitzer Prize-winning author McFeely captures the power and the contemplative nature of Douglass, while shedding light on the insecurities and humanity of the man himself. The power of this landmark biography lies in McFeely's ability to bring to life not only the charismatic man, but the age as well-detailing the struggle for emancipation in the political arena as the nation moved toward civil war.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hotels-hospitals-and-jails-a-memoir-by-anthony-swofford--65098428https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127544 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hotels, Hospitals, and Jails: A Memoir Author: Anthony Swofford Narrator: Anthony Swofford Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 5, 2012 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The publication of Jarhead launched a new career for Anthony Swofford, earning him accolades for its gritty and unexpected portraits of the soldiers who fought in the Gulf War. It spawned a Hollywood movie. It made Swofford famous and wealthy. It also nearly killed him. Now with the same unremitting intensity he brought to his first memoir, Swofford describes his search for identity, meaning, and a reconciliation with his dying father in the years after he returned from serving as a sniper in the Marines. Adjusting to life after war, he watched his older brother succumb to cancer and his first marriage disintegrate, leading him to pursue a lifestyle in Manhattan that brought him to the brink of collapse. Consumed by drugs, drinking, expensive cars, and women, Swofford lost almost everything and everyone that mattered to him. When a son is in trouble he hopes to turn to his greatest source of wisdom and support: his father. But Swofford and his father didn't exactly have that kind of relationship. The key, he realized, was to confront the man-a philandering, once hard-drinking, now terminally ill Vietnam vet he had struggled hard to understand and even harder to love. The two stubborn, strong-willed war vets embarked on a series of RV trips that quickly became a kind of reckoning in which Swofford took his father to task for a lifetime of infidelities and abuse. For many years Swofford had considered combat the decisive test of a man's greatness. With the understanding that came from these trips and the fateful encounter that took him to a like-minded woman named Christa, Swofford began to understand that becoming a father himself might be the ultimate measure of his life. Elegantly weaving his family's past with his own present-nights of excess and sexual conquest, visits with injured war veterans, and a near-fatal car crash-Swofford casts a courageous, insistent eye on both his father and himself in order to make sense of what his military service meant, and to decide, after nearly ending it, what his life can and should become as a man, a veteran, and a father.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127544Tue, 05 Jun 2012 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127544 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hotels, Hospitals, and Jails: A Memoir Author: Anthony Swofford Narrator: Anthony Swofford Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127544 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hotels, Hospitals, and Jails: A Memoir Author: Anthony Swofford Narrator: Anthony Swofford Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 5, 2012 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The publication of Jarhead launched a new career for Anthony Swofford, earning him accolades for its gritty and unexpected portraits of the soldiers who fought in the Gulf War. It spawned a Hollywood movie. It made Swofford famous and wealthy. It also nearly killed him. Now with the same unremitting intensity he brought to his first memoir, Swofford describes his search for identity, meaning, and a reconciliation with his dying father in the years after he returned from serving as a sniper in the Marines. Adjusting to life after war, he watched his older brother succumb to cancer and his first marriage disintegrate, leading him to pursue a lifestyle in Manhattan that brought him to the brink of collapse. Consumed by drugs, drinking, expensive cars, and women, Swofford lost almost everything and everyone that mattered to him. When a son is in trouble he hopes to turn to his greatest source of wisdom and support: his father. But Swofford and his father didn't exactly have that kind of relationship. The key, he realized, was to confront the man-a philandering, once hard-drinking, now terminally ill Vietnam vet he had struggled hard to understand and even harder to love. The two stubborn, strong-willed war vets embarked on a series of RV trips that quickly became a kind of reckoning in which Swofford took his father to task for a lifetime of infidelities and abuse. For many years Swofford had considered combat the decisive test of a man's greatness. With the understanding that came from these trips and the fateful encounter that took him to a like-minded woman named Christa, Swofford began to understand that becoming a father himself might be the ultimate measure of his life. Elegantly weaving his family's past with his own present-nights of excess and sexual conquest, visits with injured war veterans, and a near-fatal car crash-Swofford casts a courageous, insistent eye on both his father and himself in order to make sense of what his military service meant, and to decide, after nearly ending it, what his life can and should become as a man, a veteran, and a father.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/it-worked-for-me-in-life-and-leadership-by-colin-powell--65098464https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127562 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It Worked For Me: In Life and Leadership Author: Colin Powell Narrator: Colin Powell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 42 minutes Release date: May 22, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.32 of Total 38 Ratings of Narrator: 4.62 of Total 13 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: New York Times Bestselling Author Colin Powell, one of America’s most admired public figures, reveals the unique lessons that shaped his life and career It Worked for Me is a collection of lessons and personal anecdotes that shaped four star-general and former Secretary of State Colin Powell’s legendary career in public service. At its heart are Powell’s “Thirteen Rules,”—notes he accumulated on his desk that served as the basis for the leadership presentations he delivered throughout the world. Powell’s short-but-sweet rules such as “Get mad, then get over it” and “Share credit,” are illuminated by revealing personal stories that introduce and expand on his principles for effective leadership: conviction, hard work, and above all, respect for others. In work and life, Powell writes, “It is the human gesture that counts.” A compelling storyteller, Powell shares parables both humorous and solemn that offer wise advice on succeeding in the workplace and beyond. “Trust your people,” he councils as he delegates presidential briefing responsibilities to two junior aides. “Do your best--someone is watching,” he advises those just starting out, recalling his own teenage summer job shipping cases of soda. Powell combines the insight he gained serving in the top ranks of the military and in four presidential administrations, as well as the lessons learned from his hardscrabble upbringing in the Bronx and his training in the ROTC. The result is a powerful portrait of a leader who was reflective, self-effacing, and grateful for the contributions of every employee, no matter how junior. Powell’s writing--straightforward, accessible, and often very funny--will inspire, move, and surprise readers. Thoughtful and revealing, his book is a brilliant and original blueprint for leadership.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127562Tue, 22 May 2012 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127562 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It Worked For Me: In Life and Leadership Author: Colin Powell Narrator: Colin Powell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 42 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127562 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It Worked For Me: In Life and Leadership Author: Colin Powell Narrator: Colin Powell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 42 minutes Release date: May 22, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.32 of Total 38 Ratings of Narrator: 4.62 of Total 13 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: New York Times Bestselling Author Colin Powell, one of America’s most admired public figures, reveals the unique lessons that shaped his life and career It Worked for Me is a collection of lessons and personal anecdotes that shaped four star-general and former Secretary of State Colin Powell’s legendary career in public service. At its heart are Powell’s “Thirteen Rules,”—notes he accumulated on his desk that served as the basis for the leadership presentations he delivered throughout the world. Powell’s short-but-sweet rules such as “Get mad, then get over it” and “Share credit,” are illuminated by revealing personal stories that introduce and expand on his principles for effective leadership: conviction, hard work, and above all, respect for others. In work and life, Powell writes, “It is the human gesture that counts.” A compelling storyteller, Powell shares parables both humorous and solemn that offer wise advice on succeeding in the workplace and beyond. “Trust your people,” he councils as he delegates presidential briefing responsibilities to two junior aides. “Do your best--someone is watching,” he advises those just starting out, recalling his own teenage summer job shipping cases of soda. Powell combines the insight he gained serving in the top ranks of the military and in four presidential administrations, as well as the lessons learned from his hardscrabble upbringing in the Bronx and his training in the ROTC. The result is a powerful portrait of a leader who was reflective, self-effacing, and grateful for the contributions of every employee, no matter how junior. Powell’s writing--straightforward, accessible, and often very funny--will inspire, move, and surprise readers. Thoughtful and revealing, his book is a brilliant and original blueprint for leadership.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-blue-cascade-a-memoir-of-life-after-war-by-mike-scotti--65098443https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127310 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Blue Cascade: A Memoir of Life after War Author: Mike Scotti Narrator: Mike Scotti Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 15, 2012 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In this searing and beautifully written memoir, Marine Lieutenant and CNN Op-Ed contributor Mike Scotti charts a course from the front lines of Iraq back home to New York, showing how sometimes the hardest battle is the one after the war. Sometimes the hardest battle is the one after the war. As one of the soldiers on the front line of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Lieutenant Scotti was taught that weakness is what gets you killed: no hesitation, focus your energies on your objective, and complete the mission. Upon returning from war, Scotti approached his new life the same way. He ignored the creeping depression and numbness he called "The Blue Cascade" and charged ahead toward his goal to get an MBA, secure a high-paying finance job, and retire young and rich. But he was being eaten away inside, and scenes of drunken emotion and raging violence were becoming more and more frequent. Years after returning from active combat, he eventually found himself contemplating suicide. Through a series of powerful events, Scotti was ultimately able to find a path to healing and begin his journey back to life, finally emerging with the following wisdom for fellow sufferers of post-traumatic stress:It's ok if you are not ok.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127310Tue, 15 May 2012 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127310 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Blue Cascade: A Memoir of Life after War Author: Mike Scotti Narrator: Mike Scotti Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127310 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Blue Cascade: A Memoir of Life after War Author: Mike Scotti Narrator: Mike Scotti Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 15, 2012 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In this searing and beautifully written memoir, Marine Lieutenant and CNN Op-Ed contributor Mike Scotti charts a course from the front lines of Iraq back home to New York, showing how sometimes the hardest battle is the one after the war. Sometimes the hardest battle is the one after the war. As one of the soldiers on the front line of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Lieutenant Scotti was taught that weakness is what gets you killed: no hesitation, focus your energies on your objective, and complete the mission. Upon returning from war, Scotti approached his new life the same way. He ignored the creeping depression and numbness he called "The Blue Cascade" and charged ahead toward his goal to get an MBA, secure a high-paying finance job, and retire young and rich. But he was being eaten away inside, and scenes of drunken emotion and raging violence were becoming more and more frequent. Years after returning from active combat, he eventually found himself contemplating suicide. Through a series of powerful events, Scotti was ultimately able to find a path to healing and begin his journey back to life, finally emerging with the following wisdom for fellow sufferers of post-traumatic stress:It's ok if you are not ok.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-art-of-intelligence-by-henry-a-crumpton--65098392https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201302 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Art of Intelligence Author: Henry A. Crumpton Narrator: David Colacci Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 57 minutes Release date: May 14, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A legendary CIA spy and counterterrorism expert tells the spellbinding story of his high-risk, action-packed career while illustrating the growing importance of America's intelligence officers and their secret missionsFor a crucial period, Henry Crumpton led the CIA's global covert operations against America's terrorist enemies, including al Qaeda. In the days after 9/11, the CIA tasked Crumpton to organize and lead the Afghanistan campaign. With Crumpton's strategic initiative and bold leadership, from the battlefield to the Oval Office, U.S. and Afghan allies routed al Qaeda and the Taliban in less than ninety days after the Twin Towers fell. At the height of combat against the Taliban in late 2001, there were fewer than five hundred Americans on the ground in Afghanistan, a dynamic blend of CIA and Special Forces. The campaign changed the way America wages war. This book will change the way America views the CIA. The Art of Intelligence draws from the full arc of Crumpton's espionage and covert action exploits to explain what America's spies do and why their service is more valuable than ever. From his early years in Africa, where he recruited and ran sources, from loathsome criminals to heroic warriors; to his liaison assignment at the FBI, the CIA's Counterterrorism Center, the development of the UAV Predator program, and the Afghanistan war; to his later work running all CIA clandestine operations inside the United States, he employs enthralling storytelling to teach important lessons about national security, but also about duty, honor, and love of country. No book like The Art of Intelligence has ever been written-not with Crumpton's unique perspective, in a time when America faced such grave and uncertain risk. It is an epic, sure to be a classic in the annals of espionage and war.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201302Mon, 14 May 2012 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201302 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Art of Intelligence Author: Henry A. Crumpton Narrator: David Colacci Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 57 minutes Release date: May...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201302 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Art of Intelligence Author: Henry A. Crumpton Narrator: David Colacci Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 57 minutes Release date: May 14, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A legendary CIA spy and counterterrorism expert tells the spellbinding story of his high-risk, action-packed career while illustrating the growing importance of America's intelligence officers and their secret missionsFor a crucial period, Henry Crumpton led the CIA's global covert operations against America's terrorist enemies, including al Qaeda. In the days after 9/11, the CIA tasked Crumpton to organize and lead the Afghanistan campaign. With Crumpton's strategic initiative and bold leadership, from the battlefield to the Oval Office, U.S. and Afghan allies routed al Qaeda and the Taliban in less than ninety days after the Twin Towers fell. At the height of combat against the Taliban in late 2001, there were fewer than five hundred Americans on the ground in Afghanistan, a dynamic blend of CIA and Special Forces. The campaign changed the way America wages war. This book will change the way America views the CIA. The Art of Intelligence draws from the full arc of Crumpton's espionage and covert action exploits to explain what America's spies do and why their service is more valuable than ever. From his early years in Africa, where he recruited and ran sources, from loathsome criminals to heroic warriors; to his liaison assignment at the FBI, the CIA's Counterterrorism Center, the development of the UAV Predator program, and the Afghanistan war; to his later work running all CIA clandestine operations inside the United States, he employs enthralling storytelling to teach important lessons about national security, but also about duty, honor, and love of country. No book like The Art of Intelligence has ever been written-not with Crumpton's unique perspective, in a time when America faced such grave and uncertain risk. It is an epic, sure to be a classic in the annals of espionage and war.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-admirals-nimitz-halsey-leahy-and-king-the-five-star-admirals-who-won-the-war-at-sea-by-walter-r-borneman--65098468https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/126949 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King--The Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea Author: Walter R. Borneman Narrator: Brian Troxell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 1, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 4.71 of Total 7 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: How history's only five-star admirals triumphed in World War II and made the United States the world's dominant sea power. Only four men in American history have been promoted to the five-star rank of Admiral of the Fleet: William Leahy, Ernest King, Chester Nimitz, and William Halsey. These four men were the best and the brightest the navy produced, and together they led the U.S. navy to victory in World War II, establishing the United States as the world's greatest fleet. In The Admirals, award-winning historian Walter R. Borneman tells their story in full detail for the first time. Drawing upon journals, ship logs, and other primary sources, he brings an incredible historical moment to life, showing us how the four admirals revolutionized naval warfare forever with submarines and aircraft carriers, and how these men -- who were both friends and rivals -- worked together to ensure that the Axis fleets lay destroyed on the ocean floor at the end of World War II.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/126949Tue, 01 May 2012 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/126949 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King--The Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea Author: Walter R. Borneman Narrator: Brian Troxell Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/126949 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King--The Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea Author: Walter R. Borneman Narrator: Brian Troxell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 1, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 4.71 of Total 7 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: How history's only five-star admirals triumphed in World War II and made the United States the world's dominant sea power. Only four men in American history have been promoted to the five-star rank of Admiral of the Fleet: William Leahy, Ernest King, Chester Nimitz, and William Halsey. These four men were the best and the brightest the navy produced, and together they led the U.S. navy to victory in World War II, establishing the United States as the world's greatest fleet. In The Admirals, award-winning historian Walter R. Borneman tells their story in full detail for the first time. Drawing upon journals, ship logs, and other primary sources, he brings an incredible historical moment to life, showing us how the four admirals revolutionized naval warfare forever with submarines and aircraft carriers, and how these men -- who were both friends and rivals -- worked together to ensure that the Axis fleets lay destroyed on the ocean floor at the end of World War II.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/seal-of-god-by-chad-williams--65098425https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/191986 to listen full audiobooks. Title: SEAL of God Author: Chad Williams Narrator: Chad Williams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 47 minutes Release date: May 1, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.82 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 3.33 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: 'There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends.' —John 15:13. Just days before Chad Williams was scheduled to report for basic training at the Great Lakes naval base, he turned on the television and was greeted with the horrifying image of his mentor and training partner, US Navy SEAL Scott Helvenston, being brutally murdered in a premeditated ambush on the streets of Fallujah, Iraq. Steeled in his resolve, Chad committed himself to completing the US military’s most difficult training to become a Navy SEAL—and avenge his friend’s death. One of only thirteen out of a class of 173 to make it straight through to graduation, Chad went on to serve on SEAL Teams 1 and 7, completing tours of duty in the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and finally Iraq. There, Chad’s journey came full circle when his team was ambushed by enemy machine gunners—close to the same road where his hero had been killed five years earlier. SEAL of God follows Chad’s extraordinary journey through twenty-five grueling weeks of BUD/S training and onto the hostile streets of Al Anbar Province, Iraq, where he witnessed the horrors of war up close. Along the way, Chad shares his own radical conversion story and discovers the true meaning of ultimate sacrifice.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/191986Tue, 01 May 2012 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/191986 to listen full audiobooks. Title: SEAL of God Author: Chad Williams Narrator: Chad Williams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 47 minutes Release date: May 1, 2012 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/191986 to listen full audiobooks. Title: SEAL of God Author: Chad Williams Narrator: Chad Williams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 47 minutes Release date: May 1, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.82 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 3.33 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: 'There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends.' —John 15:13. Just days before Chad Williams was scheduled to report for basic training at the Great Lakes naval base, he turned on the television and was greeted with the horrifying image of his mentor and training partner, US Navy SEAL Scott Helvenston, being brutally murdered in a premeditated ambush on the streets of Fallujah, Iraq. Steeled in his resolve, Chad committed himself to completing the US military’s most difficult training to become a Navy SEAL—and avenge his friend’s death. One of only thirteen out of a class of 173 to make it straight through to graduation, Chad went on to serve on SEAL Teams 1 and 7, completing tours of duty in the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and finally Iraq. There, Chad’s journey came full circle when his team was ambushed by enemy machine gunners—close to the same road where his hero had been killed five years earlier. SEAL of God follows Chad’s extraordinary journey through twenty-five grueling weeks of BUD/S training and onto the hostile streets of Al Anbar Province, Iraq, where he witnessed the horrors of war up close. Along the way, Chad shares his own radical conversion story and discovers the true meaning of ultimate sacrifice.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/joe-rochefort-s-war-the-odyssey-of-the-codebreaker-who-outwitted-yamamoto-at-midway-by-elliot-carlson--65098488https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231916 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Joe Rochefort's War: The Odyssey of the Codebreaker Who Outwitted Yamamoto at Midway Author: Elliot Carlson Narrator: Danny Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 53 minutes Release date: April 9, 2012 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Elliot Carlson's biography of Captain Joe Rochefort is the first to be written of the officer who headed the U.S. Navy's decrypt unit at Pearl Harbor and broke the Japanese Navy's code before the Battle of Midway. Listeners will share his frustrations as he searches in vain for Yamamoto's fleet prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and share his joy when he succeeds in tracking the fleet in early 1942 and breaks the code that leads Rochefort to believe Yamamoto's invasion target is Midway. His conclusions, bitterly opposed by some top Navy brass, are credited with making the U.S. victory possible and helping change the course of the war. The author tells the story of how opponents in Washington forced Rochefort's removal from the decrypt unit at Pearl and denied him the Distinguished Service Medal recommended by Admiral Nimitz. In capturing the interplay of policy and personality and the role played by politics at the highest levels of the Navy, Carlson reveals a side of the intelligence community seldom seen by outsiders. For a full understanding of the man, Carlson examines Rochefort's love-hate relationship with cryptanalysis, his adventure-filled years in the 1930s as the right-hand man to the Commander in Chief of the U.S. Fleet, and his return to code-breaking in mid-1941 as the officer in charge of Station Hypo at Pearl Harbor. He traces Rochefort's career from his enlistment in 1918 to his posting in Washington as head of the Navy's code-breaking desk at age twenty-five, and beyond. In many ways a reinterpretation of Rochefort, the book makes clear the key role his code-breaking played in the outcome of Midway and the legacy he left of reporting actionable intelligence directly to the fleet. An epilogue describes efforts waged by Rochefort's colleagues to obtain the medal denied him in 1942, a drive that finally paid off in 1986, when the medal was awarded posthumously.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231916Mon, 09 Apr 2012 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231916 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Joe Rochefort's War: The Odyssey of the Codebreaker Who Outwitted Yamamoto at Midway Author: Elliot Carlson Narrator: Danny Campbell Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231916 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Joe Rochefort's War: The Odyssey of the Codebreaker Who Outwitted Yamamoto at Midway Author: Elliot Carlson Narrator: Danny Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 53 minutes Release date: April 9, 2012 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Elliot Carlson's biography of Captain Joe Rochefort is the first to be written of the officer who headed the U.S. Navy's decrypt unit at Pearl Harbor and broke the Japanese Navy's code before the Battle of Midway. Listeners will share his frustrations as he searches in vain for Yamamoto's fleet prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and share his joy when he succeeds in tracking the fleet in early 1942 and breaks the code that leads Rochefort to believe Yamamoto's invasion target is Midway. His conclusions, bitterly opposed by some top Navy brass, are credited with making the U.S. victory possible and helping change the course of the war. The author tells the story of how opponents in Washington forced Rochefort's removal from the decrypt unit at Pearl and denied him the Distinguished Service Medal recommended by Admiral Nimitz. In capturing the interplay of policy and personality and the role played by politics at the highest levels of the Navy, Carlson reveals a side of the intelligence community seldom seen by outsiders. For a full understanding of the man, Carlson examines Rochefort's love-hate relationship with cryptanalysis, his adventure-filled years in the 1930s as the right-hand man to the Commander in Chief of the U.S. Fleet, and his return to code-breaking in mid-1941 as the officer in charge of Station Hypo at Pearl Harbor. He traces Rochefort's career from his enlistment in 1918 to his posting in Washington as head of the Navy's code-breaking desk at age twenty-five, and beyond. In many ways a reinterpretation of Rochefort, the book makes clear the key role his code-breaking played in the outcome of Midway and the legacy he left of reporting actionable intelligence directly to the fleet. An epilogue describes efforts waged by Rochefort's colleagues to obtain the medal denied him in 1942, a drive that finally paid off in 1986, when the medal was awarded posthumously.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fighting-the-flying-circus-by-eddie-v-rickenbacker--65098453https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/128252 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fighting the Flying Circus Author: Eddie V. Rickenbacker Narrator: John Pruden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 39 minutes Release date: March 26, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.69 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Captain Eddie V. Rickenbacker, originally from Ohio, was best known as one of the commanders of the 94th 'Hat-in-the-Ring' Squadron, a crack unit of pilots that included many former members of the famed Lafayette Escadrille. The 94th ended the war in France with the highest number of air victories of any American squadron. Captain Rickenbacker later belonged to an association of pilots and Great War air veterans who, in the years immediately following the Second World War, invited many of the new 'young' aces from the Pacific and European theaters for informal lectures. These men never lost their keen interest in aviation.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/128252Mon, 26 Mar 2012 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/128252 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fighting the Flying Circus Author: Eddie V. Rickenbacker Narrator: John Pruden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 39 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/128252 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fighting the Flying Circus Author: Eddie V. Rickenbacker Narrator: John Pruden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 39 minutes Release date: March 26, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.69 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Captain Eddie V. Rickenbacker, originally from Ohio, was best known as one of the commanders of the 94th 'Hat-in-the-Ring' Squadron, a crack unit of pilots that included many former members of the famed Lafayette Escadrille. The 94th ended the war in France with the highest number of air victories of any American squadron. Captain Rickenbacker later belonged to an association of pilots and Great War air veterans who, in the years immediately following the Second World War, invited many of the new 'young' aces from the Pacific and European theaters for informal lectures. These men never lost their keen interest in aviation.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/outlaw-platoon-heroes-renegades-infidels-and-the-brotherhood-of-war-in-afghanistan-by-sean-parnell-john-bruning--65098434https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122330 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan Author: Sean Parnell, John Bruning Narrator: Ray Porter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 18 minutes Release date: February 28, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 130 Ratings of Narrator: 4.56 of Total 39 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A riveting story of American fighting men, Outlaw Platoon is Lieutenant Sean Parnell’s stunning personal account of the legendary U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division’s heroic stand in the mountains of Afghanistan. Acclaimed for its vivid, poignant, and honest recreation of sixteen brutal months of nearly continuous battle in the deadly Hindu Kesh, Outlaw Platoon is a Band of Brothers or We Were Soldiers Once and Young for the early 21st century—an action-packed, highly emotional true story of enormous sacrifice and bravery. A magnificent account of heroes, renegades, infidels, and brothers, it stands with Sebastian Junger’s War as one of the most important books to yet emerge from the heat, smoke, and fire of America’s War in Afghanistan.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122330Tue, 28 Feb 2012 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122330 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan Author: Sean Parnell, John Bruning Narrator: Ray Porter Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122330 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan Author: Sean Parnell, John Bruning Narrator: Ray Porter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 18 minutes Release date: February 28, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 130 Ratings of Narrator: 4.56 of Total 39 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A riveting story of American fighting men, Outlaw Platoon is Lieutenant Sean Parnell’s stunning personal account of the legendary U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division’s heroic stand in the mountains of Afghanistan. Acclaimed for its vivid, poignant, and honest recreation of sixteen brutal months of nearly continuous battle in the deadly Hindu Kesh, Outlaw Platoon is a Band of Brothers or We Were Soldiers Once and Young for the early 21st century—an action-packed, highly emotional true story of enormous sacrifice and bravery. A magnificent account of heroes, renegades, infidels, and brothers, it stands with Sebastian Junger’s War as one of the most important books to yet emerge from the heat, smoke, and fire of America’s War in Afghanistan.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/american-sniper-the-autobiography-of-the-most-lethal-sniper-in-u-s-military-history-by-scott-mcewen-chris-kyle-jim-defelice--65098409https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119666 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History Author: Scott McEwen, Chris Kyle, Jim DeFelice Narrator: John Pruden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 19 minutes Release date: January 3, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.37 of Total 711 Ratings of Narrator: 4.38 of Total 154 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: NOW A BLOCKBUSTER MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY CLINT EASTWOOD—NOMINATED FOR SIX ACADEMY AWARDS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy Seal Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States military history. His fellow American warriors, whom he protected with deadly precision from rooftops and stealth positions during the Iraq War, called him “The Legend”; meanwhile, the enemy feared him so much they named him al-Shaitan (“the devil”) and placed a bounty on his head. Kyle, who was tragically killed in 2013, writes honestly about the pain of war—including the deaths of two close SEAL teammates—and in moving first-person passages throughout, his wife, Taya, speaks openly about the strains of war on their family, as well as on Chris. Gripping and unforgettable, Kyle’s masterful account of his extraordinary battlefield experiences ranks as one of the great war memoirs of all time.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119666Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119666 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History Author: Scott McEwen, Chris Kyle, Jim DeFelice Narrator: John...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119666 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History Author: Scott McEwen, Chris Kyle, Jim DeFelice Narrator: John Pruden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 19 minutes Release date: January 3, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.37 of Total 711 Ratings of Narrator: 4.38 of Total 154 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: NOW A BLOCKBUSTER MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY CLINT EASTWOOD—NOMINATED FOR SIX ACADEMY AWARDS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy Seal Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States military history. His fellow American warriors, whom he protected with deadly precision from rooftops and stealth positions during the Iraq War, called him “The Legend”; meanwhile, the enemy feared him so much they named him al-Shaitan (“the devil”) and placed a bounty on his head. Kyle, who was tragically killed in 2013, writes honestly about the pain of war—including the deaths of two close SEAL teammates—and in moving first-person passages throughout, his wife, Taya, speaks openly about the strains of war on their family, as well as on Chris. Gripping and unforgettable, Kyle’s masterful account of his extraordinary battlefield experiences ranks as one of the great war memoirs of all time.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/inside-seal-team-six-my-life-and-missions-with-america-s-elite-warriors-by-don-mann--65098478https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/115882 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Inside SEAL Team Six: My Life and Missions with America's Elite Warriors Author: Don Mann Narrator: Peter Ganim Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: November 28, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.93 of Total 29 Ratings of Narrator: 3.56 of Total 9 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The Inside Story of America's Ultimate Warriors When Osama bin Laden was assassinated, the entire world was fascinated by the men who had completed the seemingly impossible mission that had dogged the U.S. government for over a decade. SEAL Team 6 became synonymous with heroism, duty, and justice. Only a handful of the elite men who make up the SEALs, the US Navy's best and bravest, survive the legendary and grueling selection process that leads to becoming a member of Team 6, a group so classified it technically does not even exist. There are no better warriors on Earth. Don Mann knows what it takes to be a brother in this ultra-selective fraternity. As a member of Seal Team Six for over eight years and a SEAL for over seventeen years, he worked in countless covert operations, operating from land, sea, and air, and facing shootings, decapitations, and stabbings. He was captured by the enemy and lived to tell the tale, and he participated in highly classified missions all over the globe, including Somalia, Panama, El Salvador, Colombia, Afghanistan, and Iraq. As a coordinator for several civilian SEAL training programs, and as a former Training Officer of SEAL Team Six, he was directly responsible for shaping the bodies and minds of SEALs who carried out the assassination of Osama bin Laden. But to become a SEAL, Mann had to overcome his own troubled childhood and push his body to its breaking point -- and beyond. Inside Seal Team 6 is a high octane narrative of physical and mental toughness, giving unprecedented insight to the inner workings of the training and secret missions of the world's most respected and feared combat unit.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/115882Mon, 28 Nov 2011 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/115882 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Inside SEAL Team Six: My Life and Missions with America's Elite Warriors Author: Don Mann Narrator: Peter Ganim Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/115882 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Inside SEAL Team Six: My Life and Missions with America's Elite Warriors Author: Don Mann Narrator: Peter Ganim Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: November 28, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.93 of Total 29 Ratings of Narrator: 3.56 of Total 9 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The Inside Story of America's Ultimate Warriors When Osama bin Laden was assassinated, the entire world was fascinated by the men who had completed the seemingly impossible mission that had dogged the U.S. government for over a decade. SEAL Team 6 became synonymous with heroism, duty, and justice. Only a handful of the elite men who make up the SEALs, the US Navy's best and bravest, survive the legendary and grueling selection process that leads to becoming a member of Team 6, a group so classified it technically does not even exist. There are no better warriors on Earth. Don Mann knows what it takes to be a brother in this ultra-selective fraternity. As a member of Seal Team Six for over eight years and a SEAL for over seventeen years, he worked in countless covert operations, operating from land, sea, and air, and facing shootings, decapitations, and stabbings. He was captured by the enemy and lived to tell the tale, and he participated in highly classified missions all over the globe, including Somalia, Panama, El Salvador, Colombia, Afghanistan, and Iraq. As a coordinator for several civilian SEAL training programs, and as a former Training Officer of SEAL Team Six, he was directly responsible for shaping the bodies and minds of SEALs who carried out the assassination of Osama bin Laden. But to become a SEAL, Mann had to overcome his own troubled childhood and push his body to its breaking point -- and beyond. Inside Seal Team 6 is a high octane narrative of physical and mental toughness, giving unprecedented insight to the inner workings of the training and secret missions of the world's most respected and feared combat unit.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-ll-be-sor-ree-a-guadalcanal-marine-remembers-the-pacific-war-by-sid-phillips--65098474https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/118182 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You'll Be Sor-Ree!: A Guadalcanal Marine Remembers the Pacific War Author: Sid Phillips Narrator: Dan John Miller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.25 of Total 4 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Sid Phillips knew he was a long way from his home in Mobile, Alabama, when he plunged into the jungles of Guadalcanal in August 1942. A mortarman with the same company of the 1st Marine Division as Helmet for My Pillow author Robert Leckie, Sid was a seventeen-year-old kid when he entered combat. By the time he returned home some two years later, the island fighting on Guadalcanal and Cape Gloucester had turned him into a man and an 'Old Timer' by Marine standards. In this true story, Sid recalls his encounters with icons like Chesty Puller, General Vandergrift, Eleanor Roosevelt, and his boyhood friend Eugene Sledge, author of With the Old Breed. He remembers fighting in the battle of the Tenaru (Alligator Creek), the struggle for Henderson Field, bombardments by Japanese battleships, the brutality of the tropics, and the haunting notion of being surrounded and expendable. This is the story of how Sid stood shoulder to shoulder with his Marine brothers to discover the strength and faith necessary to survive the dark, early days of World War II in the Pacific.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/118182Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/118182 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You'll Be Sor-Ree!: A Guadalcanal Marine Remembers the Pacific War Author: Sid Phillips Narrator: Dan John Miller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/118182 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You'll Be Sor-Ree!: A Guadalcanal Marine Remembers the Pacific War Author: Sid Phillips Narrator: Dan John Miller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.25 of Total 4 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Sid Phillips knew he was a long way from his home in Mobile, Alabama, when he plunged into the jungles of Guadalcanal in August 1942. A mortarman with the same company of the 1st Marine Division as Helmet for My Pillow author Robert Leckie, Sid was a seventeen-year-old kid when he entered combat. By the time he returned home some two years later, the island fighting on Guadalcanal and Cape Gloucester had turned him into a man and an 'Old Timer' by Marine standards. In this true story, Sid recalls his encounters with icons like Chesty Puller, General Vandergrift, Eleanor Roosevelt, and his boyhood friend Eugene Sledge, author of With the Old Breed. He remembers fighting in the battle of the Tenaru (Alligator Creek), the struggle for Henderson Field, bombardments by Japanese battleships, the brutality of the tropics, and the haunting notion of being surrounded and expendable. This is the story of how Sid stood shoulder to shoulder with his Marine brothers to discover the strength and faith necessary to survive the dark, early days of World War II in the Pacific.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hannibal-by-ernle-bradford--65098343https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244372 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hannibal Author: Ernle Bradford Narrator: Peter Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Release date: October 28, 2011 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: At the bloody battle of Cannae, he trounced a Roman army twice the size of his own. With his brothers, he subdued nearly all of Italy, Spain and Northern Africa. A cunning tactician, he secured victory for Bithynia at sea by catapulting poisonous snakes onto the decks of his enemy's ships. Biographer Ernle Bradford draws on the historical writings of Livy, Polybius, Plutarch and others in re-creating the fantastic story of the greatest general since Alexander the Great.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244372Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244372 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hannibal Author: Ernle Bradford Narrator: Peter Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Release date: October 28, 2011 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244372 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hannibal Author: Ernle Bradford Narrator: Peter Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Release date: October 28, 2011 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: At the bloody battle of Cannae, he trounced a Roman army twice the size of his own. With his brothers, he subdued nearly all of Italy, Spain and Northern Africa. A cunning tactician, he secured victory for Bithynia at sea by catapulting poisonous snakes onto the decks of his enemy's ships. Biographer Ernle Bradford draws on the historical writings of Livy, Polybius, Plutarch and others in re-creating the fantastic story of the greatest general since Alexander the Great.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/napoleon-in-a-nutshell-by-neil-wenborn--65098475https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/101116 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Napoleon In a Nutshell Author: Neil Wenborn Narrator: Rupert Degas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 20 minutes Release date: May 11, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Napoleon is one of the giants of modern history. From the last days of the French Revolution to the epochal battle of Waterloo he bestrode the political landscape of Europe like a colossus, and the age to which he gave his name remains one of the most tumultuous in the history of the continent. But who was Napoleon Bonaparte? And why does he still arouse such powerful passions? This audiobook traces the remarkable rise and fall of a man who, as military leader and lawgiver, left his mark on the lives of millions in France and beyond, and whose presence continues to be felt in Europe and the wider world to the present day.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/101116Wed, 11 May 2011 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/101116 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Napoleon In a Nutshell Author: Neil Wenborn Narrator: Rupert Degas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 20 minutes Release date: May 11, 2011...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/101116 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Napoleon In a Nutshell Author: Neil Wenborn Narrator: Rupert Degas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 20 minutes Release date: May 11, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Napoleon is one of the giants of modern history. From the last days of the French Revolution to the epochal battle of Waterloo he bestrode the political landscape of Europe like a colossus, and the age to which he gave his name remains one of the most tumultuous in the history of the continent. But who was Napoleon Bonaparte? And why does he still arouse such powerful passions? This audiobook traces the remarkable rise and fall of a man who, as military leader and lawgiver, left his mark on the lives of millions in France and beyond, and whose presence continues to be felt in Europe and the wider world to the present day.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-railway-man-by-eric-lomax--65098355https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237097 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Railway Man Author: Eric Lomax Narrator: Bill Paterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 5, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A naive young man, a railway enthusiast and radio buff, was caught up in the fall of the British Empire at Singapore in 1942. He was put to work on the 'Railway of Death' - the Japanese line from Thailand to Burma. Exhaustively and brutally tortured by the Japanese for making a crude radio, Lomax was emotionally ruined by his experiences. Almost 50 years after the war, however, his life was changed by the discovery that his interrogator, the Japanese interpreter, was still alive - their reconciliation is the culmination of this extraordinary story.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237097Thu, 05 May 2011 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237097 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Railway Man Author: Eric Lomax Narrator: Bill Paterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 5, 2011 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237097 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Railway Man Author: Eric Lomax Narrator: Bill Paterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 5, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A naive young man, a railway enthusiast and radio buff, was caught up in the fall of the British Empire at Singapore in 1942. He was put to work on the 'Railway of Death' - the Japanese line from Thailand to Burma. Exhaustively and brutally tortured by the Japanese for making a crude radio, Lomax was emotionally ruined by his experiences. Almost 50 years after the war, however, his life was changed by the discovery that his interrogator, the Japanese interpreter, was still alive - their reconciliation is the culmination of this extraordinary story.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tin-can-man-by-e-j-jernigan--65098454https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/100382 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tin Can Man Author: E. J. Jernigan Narrator: Kent Cassella Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 26, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: E. J. Jernigan's memoir offers listeners a fascinating glimpse of life as an enlisted man aboard the USS Saufley, one of the most highly decorated destroyers of World War II. It is a rarely told story of the sailors who fought the war from boiler rooms, after-steering spaces, radio shacks, and other gritty places that keep a warship going. For the author, it was a world of strong emotions and quick reactions, where men had to adapt and grow if they were to survive. With its colorful view of what went on below decks, Tin Can Man has made a lasting contribution to World War II literature since its publication in 1993. It appeals to veterans, historians and naval enthusiasts alike looking for an honest account of what happened.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/100382Tue, 26 Apr 2011 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/100382 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tin Can Man Author: E. J. Jernigan Narrator: Kent Cassella Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 26, 2011 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/100382 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tin Can Man Author: E. J. Jernigan Narrator: Kent Cassella Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 26, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: E. J. Jernigan's memoir offers listeners a fascinating glimpse of life as an enlisted man aboard the USS Saufley, one of the most highly decorated destroyers of World War II. It is a rarely told story of the sailors who fought the war from boiler rooms, after-steering spaces, radio shacks, and other gritty places that keep a warship going. For the author, it was a world of strong emotions and quick reactions, where men had to adapt and grow if they were to survive. With its colorful view of what went on below decks, Tin Can Man has made a lasting contribution to World War II literature since its publication in 1993. It appeals to veterans, historians and naval enthusiasts alike looking for an honest account of what happened.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-heart-and-the-fist-the-education-of-a-humanitarian-the-making-of-a-navy-seal-by-eric-greitens--65098417https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211392 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Heart and the Fist: The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy SEAL Author: Eric Greitens Narrator: Eric Greitens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 51 minutes Release date: April 11, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 62 Ratings of Narrator: 4.48 of Total 23 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Like many young idealists, Eric Greitens wanted to make a difference. During college and afterward, he traveled to the world's trouble spots, working in refugee camps, serving the sick and the poor on four continents, from Gaza to Croatia to Mother Teresa's home in Calcutta, among others. Yet he could not prevent violence or save anyone from becoming a refugee; he could only step in afterward and try to ease the damage. So Eric joined the Navy SEALs and became an elite warrior. In a moving and inspiring memoir, told with genuine humility, Eric offers something new in the history of military memoirs: a warrior who wanted to be strong to be good, only to discover that he had to be good to be strong. Throughout his SEAL training and deployments in Kenya, Thailand, Afghanistan, and Iraq, the lessons of his humanitarian work bore fruit. The result is a lesson for us all: the heart and fist together are more powerful than either one alone.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211392Mon, 11 Apr 2011 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211392 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Heart and the Fist: The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy SEAL Author: Eric Greitens Narrator: Eric Greitens Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211392 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Heart and the Fist: The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy SEAL Author: Eric Greitens Narrator: Eric Greitens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 51 minutes Release date: April 11, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 62 Ratings of Narrator: 4.48 of Total 23 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Like many young idealists, Eric Greitens wanted to make a difference. During college and afterward, he traveled to the world's trouble spots, working in refugee camps, serving the sick and the poor on four continents, from Gaza to Croatia to Mother Teresa's home in Calcutta, among others. Yet he could not prevent violence or save anyone from becoming a refugee; he could only step in afterward and try to ease the damage. So Eric joined the Navy SEALs and became an elite warrior. In a moving and inspiring memoir, told with genuine humility, Eric offers something new in the history of military memoirs: a warrior who wanted to be strong to be good, only to discover that he had to be good to be strong. Throughout his SEAL training and deployments in Kenya, Thailand, Afghanistan, and Iraq, the lessons of his humanitarian work bore fruit. The result is a lesson for us all: the heart and fist together are more powerful than either one alone.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/command-henry-v-by-marcus-cowper--65098485https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/93148 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Command: Henry V Author: Marcus Cowper Narrator: Jamie Glover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 10 minutes Release date: March 30, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Immortalised in the plays of Shakespeare, Henry V is the most famous and celebrated of all England's medieval monarchs. Although his most famous battles and conquests took place in France, Henry, as was common amongst medieval aristocracy, was introduced to battle at an early age when he fought with his father, Henry IV, at the battle of Shrewsbury in 1403. On his accession to the throne, Henry turned his attention towards foreign affairs and the English position in France. This title will examine Henry's key battles and sieges, how he systematically extended English control throughout northern France and how he was perceived by his contemporaries as a military leader. It will also deal with his controversial military decisions, such as the slaughter of the French prisoners at Agincourt. Contents •Introduction •The early years •The military life •Opposing commanders •The hour of destiny •Inside the mind •When war is done •A life in words]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/93148Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/93148 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Command: Henry V Author: Marcus Cowper Narrator: Jamie Glover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 10 minutes Release date: March 30, 2011...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/93148 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Command: Henry V Author: Marcus Cowper Narrator: Jamie Glover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 10 minutes Release date: March 30, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Immortalised in the plays of Shakespeare, Henry V is the most famous and celebrated of all England's medieval monarchs. Although his most famous battles and conquests took place in France, Henry, as was common amongst medieval aristocracy, was introduced to battle at an early age when he fought with his father, Henry IV, at the battle of Shrewsbury in 1403. On his accession to the throne, Henry turned his attention towards foreign affairs and the English position in France. This title will examine Henry's key battles and sieges, how he systematically extended English control throughout northern France and how he was perceived by his contemporaries as a military leader. It will also deal with his controversial military decisions, such as the slaughter of the French prisoners at Agincourt. Contents •Introduction •The early years •The military life •Opposing commanders •The hour of destiny •Inside the mind •When war is done •A life in words]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/behind-the-black-door-by-sarah-brown--65098405https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237115 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Behind the Black Door Author: Sarah Brown Narrator: Sarah Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 52 minutes Release date: March 3, 2011 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: 'Today, Gordon's words are simple and heartfelt. He promises, as his own school motto said, 'to do his utmost'. I know that the same will go for me, too. We turn to the door, greeting the policeman on duty. It is time to play our part in contributing to what happens next in government and a new life behind the black door.' In this personal memoir about life at 10 Downing Street, Sarah Brown shares the secrets of living behind the most famous front door in the world. Sarah gave up a successful career in business to serve the country and champion countless charities at home and abroad. A passionate campaigner for women and children, she mobilised hundreds of thousands of people through her early adoption of Twitter where her legion of followers engaged with her on everything from repression in Burma to diversity in British fashion. If you've ever wondered what it's like to travel with special branch, pack for a photo call with supermodels or pause a speech in front of hundreds when the autocue fails, it's all here - from what to do when the school play clashes with a visit to the White House to what it feels like to support the man you love as he takes tough decisions to stave off global financial meltdown... Intimate, reflective, surprising and funny, Behind the Black Door takes us backstage to reveal what it's like to be an ordinary woman, wife and mother in extraordinary circumstances.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237115Thu, 03 Mar 2011 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237115 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Behind the Black Door Author: Sarah Brown Narrator: Sarah Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 52 minutes Release date: March 3, 2011...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237115 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Behind the Black Door Author: Sarah Brown Narrator: Sarah Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 52 minutes Release date: March 3, 2011 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: 'Today, Gordon's words are simple and heartfelt. He promises, as his own school motto said, 'to do his utmost'. I know that the same will go for me, too. We turn to the door, greeting the policeman on duty. It is time to play our part in contributing to what happens next in government and a new life behind the black door.' In this personal memoir about life at 10 Downing Street, Sarah Brown shares the secrets of living behind the most famous front door in the world. Sarah gave up a successful career in business to serve the country and champion countless charities at home and abroad. A passionate campaigner for women and children, she mobilised hundreds of thousands of people through her early adoption of Twitter where her legion of followers engaged with her on everything from repression in Burma to diversity in British fashion. If you've ever wondered what it's like to travel with special branch, pack for a photo call with supermodels or pause a speech in front of hundreds when the autocue fails, it's all here - from what to do when the school play clashes with a visit to the White House to what it feels like to support the man you love as he takes tough decisions to stave off global financial meltdown... Intimate, reflective, surprising and funny, Behind the Black Door takes us backstage to reveal what it's like to be an ordinary woman, wife and mother in extraordinary circumstances.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/england-s-mistress-the-infamous-life-of-emma-hamilton-by-kate-williams--65098336https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237116 to listen full audiobooks. Title: England's Mistress: The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton Author: Kate Williams Narrator: Sophie Ward Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 35 minutes Release date: January 27, 2011 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A dramatic, sparkling tale of sex, glamour, intrigue, romance and heartbreak, England's Mistress traces the rise and rise of the gorgeous Emma Hamilton. Born into poverty, she clawed her way up through London's underworlds of sex for sale to become England's first media superstar. Nothing could stand in her way of her desire to live out her dream- except her self-destructive desires. Drawing on hundreds of previously undiscovered letters, and told with a novelist's flair, 'England's Mistress' captures the relentless drive, innovative style and burning passion of a true heroine. In a world of tabloid fame and three-minute wonders, Emma's life is truly a tale for our time.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237116Thu, 27 Jan 2011 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237116 to listen full audiobooks. Title: England's Mistress: The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton Author: Kate Williams Narrator: Sophie Ward Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 35...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237116 to listen full audiobooks. Title: England's Mistress: The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton Author: Kate Williams Narrator: Sophie Ward Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 35 minutes Release date: January 27, 2011 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A dramatic, sparkling tale of sex, glamour, intrigue, romance and heartbreak, England's Mistress traces the rise and rise of the gorgeous Emma Hamilton. Born into poverty, she clawed her way up through London's underworlds of sex for sale to become England's first media superstar. Nothing could stand in her way of her desire to live out her dream- except her self-destructive desires. Drawing on hundreds of previously undiscovered letters, and told with a novelist's flair, 'England's Mistress' captures the relentless drive, innovative style and burning passion of a true heroine. In a world of tabloid fame and three-minute wonders, Emma's life is truly a tale for our time.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/personal-memoirs-of-ulysses-s-grant-by-ulysses-s-grant--65098476https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/89118 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant Author: Ulysses S. Grant Narrator: Robin Field Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29 hours 34 minutes Release date: November 10, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.59 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 3.14 of Total 7 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Among the autobiographies of great military figures, Ulysses S. Grant's is certainly one of the finest, and it is arguably the most notable literary achievement of any American president: a lucid, compelling, and brutally honest chronicle of triumph and failure. From his frontier boyhood, to his heroics in battle, to the grinding poverty from which the Civil War ironically rescued him, these memoirs are a mesmerizing, deeply moving account of a brilliant man told with great courage as he reflects on the fortunes that shaped his life and his character. Written under excruciating circumstances—Grant was dying of throat cancer—and encouraged and edited from its very inception by Mark Twain, it is a triumph of the art of autobiography. Grant was sick and broke when he began work on his memoirs. Driven by financial worries and a desire to provide for his wife, he wrote diligently during a year of deteriorating health. He vowed he would finish the work before he died, and one week after its completion, he lay dead at the age of sixty-three. Publication of the memoirs came at a time when the public was being treated to a spate of wartime reminiscences, many of them defensive in nature, seeking to refight battles or attack old enemies. Grant's penetrating and stately work reveals a nobility of spirit and an innate grasp of the important facts, which he rarely displayed in private life. He writes in his preface that he took up the task 'with a sincere desire to avoid doing injustice to anyone, whether on the National or the Confederate side.']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/89118Wed, 10 Nov 2010 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/89118 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant Author: Ulysses S. Grant Narrator: Robin Field Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29 hours 34 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/89118 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant Author: Ulysses S. Grant Narrator: Robin Field Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29 hours 34 minutes Release date: November 10, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.59 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 3.14 of Total 7 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Among the autobiographies of great military figures, Ulysses S. Grant's is certainly one of the finest, and it is arguably the most notable literary achievement of any American president: a lucid, compelling, and brutally honest chronicle of triumph and failure. From his frontier boyhood, to his heroics in battle, to the grinding poverty from which the Civil War ironically rescued him, these memoirs are a mesmerizing, deeply moving account of a brilliant man told with great courage as he reflects on the fortunes that shaped his life and his character. Written under excruciating circumstances—Grant was dying of throat cancer—and encouraged and edited from its very inception by Mark Twain, it is a triumph of the art of autobiography. Grant was sick and broke when he began work on his memoirs. Driven by financial worries and a desire to provide for his wife, he wrote diligently during a year of deteriorating health. He vowed he would finish the work before he died, and one week after its completion, he lay dead at the age of sixty-three. Publication of the memoirs came at a time when the public was being treated to a spate of wartime reminiscences, many of them defensive in nature, seeking to refight battles or attack old enemies. Grant's penetrating and stately work reveals a nobility of spirit and an innate grasp of the important facts, which he rarely displayed in private life. He writes in his preface that he took up the task 'with a sincere desire to avoid doing injustice to anyone, whether on the National or the Confederate side.']]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/decision-points-by-george-w-bush--65098404https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232000 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Decision Points Author: George W. Bush Narrator: George W. Bush Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 59 minutes Release date: November 10, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Decision Points is the extraordinary memoir of America's 43rd president. Shattering the conventions of political autobiography, George W. Bush offers a strikingly candid journey through the defining decisions of his life. In gripping, never-before-heard detail, President Bush brings readers inside the Texas Governor's Mansion on the night of the hotly contested 2000 election; aboard Air Force One on 9/11, in the hours after America's most devastating attack since Pearl Harbour; at the head of the table in the Situation Room in the moments before launching the war in Iraq; and behind the Oval Office desk for his historic and controversial decisions on the financial crisis, Hurricane Katrina, Afghanistan, Iran, and other issues that have shaped the first decade of the 21st century. President Bush writes honestly and directly about his flaws and mistakes, as well as his accomplishments reforming education, treating HIV/AIDS in Africa, and safeguarding the country amid chilling warnings of additional terrorist attacks. He also offers intimate new details on his decision to quit drinking, discovery of faith, and relationship with his family. A groundbreaking new brand of memoir, Decision Points will captivate supporters, surprise critics, and change perspectives on one of the most consequential eras in American history - and the man at the centre of events.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232000Wed, 10 Nov 2010 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232000 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Decision Points Author: George W. Bush Narrator: George W. Bush Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 59 minutes Release date: November 10, 2010...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232000 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Decision Points Author: George W. Bush Narrator: George W. Bush Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 59 minutes Release date: November 10, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Decision Points is the extraordinary memoir of America's 43rd president. Shattering the conventions of political autobiography, George W. Bush offers a strikingly candid journey through the defining decisions of his life. In gripping, never-before-heard detail, President Bush brings readers inside the Texas Governor's Mansion on the night of the hotly contested 2000 election; aboard Air Force One on 9/11, in the hours after America's most devastating attack since Pearl Harbour; at the head of the table in the Situation Room in the moments before launching the war in Iraq; and behind the Oval Office desk for his historic and controversial decisions on the financial crisis, Hurricane Katrina, Afghanistan, Iran, and other issues that have shaped the first decade of the 21st century. President Bush writes honestly and directly about his flaws and mistakes, as well as his accomplishments reforming education, treating HIV/AIDS in Africa, and safeguarding the country amid chilling warnings of additional terrorist attacks. He also offers intimate new details on his decision to quit drinking, discovery of faith, and relationship with his family. A groundbreaking new brand of memoir, Decision Points will captivate supporters, surprise critics, and change perspectives on one of the most consequential eras in American history - and the man at the centre of events.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/silent-running-my-years-on-a-world-war-ii-attack-submarine-by-james-f-calvert--65098487https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83239 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Silent Running: My Years on a World War II Attack Submarine Author: James F. Calvert Narrator: Kevin Patrick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release date: June 15, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In this riveting personal account, an authentic American hero relives the perils and triumphs of eight harrowing patrols aboard one of America’s most successful World War II submarines. Courageous deeds and terror-filled moments as well as the endless maintenance work are vividly recalled in Calvert’s candid portrait. But Silent Running is more than a masterful collection of war stories. The greatest drama takes place within Jim Calvert himself, as his values, his training, and his courage are put to the test daily, both at sea and ashore. He must come to terms with a forbidden love, overcome fear and self-doubt, cope with the loss of comrades, and face the constant reality that each and every day at sea might be his last.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83239Tue, 15 Jun 2010 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83239 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Silent Running: My Years on a World War II Attack Submarine Author: James F. Calvert Narrator: Kevin Patrick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83239 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Silent Running: My Years on a World War II Attack Submarine Author: James F. Calvert Narrator: Kevin Patrick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release date: June 15, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In this riveting personal account, an authentic American hero relives the perils and triumphs of eight harrowing patrols aboard one of America’s most successful World War II submarines. Courageous deeds and terror-filled moments as well as the endless maintenance work are vividly recalled in Calvert’s candid portrait. But Silent Running is more than a masterful collection of war stories. The greatest drama takes place within Jim Calvert himself, as his values, his training, and his courage are put to the test daily, both at sea and ashore. He must come to terms with a forbidden love, overcome fear and self-doubt, cope with the loss of comrades, and face the constant reality that each and every day at sea might be his last.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/letters-to-my-grandchildren-by-tony-benn--65098412https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237118 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Letters To My Grandchildren Author: Tony Benn Narrator: Tony Benn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 21 minutes Release date: June 3, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: As a diarist I have chronicled the time through which I have lived in meticulous detail: but all that is history. What matters now is the future for those who will live through it. The past is the past but there may be lessons to be learned which could help the next generation to avoid mistakes their parents and grandparents made. Certainly at my age I have learned an enormous amount from the study of history - not so much from the political leaders of the time but from those who struggled for justice and explained the world in a way that shows the continuity of history and has inspired me to do my work. Normality for any individual is what the world is like on the day they are born. The normality of the young is wholly different from the normality of their grandparents. It is the disentangling of the real questions from the day to day business of politics that may make sense for those who take up the task as they will do. Every generation has to fight the same battles as their ancestors had to fight, again and again, for there is no final victory and no final defeat. Two flames have burned from the beginning of time - the flame of anger against injustice and the flame of hope. If this book serves its purpose it will fan both flames.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237118Thu, 03 Jun 2010 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237118 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Letters To My Grandchildren Author: Tony Benn Narrator: Tony Benn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 21 minutes Release date: June 3, 2010...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237118 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Letters To My Grandchildren Author: Tony Benn Narrator: Tony Benn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 21 minutes Release date: June 3, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: As a diarist I have chronicled the time through which I have lived in meticulous detail: but all that is history. What matters now is the future for those who will live through it. The past is the past but there may be lessons to be learned which could help the next generation to avoid mistakes their parents and grandparents made. Certainly at my age I have learned an enormous amount from the study of history - not so much from the political leaders of the time but from those who struggled for justice and explained the world in a way that shows the continuity of history and has inspired me to do my work. Normality for any individual is what the world is like on the day they are born. The normality of the young is wholly different from the normality of their grandparents. It is the disentangling of the real questions from the day to day business of politics that may make sense for those who take up the task as they will do. Every generation has to fight the same battles as their ancestors had to fight, again and again, for there is no final victory and no final defeat. Two flames have burned from the beginning of time - the flame of anger against injustice and the flame of hope. If this book serves its purpose it will fan both flames.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/alexander-of-macedonia-the-world-conquered-by-robin-lane-fox--65098490https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/99282 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alexander of Macedonia: The World Conquered Author: Robin Lane Fox Narrator: Robin Lane Fox Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 14 minutes Release date: April 9, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Alexander the Great is the most famous king and conqueror known in the ancient world. In his lifetime, he was given honors equal to those of the gods. After his death, he became a legend and the 'Alexander Romance' became the best-selling fiction of the medieval world. Esteemed Professor Robin Lane Fox has made the study of Alexander of Macedon the focus of his brilliant career. In these lectures, Professor Fox answers questions about Alexander that have percolated throughout history: Why did Alexander succeed? What was he like? How did he change the world and its history?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/99282Fri, 09 Apr 2010 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/99282 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alexander of Macedonia: The World Conquered Author: Robin Lane Fox Narrator: Robin Lane Fox Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 14 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/99282 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alexander of Macedonia: The World Conquered Author: Robin Lane Fox Narrator: Robin Lane Fox Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 14 minutes Release date: April 9, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Alexander the Great is the most famous king and conqueror known in the ancient world. In his lifetime, he was given honors equal to those of the gods. After his death, he became a legend and the 'Alexander Romance' became the best-selling fiction of the medieval world. Esteemed Professor Robin Lane Fox has made the study of Alexander of Macedon the focus of his brilliant career. In these lectures, Professor Fox answers questions about Alexander that have percolated throughout history: Why did Alexander succeed? What was he like? How did he change the world and its history?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-pacific-hell-was-an-ocean-away-by-hugh-ambrose--65098408https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/200817 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pacific: Hell Was an Ocean Away Author: Hugh Ambrose Narrator: Mike Chamberlain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 18, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.73 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling official companion book to the Emmy® Award-winning HBO® miniseries. Look for The Pacific miniseries, now available to stream on Netflix! Between America's retreat from China in late November 1941 and the moment General MacArthur's airplane touched down on the Japanese mainland in August of 1945, five men connected by happenstance fought the key battles of the war against Japan. From the debacle in Bataan, to the miracle at Midway and the relentless vortex of Guadalcanal, their solemn oaths to their country later led one to the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot and the others to the coral strongholds of Peleliu, the black terraces of Iwo Jima and the killing fields of Okinawa, until at last the survivors enjoyed a triumphant, yet uneasy, return home. In The Pacific, Hugh Ambrose focuses on the real-life stories of five men who put their lives on the line for our country. To deepen the story revealed in the HBO® miniseries and go beyond it, the book dares to chart a great ocean of enmity known as the Pacific and the brave men who fought.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/200817Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/200817 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pacific: Hell Was an Ocean Away Author: Hugh Ambrose Narrator: Mike Chamberlain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 0 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/200817 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pacific: Hell Was an Ocean Away Author: Hugh Ambrose Narrator: Mike Chamberlain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 18, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.73 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling official companion book to the Emmy® Award-winning HBO® miniseries. Look for The Pacific miniseries, now available to stream on Netflix! Between America's retreat from China in late November 1941 and the moment General MacArthur's airplane touched down on the Japanese mainland in August of 1945, five men connected by happenstance fought the key battles of the war against Japan. From the debacle in Bataan, to the miracle at Midway and the relentless vortex of Guadalcanal, their solemn oaths to their country later led one to the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot and the others to the coral strongholds of Peleliu, the black terraces of Iwo Jima and the killing fields of Okinawa, until at last the survivors enjoyed a triumphant, yet uneasy, return home. In The Pacific, Hugh Ambrose focuses on the real-life stories of five men who put their lives on the line for our country. To deepen the story revealed in the HBO® miniseries and go beyond it, the book dares to chart a great ocean of enmity known as the Pacific and the brave men who fought.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/islands-of-the-damned-a-marine-at-war-in-the-pacific-by-r-v-burgin-william-marvel--65098441https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/129677 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Islands of the Damned: A Marine at War in the Pacific Author: R. V. Burgin, William Marvel Narrator: Sean Runnette Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 32 minutes Release date: March 2, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.55 of Total 92 Ratings of Narrator: 4.69 of Total 26 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: This is an eyewitness—and eye-opening—account of some of the most savage and brutal fighting in the war against Japan, told from the perspective of a young Texan who volunteered for the Marine Corps to escape a life as a traveling salesman. R. V. Burgin enlisted at the age of twenty and, with his sharp intelligence and earnest work ethic, climbed the ranks from a green private to a seasoned sergeant. Along the way, he shouldered a rifle as a member of a mortar squad. He saw friends die and enemies killed. He saw scenes he wanted to forget but never did—from enemy snipers who tied themselves to branches in the highest trees, to ambushes along narrow jungle trails, to the abandoned corpses of hara kiri victims, to the final howling banzai attacks as the Japanese embraced their inevitable defeat. An unforgettable narrative of a young Marine in combat, Islands of the Damned brings to life the hell that was the Pacific War.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/129677Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/129677 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Islands of the Damned: A Marine at War in the Pacific Author: R. V. Burgin, William Marvel Narrator: Sean Runnette Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/129677 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Islands of the Damned: A Marine at War in the Pacific Author: R. V. Burgin, William Marvel Narrator: Sean Runnette Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 32 minutes Release date: March 2, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.55 of Total 92 Ratings of Narrator: 4.69 of Total 26 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: This is an eyewitness—and eye-opening—account of some of the most savage and brutal fighting in the war against Japan, told from the perspective of a young Texan who volunteered for the Marine Corps to escape a life as a traveling salesman. R. V. Burgin enlisted at the age of twenty and, with his sharp intelligence and earnest work ethic, climbed the ranks from a green private to a seasoned sergeant. Along the way, he shouldered a rifle as a member of a mortar squad. He saw friends die and enemies killed. He saw scenes he wanted to forget but never did—from enemy snipers who tied themselves to branches in the highest trees, to ambushes along narrow jungle trails, to the abandoned corpses of hara kiri victims, to the final howling banzai attacks as the Japanese embraced their inevitable defeat. An unforgettable narrative of a young Marine in combat, Islands of the Damned brings to life the hell that was the Pacific War.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/warlord-a-life-of-churchill-at-war-1874-1945-by-carlo-d-este--65098473https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58677 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Warlord: A Life of Churchill at War, 1874–1945 Author: Carlo D’este Narrator: Tom Weiner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 30 hours 4 minutes Release date: July 2, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Warlordis the definitive chronicle of Winston Churchill's crucial role as one of the world's most renowned military leaders, from his early adventures on the North-West Frontier of colonial India and the Boer War through his extraordinary service in both World Wars. Carlo D'Este's brilliant biography examines Churchill through the prism of his military service as both a soldier and a warlord: a descendant of Marlborough who, despite never having risen above the rank of lieutenant colonel, came eventually at age sixty-five to direct Britain's military campaigns as prime minister and defeated Hitler, Mussolini, and Hirohito for the democracies. Even though Churchill became one of the towering political leaders of the twentieth century, his childhood ambition was to be a soldier. Using extensive, untapped archival materials, D'Este reveals important and untold observations from Churchill's personal physician, as well as other colleagues and family members, in order to illuminate his character as never before. Warlord explores Churchill's strategies behind the major military campaigns of World War I and World War II—both his dazzling successes and disastrous failures—while also revealing his tumultuous relationships with his generals and other commanders, including Dwight D. Eisenhower. As riveting as the man it portrays,Warlordis a masterful, unsparing portrait of one of history's most fascinating and influential leaders during what was arguably the most crucial event in human history.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58677Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58677 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Warlord: A Life of Churchill at War, 1874–1945 Author: Carlo D’este Narrator: Tom Weiner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 30 hours 4 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58677 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Warlord: A Life of Churchill at War, 1874–1945 Author: Carlo D’este Narrator: Tom Weiner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 30 hours 4 minutes Release date: July 2, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Warlordis the definitive chronicle of Winston Churchill's crucial role as one of the world's most renowned military leaders, from his early adventures on the North-West Frontier of colonial India and the Boer War through his extraordinary service in both World Wars. Carlo D'Este's brilliant biography examines Churchill through the prism of his military service as both a soldier and a warlord: a descendant of Marlborough who, despite never having risen above the rank of lieutenant colonel, came eventually at age sixty-five to direct Britain's military campaigns as prime minister and defeated Hitler, Mussolini, and Hirohito for the democracies. Even though Churchill became one of the towering political leaders of the twentieth century, his childhood ambition was to be a soldier. Using extensive, untapped archival materials, D'Este reveals important and untold observations from Churchill's personal physician, as well as other colleagues and family members, in order to illuminate his character as never before. Warlord explores Churchill's strategies behind the major military campaigns of World War I and World War II—both his dazzling successes and disastrous failures—while also revealing his tumultuous relationships with his generals and other commanders, including Dwight D. Eisenhower. As riveting as the man it portrays,Warlordis a masterful, unsparing portrait of one of history's most fascinating and influential leaders during what was arguably the most crucial event in human history.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-state-of-jones-the-small-southern-county-that-seceded-from-the-confederacy-by-sally-jenkins-john-stauffer--65098483https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58371 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The State of Jones: The Small Southern County that Seceded from the Confederacy Author: Sally Jenkins, John Stauffer Narrator: Don Leslie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 1 minute Release date: June 23, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Sally Jenkins and distinguished Harvard professor John Stauffer mine a nearly forgotten piece of Civil War history and strike gold in this surprising account of the only Southern county to secede from the Confederacy. The State of Jones is a true story about the South during the Civil War—the real South. Not the South that has been mythologized in novels and movies, but an authentic, hardscrabble place where poor men were forced to fight a rich man’s war for slavery and cotton. In Jones County, Mississippi, a farmer named Newton Knight led his neighbors, white and black alike, in an insurrection against the Confederacy at the height of the Civil War. Knight’s life story mirrors the little-known story of class struggle in the South—and it shatters the image of the Confederacy as a unified front against the Union. This riveting investigative account takes us inside the battle of Corinth, where thousands lost their lives over less than a quarter mile of land, and to the dreadful siege of Vicksburg, presenting a gritty picture of a war in which generals sacrificed thousands through their arrogance and ignorance. Off the battlefield, the Newton Knight story is rich in drama as well. He was a man with two loves: his wife, who was forced to flee her home simply to survive, and an ex-slave named Rachel, who, in effect, became his second wife. It was Rachel who cared for Knight during the war when he was hunted by the Confederates, and, later, when members of the Knight clan sought revenge for the disgrace he had brought upon the family name. Working hand in hand with John Stauffer, distinguished chair and professor of the History of American Civilization at Harvard University, Sally Jenkins has made the leap from preeminent sportswriter to a historical writer endowed with the accuracy, drive, and passion of Doris Kearns Goodwin. The result is Civil War history at its finest.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58371Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58371 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The State of Jones: The Small Southern County that Seceded from the Confederacy Author: Sally Jenkins, John Stauffer Narrator: Don Leslie Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58371 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The State of Jones: The Small Southern County that Seceded from the Confederacy Author: Sally Jenkins, John Stauffer Narrator: Don Leslie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 1 minute Release date: June 23, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Sally Jenkins and distinguished Harvard professor John Stauffer mine a nearly forgotten piece of Civil War history and strike gold in this surprising account of the only Southern county to secede from the Confederacy. The State of Jones is a true story about the South during the Civil War—the real South. Not the South that has been mythologized in novels and movies, but an authentic, hardscrabble place where poor men were forced to fight a rich man’s war for slavery and cotton. In Jones County, Mississippi, a farmer named Newton Knight led his neighbors, white and black alike, in an insurrection against the Confederacy at the height of the Civil War. Knight’s life story mirrors the little-known story of class struggle in the South—and it shatters the image of the Confederacy as a unified front against the Union. This riveting investigative account takes us inside the battle of Corinth, where thousands lost their lives over less than a quarter mile of land, and to the dreadful siege of Vicksburg, presenting a gritty picture of a war in which generals sacrificed thousands through their arrogance and ignorance. Off the battlefield, the Newton Knight story is rich in drama as well. He was a man with two loves: his wife, who was forced to flee her home simply to survive, and an ex-slave named Rachel, who, in effect, became his second wife. It was Rachel who cared for Knight during the war when he was hunted by the Confederates, and, later, when members of the Knight clan sought revenge for the disgrace he had brought upon the family name. Working hand in hand with John Stauffer, distinguished chair and professor of the History of American Civilization at Harvard University, Sally Jenkins has made the leap from preeminent sportswriter to a historical writer endowed with the accuracy, drive, and passion of Doris Kearns Goodwin. The result is Civil War history at its finest.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/master-of-war-the-life-of-general-george-h-thomas-by-benson-bobrick--65098450https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119655 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Master of War: The Life of General George H. Thomas Author: Benson Bobrick Narrator: Norman Dietz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 23, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In this revelatory, dynamic biography, one of our finest historians, Benson Bobrick, profiles George H. Thomas, arguing that he was the greatest and most successful general of the Civil War. Because Thomas didn't live to write his memoirs, his reputation has been largely shaped by others, most notably Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman, two generals with whom Thomas served and who, Bobrick says, diminished his successes in their favor in their own memoirs. Born in Virginia, Thomas survived Nat Turner's rebellion as a boy, then studied at West Point, where Sherman was a classmate. Thomas distinguished himself in the Mexican War and then returned to West Point as an instructor. When the Civil War broke out, Thomas remained loyal to the Union, unlike fellow Virginia-born officer Robert E. Lee (among others). He compiled an outstanding record as an officer in battles at Mill Springs, Perryville, and Stones River. At the Battle of Chickamauga, Thomas, at the time a corps commander, held the center of the Union line under a ferocious assault, then rallied the troops on Horseshoe Ridge to prevent a Confederate rout of the Union army. His extraordinary performance there earned him the nickname 'The Rock of Chickamauga.' Promoted to command of the Army of the Cumberland, he led his army in a stunning Union victory at the Battle of Chattanooga. Thomas supported Sherman on his march through Georgia in the spring of 1864, winning an important victory at the Battle of Peachtree Creek. As Sherman continued on his March to the Sea, Thomas returned to Tennessee and in the battle of Nashville destroyed the army of Confederate general John Bell Hood. It was one of the most decisive victories of the war, and Thomas won it even as Grant was on his way to remove Thomas from his command. (When Grant discovered the magnitude of Thomas's victory, he quickly changed his mind.) Thomas died of a stroke in 1870 while still on active duty. In the entire Civil War, he never lost a battle or a movement. Throughout his career, Thomas was methodical, careful, and always prepared. Unlike Grant at Shiloh, he was never surprised by an enemy. Unlike Sherman, he never panicked in battle but always remained calm and focused. He was derided by both men as 'Slow Trot Thomas,' but as Bobrick shows in this brilliant biography, he was quick to analyze every situation and always knew what to do and when to do it. He was not colorful like Grant and Sherman, but he was widely admired by his peers, and some, such as Grant's favorite cavalry commander, General James H. Wilson, thought Thomas the peer of any general in either army. He was the only Union commander to destroy two Confederate armies in the field. Although historians of the Civil War have always regarded Thomas highly, he has never captured the public imagination, perhaps because he has lacked an outstanding biographer—until now. This informed, judicious, and lucid biography at last gives Thomas his due.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119655Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119655 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Master of War: The Life of General George H. Thomas Author: Benson Bobrick Narrator: Norman Dietz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 0...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119655 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Master of War: The Life of General George H. Thomas Author: Benson Bobrick Narrator: Norman Dietz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 23, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In this revelatory, dynamic biography, one of our finest historians, Benson Bobrick, profiles George H. Thomas, arguing that he was the greatest and most successful general of the Civil War. Because Thomas didn't live to write his memoirs, his reputation has been largely shaped by others, most notably Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman, two generals with whom Thomas served and who, Bobrick says, diminished his successes in their favor in their own memoirs. Born in Virginia, Thomas survived Nat Turner's rebellion as a boy, then studied at West Point, where Sherman was a classmate. Thomas distinguished himself in the Mexican War and then returned to West Point as an instructor. When the Civil War broke out, Thomas remained loyal to the Union, unlike fellow Virginia-born officer Robert E. Lee (among others). He compiled an outstanding record as an officer in battles at Mill Springs, Perryville, and Stones River. At the Battle of Chickamauga, Thomas, at the time a corps commander, held the center of the Union line under a ferocious assault, then rallied the troops on Horseshoe Ridge to prevent a Confederate rout of the Union army. His extraordinary performance there earned him the nickname 'The Rock of Chickamauga.' Promoted to command of the Army of the Cumberland, he led his army in a stunning Union victory at the Battle of Chattanooga. Thomas supported Sherman on his march through Georgia in the spring of 1864, winning an important victory at the Battle of Peachtree Creek. As Sherman continued on his March to the Sea, Thomas returned to Tennessee and in the battle of Nashville destroyed the army of Confederate general John Bell Hood. It was one of the most decisive victories of the war, and Thomas won it even as Grant was on his way to remove Thomas from his command. (When Grant discovered the magnitude of Thomas's victory, he quickly changed his mind.) Thomas died of a stroke in 1870 while still on active duty. In the entire Civil War, he never lost a battle or a movement. Throughout his career, Thomas was methodical, careful, and always prepared. Unlike Grant at Shiloh, he was never surprised by an enemy. Unlike Sherman, he never panicked in battle but always remained calm and focused. He was derided by both men as 'Slow Trot Thomas,' but as Bobrick shows in this brilliant biography, he was quick to analyze every situation and always knew what to do and when to do it. He was not colorful like Grant and Sherman, but he was widely admired by his peers, and some, such as Grant's favorite cavalry commander, General James H. Wilson, thought Thomas the peer of any general in either army. He was the only Union commander to destroy two Confederate armies in the field. Although historians of the Civil War have always regarded Thomas highly, he has never captured the public imagination, perhaps because he has lacked an outstanding biographer—until now. This informed, judicious, and lucid biography at last gives Thomas his due.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jeb-stuart-the-last-cavalier-by-burke-davis--65098477https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54912 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jeb Stuart: The Last Cavalier Author: Burke Davis Narrator: Barrett Whitener Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 17 minutes Release date: March 13, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Here is a full and definitive biography of the dashing and enigmatic Confederate hero of the Civil War, General J. E. B. Stuart. This life-size portrait of Stuart surveys his life from childhood through his training at West Point, his years on the Western frontier, and his decision to stand with Virginia when war arrived. His brilliant Civil War career is covered in detail, from the raid on Chambersburg through to his final, fatal clash at Yellow Tavern. “The rudimentary field communications of the Civil War demanded of the cavalry the utmost in bravery, durability, and vigilance,” writes Burke Davis in his introduction to this edition. “Victory or defeat of armies was often in the hands of their cavalrymen.”]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54912Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54912 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jeb Stuart: The Last Cavalier Author: Burke Davis Narrator: Barrett Whitener Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 17 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54912 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jeb Stuart: The Last Cavalier Author: Burke Davis Narrator: Barrett Whitener Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 17 minutes Release date: March 13, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Here is a full and definitive biography of the dashing and enigmatic Confederate hero of the Civil War, General J. E. B. Stuart. This life-size portrait of Stuart surveys his life from childhood through his training at West Point, his years on the Western frontier, and his decision to stand with Virginia when war arrived. His brilliant Civil War career is covered in detail, from the raid on Chambersburg through to his final, fatal clash at Yellow Tavern. “The rudimentary field communications of the Civil War demanded of the cavalry the utmost in bravery, durability, and vigilance,” writes Burke Davis in his introduction to this edition. “Victory or defeat of armies was often in the hands of their cavalrymen.”]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mutiny-on-board-h-m-s-bounty-by-william-bligh--65098481https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119809 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mutiny on Board H.M.S. Bounty Author: William Bligh Narrator: Jonathan Reese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: March 9, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Captain William Bligh recorded the most famous mutiny in sea history when a group of his men, led by Fletcher Christian, forced him from his ship onto a small launch and cast him adrift into the sea. Was Bligh a harsh sea captain whose vicious cruelty forced his men to mutiny? Or was Fletcher Christian greedy for power and unjustified in taking command? Was Bligh the tyrant of legend? Or was he one of the most lenient commanders of a Pacific exploration ship of that period? Sail with Captain Bligh on the H.M.S. Bounty, and then follow his incredible quest for survival during his 3,600-mile trip to Timor in an open boat. It's a timeless tale of man's heroic struggle to survive against all odds!]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119809Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119809 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mutiny on Board H.M.S. Bounty Author: William Bligh Narrator: Jonathan Reese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119809 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mutiny on Board H.M.S. Bounty Author: William Bligh Narrator: Jonathan Reese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: March 9, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Captain William Bligh recorded the most famous mutiny in sea history when a group of his men, led by Fletcher Christian, forced him from his ship onto a small launch and cast him adrift into the sea. Was Bligh a harsh sea captain whose vicious cruelty forced his men to mutiny? Or was Fletcher Christian greedy for power and unjustified in taking command? Was Bligh the tyrant of legend? Or was he one of the most lenient commanders of a Pacific exploration ship of that period? Sail with Captain Bligh on the H.M.S. Bounty, and then follow his incredible quest for survival during his 3,600-mile trip to Timor in an open boat. It's a timeless tale of man's heroic struggle to survive against all odds!]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/churchill-hitler-and-the-unnecessary-war-how-britain-lost-its-empire-and-the-west-lost-the-world-by-patrick-j-buchanan--65098459https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54275 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Churchill, Hitler and 'The Unnecessary War': How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World Author: Patrick J. Buchanan Narrator: Don Leslie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 37 minutes Release date: May 27, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.13 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Were World Wars I and II–which can now be seen as a thirty-year paroxysm of slaughter and destruction–inevitable? Were they necessary wars? Were the bloodiest and most devastating conflicts ever suffered by mankind fated by forces beyond man’s control? Or were they products of calamitous failures of judgment? In this monumental and provocative history, Patrick Buchanan makes the case that, if not for the blunders of British statesmen–Winston Churchill first among them–the horrors of two world wars and the Holocaust might have been avoided and the British Empire might never have collapsed into ruins. Half a century of murderous oppression of scores of millions under the iron boot of Communist tyranny might never have happened, and Europe’s central role in world affairs might have been sustained for many generations. Among the British and Churchillian blunders were: • The vengeful Treaty of Versailles that mutilated Germany, leaving her bitter, betrayed, and receptive to the appeal of Adolf Hitler • Britain’s capitulation, at Churchill’s urging, to American pressure to sever the Anglo-Japanese alliance, insulting and isolating Japan • The greatest blunder in British history: the unsolicited war guarantee to Poland of March 1939–that guaranteed the Second World War Certain to create controversy and spirited argument, CHURCHILL, HITLER AND “THE UNNECESSARY WAR” is a grand and bold insight into the historic failures of judgment that ended centuries of European rule and guaranteed a future that no one who lived in that vanished world could ever have envisioned.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54275Tue, 27 May 2008 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54275 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Churchill, Hitler and 'The Unnecessary War': How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World Author: Patrick J. Buchanan Narrator: Don Leslie...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54275 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Churchill, Hitler and 'The Unnecessary War': How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World Author: Patrick J. Buchanan Narrator: Don Leslie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 37 minutes Release date: May 27, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.13 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Were World Wars I and II–which can now be seen as a thirty-year paroxysm of slaughter and destruction–inevitable? Were they necessary wars? Were the bloodiest and most devastating conflicts ever suffered by mankind fated by forces beyond man’s control? Or were they products of calamitous failures of judgment? In this monumental and provocative history, Patrick Buchanan makes the case that, if not for the blunders of British statesmen–Winston Churchill first among them–the horrors of two world wars and the Holocaust might have been avoided and the British Empire might never have collapsed into ruins. Half a century of murderous oppression of scores of millions under the iron boot of Communist tyranny might never have happened, and Europe’s central role in world affairs might have been sustained for many generations. Among the British and Churchillian blunders were: • The vengeful Treaty of Versailles that mutilated Germany, leaving her bitter, betrayed, and receptive to the appeal of Adolf Hitler • Britain’s capitulation, at Churchill’s urging, to American pressure to sever the Anglo-Japanese alliance, insulting and isolating Japan • The greatest blunder in British history: the unsolicited war guarantee to Poland of March 1939–that guaranteed the Second World War Certain to create controversy and spirited argument, CHURCHILL, HITLER AND “THE UNNECESSARY WAR” is a grand and bold insight into the historic failures of judgment that ended centuries of European rule and guaranteed a future that no one who lived in that vanished world could ever have envisioned.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/final-salute-a-story-of-unfinished-lives-by-jim-sheeler--65098432https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203065 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives Author: Jim Sheeler Narrator: Mark Deakins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 39 minutes Release date: May 6, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: They are the troops that nobody wants to see, carrying a message that no military family ever wants to hear. Since the start of the war in Iraq, Marines like Major Steve Beck found themselves charged with a mission they never asked for and one for which there can be no training: casualty notification. In Final Salute, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jim Sheeler weaves together the stories of the fallen, the broken homes they have left behind, and one man's effort to help heal the wounds of those left grieving. But it is not a book about war, politics, or liberal vs. conservative. Achingly beautiful and honest, it is a book that every American-every human-can embrace.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203065Tue, 06 May 2008 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203065 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives Author: Jim Sheeler Narrator: Mark Deakins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 39 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203065 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives Author: Jim Sheeler Narrator: Mark Deakins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 39 minutes Release date: May 6, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: They are the troops that nobody wants to see, carrying a message that no military family ever wants to hear. Since the start of the war in Iraq, Marines like Major Steve Beck found themselves charged with a mission they never asked for and one for which there can be no training: casualty notification. In Final Salute, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jim Sheeler weaves together the stories of the fallen, the broken homes they have left behind, and one man's effort to help heal the wounds of those left grieving. But it is not a book about war, politics, or liberal vs. conservative. Achingly beautiful and honest, it is a book that every American-every human-can embrace.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/red-badge-of-courage-by-stephen-crane--65098420https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/130210 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Red Badge of Courage Author: Stephen Crane Narrator: Michael Scott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 40 minutes Release date: February 17, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 226 Ratings of Narrator: 3.79 of Total 57 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: This story is about a young soldier, Henry Fleming, fighting in the American Civil War. It is a vivid and stark portrayal of war on the human psyche, interspersed with symbolic imagery and biblical metaphors. The story realistically portrays the young soldier's physical and psychological struggles after fleeing from his first encounter with a battle. He returns to his regiment to become a strong soldier and even taking on the task of the flag bearer in the final battle. Though Stephen Crane had never been in any combat situations, his interviews with a wide number of veterans enabled him to create this novel, widely regarded as a unusually realistic depiction of a young man in battle.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/130210Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/130210 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Red Badge of Courage Author: Stephen Crane Narrator: Michael Scott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 40 minutes Release date: February 17,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/130210 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Red Badge of Courage Author: Stephen Crane Narrator: Michael Scott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 40 minutes Release date: February 17, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 226 Ratings of Narrator: 3.79 of Total 57 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: This story is about a young soldier, Henry Fleming, fighting in the American Civil War. It is a vivid and stark portrayal of war on the human psyche, interspersed with symbolic imagery and biblical metaphors. The story realistically portrays the young soldier's physical and psychological struggles after fleeing from his first encounter with a battle. He returns to his regiment to become a strong soldier and even taking on the task of the flag bearer in the final battle. Though Stephen Crane had never been in any combat situations, his interviews with a wide number of veterans enabled him to create this novel, widely regarded as a unusually realistic depiction of a young man in battle.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-boys-crusade-the-american-infantry-in-northwestern-europe-1944-1945-by-paul-fussell--65098312https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270285 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Boys' Crusade: The American Infantry in Northwestern Europe, 1944-1945 Author: Paul Fussell Narrator: Joel Leffert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 10 minutes Release date: January 16, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: National Book Award Winner Paul Fussell tells the breathtaking story of WWII from the young soldiers' points of view. WWII was not the glorified picture it is often depicted to be. For the American soldier it was a tiring, emotional, and gruesome experience. Fussell's extensive details and insight help to make this story come alive.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270285Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270285 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Boys' Crusade: The American Infantry in Northwestern Europe, 1944-1945 Author: Paul Fussell Narrator: Joel Leffert Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270285 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Boys' Crusade: The American Infantry in Northwestern Europe, 1944-1945 Author: Paul Fussell Narrator: Joel Leffert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 10 minutes Release date: January 16, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: National Book Award Winner Paul Fussell tells the breathtaking story of WWII from the young soldiers' points of view. WWII was not the glorified picture it is often depicted to be. For the American soldier it was a tiring, emotional, and gruesome experience. Fussell's extensive details and insight help to make this story come alive.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/generals-in-bronze-interviewing-the-commanders-of-the-civil-war-by-william-b-styple--65098457https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/132998 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Generals in Bronze: Interviewing the Commanders of the Civil War Author: William B. Styple Narrator: John Lescault Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 2 minutes Release date: January 1, 2008 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In the decades that followed the American Civil War, artist James E. Kelly (1855–1933) conducted in-depth interviews with more than forty Union generals in an effort to accurately portray them in their greatest moment of glory. “I had always felt a great lack of certain personal details,” Kelly explained. “I made up my mind to ask from the living officers every question that I would have asked Washington or his generals had they posed for me, such as what they considered the principal incidents in their career and particulars about costumes and surroundings.” When, during one interview, a general declared, “I don't see how you can show this in a picture,” Kelly responded, “Just tell me the facts, and I’ll attend to the picture.” By recording those stirring facts, Kelly left us a truly unique picture of the great figures of the American Civil War.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/132998Tue, 01 Jan 2008 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/132998 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Generals in Bronze: Interviewing the Commanders of the Civil War Author: William B. Styple Narrator: John Lescault Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/132998 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Generals in Bronze: Interviewing the Commanders of the Civil War Author: William B. Styple Narrator: John Lescault Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 2 minutes Release date: January 1, 2008 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In the decades that followed the American Civil War, artist James E. Kelly (1855–1933) conducted in-depth interviews with more than forty Union generals in an effort to accurately portray them in their greatest moment of glory. “I had always felt a great lack of certain personal details,” Kelly explained. “I made up my mind to ask from the living officers every question that I would have asked Washington or his generals had they posed for me, such as what they considered the principal incidents in their career and particulars about costumes and surroundings.” When, during one interview, a general declared, “I don't see how you can show this in a picture,” Kelly responded, “Just tell me the facts, and I’ll attend to the picture.” By recording those stirring facts, Kelly left us a truly unique picture of the great figures of the American Civil War.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-time-to-lead-for-duty-honor-and-country-by-wesley-k-clark--65098406https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/191458 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Time to Lead: For Duty, Honor and Country Author: Wesley K. Clark Narrator: Wesley K. Clark Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 2 minutes Release date: September 18, 2007 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In 2003, General Wesley Clark ran for the Democratic Party's nomination for President of the United States. Since then, he has become a major figure on the political scene, commenting on television and keynoting conferences. Focusing on his major life battles—from his difficult youth in Arkansas, through the horror of Vietnam, the post-war rebuilding of national security and the struggles surrounding the new world order after the Cold War—this groundbreaking audiobook draws lessons from General Clark's unique experiences and reveals his plan for America, at home and in the world. Also included are General Clark's unique stances on the following: • Foreign Policy: Reinvigorate the Atlantic Alliance and formulate a plan for a stable Middle East • The Economy: Advocate holistic economic strategies in to advance our national security objectives • The Environment: Balance the short-term commercial needs for with long-term respect for our natural resources • Education/Health Care: Provide more direct assistance in areas such as education, health care, and retirement security by proper allocation of responsibilities between public and private entities]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/191458Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/191458 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Time to Lead: For Duty, Honor and Country Author: Wesley K. Clark Narrator: Wesley K. Clark Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 2 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/191458 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Time to Lead: For Duty, Honor and Country Author: Wesley K. Clark Narrator: Wesley K. Clark Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 2 minutes Release date: September 18, 2007 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In 2003, General Wesley Clark ran for the Democratic Party's nomination for President of the United States. Since then, he has become a major figure on the political scene, commenting on television and keynoting conferences. Focusing on his major life battles—from his difficult youth in Arkansas, through the horror of Vietnam, the post-war rebuilding of national security and the struggles surrounding the new world order after the Cold War—this groundbreaking audiobook draws lessons from General Clark's unique experiences and reveals his plan for America, at home and in the world. Also included are General Clark's unique stances on the following: • Foreign Policy: Reinvigorate the Atlantic Alliance and formulate a plan for a stable Middle East • The Economy: Advocate holistic economic strategies in to advance our national security objectives • The Environment: Balance the short-term commercial needs for with long-term respect for our natural resources • Education/Health Care: Provide more direct assistance in areas such as education, health care, and retirement security by proper allocation of responsibilities between public and private entities]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/last-flag-down-the-epic-journey-of-the-last-confederate-warship-by-ron-powers-john-baldwin--65098480https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/52206 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Last Flag Down: The Epic Journey of the Last Confederate Warship Author: Ron Powers, John Baldwin Narrator: Michael Kramer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 26 minutes Release date: May 15, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: a loyal warrior. a dying cause. an epic race for salvation. As the Confederacy felt itself slipping beneath the Union juggernaut in late 1864, the South launched a desperate counteroffensive to force a standoff. Its secret weapon? A state-of-the-art raiding ship whose mission was to sink the U.S. merchant fleet. The raider’s name was Shenandoah, and her executive officer was Conway Whittle, a twenty-four-year-old warrior. Whittle would share command with a dark and brooding veteran of the seas, Capt. James Waddell, and together with their crew, they would spend nearly a year destroying dozens of Union ships, all while continually dodging the enemy. Then, in August of 1865, a British ship revealed the shocking truth to the men of Shenandoah: The war had been over for months, and they were now being hunted as pirates. What ensued was an incredible 15,000-mile journey to the one place the crew hoped to find sanctuary, only to discover that their fate would depend on how they answered a single question. Wondrously evocative, LAST FLAG DOWN is a riveting story of courage, nobility, and rare comradeship forged in the quest to achieve the impossible.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/52206Tue, 15 May 2007 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/52206 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Last Flag Down: The Epic Journey of the Last Confederate Warship Author: Ron Powers, John Baldwin Narrator: Michael Kramer Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/52206 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Last Flag Down: The Epic Journey of the Last Confederate Warship Author: Ron Powers, John Baldwin Narrator: Michael Kramer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 26 minutes Release date: May 15, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: a loyal warrior. a dying cause. an epic race for salvation. As the Confederacy felt itself slipping beneath the Union juggernaut in late 1864, the South launched a desperate counteroffensive to force a standoff. Its secret weapon? A state-of-the-art raiding ship whose mission was to sink the U.S. merchant fleet. The raider’s name was Shenandoah, and her executive officer was Conway Whittle, a twenty-four-year-old warrior. Whittle would share command with a dark and brooding veteran of the seas, Capt. James Waddell, and together with their crew, they would spend nearly a year destroying dozens of Union ships, all while continually dodging the enemy. Then, in August of 1865, a British ship revealed the shocking truth to the men of Shenandoah: The war had been over for months, and they were now being hunted as pirates. What ensued was an incredible 15,000-mile journey to the one place the crew hoped to find sanctuary, only to discover that their fate would depend on how they answered a single question. Wondrously evocative, LAST FLAG DOWN is a riveting story of courage, nobility, and rare comradeship forged in the quest to achieve the impossible.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/black-virgin-mountain-a-return-to-vietnam-by-larry-heinemann--65098385https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201193 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black Virgin Mountain: A Return to Vietnam Author: Larry Heinemann Narrator: Larry Heinemann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 50 minutes Release date: April 21, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.67 of Total 9 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: An intense, harrowing recounting of Larry Heinemann’s brutal tour of duty in Southeast Asia that tragically and irrevocably altered his life and that of his family, and the long journey of mourning that led him, ultimately, to reconciliation.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201193Sat, 21 Apr 2007 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201193 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black Virgin Mountain: A Return to Vietnam Author: Larry Heinemann Narrator: Larry Heinemann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 50 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201193 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black Virgin Mountain: A Return to Vietnam Author: Larry Heinemann Narrator: Larry Heinemann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 50 minutes Release date: April 21, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.67 of Total 9 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: An intense, harrowing recounting of Larry Heinemann’s brutal tour of duty in Southeast Asia that tragically and irrevocably altered his life and that of his family, and the long journey of mourning that led him, ultimately, to reconciliation.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/grant-and-sherman-the-friendship-that-won-the-civil-war-by-charles-bracelen-flood--65098359https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233641 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Grant and Sherman: The Friendship That Won the Civil War Author: Charles Bracelen Flood Narrator: Charles Bracelen Flood Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 58 minutes Release date: January 16, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: ''We were as brothers,'' William Tecumseh Sherman said, describing his relationship with Ulysses S. Grant. They were incontestably two of the most important figures in the Civil War, but until now there has been no book about their victorious partnership and the deep friendship that made it possible. Heeding the call to save the Union, each struggled past political hurdles to join the war effort. Taking each other's measure at the Battle of Shiloh, they began their unique collaboration. Often together under fire on the war's great battlefields, they shared the demands of family life, the heartache of loss, and supported each other in the face of mudslinging by the press and politicians. Their growing mutual admiration and trust set the stage for the crucial final year of the war and the peace that would follow. Moving and elegantly written, Grant and Sherman is a historical page-turner: a gripping portrait of two men whose friendship, forged on the battlefield, would win the Civil War.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233641Tue, 16 Jan 2007 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233641 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Grant and Sherman: The Friendship That Won the Civil War Author: Charles Bracelen Flood Narrator: Charles Bracelen Flood Format: Abridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233641 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Grant and Sherman: The Friendship That Won the Civil War Author: Charles Bracelen Flood Narrator: Charles Bracelen Flood Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 58 minutes Release date: January 16, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: ''We were as brothers,'' William Tecumseh Sherman said, describing his relationship with Ulysses S. Grant. They were incontestably two of the most important figures in the Civil War, but until now there has been no book about their victorious partnership and the deep friendship that made it possible. Heeding the call to save the Union, each struggled past political hurdles to join the war effort. Taking each other's measure at the Battle of Shiloh, they began their unique collaboration. Often together under fire on the war's great battlefields, they shared the demands of family life, the heartache of loss, and supported each other in the face of mudslinging by the press and politicians. Their growing mutual admiration and trust set the stage for the crucial final year of the war and the peace that would follow. Moving and elegantly written, Grant and Sherman is a historical page-turner: a gripping portrait of two men whose friendship, forged on the battlefield, would win the Civil War.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-fall-of-che-guevara-a-story-of-soldiers-spies-and-diplomats-by-henry-butterfield-ryan--65098455https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/136959 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fall of Che Guevara: A Story of Soldiers, Spies, and Diplomats Author: Henry Butterfield Ryan Narrator: Richard McGonagle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 17 minutes Release date: January 1, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: This book tells the story—for the first time—of the United States government’s response to Guevara’s ill-starred insurgency in Bolivia in 1967. Henry Butterfield Ryan argues that Guevara’s life must be reevaluated in light of secret documents only recently released by the CIA, the State Department, the Pentagon, and the National Security Council. Ryan’s dramatic account of the last days of Che Guevara is sure to appeal to scholars and students of United States foreign policy, Latin American history, military history, and to all others interested in this modern revolutionary’s remarkable life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/136959Mon, 01 Jan 2007 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/136959 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fall of Che Guevara: A Story of Soldiers, Spies, and Diplomats Author: Henry Butterfield Ryan Narrator: Richard McGonagle Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/136959 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fall of Che Guevara: A Story of Soldiers, Spies, and Diplomats Author: Henry Butterfield Ryan Narrator: Richard McGonagle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 17 minutes Release date: January 1, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: This book tells the story—for the first time—of the United States government’s response to Guevara’s ill-starred insurgency in Bolivia in 1967. Henry Butterfield Ryan argues that Guevara’s life must be reevaluated in light of secret documents only recently released by the CIA, the State Department, the Pentagon, and the National Security Council. Ryan’s dramatic account of the last days of Che Guevara is sure to appeal to scholars and students of United States foreign policy, Latin American history, military history, and to all others interested in this modern revolutionary’s remarkable life.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sherman-a-biography-by-steven-e-woodworth--65098449https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/136775 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sherman: A Biography Series: Part of The Great Generals Series Author: Steven E. Woodworth Narrator: Tom Weiner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 1, 2007 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: William Tecumseh Sherman was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy, as well as criticism for the harshness of the “scorched earth” policies that he implemented in conducting total war against the Confederate states. Military historian Basil Liddell Hart famously declared that Sherman was “the first modern general.”]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/136775Mon, 01 Jan 2007 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/136775 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sherman: A Biography Series: Part of The Great Generals Series Author: Steven E. Woodworth Narrator: Tom Weiner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/136775 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sherman: A Biography Series: Part of The Great Generals Series Author: Steven E. Woodworth Narrator: Tom Weiner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 1, 2007 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: William Tecumseh Sherman was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy, as well as criticism for the harshness of the “scorched earth” policies that he implemented in conducting total war against the Confederate states. Military historian Basil Liddell Hart famously declared that Sherman was “the first modern general.”]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/andrew-jackson-a-biography-by-robert-vincent-remini--65098437https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/132590 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Andrew Jackson: A Biography Series: Part of The Great Generals Series Author: Robert Vincent Remini Narrator: Tom Weiner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 50 minutes Release date: January 1, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: It was Andrew Jackson’s military heroism that helped to usher him into the presidency. From the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812 to the Indian Wars and his unorthodox presence in the White House, Jackson is one of the most fascinating figures in American history. Here is his life as told by the foremost Jackson historian of our time.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/132590Mon, 01 Jan 2007 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/132590 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Andrew Jackson: A Biography Series: Part of The Great Generals Series Author: Robert Vincent Remini Narrator: Tom Weiner Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/132590 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Andrew Jackson: A Biography Series: Part of The Great Generals Series Author: Robert Vincent Remini Narrator: Tom Weiner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 50 minutes Release date: January 1, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: It was Andrew Jackson’s military heroism that helped to usher him into the presidency. From the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812 to the Indian Wars and his unorthodox presence in the White House, Jackson is one of the most fascinating figures in American history. Here is his life as told by the foremost Jackson historian of our time.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bradley-a-biography-by-alan-axelrod--65098371https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245117 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bradley: A Biography Series: Part of The Great Generals Series Author: Alan Axelrod Narrator: William Hughes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: January 1, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Known by his troops in World War II as “The GI General” because of his close identification with the men under his command, Omar Bradley commanded the Twelfth US Army Group in Europe. By the spring of 1945, this group contained four field armies, twelve corps, forty-eight divisions, and more than 1.3 million men, the largest exclusively American field command in US history. A mild mannered man, General Bradley created the impression less of a soldier than of a teacher, which he was during much of his early career in the Army. He earned a reputation as an eminent tactician and rose through the ranks to become a five-star general.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245117Mon, 01 Jan 2007 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245117 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bradley: A Biography Series: Part of The Great Generals Series Author: Alan Axelrod Narrator: William Hughes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245117 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bradley: A Biography Series: Part of The Great Generals Series Author: Alan Axelrod Narrator: William Hughes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: January 1, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Known by his troops in World War II as “The GI General” because of his close identification with the men under his command, Omar Bradley commanded the Twelfth US Army Group in Europe. By the spring of 1945, this group contained four field armies, twelve corps, forty-eight divisions, and more than 1.3 million men, the largest exclusively American field command in US history. A mild mannered man, General Bradley created the impression less of a soldier than of a teacher, which he was during much of his early career in the Army. He earned a reputation as an eminent tactician and rose through the ranks to become a five-star general.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/macarthur-by-richard-b-frank--65098364https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245119 to listen full audiobooks. Title: MacArthur Series: Part of The Great Generals Series Author: Richard B. Frank Narrator: Tom Weiner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 1, 2007 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Douglas MacArthur is best remembered for his adaptability that hoisted him to his greatest accomplishments. Adaptability now reigns as the most indispensable trait for high military leadership in an era of technological leaps that guarantee the nature of war will radically change during the span of an ordinary career. No American figure better exemplifies this trait than the man who was commissioned before the Wright Brothers’ first flight but became a keen exponent of an entirely new dimension in warfare. He was also in charge of the US occupation of Japan, the most successful occupation in history.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245119Mon, 01 Jan 2007 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245119 to listen full audiobooks. Title: MacArthur Series: Part of The Great Generals Series Author: Richard B. Frank Narrator: Tom Weiner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245119 to listen full audiobooks. Title: MacArthur Series: Part of The Great Generals Series Author: Richard B. Frank Narrator: Tom Weiner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 1, 2007 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Douglas MacArthur is best remembered for his adaptability that hoisted him to his greatest accomplishments. Adaptability now reigns as the most indispensable trait for high military leadership in an era of technological leaps that guarantee the nature of war will radically change during the span of an ordinary career. No American figure better exemplifies this trait than the man who was commissioned before the Wright Brothers’ first flight but became a keen exponent of an entirely new dimension in warfare. He was also in charge of the US occupation of Japan, the most successful occupation in history.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/patton-a-biography-by-alan-axelrod--65098345https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245527 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Patton: A Biography Series: Part of The Great Generals Series Author: Alan Axelrod Narrator: Brian Emerson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 1, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: George S. Patton was a general who achieved greatness in his field by contradicting his own nature. A cavalryman steeped in romantic military tradition, he nevertheless pulled a reluctant American military into the most advanced realms of highly mobile armored warfare. An autocratic snob, Patton created unparalleled rapport and loyalty with the lowliest private in his command. An outspoken racist, he led the only racially integrated US military unit in World War II. A profoundly insecure individual, he made his Third Army the most self-confident and consistently victorious fighting force in the European theater. An exuberantly profane man, he prayed daily and believed God had destined him for military greatness. Alan Axelrod delivers a fascinating account of Patton’s extraordinary life and legacy.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245527Mon, 01 Jan 2007 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245527 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Patton: A Biography Series: Part of The Great Generals Series Author: Alan Axelrod Narrator: Brian Emerson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245527 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Patton: A Biography Series: Part of The Great Generals Series Author: Alan Axelrod Narrator: Brian Emerson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 1, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: George S. Patton was a general who achieved greatness in his field by contradicting his own nature. A cavalryman steeped in romantic military tradition, he nevertheless pulled a reluctant American military into the most advanced realms of highly mobile armored warfare. An autocratic snob, Patton created unparalleled rapport and loyalty with the lowliest private in his command. An outspoken racist, he led the only racially integrated US military unit in World War II. A profoundly insecure individual, he made his Third Army the most self-confident and consistently victorious fighting force in the European theater. An exuberantly profane man, he prayed daily and believed God had destined him for military greatness. Alan Axelrod delivers a fascinating account of Patton’s extraordinary life and legacy.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/grant-a-biography-by-john-mosier--65098314https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245126 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Grant: A Biography Series: Part of The Great Generals Series Author: John Mosier Narrator: Brian Emerson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 1, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 6 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In this addition to the Palgrave Great Generals Series, John Mosier brings to life the brilliant military strategist Ulysses S. Grant. A modest and unassuming man, Grant never lost a battle, leading the Union to victory over the Confederacy during the Civil War, ultimately becoming president of the re-united states. Grant revolutionized military warfare by creating new leadership strategies and by integrating new technologies in classical military strategy. In this compelling biography, Mosier reveals the man behind the military legend, showing how Grant’s creativity and genius off the battlefield shaped him into one of our nation’s greatest military leaders.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245126Mon, 01 Jan 2007 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245126 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Grant: A Biography Series: Part of The Great Generals Series Author: John Mosier Narrator: Brian Emerson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245126 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Grant: A Biography Series: Part of The Great Generals Series Author: John Mosier Narrator: Brian Emerson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 1, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 6 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In this addition to the Palgrave Great Generals Series, John Mosier brings to life the brilliant military strategist Ulysses S. Grant. A modest and unassuming man, Grant never lost a battle, leading the Union to victory over the Confederacy during the Civil War, ultimately becoming president of the re-united states. Grant revolutionized military warfare by creating new leadership strategies and by integrating new technologies in classical military strategy. In this compelling biography, Mosier reveals the man behind the military legend, showing how Grant’s creativity and genius off the battlefield shaped him into one of our nation’s greatest military leaders.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pershing-a-biography-by-jim-lacey--65098310https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245524 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pershing: A Biography Series: Part of The Great Generals Series Author: Jim Lacey Narrator: Tom Weiner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 1, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In this persuasive biography, Jim Lacey sheds light on General Pershing’s legacy as the nation’s first modern combat commander, setting the standard for today’s four-star officers. When the US entered into World War I in 1917, they did so with inadequate forces. In just over a year, Pershing built and hurled a one-million-man army against forty battle-hardened German divisions, defending the hellish Meuse-Argonne and turning the tide of the war. With focus and clarity, Lacey traces Pershing’s development from Indian fighter to guerrilla warrior against the Philippine insurgency to victorious WWI commander.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245524Mon, 01 Jan 2007 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245524 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pershing: A Biography Series: Part of The Great Generals Series Author: Jim Lacey Narrator: Tom Weiner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245524 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pershing: A Biography Series: Part of The Great Generals Series Author: Jim Lacey Narrator: Tom Weiner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 1, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In this persuasive biography, Jim Lacey sheds light on General Pershing’s legacy as the nation’s first modern combat commander, setting the standard for today’s four-star officers. When the US entered into World War I in 1917, they did so with inadequate forces. In just over a year, Pershing built and hurled a one-million-man army against forty battle-hardened German divisions, defending the hellish Meuse-Argonne and turning the tide of the war. With focus and clarity, Lacey traces Pershing’s development from Indian fighter to guerrilla warrior against the Philippine insurgency to victorious WWI commander.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ship-of-ghosts-the-story-of-the-uss-houston-fdr-s-legendary-lost-cruiser-and-the-epic-saga-of-of-her-survivors-by-james-d-hornfischer--65098460https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/158457 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of of Her Survivors Author: James D. Hornfischer Narrator: Marc Cashman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 33 minutes Release date: November 7, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Son, we’re going to Hell.' The navigator of the USS Houston confided these prophetic words to a young officer as he and his captain charted a course into U.S. naval legend. Renowned as FDR’s favorite warship, the cruiser USS Houston was a prize target trapped in the far Pacific after Pearl Harbor. Without hope of reinforcement, her crew faced a superior Japanese force ruthlessly committed to total conquest. It wasn’t a fair fight, but the men of the Houston would wage it to the death. Hornfischer brings to life the awesome terror of nighttime naval battles that turned decks into strobe-lit slaughterhouses, the deadly rain of fire from Japanese bombers, and the almost superhuman effort of the crew as they miraculously escaped disaster again and again–until their luck ran out during a daring action in Sunda Strait. There, hopelessly outnumbered, the Houston was finally sunk and its survivors taken prisoner. For more than three years their fate would be a mystery to families waiting at home. In the brutal privation of jungle POW camps dubiously immortalized in such films as The Bridge on the River Kwai, the war continued for the men of the Houston—a life-and-death struggle to survive forced labor, starvation, disease, and psychological torture. Here is the gritty, unvarnished story of the infamous Burma–Thailand Death Railway glamorized by Hollywood, but which in reality mercilessly reduced men to little more than animals, who fought back against their dehumanization with dignity, ingenuity, sabotage, will–power—and the undying faith that their country would prevail. Using journals and letters, rare historical documents, including testimony from postwar Japanese war crimes tribunals, and the eyewitness accounts of Houston’s survivors, James Hornfischer has crafted an account of human valor so riveting and awe-inspiring, it’s easy to forget that every single word is true.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/158457Tue, 07 Nov 2006 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/158457 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of of Her Survivors Author: James D. Hornfischer...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/158457 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of of Her Survivors Author: James D. Hornfischer Narrator: Marc Cashman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 33 minutes Release date: November 7, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Son, we’re going to Hell.' The navigator of the USS Houston confided these prophetic words to a young officer as he and his captain charted a course into U.S. naval legend. Renowned as FDR’s favorite warship, the cruiser USS Houston was a prize target trapped in the far Pacific after Pearl Harbor. Without hope of reinforcement, her crew faced a superior Japanese force ruthlessly committed to total conquest. It wasn’t a fair fight, but the men of the Houston would wage it to the death. Hornfischer brings to life the awesome terror of nighttime naval battles that turned decks into strobe-lit slaughterhouses, the deadly rain of fire from Japanese bombers, and the almost superhuman effort of the crew as they miraculously escaped disaster again and again–until their luck ran out during a daring action in Sunda Strait. There, hopelessly outnumbered, the Houston was finally sunk and its survivors taken prisoner. For more than three years their fate would be a mystery to families waiting at home. In the brutal privation of jungle POW camps dubiously immortalized in such films as The Bridge on the River Kwai, the war continued for the men of the Houston—a life-and-death struggle to survive forced labor, starvation, disease, and psychological torture. Here is the gritty, unvarnished story of the infamous Burma–Thailand Death Railway glamorized by Hollywood, but which in reality mercilessly reduced men to little more than animals, who fought back against their dehumanization with dignity, ingenuity, sabotage, will–power—and the undying faith that their country would prevail. Using journals and letters, rare historical documents, including testimony from postwar Japanese war crimes tribunals, and the eyewitness accounts of Houston’s survivors, James Hornfischer has crafted an account of human valor so riveting and awe-inspiring, it’s easy to forget that every single word is true.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ship-of-ghosts-the-story-of-the-uss-houston-fdr-s-legendary-lost-cruiser-and-the-epic-saga-of-her-survivors-by-james-d-hornfischer--65098452https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/158463 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of her Survivors Author: James D. Hornfischer Narrator: Robertson Dean Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 31, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Son, we’re going to Hell.' The navigator of the USS Houston confided these prophetic words to a young officer as he and his captain charted a course into U.S. naval legend. Renowned as FDR’s favorite warship, the cruiser USS Houston was a prize target trapped in the far Pacific after Pearl Harbor. Without hope of reinforcement, her crew faced a superior Japanese force ruthlessly committed to total conquest. It wasn’t a fair fight, but the men of the Houston would wage it to the death. Hornfischer brings to life the awesome terror of nighttime naval battles that turned decks into strobe-lit slaughterhouses, the deadly rain of fire from Japanese bombers, and the almost superhuman effort of the crew as they miraculously escaped disaster again and again–until their luck ran out during a daring action in Sunda Strait. There, hopelessly outnumbered, the Houston was finally sunk and its survivors taken prisoner. For more than three years their fate would be a mystery to families waiting at home. In the brutal privation of jungle POW camps dubiously immortalized in such films as The Bridge on the River Kwai, the war continued for the men of the Houston—a life-and-death struggle to survive forced labor, starvation, disease, and psychological torture. Here is the gritty, unvarnished story of the infamous Burma–Thailand Death Railway glamorized by Hollywood, but which in reality mercilessly reduced men to little more than animals, who fought back against their dehumanization with dignity, ingenuity, sabotage, will–power—and the undying faith that their country would prevail. Using journals and letters, rare historical documents, including testimony from postwar Japanese war crimes tribunals, and the eyewitness accounts of Houston’s survivors, James Hornfischer has crafted an account of human valor so riveting and awe-inspiring, it’s easy to forget that every single word is true.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/158463Tue, 31 Oct 2006 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/158463 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of her Survivors Author: James D. Hornfischer Narrator:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/158463 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of her Survivors Author: James D. Hornfischer Narrator: Robertson Dean Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 31, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Son, we’re going to Hell.' The navigator of the USS Houston confided these prophetic words to a young officer as he and his captain charted a course into U.S. naval legend. Renowned as FDR’s favorite warship, the cruiser USS Houston was a prize target trapped in the far Pacific after Pearl Harbor. Without hope of reinforcement, her crew faced a superior Japanese force ruthlessly committed to total conquest. It wasn’t a fair fight, but the men of the Houston would wage it to the death. Hornfischer brings to life the awesome terror of nighttime naval battles that turned decks into strobe-lit slaughterhouses, the deadly rain of fire from Japanese bombers, and the almost superhuman effort of the crew as they miraculously escaped disaster again and again–until their luck ran out during a daring action in Sunda Strait. There, hopelessly outnumbered, the Houston was finally sunk and its survivors taken prisoner. For more than three years their fate would be a mystery to families waiting at home. In the brutal privation of jungle POW camps dubiously immortalized in such films as The Bridge on the River Kwai, the war continued for the men of the Houston—a life-and-death struggle to survive forced labor, starvation, disease, and psychological torture. Here is the gritty, unvarnished story of the infamous Burma–Thailand Death Railway glamorized by Hollywood, but which in reality mercilessly reduced men to little more than animals, who fought back against their dehumanization with dignity, ingenuity, sabotage, will–power—and the undying faith that their country would prevail. Using journals and letters, rare historical documents, including testimony from postwar Japanese war crimes tribunals, and the eyewitness accounts of Houston’s survivors, James Hornfischer has crafted an account of human valor so riveting and awe-inspiring, it’s easy to forget that every single word is true.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/blood-and-thunder-an-epic-of-the-american-west-by-hampton-sides--65098458https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/159431 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West Author: Hampton Sides Narrator: Don Leslie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 3, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.51 of Total 39 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 15 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of Ghost Soldiers comes an eye-opening history of the American conquest of the West—'a story full of authority and color, truth and prophecy' (The New York Times Book Review). In the summer of 1846, the Army of the West marched through Santa Fe, en route to invade and occupy the Western territories claimed by Mexico. Fueled by the new ideology of “Manifest Destiny,” this land grab would lead to a decades-long battle between the United States and the Navajos, the fiercely resistant rulers of a huge swath of mountainous desert wilderness. At the center of this sweeping tale is Kit Carson, the trapper, scout, and soldier whose adventures made him a legend. Sides shows us how this illiterate mountain man understood and respected the Western tribes better than any other American, yet willingly followed orders that would ultimately devastate the Navajo nation. Rich in detail and spanning more than three decades, this is an essential addition to our understanding of how the West was really won.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/159431Tue, 03 Oct 2006 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/159431 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West Author: Hampton Sides Narrator: Don Leslie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 0 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/159431 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West Author: Hampton Sides Narrator: Don Leslie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 3, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.51 of Total 39 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 15 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of Ghost Soldiers comes an eye-opening history of the American conquest of the West—'a story full of authority and color, truth and prophecy' (The New York Times Book Review). In the summer of 1846, the Army of the West marched through Santa Fe, en route to invade and occupy the Western territories claimed by Mexico. Fueled by the new ideology of “Manifest Destiny,” this land grab would lead to a decades-long battle between the United States and the Navajos, the fiercely resistant rulers of a huge swath of mountainous desert wilderness. At the center of this sweeping tale is Kit Carson, the trapper, scout, and soldier whose adventures made him a legend. Sides shows us how this illiterate mountain man understood and respected the Western tribes better than any other American, yet willingly followed orders that would ultimately devastate the Navajo nation. Rich in detail and spanning more than three decades, this is an essential addition to our understanding of how the West was really won.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-american-journey-by-joseph-e-persico-colin-powell--65098470https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/159492 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My American Journey Author: Joseph E. Persico, Colin Powell Narrator: Colin Powell Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 42 minutes Release date: September 19, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.23 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 5 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A great American success story . . . an endearing and well-written book.”—The New York Times Book Review Colin Powell is the embodiment of the American dream. He was born in Harlem to immigrant parents from Jamaica. He knew the rough life of the streets. He overcame a barely average start at school. Then he joined the Army. The rest is history—Vietnam, the Pentagon, Panama, Desert Storm—but a history that until now has been known only on the surface. Here, for the first time, Colin Powell himself tells us how it happened, in a memoir distinguished by a heartfelt love of country and family, warm good humor, and a soldier’s directness. My American Journey is the powerful story of a life well lived and well told. It is also a view from the mountaintop of the political landscape of America. At a time when Americans feel disenchanted with their leaders, General Powell’s passionate views on family, personal responsibility, and, in his own words, “the greatness of America and the opportunities it offers” inspire hope and present a blueprint for the future. An utterly absorbing account, it is history with a vision.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/159492Tue, 19 Sep 2006 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/159492 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My American Journey Author: Joseph E. Persico, Colin Powell Narrator: Colin Powell Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 42 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/159492 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My American Journey Author: Joseph E. Persico, Colin Powell Narrator: Colin Powell Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 42 minutes Release date: September 19, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.23 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 5 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A great American success story . . . an endearing and well-written book.”—The New York Times Book Review Colin Powell is the embodiment of the American dream. He was born in Harlem to immigrant parents from Jamaica. He knew the rough life of the streets. He overcame a barely average start at school. Then he joined the Army. The rest is history—Vietnam, the Pentagon, Panama, Desert Storm—but a history that until now has been known only on the surface. Here, for the first time, Colin Powell himself tells us how it happened, in a memoir distinguished by a heartfelt love of country and family, warm good humor, and a soldier’s directness. My American Journey is the powerful story of a life well lived and well told. It is also a view from the mountaintop of the political landscape of America. At a time when Americans feel disenchanted with their leaders, General Powell’s passionate views on family, personal responsibility, and, in his own words, “the greatness of America and the opportunities it offers” inspire hope and present a blueprint for the future. An utterly absorbing account, it is history with a vision.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/burn-before-reading-presidents-cia-directors-and-secret-intelligence-by-admiral-stansfield-turner--65098469https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/103127 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Burn Before Reading: Presidents, CIA Directors, and Secret Intelligence Author: Admiral Stansfield Turner Narrator: Michael Prichard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 15, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: As never before, the American public is fascinated by how the United States government gathers intelligence. And there is no one better than Admiral Stansfield Turner, CIA Director under President Carter, to reveal the politics and personal issues that can interfere with how the President of the United States deals with the Intelligence Community and the CIA Director in particular. In never before told anecdotes, Admiral Turner takes the reader inside the White House, into closed door meetings and tense discussions, showing the workings of the US government with a kind of understanding that comes from being an intimate of many high-level government officials, including ex-Presidents. Admiral Stansfield Turner served as Director of Central Intelligence from 1977-1981. As such, he headed both the Intelligence Community (composed of all of the foreign intelligence agencies of the United States) and the Central Intelligence Agency. He was responsible for developing new procedures for closer oversight of the Intelligence Community by Congress and the White House, led the Intelligence Community in adapting to a new era of real-time photographic satellites and instituted major management reform at the CIA. Previously as an Admiral in the U.S. Navy he served as commander of the U.s. Second Fleet and NATO Striking Fleet Atlantic, and as the commander-in-chief ofNA TO's Southern Flank. This is his fifth book.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/103127Sat, 15 Oct 2005 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/103127 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Burn Before Reading: Presidents, CIA Directors, and Secret Intelligence Author: Admiral Stansfield Turner Narrator: Michael Prichard Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/103127 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Burn Before Reading: Presidents, CIA Directors, and Secret Intelligence Author: Admiral Stansfield Turner Narrator: Michael Prichard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 15, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: As never before, the American public is fascinated by how the United States government gathers intelligence. And there is no one better than Admiral Stansfield Turner, CIA Director under President Carter, to reveal the politics and personal issues that can interfere with how the President of the United States deals with the Intelligence Community and the CIA Director in particular. In never before told anecdotes, Admiral Turner takes the reader inside the White House, into closed door meetings and tense discussions, showing the workings of the US government with a kind of understanding that comes from being an intimate of many high-level government officials, including ex-Presidents. Admiral Stansfield Turner served as Director of Central Intelligence from 1977-1981. As such, he headed both the Intelligence Community (composed of all of the foreign intelligence agencies of the United States) and the Central Intelligence Agency. He was responsible for developing new procedures for closer oversight of the Intelligence Community by Congress and the White House, led the Intelligence Community in adapting to a new era of real-time photographic satellites and instituted major management reform at the CIA. Previously as an Admiral in the U.S. Navy he served as commander of the U.s. Second Fleet and NATO Striking Fleet Atlantic, and as the commander-in-chief ofNA TO's Southern Flank. This is his fifth book.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hope-and-honor-by-jann-robbins-general-sid-shachnow--65098462https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135124 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hope and Honor Author: Jann Robbins, General Sid Shachnow Narrator: Brian Emerson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 28 minutes Release date: June 27, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Major General Sid Shachnow was ten-years old when he escaped the notorious Kovno concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Lithuania. Later, he traveled to post-war Germany and he earned a living as a courier for his mother’s black market business. His family eventually came to America where he struggled to get an education, held down three jobs and courted the girl of his dreams. Major General Shachnow began his career in the US Army as a driver for various officers in Europe, all of whom spotted potential in the young private and encouraged him to become an officer. After nearly forty years of service to his country, including two tours of duty in Vietnam, Major General Shachnow could look back on a career and a life with pride, sadness and a sense of duty spawned from freedom, both lost and earned.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135124Mon, 27 Jun 2005 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135124 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hope and Honor Author: Jann Robbins, General Sid Shachnow Narrator: Brian Emerson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 28 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135124 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hope and Honor Author: Jann Robbins, General Sid Shachnow Narrator: Brian Emerson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 28 minutes Release date: June 27, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Major General Sid Shachnow was ten-years old when he escaped the notorious Kovno concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Lithuania. Later, he traveled to post-war Germany and he earned a living as a courier for his mother’s black market business. His family eventually came to America where he struggled to get an education, held down three jobs and courted the girl of his dreams. Major General Shachnow began his career in the US Army as a driver for various officers in Europe, all of whom spotted potential in the young private and encouraged him to become an officer. After nearly forty years of service to his country, including two tours of duty in Vietnam, Major General Shachnow could look back on a career and a life with pride, sadness and a sense of duty spawned from freedom, both lost and earned.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/back-in-action-an-american-soldier-s-story-of-courage-faith-and-fortitude-by-captain-david-rozelle--65098335https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252375 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Back in Action: An American Soldier’s Story of Courage, Faith, and Fortitude Author: Captain David Rozelle Narrator: Patrick Lawlor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 44 minutes Release date: June 27, 2005 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: They put a price on his head. They did everything they could to disrupt his mission. Finally, when an antitank mine tore off his right foot, the warriors of jihad in Iraq thought they had neutralized one of their most resourceful, determined foes. They were wrong. Refusing to let his injury stop him, Captain David Rozelle roared back into action, returning to Iraq as commander of an armored cavalry troop. He became the first amputee in recent military history to resume a dangerous command on the same battlefield. In Back in Action, Rozelle, who has been awarded the Bronze Star with Valor and the Purple Heart, speaks with brisk frankness about his postamputation battles and the gritty determination that carried him through it all. It’s an astonishing story of courage, determination, heroism, and devotion to duty overcoming all obstacles.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252375Mon, 27 Jun 2005 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252375 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Back in Action: An American Soldier’s Story of Courage, Faith, and Fortitude Author: Captain David Rozelle Narrator: Patrick Lawlor Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252375 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Back in Action: An American Soldier’s Story of Courage, Faith, and Fortitude Author: Captain David Rozelle Narrator: Patrick Lawlor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 44 minutes Release date: June 27, 2005 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: They put a price on his head. They did everything they could to disrupt his mission. Finally, when an antitank mine tore off his right foot, the warriors of jihad in Iraq thought they had neutralized one of their most resourceful, determined foes. They were wrong. Refusing to let his injury stop him, Captain David Rozelle roared back into action, returning to Iraq as commander of an armored cavalry troop. He became the first amputee in recent military history to resume a dangerous command on the same battlefield. In Back in Action, Rozelle, who has been awarded the Bronze Star with Valor and the Purple Heart, speaks with brisk frankness about his postamputation battles and the gritty determination that carried him through it all. It’s an astonishing story of courage, determination, heroism, and devotion to duty overcoming all obstacles.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/raoul-wallenberg-revised-edition-by-harvey-rosenfeld--65098444https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/141967 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Raoul Wallenberg, Revised Edition Author: Harvey Rosenfeld Narrator: Michael Kramer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 26, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Now an international symbol of twentieth-century humanitarianism, Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat, issued countless “false” visas and other documents which were virtual life certificates that saved approximately one hundred thousand Jews from the Nazis in wartime Hungary. Then in 1945, as the war drew to a close, he disappeared after being taken into custody by Soviet military police. Today Wallenberg’s fate remains unknown. This authoritative biography discusses previously sealed prison records and archives, reports of sightings of Wallenberg, the Wallenberg family’s historic multi-million-dollar lawsuit against the former Soviet Union, and the worldwide activities in honor of this great man who refused to be a bystander.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/141967Sun, 26 Jun 2005 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/141967 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Raoul Wallenberg, Revised Edition Author: Harvey Rosenfeld Narrator: Michael Kramer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/141967 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Raoul Wallenberg, Revised Edition Author: Harvey Rosenfeld Narrator: Michael Kramer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 26, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Now an international symbol of twentieth-century humanitarianism, Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat, issued countless “false” visas and other documents which were virtual life certificates that saved approximately one hundred thousand Jews from the Nazis in wartime Hungary. Then in 1945, as the war drew to a close, he disappeared after being taken into custody by Soviet military police. Today Wallenberg’s fate remains unknown. This authoritative biography discusses previously sealed prison records and archives, reports of sightings of Wallenberg, the Wallenberg family’s historic multi-million-dollar lawsuit against the former Soviet Union, and the worldwide activities in honor of this great man who refused to be a bystander.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-fighting-pattons-by-brian-m-sobel--65098426https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/136989 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fighting Pattons Author: Brian M. Sobel Narrator: Adams Morgan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 13 minutes Release date: June 22, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: This book gives readers a unique look at a bold and legendary general, and the compelling story of his only son, who followed in his father’s footsteps. In America’s triumph over Nazi Germany, no name was more legendary than Patton, the general feared and admired even by his enemies. While Patton cut a path of victory in Europe, his son was growing up in his father’s footsteps, rubbing shoulders with the sons and daughters of presidents, generals, and kings. Decades later, George S. Patton would get his chance to prove his valor. But this was a different kind of war, in a place called Vietnam. Brimming with never-before-published information, plus interviews with such intriguing historical figures as Richard Nixon and General William Westmoreland, The Fighting Pattons captures a remarkable family through seasons of tragedy and victory. From their actions on the field to the abiding sense of duty that motivated them, here are two men who found a home in war, two men who served with brilliance, loyalty, and above all, an abiding commitment to the men who followed them into battle. Using a biographical format, this book provides a personal and candid look at General George S. Patton and his son. It is the most personal view of the Patton legacy ever presented.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/136989Wed, 22 Jun 2005 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/136989 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fighting Pattons Author: Brian M. Sobel Narrator: Adams Morgan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 13 minutes Release date: June 22, 2005...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/136989 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fighting Pattons Author: Brian M. Sobel Narrator: Adams Morgan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 13 minutes Release date: June 22, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: This book gives readers a unique look at a bold and legendary general, and the compelling story of his only son, who followed in his father’s footsteps. In America’s triumph over Nazi Germany, no name was more legendary than Patton, the general feared and admired even by his enemies. While Patton cut a path of victory in Europe, his son was growing up in his father’s footsteps, rubbing shoulders with the sons and daughters of presidents, generals, and kings. Decades later, George S. Patton would get his chance to prove his valor. But this was a different kind of war, in a place called Vietnam. Brimming with never-before-published information, plus interviews with such intriguing historical figures as Richard Nixon and General William Westmoreland, The Fighting Pattons captures a remarkable family through seasons of tragedy and victory. From their actions on the field to the abiding sense of duty that motivated them, here are two men who found a home in war, two men who served with brilliance, loyalty, and above all, an abiding commitment to the men who followed them into battle. Using a biographical format, this book provides a personal and candid look at General George S. Patton and his son. It is the most personal view of the Patton legacy ever presented.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/magnolia-grove-the-story-of-rear-admiral-richmond-pearson-hobson-by-harvey-rosenfeld--65098422https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/141410 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Magnolia Grove: The Story of Rear Admiral Richmond Pearson Hobson Author: Harvey Rosenfeld Narrator: John Lescault Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 39 minutes Release date: June 22, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Rear Admiral Richmond Pearson Hobson was a charismatic American hero whose colorful life at the beginning of the twentieth century reflected the rapidly changing politics of his day. Highly honored in his lifetime, he is largely unknown today. During the Spanish-American War, Hobson survived a “suicide mission,” sinking the Merrimac in an ironically failed attempt to block Santiago Harbor in Cuba. He was instantly hailed as a hero; but his personality proved more controversial. A Southerner, Hobson was involved with such touchy political issues as civil rights, women’s suffrage, and prohibition. To many he was a political genius, able to predict political changes well before they became reality. To others, he was an egoist who stepped on more than a few toes, including those of the two President Roosevelts, to further his own political career.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/141410Wed, 22 Jun 2005 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/141410 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Magnolia Grove: The Story of Rear Admiral Richmond Pearson Hobson Author: Harvey Rosenfeld Narrator: John Lescault Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/141410 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Magnolia Grove: The Story of Rear Admiral Richmond Pearson Hobson Author: Harvey Rosenfeld Narrator: John Lescault Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 39 minutes Release date: June 22, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Rear Admiral Richmond Pearson Hobson was a charismatic American hero whose colorful life at the beginning of the twentieth century reflected the rapidly changing politics of his day. Highly honored in his lifetime, he is largely unknown today. During the Spanish-American War, Hobson survived a “suicide mission,” sinking the Merrimac in an ironically failed attempt to block Santiago Harbor in Cuba. He was instantly hailed as a hero; but his personality proved more controversial. A Southerner, Hobson was involved with such touchy political issues as civil rights, women’s suffrage, and prohibition. To many he was a political genius, able to predict political changes well before they became reality. To others, he was an egoist who stepped on more than a few toes, including those of the two President Roosevelts, to further his own political career.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-gift-of-valor-a-war-story-by-michael-m-phillips--65098463https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345069 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gift of Valor: A War Story Author: Michael M. Phillips Narrator: Michael Prichard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 21, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The true story of US Marine Corporal Jason Dunham's brave act that saved fellow Marines and earned him the Congressional Medal of Honor. Corporal Dunham was on patrol near the Syrian border, on April 14, 2004, when a black-clad Iraqi leaped out of a car and grabbed him around his neck. Fighting hand-to-hand in the dirt, Dunham saw his attacker drop a grenade and made the instantaneous decision to place his own helmet over the explosive in the hope of containing the blast and protecting his men. When the smoke cleared, Dunham’s helmet was in shreds, and the corporal lay face down in his own blood. The Marines beside him were seriously wounded. Dunham was subsequently nominated for the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation’ s highest award for military valor. Phillips’s minute-by-minute chronicle of the chaotic fighting that raged throughout the area and culminated in Dunham’s injury provides a grunt’s-eye view of war as it’s being fought today—fear, confusion, bravery, and suffering set against a brotherhood forged in combat. His account of Dunham’s eight-day journey home and of his parents’ heartrending reunion with their son powerfully illustrates the cold brutality of war and the fragile humanity of those who fight it. Dunham leaves an indelible mark upon all who know his story, from the doctors and nurses who treat him, to the readers of the original Wall Street Journal article that told of his singular act of valor.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345069Tue, 21 Jun 2005 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345069 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gift of Valor: A War Story Author: Michael M. Phillips Narrator: Michael Prichard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345069 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gift of Valor: A War Story Author: Michael M. Phillips Narrator: Michael Prichard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 21, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The true story of US Marine Corporal Jason Dunham's brave act that saved fellow Marines and earned him the Congressional Medal of Honor. Corporal Dunham was on patrol near the Syrian border, on April 14, 2004, when a black-clad Iraqi leaped out of a car and grabbed him around his neck. Fighting hand-to-hand in the dirt, Dunham saw his attacker drop a grenade and made the instantaneous decision to place his own helmet over the explosive in the hope of containing the blast and protecting his men. When the smoke cleared, Dunham’s helmet was in shreds, and the corporal lay face down in his own blood. The Marines beside him were seriously wounded. Dunham was subsequently nominated for the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation’ s highest award for military valor. Phillips’s minute-by-minute chronicle of the chaotic fighting that raged throughout the area and culminated in Dunham’s injury provides a grunt’s-eye view of war as it’s being fought today—fear, confusion, bravery, and suffering set against a brotherhood forged in combat. His account of Dunham’s eight-day journey home and of his parents’ heartrending reunion with their son powerfully illustrates the cold brutality of war and the fragile humanity of those who fight it. Dunham leaves an indelible mark upon all who know his story, from the doctors and nurses who treat him, to the readers of the original Wall Street Journal article that told of his singular act of valor.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/all-the-way-to-berlin-a-paratrooper-at-war-in-europe-by-james-megellas--65098456https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/160311 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Way to Berlin: A Paratrooper at War in Europe Author: James Megellas Narrator: Richard M. Davidson Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 35 minutes Release date: March 30, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In mid-1943 James Megellas, known as “Maggie” to his fellow paratroopers, joined the 82d Airborne Division, his new “home” for the duration. His first taste of combat was in the rugged mountains outside Naples. In October 1943, when most of the 82d departed Italy to prepare for the D-Day invasion of France, Lt. Gen. Mark Clark, the Fifth Army commander, requested that the division’s 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Maggie’s outfit, stay behind for a daring new operation that would outflank the Nazis’ stubborn defensive lines and open the road to Rome. On 22 January 1944, Megellas and the rest of the 504th landed across the beach at Anzio. Following initial success, Fifth Army’s amphibious assault, Operation Shingle, bogged down in the face of heavy German counterattacks that threatened to drive the Allies into the Tyrrhenian Sea. Anzio turned into a fiasco, one of the bloodiest Allied operations of the war. Not until April were the remnants of the regiment withdrawn and shipped to England to recover, reorganize, refit, and train for their next mission. In September, Megellas parachuted into Holland along with the rest of the 82d Airborne as part of another star-crossed mission, Field Marshal Montgomery’s vainglorious Operation Market Garden. Months of hard combat in Holland were followed by the Battle of the Bulge, and the long hard road across Germany to Berlin. Megellas was the most decorated officer of the 82d Airborne Division and saw more action during the war than most. Yet All the Way to Berlin is more than just Maggie’s World War II memoir. Throughout his narrative, he skillfully interweaves stories of the other paratroopers of H Company, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment. The result is a remarkable account of men at war.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/160311Tue, 30 Mar 2004 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/160311 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Way to Berlin: A Paratrooper at War in Europe Author: James Megellas Narrator: Richard M. Davidson Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/160311 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Way to Berlin: A Paratrooper at War in Europe Author: James Megellas Narrator: Richard M. Davidson Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 35 minutes Release date: March 30, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In mid-1943 James Megellas, known as “Maggie” to his fellow paratroopers, joined the 82d Airborne Division, his new “home” for the duration. His first taste of combat was in the rugged mountains outside Naples. In October 1943, when most of the 82d departed Italy to prepare for the D-Day invasion of France, Lt. Gen. Mark Clark, the Fifth Army commander, requested that the division’s 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Maggie’s outfit, stay behind for a daring new operation that would outflank the Nazis’ stubborn defensive lines and open the road to Rome. On 22 January 1944, Megellas and the rest of the 504th landed across the beach at Anzio. Following initial success, Fifth Army’s amphibious assault, Operation Shingle, bogged down in the face of heavy German counterattacks that threatened to drive the Allies into the Tyrrhenian Sea. Anzio turned into a fiasco, one of the bloodiest Allied operations of the war. Not until April were the remnants of the regiment withdrawn and shipped to England to recover, reorganize, refit, and train for their next mission. In September, Megellas parachuted into Holland along with the rest of the 82d Airborne as part of another star-crossed mission, Field Marshal Montgomery’s vainglorious Operation Market Garden. Months of hard combat in Holland were followed by the Battle of the Bulge, and the long hard road across Germany to Berlin. Megellas was the most decorated officer of the 82d Airborne Division and saw more action during the war than most. Yet All the Way to Berlin is more than just Maggie’s World War II memoir. Throughout his narrative, he skillfully interweaves stories of the other paratroopers of H Company, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment. The result is a remarkable account of men at war.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/terrible-terry-allen-combat-general-of-wwii-the-life-of-an-american-soldier-by-gerald-astor--65098319https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252477 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Terrible Terry Allen: Combat General of WWII - The Life of an American Soldier Author: Gerald Astor Narrator: Reathel Bean Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 44 minutes Release date: March 30, 2004 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Terry de la Mesa Allen’s mother was the daughter of a Spanish officer, and his father was a career U.S. Army officer. Despite this impressive martial heritage, success in the military seemed unlikely for Allen as he failed out of West Point—twice—ultimately gaining his commission through Catholic University’s R.O.T.C. program. In World War I, the young officer commanded an infantry battalion and distinguished himself as a fearless combat leader, personally leading patrols into no-man’s-land. In 1940, with another world war looming, newly appointed army chief of staff Gen. George C. Marshall reached down through the ranks and, ahead of almost a thousand more senior colonels, promoted Patton, Eisenhower, Allen, and other younger officers to brigadier general. For Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa, Allen, now a two-star general, commanded the Big Red One, the First Infantry Division, spearheading the American attack against the Nazis. Despite a stellar combat record, however, Major General Allen found himself in hot water with the big brass. Allen and his troops had become notorious for their lack of discipline off the battlefield. When Seventh Army commander George Patton was pressed by his deputy Omar Bradley to replace “Terrible Terry” before the invasion of Sicily, he demurred, favoring Allen’s success in combat. At the end of the Sicily campaign, with Allen’s protector Patton out of the way (relieved for slapping a soldier), Omar Bradley fired Allen and sent him packing back to the States, seemingly in terminal disgrace. Once again, however, George Marshall reached down and in October 1944, Terrible Terry was given command of another infantry division, the 104th Timberwolves and took it into heavy combat in Belgium. Hard fighting continued as Allen’s division spearheaded the U.S. First Army’s advance across Germany. On 26 April 1945, Terrible Terry Allen’s hard-charging Timberwolves became the first American outfit to link up with the Soviet Union’s Red Army. Terrible Terry Allen was one of the most remarkable American soldiers of World War II or any war. Hard bitten, profane, and combative, Allen disdained the “book,” but he knew how to wage war. He was a master of strategy, tactics, weaponry, and, most importantly, soldiers in combat.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252477Tue, 30 Mar 2004 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252477 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Terrible Terry Allen: Combat General of WWII - The Life of an American Soldier Author: Gerald Astor Narrator: Reathel Bean Format: Abridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252477 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Terrible Terry Allen: Combat General of WWII - The Life of an American Soldier Author: Gerald Astor Narrator: Reathel Bean Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 44 minutes Release date: March 30, 2004 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Terry de la Mesa Allen’s mother was the daughter of a Spanish officer, and his father was a career U.S. Army officer. Despite this impressive martial heritage, success in the military seemed unlikely for Allen as he failed out of West Point—twice—ultimately gaining his commission through Catholic University’s R.O.T.C. program. In World War I, the young officer commanded an infantry battalion and distinguished himself as a fearless combat leader, personally leading patrols into no-man’s-land. In 1940, with another world war looming, newly appointed army chief of staff Gen. George C. Marshall reached down through the ranks and, ahead of almost a thousand more senior colonels, promoted Patton, Eisenhower, Allen, and other younger officers to brigadier general. For Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa, Allen, now a two-star general, commanded the Big Red One, the First Infantry Division, spearheading the American attack against the Nazis. Despite a stellar combat record, however, Major General Allen found himself in hot water with the big brass. Allen and his troops had become notorious for their lack of discipline off the battlefield. When Seventh Army commander George Patton was pressed by his deputy Omar Bradley to replace “Terrible Terry” before the invasion of Sicily, he demurred, favoring Allen’s success in combat. At the end of the Sicily campaign, with Allen’s protector Patton out of the way (relieved for slapping a soldier), Omar Bradley fired Allen and sent him packing back to the States, seemingly in terminal disgrace. Once again, however, George Marshall reached down and in October 1944, Terrible Terry was given command of another infantry division, the 104th Timberwolves and took it into heavy combat in Belgium. Hard fighting continued as Allen’s division spearheaded the U.S. First Army’s advance across Germany. On 26 April 1945, Terrible Terry Allen’s hard-charging Timberwolves became the first American outfit to link up with the Soviet Union’s Red Army. Terrible Terry Allen was one of the most remarkable American soldiers of World War II or any war. Hard bitten, profane, and combative, Allen disdained the “book,” but he knew how to wage war. He was a master of strategy, tactics, weaponry, and, most importantly, soldiers in combat.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mekong-first-light-by-joseph-w-callaway--65098318https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252483 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mekong First Light Author: Joseph W. Callaway Narrator: Richard Ferrone Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 30, 2004 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: “Before we got to Vietnam, the troops all thought you would be the first lieutenant killed, and in the end, you were the only one left. We were all wrong. You were the best.” —Sgt. Lonnie “Tallman” Caldwell December, 1966: Platoon leader Lt. Joseph Callaway had just turned twenty-three when he arrived in Vietnam to lead forty-two untested men into battle against some of the toughest, most experienced, and best-trained guerrilla soldiers in the world. Callaway soon learned that most events in this savage jungle war were beyond his control. But there was one thing he could do well: take the best damn care of his troops he knew how. In the Viet Cong–infested provinces around the Mekong Delta where the platoon was assigned, the enemy was always ready to attack at the first sign of weakness. And when the jungle suddenly erupted in the chaos of battle, the platoon leader was the Cong’s first target. Mekong First Light is at times horrific, heartrending, and heroic, but is always brutally honest. Callaway’s account chronicles a soldier’s painful realization of the true nature of America’s war in Vietnam: It was a war that could not be won.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252483Tue, 30 Mar 2004 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252483 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mekong First Light Author: Joseph W. Callaway Narrator: Richard Ferrone Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 30,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252483 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mekong First Light Author: Joseph W. Callaway Narrator: Richard Ferrone Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 30, 2004 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: “Before we got to Vietnam, the troops all thought you would be the first lieutenant killed, and in the end, you were the only one left. We were all wrong. You were the best.” —Sgt. Lonnie “Tallman” Caldwell December, 1966: Platoon leader Lt. Joseph Callaway had just turned twenty-three when he arrived in Vietnam to lead forty-two untested men into battle against some of the toughest, most experienced, and best-trained guerrilla soldiers in the world. Callaway soon learned that most events in this savage jungle war were beyond his control. But there was one thing he could do well: take the best damn care of his troops he knew how. In the Viet Cong–infested provinces around the Mekong Delta where the platoon was assigned, the enemy was always ready to attack at the first sign of weakness. And when the jungle suddenly erupted in the chaos of battle, the platoon leader was the Cong’s first target. Mekong First Light is at times horrific, heartrending, and heroic, but is always brutally honest. Callaway’s account chronicles a soldier’s painful realization of the true nature of America’s war in Vietnam: It was a war that could not be won.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/recondo-lrrps-in-the-101st-airborne-by-larry-chambers--65098378https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250339 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Recondo: LRRPs in the 101st Airborne Author: Larry Chambers Narrator: Brian Hallas Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 3, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: For firefights in the swamps, ambushes in the jungle, or just facing the enemy dead-on, Recondo trained LRRPs to win. They will never be able to duplicate the 5th Special Forces Recondo School and the training that gave its grads something they desperately needed—the skills to survive Long Range Patrol missions in the jungle that NVA considered its own. Vietman veteran Larry Chambers vividly describes the grit and courage it took to pass the tough volunteer-only training program in Nha Trang and the harrowing graduation mission to scout out, locate, and out-guerrilla the NVA. Here is an unforgettable account that follows Chambers and the Rangers every step of the way—from joining, going through Recondo, and finally leading his own team on white-knuckle missions through the deadly jungles of Vietnam. “I made this book mandatory reading for my Rangers. . . . We went from the worst platoon in the regiment to the best platoon in six months. In training we'd get to the objective so fast they had to hold us back.”—U.S. Army Master Sergeant H. “Max” Mullen Ret. 75th Ranger Regiment]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250339Tue, 03 Feb 2004 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250339 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Recondo: LRRPs in the 101st Airborne Author: Larry Chambers Narrator: Brian Hallas Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250339 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Recondo: LRRPs in the 101st Airborne Author: Larry Chambers Narrator: Brian Hallas Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 3, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: For firefights in the swamps, ambushes in the jungle, or just facing the enemy dead-on, Recondo trained LRRPs to win. They will never be able to duplicate the 5th Special Forces Recondo School and the training that gave its grads something they desperately needed—the skills to survive Long Range Patrol missions in the jungle that NVA considered its own. Vietman veteran Larry Chambers vividly describes the grit and courage it took to pass the tough volunteer-only training program in Nha Trang and the harrowing graduation mission to scout out, locate, and out-guerrilla the NVA. Here is an unforgettable account that follows Chambers and the Rangers every step of the way—from joining, going through Recondo, and finally leading his own team on white-knuckle missions through the deadly jungles of Vietnam. “I made this book mandatory reading for my Rangers. . . . We went from the worst platoon in the regiment to the best platoon in six months. In training we'd get to the objective so fast they had to hold us back.”—U.S. Army Master Sergeant H. “Max” Mullen Ret. 75th Ranger Regiment]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-dickens-avenue-a-marine-at-khe-sanh-by-john-corbett--65098374https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250338 to listen full audiobooks. Title: West Dickens Avenue: A Marine at Khe Sanh Author: John Corbett Narrator: Eric Conger Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 3, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In January 1968, the 26th Marine Regiment was ordered to a place in the far northwest corner of South Vietnam called Khe Sanh. John Corbett, an untested replacement in a clean, green uniform, and his fellow leathernecks were responsible for building and defending the combat base, and holding positions on the strategic hills overlooking the Ho Chi Minh Trail as it crossed into Laos and South Vietnam from nearby North Vietnam. Only days after Corbett arrived at Khe Sanh, some twenty thousand North Vietnamese soldiers surrounded the base, outnumbering the American Marines seven to one. What followed over the next seventy-seven days became one of the deadliest fights of the Vietnam War—and one of the greatest battles in military history. Private First Class Corbett, an “ammo humper” in an 81mm mortar section, made do with little or no sleep for days on end. The enemy bombarded the base incessantly, and Corbett’s mortars returned the fire, day and night. Extremes of heat, cold, and fog added to the misery, as did all manner of wounds and injuries too minor to justify evacuation from frontline positions. The emotional toll was tremendous as the Marines saw their friends suffer and die every day of the siege. Corbett relates these experiences through the eyes of an eighteen year old but with the mind and maturity of a man now in his fifties. His story of life, death, and growing up on the front lines at Khe Sanh speaks for all of the Marines caught up in the epic siege of the Vietnam War.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250338Tue, 03 Feb 2004 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250338 to listen full audiobooks. Title: West Dickens Avenue: A Marine at Khe Sanh Author: John Corbett Narrator: Eric Conger Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250338 to listen full audiobooks. Title: West Dickens Avenue: A Marine at Khe Sanh Author: John Corbett Narrator: Eric Conger Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 3, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In January 1968, the 26th Marine Regiment was ordered to a place in the far northwest corner of South Vietnam called Khe Sanh. John Corbett, an untested replacement in a clean, green uniform, and his fellow leathernecks were responsible for building and defending the combat base, and holding positions on the strategic hills overlooking the Ho Chi Minh Trail as it crossed into Laos and South Vietnam from nearby North Vietnam. Only days after Corbett arrived at Khe Sanh, some twenty thousand North Vietnamese soldiers surrounded the base, outnumbering the American Marines seven to one. What followed over the next seventy-seven days became one of the deadliest fights of the Vietnam War—and one of the greatest battles in military history. Private First Class Corbett, an “ammo humper” in an 81mm mortar section, made do with little or no sleep for days on end. The enemy bombarded the base incessantly, and Corbett’s mortars returned the fire, day and night. Extremes of heat, cold, and fog added to the misery, as did all manner of wounds and injuries too minor to justify evacuation from frontline positions. The emotional toll was tremendous as the Marines saw their friends suffer and die every day of the siege. Corbett relates these experiences through the eyes of an eighteen year old but with the mind and maturity of a man now in his fifties. His story of life, death, and growing up on the front lines at Khe Sanh speaks for all of the Marines caught up in the epic siege of the Vietnam War.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-courage-matters-the-way-to-a-braver-life-by-mark-salter-john-mccain--65098375https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252411 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why Courage Matters: The Way to a Braver Life Author: Mark Salter, John McCain Narrator: Dan Cashman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 8, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.14 of Total 14 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this inspiring meditation on courage, Senator John McCain shares his most cherished stories of ordinary individuals who have risked everything to defend the people and principles they hold most dear. “We are taught to understand, correctly, that courage is not the absence of fear but the capacity for action despite our fears,” McCain reminds us, as a way of introducing the stories of figures both famous and obscure that he finds most compelling—from the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to Sgt. Roy Benavidez, who ignored his own well-being to rescue eight of his men from an ambush in the Vietnam jungle; from 1960s civil rights leader John Lewis, who wrote, “When I care about something, I’m prepared to take the long, hard road,” to Hannah Senesh, who, in protecting her comrades in the Hungarian resistance against Hitler’s SS, chose a martyr’s death over a despot’s mercy. These are some of the examples McCain turns to for inspiration and offers to others to help them summon the resolve to be both good and great. He explains the value of courage in both everyday actions and extraordinary feats. We learn why moral principles and physical courage are often not distinct quantities but two sides of the same coin. Most of all, readers discover how sometimes simply setting the right example can be the ultimate act of courage. Written by one of our most respected public figures, Why Courage Matters is that rare book with a message both timely and timeless. This is a work for anyone seeking to understand how the mystery and gift of courage can empower us and change our lives. Praise for Why Courage Matters “[John] McCain the man remains one of the most inspiring public figures of his generation.”—The Washington Post Book World “Thrilling . . . John McCain’s profiles in courage offer inspiration. . . . A marvelous collection of stories featuring honest-to-God heroes.”—Fort Worth Star-Telegram “Extraordinary . . . McCain proves how courage can change lives and improve the world.”—New York Daily News “[McCain] is open and candid, a refuge from spin and arrogance.”—The Washington Post “Wise words from a man who personifies courage.”—The Sunday Oklahoman]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252411Thu, 08 Jan 2004 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252411 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why Courage Matters: The Way to a Braver Life Author: Mark Salter, John McCain Narrator: Dan Cashman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 30...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252411 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why Courage Matters: The Way to a Braver Life Author: Mark Salter, John McCain Narrator: Dan Cashman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 8, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.14 of Total 14 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this inspiring meditation on courage, Senator John McCain shares his most cherished stories of ordinary individuals who have risked everything to defend the people and principles they hold most dear. “We are taught to understand, correctly, that courage is not the absence of fear but the capacity for action despite our fears,” McCain reminds us, as a way of introducing the stories of figures both famous and obscure that he finds most compelling—from the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to Sgt. Roy Benavidez, who ignored his own well-being to rescue eight of his men from an ambush in the Vietnam jungle; from 1960s civil rights leader John Lewis, who wrote, “When I care about something, I’m prepared to take the long, hard road,” to Hannah Senesh, who, in protecting her comrades in the Hungarian resistance against Hitler’s SS, chose a martyr’s death over a despot’s mercy. These are some of the examples McCain turns to for inspiration and offers to others to help them summon the resolve to be both good and great. He explains the value of courage in both everyday actions and extraordinary feats. We learn why moral principles and physical courage are often not distinct quantities but two sides of the same coin. Most of all, readers discover how sometimes simply setting the right example can be the ultimate act of courage. Written by one of our most respected public figures, Why Courage Matters is that rare book with a message both timely and timeless. This is a work for anyone seeking to understand how the mystery and gift of courage can empower us and change our lives. Praise for Why Courage Matters “[John] McCain the man remains one of the most inspiring public figures of his generation.”—The Washington Post Book World “Thrilling . . . John McCain’s profiles in courage offer inspiration. . . . A marvelous collection of stories featuring honest-to-God heroes.”—Fort Worth Star-Telegram “Extraordinary . . . McCain proves how courage can change lives and improve the world.”—New York Daily News “[McCain] is open and candid, a refuge from spin and arrogance.”—The Washington Post “Wise words from a man who personifies courage.”—The Sunday Oklahoman]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/john-ransom-s-andersonville-diary-by-john-ransom--65098465https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/131974 to listen full audiobooks. Title: John Ransom's Andersonville Diary Author: John Ransom Narrator: David Thorn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 50 minutes Release date: January 1, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: An extraordinary day-to-day documentary of the Civil War's most infamous Confederate prison, Camp Sumter, better known as Andersonville. Where 13,000 wretched Union prisoners died within barely 14 months, under conditions which bear witness to man's inhumanity to man. And, one man's undaunted spirit to survive, to tell the dreadful tale! The diary mirrors Ransom's changing attitudes from the moody early staccato sentences when he is first captured to the resigned and eventually cheerful prose when the war draws to a close. This book is an extraordinary day-to-day documentary of the Civil War's most infamous Confederate prison, Camp Sumter, better known as Andersonville. Here 13,000 wretched Union prisoners died within barely fourteen months, from starvation, scurvy, and other diseases that spread through the camp. There was little shelter but makeshift tents; little in the way of blankets, warm clothing, or even shoes; and a scarcity of food and fresh water. Often they were forced to sleep on the muddy ground in very crowded conditions. While the deplorable conditions bear witness to man's inhumanity to man, they also are witness to one man's undaunted spirit to survive to tell the dreadful tale. AUTHOR John Ransom, a Union soldier captured by the Confederate Army, ended up in the Andersonville prison. He had been a printer from Michigan, and he returned there after the war. Little else is known about his life except through his diary of his prison experience. COMMENTARY Reviews for Alcazar AudioWorks' production of John Ransom's Andersonville Diary "David Thorn reads with a genteel calmness, even when recounting the most horrible experiences...Thorn's consistency helps tie together an account that...amply preserves a record of war's inhumanity."-AudioFile Online I first became interested in the Civil War, and in history itself, watching the movie Gettysburg. I went on to read Killer Angels, the book on which the movie was based, and I was so taken with the historical figures depicted there that I sought out their biographies. From their biographies, I was drawn to investigate original sources: the writings of those people, themselves in letters and journals. John Ransom's Diary is an original source that is fascinating, uplifting, horrifying, and shattering by turns. John Ransom, serving in the Union army, was twenty years old when he was captured by Confederates. Part of his incarceration was spent in the infamous Andersonville prison camp. Here is a day-to-day record, sparse but gripping, of a man's imprisonment. There are villains as well as heroes among the prisoners. We hear not only of cooperation, of men banding together to keep each other going, but of cowards and thieves. There are accounts of cruelty, as you might expect, and ill-treatment, and unfairness, yet through it all John Ransom maintains a balance and grace, even exhibiting a dry wit and fine sense of irony. David Thorn does an exceptional job of reading this account, never over-dramatizing, but making you think you're listening to a stream of consciousness, matter-of-fact recording of happenings as they're set down on the page. I'd suggest restricting the listening to your older students, middle school and above, while recommending this resource as an important addition to a study of the American Civil War. Reviewed By: Jean Hall - EHO Eclectic Homeschool Online Quotes about John Ransom's Andersonville Diary "A great adventure...observant, eloquent, and moving."-Publishers Weekly "]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/131974Thu, 01 Jan 2004 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/131974 to listen full audiobooks. Title: John Ransom's Andersonville Diary Author: John Ransom Narrator: David Thorn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 50 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/131974 to listen full audiobooks. Title: John Ransom's Andersonville Diary Author: John Ransom Narrator: David Thorn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 50 minutes Release date: January 1, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: An extraordinary day-to-day documentary of the Civil War's most infamous Confederate prison, Camp Sumter, better known as Andersonville. Where 13,000 wretched Union prisoners died within barely 14 months, under conditions which bear witness to man's inhumanity to man. And, one man's undaunted spirit to survive, to tell the dreadful tale! The diary mirrors Ransom's changing attitudes from the moody early staccato sentences when he is first captured to the resigned and eventually cheerful prose when the war draws to a close. This book is an extraordinary day-to-day documentary of the Civil War's most infamous Confederate prison, Camp Sumter, better known as Andersonville. Here 13,000 wretched Union prisoners died within barely fourteen months, from starvation, scurvy, and other diseases that spread through the camp. There was little shelter but makeshift tents; little in the way of blankets, warm clothing, or even shoes; and a scarcity of food and fresh water. Often they were forced to sleep on the muddy ground in very crowded conditions. While the deplorable conditions bear witness to man's inhumanity to man, they also are witness to one man's undaunted spirit to survive to tell the dreadful tale. AUTHOR John Ransom, a Union soldier captured by the Confederate Army, ended up in the Andersonville prison. He had been a printer from Michigan, and he returned there after the war. Little else is known about his life except through his diary of his prison experience. COMMENTARY Reviews for Alcazar AudioWorks' production of John Ransom's Andersonville Diary "David Thorn reads with a genteel calmness, even when recounting the most horrible experiences...Thorn's consistency helps tie together an account that...amply preserves a record of war's inhumanity."-AudioFile Online I first became interested in the Civil War, and in history itself, watching the movie Gettysburg. I went on to read Killer Angels, the book on which the movie was based, and I was so taken with the historical figures depicted there that I sought out their biographies. From their biographies, I was drawn to investigate original sources: the writings of those people, themselves in letters and journals. John Ransom's Diary is an original source that is fascinating, uplifting, horrifying, and shattering by turns. John Ransom, serving in the Union army, was twenty years old when he was captured by Confederates. Part of his incarceration was spent in the infamous Andersonville prison camp. Here is a day-to-day record, sparse but gripping, of a man's imprisonment. There are villains as well as heroes among the prisoners. We hear not only of cooperation, of men banding together to keep each other going, but of cowards and thieves. There are accounts of cruelty, as you might expect, and ill-treatment, and unfairness, yet through it all John Ransom maintains a balance and grace, even exhibiting a dry wit and fine sense of irony. David Thorn does an exceptional job of reading this account, never over-dramatizing, but making you think you're listening to a stream of consciousness, matter-of-fact recording of happenings as they're set down on the page. I'd suggest restricting the listening to your older students, middle school and above, while recommending this resource as an important addition to a study of the American Civil War. Reviewed By: Jean Hall - EHO Eclectic Homeschool Online Quotes about John Ransom's Andersonville Diary "A great adventure...observant, eloquent, and moving."-Publishers Weekly "]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-am-a-soldier-too-the-jessica-lynch-story-by-rick-bragg--65098415https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/160447 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Am a Soldier, Too: The Jessica Lynch Story Author: Rick Bragg Narrator: Rick Bragg Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 35 minutes Release date: November 11, 2003 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: On March 23, 2003, Private First Class Jessica Lynch was crossing the Iraqi desert with the 507th Maintenance Company when the convoy she was traveling in was ambushed, caught in enemy crossfire. All four soldiers traveling with her died in the attack. Lynch, perhaps the most famous P.O.W. this country has ever known, was taken prisoner and held captive in an Iraqi hospital for nine days. Her rescue galvanized the nation; she became a symbol of victory, of innocence and courage, of heroism; and then, just as quickly, of deceit and manipulation. What never changed, as the nation veered wildly between these extremes of mythmaking, was her story, the events and the experiences of a nineteen-year-old girl caught up in what was and will remain the battle of her life: what she saw, what she felt, what she experienced, what she survived. I Am a Soldier, Too: The Jessica Lynch Story is the story this country has hungered for, as told by Lynch herself to Pulitzer Prize–winning author Rick Bragg. In it, she tells what really happened in the ambush; what really happened in the hospital; what really happened, from her perspective, on the night of the rescue. More than this, the collaboration between Lynch and Bragg captures who she is and where she’s from: her childhood in Palestine, West Virginia, a lovely, rugged stretch of land always referred to as the hollow, where she rode horses, played softball, and was crowned Miss Congeniality at the Wirt County Fair the same year the steer she raised took a ribbon. It reveals her relationships with her older brother, Greg Jr., also an enlisted soldier, and her younger sister, Brandi; with her father, Greg Sr., a forty-three-year-old truck driver who has at times worked construction, cut hay, cut firewood, hauled timber, hauled concrete, run a bulldozer, run a backhoe, cleaned houses, and dug graves; and with her mother, Deadra, a city girl from Parkersburg who moved to the hollow and met her future husband when he was eleven and she was nine. And it describes what happened to the Lynch family in the agony of Jessica’s capture and captivity; the terror and disbelief that cascaded through an entire town at the news of her disappearance into enemy hands; the joy of her rescue; and the long work of healing and recovery that lie ahead. Jessica Lynch has won the hearts and minds of Americans. In the hands of Rick Bragg, a renowned chronicler of American lives, her tale is told at last, with grace, and care, and astonishing candor.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/160447Tue, 11 Nov 2003 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/160447 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Am a Soldier, Too: The Jessica Lynch Story Author: Rick Bragg Narrator: Rick Bragg Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 35 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/160447 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Am a Soldier, Too: The Jessica Lynch Story Author: Rick Bragg Narrator: Rick Bragg Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 35 minutes Release date: November 11, 2003 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: On March 23, 2003, Private First Class Jessica Lynch was crossing the Iraqi desert with the 507th Maintenance Company when the convoy she was traveling in was ambushed, caught in enemy crossfire. All four soldiers traveling with her died in the attack. Lynch, perhaps the most famous P.O.W. this country has ever known, was taken prisoner and held captive in an Iraqi hospital for nine days. Her rescue galvanized the nation; she became a symbol of victory, of innocence and courage, of heroism; and then, just as quickly, of deceit and manipulation. What never changed, as the nation veered wildly between these extremes of mythmaking, was her story, the events and the experiences of a nineteen-year-old girl caught up in what was and will remain the battle of her life: what she saw, what she felt, what she experienced, what she survived. I Am a Soldier, Too: The Jessica Lynch Story is the story this country has hungered for, as told by Lynch herself to Pulitzer Prize–winning author Rick Bragg. In it, she tells what really happened in the ambush; what really happened in the hospital; what really happened, from her perspective, on the night of the rescue. More than this, the collaboration between Lynch and Bragg captures who she is and where she’s from: her childhood in Palestine, West Virginia, a lovely, rugged stretch of land always referred to as the hollow, where she rode horses, played softball, and was crowned Miss Congeniality at the Wirt County Fair the same year the steer she raised took a ribbon. It reveals her relationships with her older brother, Greg Jr., also an enlisted soldier, and her younger sister, Brandi; with her father, Greg Sr., a forty-three-year-old truck driver who has at times worked construction, cut hay, cut firewood, hauled timber, hauled concrete, run a bulldozer, run a backhoe, cleaned houses, and dug graves; and with her mother, Deadra, a city girl from Parkersburg who moved to the hollow and met her future husband when he was eleven and she was nine. And it describes what happened to the Lynch family in the agony of Jessica’s capture and captivity; the terror and disbelief that cascaded through an entire town at the news of her disappearance into enemy hands; the joy of her rescue; and the long work of healing and recovery that lie ahead. Jessica Lynch has won the hearts and minds of Americans. In the hands of Rick Bragg, a renowned chronicler of American lives, her tale is told at last, with grace, and care, and astonishing candor.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/darby-s-rangers-we-led-the-way-by-william-o-darby--65098447https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/160829 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Darby's Rangers: We Led the Way Author: William O. Darby Narrator: Don Leslie Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 5, 2003 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The exciting true story of a legendary leader and the men who fought by his side in World War II, told in his own words From the moment they hit the beaches in North Africa to their last desperate struggle at Anzio, Darby’s Rangers asked for only one thing in World War II—the chance to fight. Experts at amphibious landings, night attacks, and close combat, the Rangers were the spearhead advancing U.S. forces. And at their helm was William O. Darby, a forceful, charismatic man who inspired, and was inspired by, his troops. Against overwhelming odds in Tunisia, through the concentrated hell at Gela, on to the final kill at Messina and the Italian mainland, Darby and his Rangers led the way. Darby’s Rangers is an authentic war story, as vivid as the action itself. “Proud reading . . . of value to a new generation of military historians and ‘battle buffs.’”—Military Affairs Magazine]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/160829Tue, 05 Aug 2003 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/160829 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Darby's Rangers: We Led the Way Author: William O. Darby Narrator: Don Leslie Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date: August...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/160829 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Darby's Rangers: We Led the Way Author: William O. Darby Narrator: Don Leslie Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 5, 2003 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The exciting true story of a legendary leader and the men who fought by his side in World War II, told in his own words From the moment they hit the beaches in North Africa to their last desperate struggle at Anzio, Darby’s Rangers asked for only one thing in World War II—the chance to fight. Experts at amphibious landings, night attacks, and close combat, the Rangers were the spearhead advancing U.S. forces. And at their helm was William O. Darby, a forceful, charismatic man who inspired, and was inspired by, his troops. Against overwhelming odds in Tunisia, through the concentrated hell at Gela, on to the final kill at Messina and the Italian mainland, Darby and his Rangers led the way. Darby’s Rangers is an authentic war story, as vivid as the action itself. “Proud reading . . . of value to a new generation of military historians and ‘battle buffs.’”—Military Affairs Magazine]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-am-alive-a-united-states-marine-s-story-of-survival-in-a-world-war-ii-japanese-pow-camp-by-bruce-h-norton-charles-jackson--65098451https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/160910 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Am Alive!: A United States Marine's Story of Survival in a World War II Japanese POW Camp Author: Bruce H. Norton, Charles Jackson Narrator: John Henry Cox Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 3, 2003 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In the bleak and bitter cold of a copper mine in northern Japan, a Chief Petty Officer of the U.S. Navy was given an opportunity to write a prisoner-of-war card for his wife. He was allowed ten words—he used three: “I AM ALIVE!” This message, classic in its poignancy of suffering and despair captures only too well what it meant to be a prisoner of the Japanese Army. Now, acclaimed military historian Major Bruce Norton USMC (Ret.) brings to light a long-forgotten memoir by a marine captured at Corregidor in the spring of 1942 and interned for three devastating years by the Japanese. With unflinching prose, the words of Marine Sergeant Major Charles Jackson describe the fierce yet impossible battle for Corregidor, the surrender of thousands of his comrades, the long forced marches, and the lethal reality of the P.O.W. camps. Joining some of the most important eyewitness accounts of war, I AM ALIVE! is a testament to the men who fought and died for their country. Jackson’s unembellished account of what his fellow soldiers endured in the face of inhumanity pays tribute to the men who served America during the war—and shows why we would ultimately prevail.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/160910Tue, 03 Jun 2003 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/160910 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Am Alive!: A United States Marine's Story of Survival in a World War II Japanese POW Camp Author: Bruce H. Norton, Charles Jackson Narrator: John...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/160910 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Am Alive!: A United States Marine's Story of Survival in a World War II Japanese POW Camp Author: Bruce H. Norton, Charles Jackson Narrator: John Henry Cox Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 3, 2003 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In the bleak and bitter cold of a copper mine in northern Japan, a Chief Petty Officer of the U.S. Navy was given an opportunity to write a prisoner-of-war card for his wife. He was allowed ten words—he used three: “I AM ALIVE!” This message, classic in its poignancy of suffering and despair captures only too well what it meant to be a prisoner of the Japanese Army. Now, acclaimed military historian Major Bruce Norton USMC (Ret.) brings to light a long-forgotten memoir by a marine captured at Corregidor in the spring of 1942 and interned for three devastating years by the Japanese. With unflinching prose, the words of Marine Sergeant Major Charles Jackson describe the fierce yet impossible battle for Corregidor, the surrender of thousands of his comrades, the long forced marches, and the lethal reality of the P.O.W. camps. Joining some of the most important eyewitness accounts of war, I AM ALIVE! is a testament to the men who fought and died for their country. Jackson’s unembellished account of what his fellow soldiers endured in the face of inhumanity pays tribute to the men who served America during the war—and shows why we would ultimately prevail.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-hill-fights-the-first-battle-of-khe-sanh-by-edward-f-murphy--65098479https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/160929 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hill Fights: The First Battle of Khe Sanh Author: Edward F. Murphy Narrator: Charles Stransky Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 29, 2003 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: While the seventy-seven-day siege of Khe Sanh in early 1968 remains one of the most highly publicized clashes of the Vietnam War, scant attention has been paid to the first battle of Khe Sanh, also known as “the Hill Fights.” Although this harrowing combat in the spring of 1967 provided a grisly preview of the carnage to come at Khe Sanh, few are aware of the significance of the battles, or even their existence. For more than thirty years, virtually the only people who knew about the Hill Fights were the Marines who fought them. Now, for the first time, the full story has been pieced together by acclaimed Vietnam War historian Edward F. Murphy, whose definitive analysis admirably fills this significant gap in Vietnam War literature. Based on first-hand interviews and documentary research, Murphy’s deeply informed narrative history is the only complete account of the battles, their origins, and their aftermath. The Marines at the isolated Khe Sanh Combat Base were tasked with monitoring the strategically vital Ho Chi Minh trail as it wound through the jungles in nearby Laos. Dominated by high hills on all sides, the combat base had to be screened on foot by the Marine infantrymen while crack, battle-hardened NVA units roamed at will through the high grass and set up elaborate defenses on steep, sun-baked overlooks. Murphy traces the bitter account of the U.S. Marines at Khe Sanh from the outset in 1966, revealing misguided decisions and strategies from above, and capturing the chain of hill battles in stark detail. But the Marines themselves supply the real grist of the story; it is their recollections that vividly re-create the atmosphere of desperation, bravery, and relentless horror that characterized their combat. Often outnumbered and outgunned by a hidden enemy—and with buddies lying dead or wounded beside them—these brave young Americans fought on. The story of the Marines at Khe Sanh in early 1967 is a microcosm of the Corps’s entire Vietnam War and goes a long way toward explaining why their casualties in Vietnam exceeded, on a Marine-in-combat basis, even the tremendous losses the Leathernecks sustained during their ferocious Pacific island battles of World War II. The Hill Fights is a damning indictment of those responsible for the lives of these heroic Marines. Ultimately, the high command failed them, their tactics failed them, and their rifles failed them. Only the Marines themselves did not fail. Under fire, trapped in a hell of sudden death meted out by unseen enemies, they fought impossible odds with awesome courage and uncommon valor.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/160929Tue, 29 Apr 2003 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/160929 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hill Fights: The First Battle of Khe Sanh Author: Edward F. Murphy Narrator: Charles Stransky Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/160929 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hill Fights: The First Battle of Khe Sanh Author: Edward F. Murphy Narrator: Charles Stransky Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 29, 2003 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: While the seventy-seven-day siege of Khe Sanh in early 1968 remains one of the most highly publicized clashes of the Vietnam War, scant attention has been paid to the first battle of Khe Sanh, also known as “the Hill Fights.” Although this harrowing combat in the spring of 1967 provided a grisly preview of the carnage to come at Khe Sanh, few are aware of the significance of the battles, or even their existence. For more than thirty years, virtually the only people who knew about the Hill Fights were the Marines who fought them. Now, for the first time, the full story has been pieced together by acclaimed Vietnam War historian Edward F. Murphy, whose definitive analysis admirably fills this significant gap in Vietnam War literature. Based on first-hand interviews and documentary research, Murphy’s deeply informed narrative history is the only complete account of the battles, their origins, and their aftermath. The Marines at the isolated Khe Sanh Combat Base were tasked with monitoring the strategically vital Ho Chi Minh trail as it wound through the jungles in nearby Laos. Dominated by high hills on all sides, the combat base had to be screened on foot by the Marine infantrymen while crack, battle-hardened NVA units roamed at will through the high grass and set up elaborate defenses on steep, sun-baked overlooks. Murphy traces the bitter account of the U.S. Marines at Khe Sanh from the outset in 1966, revealing misguided decisions and strategies from above, and capturing the chain of hill battles in stark detail. But the Marines themselves supply the real grist of the story; it is their recollections that vividly re-create the atmosphere of desperation, bravery, and relentless horror that characterized their combat. Often outnumbered and outgunned by a hidden enemy—and with buddies lying dead or wounded beside them—these brave young Americans fought on. The story of the Marines at Khe Sanh in early 1967 is a microcosm of the Corps’s entire Vietnam War and goes a long way toward explaining why their casualties in Vietnam exceeded, on a Marine-in-combat basis, even the tremendous losses the Leathernecks sustained during their ferocious Pacific island battles of World War II. The Hill Fights is a damning indictment of those responsible for the lives of these heroic Marines. Ultimately, the high command failed them, their tactics failed them, and their rifles failed them. Only the Marines themselves did not fail. Under fire, trapped in a hell of sudden death meted out by unseen enemies, they fought impossible odds with awesome courage and uncommon valor.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/blood-on-the-risers-an-airborne-soldier-s-thirty-five-months-in-vietnam-by-john-leppelman--65098448https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/161698 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blood on the Risers: An Airborne Soldier's Thirty-five Months in Vietnam Author: John Leppelman Narrator: Scott Sowers Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 4, 2003 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In three straight years he was a paratropper, and army seaman, and a LRRP—and he lived to tell about it.  As an FNG paratrooper in the 173d Airborne, John Leppelman made that unit's only combat jump in Vietnam. Then he spent months in fruitless search of the enemy, watching as his buddies died because of poor leadership and lousy weapons. Often it seemed the only way out of the carnage in the Central highlands was in a body bag.  But Leppelman did get out, transferring first to the army's riverboats and then the all-volunteer Rangers, one of the ballsiest units in the war. In three tours of duty, that ended only when malaria forced him back to the States, Leppelman saw the war as few others did, a Vietnam that many American boys didn't live to tell about, but whose valor and sacrifice survive on these pages.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/161698Tue, 04 Mar 2003 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/161698 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blood on the Risers: An Airborne Soldier's Thirty-five Months in Vietnam Author: John Leppelman Narrator: Scott Sowers Format: Abridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/161698 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blood on the Risers: An Airborne Soldier's Thirty-five Months in Vietnam Author: John Leppelman Narrator: Scott Sowers Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 4, 2003 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In three straight years he was a paratropper, and army seaman, and a LRRP—and he lived to tell about it.  As an FNG paratrooper in the 173d Airborne, John Leppelman made that unit's only combat jump in Vietnam. Then he spent months in fruitless search of the enemy, watching as his buddies died because of poor leadership and lousy weapons. Often it seemed the only way out of the carnage in the Central highlands was in a body bag.  But Leppelman did get out, transferring first to the army's riverboats and then the all-volunteer Rangers, one of the ballsiest units in the war. In three tours of duty, that ended only when malaria forced him back to the States, Leppelman saw the war as few others did, a Vietnam that many American boys didn't live to tell about, but whose valor and sacrifice survive on these pages.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/platoon-leader-a-memoir-of-command-in-combat-by-james-r-mcdonough--65098446https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/161693 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Platoon Leader: A Memoir of Command in Combat Author: James R. McDonough Narrator: Joel Rooks Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 4, 2003 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A remarkable memoir of small-unit leadership and the coming of age of a young soldier in combat in Vietnam.' "Using a lean style and a sense of pacing drawn from the tautest of novels, McDonough has produced a gripping account of his first command, a U.S. platoon taking part in the 'strategic hamlet' program. . . . Rather than present a potpourri of combat yarns. . . McDonough has focused a seasoned storyteller’s eye on the details, people, and incidents that best communicate a visceral feel of command under fire. . . . For the author’s honesty and literary craftsmanship, Platoon Leader seems destined to be read for a long time by second lieutenants trying to prepare for the future, veterans trying to remember the past, and civilians trying to understand what the profession of arms is all about.”–Army Times]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/161693Tue, 04 Mar 2003 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/161693 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Platoon Leader: A Memoir of Command in Combat Author: James R. McDonough Narrator: Joel Rooks Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/161693 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Platoon Leader: A Memoir of Command in Combat Author: James R. McDonough Narrator: Joel Rooks Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 4, 2003 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A remarkable memoir of small-unit leadership and the coming of age of a young soldier in combat in Vietnam.' "Using a lean style and a sense of pacing drawn from the tautest of novels, McDonough has produced a gripping account of his first command, a U.S. platoon taking part in the 'strategic hamlet' program. . . . Rather than present a potpourri of combat yarns. . . McDonough has focused a seasoned storyteller’s eye on the details, people, and incidents that best communicate a visceral feel of command under fire. . . . For the author’s honesty and literary craftsmanship, Platoon Leader seems destined to be read for a long time by second lieutenants trying to prepare for the future, veterans trying to remember the past, and civilians trying to understand what the profession of arms is all about.”–Army Times]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-cell-inside-the-9-11-plot-and-why-the-fbi-and-cia-failed-to-stop-it-by-michael-stone-john-miller--65098321https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252230 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cell: Inside the 9/11 Plot, and why the FBI and CIA Failed to Stop it Author: Michael Stone, John Miller Narrator: John Miller Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 30 minutes Release date: August 1, 2002 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In New York City, a a handful of veteran FBI agents, police officers and investigative journalists had known for years that a terrorist event on the scale of 9/11 was likely. Ironically, one of the men who had been most aware of the threat posed by Osama bin Laden had recently left the FBI, where he had been following the movements of bin Laden and al Qaeda, to become Chief of Security at the World Trade Center. John O'Neill died on that awful day. The FBI's O'Neill, along with Neil Herman, reporter John Miller and very few others, had been on bin Laden's trail for years. To them, he had long been considered the most dangerous man on the planet. In The Cell: Inside the 9/11 Plot, and Why the FBI and CIA Failed to Stop It, John Miller, an award-winning journalist and co-anchor of ABC's 20/20, along with veteran reporters Michael Stone and Chris Mitchell, takes us back more than ten years to the birth of the terrorist cell that later metastasized into Qaeda's New York operation. This remarkable audiobook offers a firsthand account of what it is to be a police officer, an FBI agent or a reporter obsessed with a case few people will take seriously. The Cell contains a first-person account of Miller's face-to-face meeting with bin Laden and provides the first complete treatment to piece together what led to the events of 9/11, ultimately delivering the disturbing answer to the question: why, with all the information the intelligence community had, was no one able to stop the September 11 attacks?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252230Thu, 01 Aug 2002 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252230 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cell: Inside the 9/11 Plot, and why the FBI and CIA Failed to Stop it Author: Michael Stone, John Miller Narrator: John Miller Format: Abridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252230 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cell: Inside the 9/11 Plot, and why the FBI and CIA Failed to Stop it Author: Michael Stone, John Miller Narrator: John Miller Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 30 minutes Release date: August 1, 2002 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In New York City, a a handful of veteran FBI agents, police officers and investigative journalists had known for years that a terrorist event on the scale of 9/11 was likely. Ironically, one of the men who had been most aware of the threat posed by Osama bin Laden had recently left the FBI, where he had been following the movements of bin Laden and al Qaeda, to become Chief of Security at the World Trade Center. John O'Neill died on that awful day. The FBI's O'Neill, along with Neil Herman, reporter John Miller and very few others, had been on bin Laden's trail for years. To them, he had long been considered the most dangerous man on the planet. In The Cell: Inside the 9/11 Plot, and Why the FBI and CIA Failed to Stop It, John Miller, an award-winning journalist and co-anchor of ABC's 20/20, along with veteran reporters Michael Stone and Chris Mitchell, takes us back more than ten years to the birth of the terrorist cell that later metastasized into Qaeda's New York operation. This remarkable audiobook offers a firsthand account of what it is to be a police officer, an FBI agent or a reporter obsessed with a case few people will take seriously. The Cell contains a first-person account of Miller's face-to-face meeting with bin Laden and provides the first complete treatment to piece together what led to the events of 9/11, ultimately delivering the disturbing answer to the question: why, with all the information the intelligence community had, was no one able to stop the September 11 attacks?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-ranger-born-a-memoir-of-combat-and-valor-from-korea-to-vietnam-by-robert-w-black--65098337https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241003 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Ranger Born: A Memoir of Combat and Valor from Korea to Vietnam Author: Robert W. Black Narrator: Charles Stransky Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 57 minutes Release date: July 30, 2002 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Even as a boy growing up amid the green hills of rural Pennsylvania, Robert W. Black knew he was destined to become a Ranger. With their three-hundred-year history of peerless courage and independence of spirit, Rangers are a uniquely American brand of soldier, one foot in the military, one in the wilderness—and that is what fired Black’s imagination. In this searing, inspiring memoir, Black recounts how he devoted himself, body and soul, to his proud service as an elite U. S. Army Ranger in Korea and Vietnam—and what those years have taught him about himself, his country, and our future. Born at the start of the Great Depression, Black grew up on a farm at a time of great hardship but also tremendous national determination. He was a kid who toughened up fast, who learned the hard way to rely on his strength and his wits, who saw the country go to war with Germany and Japan and wept because he was too young to serve. As soon as the army would take him, Black enlisted. And as soon as he could muscle his way in, he became a Ranger. As a private first class in the 82d Airborne Division headquarters, Black withstood the humiliations of enlisted service in the peacetime brown-shoe army. When the Korean War began, he volunteered and trained to be an Airborne Ranger. In Korea, this young warrior, his mind and body bursting with the lusts of adolescence, grew up fast, literally in the line of fire. In clean, vivid prose, Black describes the hell of giving his all for a country that lacked the political resolve to give its all to a war against the North Koreans and the Chinese. If Korea was frustrating, Vietnam was maddening. The heart of this book is devoted to the years of action that Black saw in Long An Province starting in 1967. Black writes of the perplexity of collaborating with South Vietnamese officers whose culture and motives he never fully understood; he conjures up the sudden shock of the Tet Offensive and the daily horror of seeing fellow soldiers and innocent civilians slaughtered—sometimes by stray bullets, often by carelessness or treachery. Vietnam challenged everything Black had come to believe in and left him totally unprepared for the hostility he would face when he returned to a war-weary America. Written with extraordinary candor and passion, A Ranger Born is the memoir of a man who dedicated the best of his life to everything that is great and enduring about America. At once intimate in its revelations and universal in its themes, it is a book with profound relevance to our own troubled time in history.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241003Tue, 30 Jul 2002 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241003 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Ranger Born: A Memoir of Combat and Valor from Korea to Vietnam Author: Robert W. Black Narrator: Charles Stransky Format: Abridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241003 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Ranger Born: A Memoir of Combat and Valor from Korea to Vietnam Author: Robert W. Black Narrator: Charles Stransky Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 57 minutes Release date: July 30, 2002 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Even as a boy growing up amid the green hills of rural Pennsylvania, Robert W. Black knew he was destined to become a Ranger. With their three-hundred-year history of peerless courage and independence of spirit, Rangers are a uniquely American brand of soldier, one foot in the military, one in the wilderness—and that is what fired Black’s imagination. In this searing, inspiring memoir, Black recounts how he devoted himself, body and soul, to his proud service as an elite U. S. Army Ranger in Korea and Vietnam—and what those years have taught him about himself, his country, and our future. Born at the start of the Great Depression, Black grew up on a farm at a time of great hardship but also tremendous national determination. He was a kid who toughened up fast, who learned the hard way to rely on his strength and his wits, who saw the country go to war with Germany and Japan and wept because he was too young to serve. As soon as the army would take him, Black enlisted. And as soon as he could muscle his way in, he became a Ranger. As a private first class in the 82d Airborne Division headquarters, Black withstood the humiliations of enlisted service in the peacetime brown-shoe army. When the Korean War began, he volunteered and trained to be an Airborne Ranger. In Korea, this young warrior, his mind and body bursting with the lusts of adolescence, grew up fast, literally in the line of fire. In clean, vivid prose, Black describes the hell of giving his all for a country that lacked the political resolve to give its all to a war against the North Koreans and the Chinese. If Korea was frustrating, Vietnam was maddening. The heart of this book is devoted to the years of action that Black saw in Long An Province starting in 1967. Black writes of the perplexity of collaborating with South Vietnamese officers whose culture and motives he never fully understood; he conjures up the sudden shock of the Tet Offensive and the daily horror of seeing fellow soldiers and innocent civilians slaughtered—sometimes by stray bullets, often by carelessness or treachery. Vietnam challenged everything Black had come to believe in and left him totally unprepared for the hostility he would face when he returned to a war-weary America. Written with extraordinary candor and passion, A Ranger Born is the memoir of a man who dedicated the best of his life to everything that is great and enduring about America. At once intimate in its revelations and universal in its themes, it is a book with profound relevance to our own troubled time in history.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/worth-the-fighting-for-the-education-of-an-american-maverick-and-the-heroes-who-inspired-him-by-john-mccain-mark-salter--65098433https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240989 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Worth the Fighting For: The Education of an American Maverick, and the Heroes Who Inspired Him Author: John McCain, Mark Salter Narrator: Dan Cashman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 31 minutes Release date: June 5, 2002 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Senator John McCain tells the story of his great American journey, from the U.S. Navy to his electrifying campaign for the presidency in 2000, interwoven with heartfelt portraits of the mavericks who have inspired him through the years. After five and a half years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, naval aviator John McCain returned home a changed man. Regaining his health and flight-eligibility status, he resumed his military career, commanding carrier pilots and serving as the navy’s liaison to what is sometimes ironically called the world’s most exclusive club, the United States Senate. Accompanying Senators John Tower and Henry “Scoop” Jackson on international trips, McCain began his political education in the company of two masters, leaders whose standards he would strive to maintain upon his election to the U.S. Congress. There, he learned valuable lessons in cooperation from a good-humored congressman from the other party, Morris Udall. In 1986, McCain was elected to the U.S. Senate, inheriting the seat of another role model, Barry Goldwater. During his time in public office, McCain has seen acts of principle and acts of craven self-interest. He describes both extremes in these pages, with his characteristic straight talk and humor. He writes honestly of the lowest point in his career, the Keating Five savings and loan debacle, as well as his triumphant moments—his return to Vietnam and his efforts to normalize relations between the U.S. and Vietnamese governments; his fight for campaign finance reform; and his galvanizing bid for the presidency in 2000. Writes McCain: “A rebel without a cause is just a punk. Whatever you’re called—rebel, unorthodox, nonconformist, radical—it’s all self-indulgence without a good cause to give your life meaning.” This is the story of McCain’s causes, the people who made him do it, and the meaning he found. Worth the Fighting For reminds us of what’s best in America, and in ourselves. Praise for Worth the Fighting For “When [John] McCain writes of people and patriotism, his pages shine with a devotion, a loving awe, that makes Worth the Fighting For worth the shelling out for. . . . McCain the man remains one of the most inspiring public figures of his generation.”—Jonathan Raunch, The Washington Post “[An] unpredictable, outspoken memoir . . . a testimonial to heroism from someone who has first-hand knowledge of what it takes.”—The New York Times]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240989Wed, 05 Jun 2002 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240989 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Worth the Fighting For: The Education of an American Maverick, and the Heroes Who Inspired Him Author: John McCain, Mark Salter Narrator: Dan Cashman...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240989 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Worth the Fighting For: The Education of an American Maverick, and the Heroes Who Inspired Him Author: John McCain, Mark Salter Narrator: Dan Cashman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 31 minutes Release date: June 5, 2002 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Senator John McCain tells the story of his great American journey, from the U.S. Navy to his electrifying campaign for the presidency in 2000, interwoven with heartfelt portraits of the mavericks who have inspired him through the years. After five and a half years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, naval aviator John McCain returned home a changed man. Regaining his health and flight-eligibility status, he resumed his military career, commanding carrier pilots and serving as the navy’s liaison to what is sometimes ironically called the world’s most exclusive club, the United States Senate. Accompanying Senators John Tower and Henry “Scoop” Jackson on international trips, McCain began his political education in the company of two masters, leaders whose standards he would strive to maintain upon his election to the U.S. Congress. There, he learned valuable lessons in cooperation from a good-humored congressman from the other party, Morris Udall. In 1986, McCain was elected to the U.S. Senate, inheriting the seat of another role model, Barry Goldwater. During his time in public office, McCain has seen acts of principle and acts of craven self-interest. He describes both extremes in these pages, with his characteristic straight talk and humor. He writes honestly of the lowest point in his career, the Keating Five savings and loan debacle, as well as his triumphant moments—his return to Vietnam and his efforts to normalize relations between the U.S. and Vietnamese governments; his fight for campaign finance reform; and his galvanizing bid for the presidency in 2000. Writes McCain: “A rebel without a cause is just a punk. Whatever you’re called—rebel, unorthodox, nonconformist, radical—it’s all self-indulgence without a good cause to give your life meaning.” This is the story of McCain’s causes, the people who made him do it, and the meaning he found. Worth the Fighting For reminds us of what’s best in America, and in ourselves. Praise for Worth the Fighting For “When [John] McCain writes of people and patriotism, his pages shine with a devotion, a loving awe, that makes Worth the Fighting For worth the shelling out for. . . . McCain the man remains one of the most inspiring public figures of his generation.”—Jonathan Raunch, The Washington Post “[An] unpredictable, outspoken memoir . . . a testimonial to heroism from someone who has first-hand knowledge of what it takes.”—The New York Times]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rites-of-passage-odyssey-of-a-grunt-by-robert-peterson--65098387https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250292 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rites of Passage: Odyssey of a Grunt Author: Robert Peterson Narrator: Eric Conger Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 50 minutes Release date: February 26, 2002 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A raw, powerful account of an infantryman’s life during wartime– complete with all the horrors and the heroism . . . Robert Peterson arrived in Vietnam in the fall of 1966, a young American ready to serve his country and seize his destiny. What happened in that jungle war would change his life forever. Peterson vividly relives the tense patrols in the Viet Cong-infested Central Highlands, the fierce firefights along the Cambodian border, the ambushes and enemy charges. Daily he and his fellow grunts put their lives on the line, forced to follow orders blindly from higher-ups solely interested in reaping their personal glory. Yet out of the deadly hell of Vietnam came a brotherhood–forged in blood and courage, sacrifice and survival–of men who continuously risked their lives for one another, whatever the odds. Rites of Passage is a shining testament to their valor.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250292Tue, 26 Feb 2002 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250292 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rites of Passage: Odyssey of a Grunt Author: Robert Peterson Narrator: Eric Conger Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 50 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250292 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rites of Passage: Odyssey of a Grunt Author: Robert Peterson Narrator: Eric Conger Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 50 minutes Release date: February 26, 2002 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A raw, powerful account of an infantryman’s life during wartime– complete with all the horrors and the heroism . . . Robert Peterson arrived in Vietnam in the fall of 1966, a young American ready to serve his country and seize his destiny. What happened in that jungle war would change his life forever. Peterson vividly relives the tense patrols in the Viet Cong-infested Central Highlands, the fierce firefights along the Cambodian border, the ambushes and enemy charges. Daily he and his fellow grunts put their lives on the line, forced to follow orders blindly from higher-ups solely interested in reaping their personal glory. Yet out of the deadly hell of Vietnam came a brotherhood–forged in blood and courage, sacrifice and survival–of men who continuously risked their lives for one another, whatever the odds. Rites of Passage is a shining testament to their valor.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/war-paint-the-1st-infantry-division-s-lrp-ranger-company-in-fierce-combat-in-vietnam-by-bill-goshen--65098391https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240701 to listen full audiobooks. Title: War Paint: The 1st Infantry Division's LRP/Ranger Company in Fierce Combat in Vietnam Author: Bill Goshen Narrator: Jake Robards Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date: January 2, 2002 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The men who served with in the 1st Infantry Division with F company, 52nd Infantry, (LRP) later redesignated as Company I, 75th Infantry (Ranger) --engaged in some of the fiercest, bloodiest fighting during the Vietnam War, suffering a greater relative aggregate of casualties that any other LRRP/LRP/ Ranger company. Their base was Lai Khe, within hailing distance of the Vietcong central headquarters, a mile inside Cambodia, with its vast stockpiles of weapons and thousands of transient VC and NVA soldiers. Recondo-qualified Bill Goshen was there, and has written the first account of these battle-hardened soldiers. As the eyes and ears of the Big Red One, the 1st Infantry, these hunter/killer teams of only six men instered deep inside enemy territory had to survive by their wits, or suffer the deadly consequences. Goshen himself barely escaped with his life in a virtual suicide mission that destroyed half his team. His gripping narrative recaptures the raw courage and sacrifice of American soldiers fighting a savage war of survival: men of all colors, from all walks of life, warriors bonded by triumph and tragedy, by life and death. They served proudly in Vietnam, and their stories need to be told.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240701Wed, 02 Jan 2002 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240701 to listen full audiobooks. Title: War Paint: The 1st Infantry Division's LRP/Ranger Company in Fierce Combat in Vietnam Author: Bill Goshen Narrator: Jake Robards Format: Abridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240701 to listen full audiobooks. Title: War Paint: The 1st Infantry Division's LRP/Ranger Company in Fierce Combat in Vietnam Author: Bill Goshen Narrator: Jake Robards Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date: January 2, 2002 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The men who served with in the 1st Infantry Division with F company, 52nd Infantry, (LRP) later redesignated as Company I, 75th Infantry (Ranger) --engaged in some of the fiercest, bloodiest fighting during the Vietnam War, suffering a greater relative aggregate of casualties that any other LRRP/LRP/ Ranger company. Their base was Lai Khe, within hailing distance of the Vietcong central headquarters, a mile inside Cambodia, with its vast stockpiles of weapons and thousands of transient VC and NVA soldiers. Recondo-qualified Bill Goshen was there, and has written the first account of these battle-hardened soldiers. As the eyes and ears of the Big Red One, the 1st Infantry, these hunter/killer teams of only six men instered deep inside enemy territory had to survive by their wits, or suffer the deadly consequences. Goshen himself barely escaped with his life in a virtual suicide mission that destroyed half his team. His gripping narrative recaptures the raw courage and sacrifice of American soldiers fighting a savage war of survival: men of all colors, from all walks of life, warriors bonded by triumph and tragedy, by life and death. They served proudly in Vietnam, and their stories need to be told.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/love-stories-love-stories-of-world-war-ii-by-larry-king--65098394https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240687 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love Stories: Love Stories of World War II Author: Larry King Narrator: Jill Eikenberry Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 59 minutes Release date: November 6, 2001 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.71 of Total 21 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Larry King, whose previous books have sold more than one million copies, tells the moving and heartwarming stories of couples who met by chance and fell in love during World War II, based on his original interviews. Poignant, inspiring, humorous, and unforgettable, these are the stories of men and women who, amid the chaos of a devestating war, became the loves of each other's lives. The stories in Loves Stories of World War II cover a wonderful range of experiences, from couples who met and got married within a few weeks to those who waited years after a brief first meeting to see one another again. There are charming stories of falling in love at first sight, stories of tragedy transformed by love, and stories of the remarkable resourcefulness that can be exercised by two people determined to be together. A treasure trove of unique reminiscences, Love Stories of World War II offers an unprecendented view into the personal side of the World War II experience and celebrates the incredible legacy of remarkable relationships forged in the midst of tragedy.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240687Tue, 06 Nov 2001 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240687 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love Stories: Love Stories of World War II Author: Larry King Narrator: Jill Eikenberry Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 59 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240687 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love Stories: Love Stories of World War II Author: Larry King Narrator: Jill Eikenberry Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 59 minutes Release date: November 6, 2001 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.71 of Total 21 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Larry King, whose previous books have sold more than one million copies, tells the moving and heartwarming stories of couples who met by chance and fell in love during World War II, based on his original interviews. Poignant, inspiring, humorous, and unforgettable, these are the stories of men and women who, amid the chaos of a devestating war, became the loves of each other's lives. The stories in Loves Stories of World War II cover a wonderful range of experiences, from couples who met and got married within a few weeks to those who waited years after a brief first meeting to see one another again. There are charming stories of falling in love at first sight, stories of tragedy transformed by love, and stories of the remarkable resourcefulness that can be exercised by two people determined to be together. A treasure trove of unique reminiscences, Love Stories of World War II offers an unprecendented view into the personal side of the World War II experience and celebrates the incredible legacy of remarkable relationships forged in the midst of tragedy.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ghost-soldiers-the-epic-account-of-world-war-ii-s-greatest-rescue-mission-by-hampton-sides--65098334https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240669 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission Author: Hampton Sides Narrator: James Naughton Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 15, 2001 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.48 of Total 25 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 5 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A tense, powerful, grand account of one of the most daring exploits of World War II. On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected troops from the elite U.S. Army 6th Ranger Battalion slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Their mission: March thirty miles in an attempt to rescue 513 American and British POWs who had spent three years in a surreally hellish camp near the city of Cabanatuan. The prisoners included the last survivors of the Bataan Death March left in the camp, and their extraordinary will to live might soon count for nothing—elsewhere in the Philippines, the Japanese Army had already executed American prisoners as it retreated from the advancing U.S. Army. As the Rangers stealthily moved through enemy-occupied territory, they learned that Cabanatuan had become a major transshipment point for the Japanese retreat, and instead of facing the few dozen prison guards, they could possibly confront as many as 8,000 battle-hardened enemy troops. Hampton Sides's vivid minute-by-minute narration of the raid and his chronicle of the prisoners' wrenching experiences are masterful. But Ghost Soldiers is far more than a thrilling battle saga. Hampton Sides explores the mystery of human behavior under extreme duress—the resilience of the prisoners, who defied the Japanese authorities even as they endured starvation, tropical diseases, and unspeakable tortures; the violent cultural clashes with Japanese guards and soldiers steeped in the warrior ethic of Bushido; the remarkable heroism of the Rangers and Filipino guerrillas; the complex motivations of the U.S. high command, some of whom could justly be charged with abandoning the men of Bataan in 1942; and the nearly suicidal bravado of several spies, including priests and a cabaret owner, who risked their lives to help the prisoners during their long ordeal. At once a gripping depiction of men at war and a compelling story of redemption, Ghost Soldiers joins such landmark books as Flags of Our Fathers, The Greatest Generation, The Rape of Nanking, and D-Day in preserving the legacy of World War II for future generations.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240669Tue, 15 May 2001 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240669 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission Author: Hampton Sides Narrator: James Naughton Format: Abridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240669 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission Author: Hampton Sides Narrator: James Naughton Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 15, 2001 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.48 of Total 25 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 5 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A tense, powerful, grand account of one of the most daring exploits of World War II. On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected troops from the elite U.S. Army 6th Ranger Battalion slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Their mission: March thirty miles in an attempt to rescue 513 American and British POWs who had spent three years in a surreally hellish camp near the city of Cabanatuan. The prisoners included the last survivors of the Bataan Death March left in the camp, and their extraordinary will to live might soon count for nothing—elsewhere in the Philippines, the Japanese Army had already executed American prisoners as it retreated from the advancing U.S. Army. As the Rangers stealthily moved through enemy-occupied territory, they learned that Cabanatuan had become a major transshipment point for the Japanese retreat, and instead of facing the few dozen prison guards, they could possibly confront as many as 8,000 battle-hardened enemy troops. Hampton Sides's vivid minute-by-minute narration of the raid and his chronicle of the prisoners' wrenching experiences are masterful. But Ghost Soldiers is far more than a thrilling battle saga. Hampton Sides explores the mystery of human behavior under extreme duress—the resilience of the prisoners, who defied the Japanese authorities even as they endured starvation, tropical diseases, and unspeakable tortures; the violent cultural clashes with Japanese guards and soldiers steeped in the warrior ethic of Bushido; the remarkable heroism of the Rangers and Filipino guerrillas; the complex motivations of the U.S. high command, some of whom could justly be charged with abandoning the men of Bataan in 1942; and the nearly suicidal bravado of several spies, including priests and a cabaret owner, who risked their lives to help the prisoners during their long ordeal. At once a gripping depiction of men at war and a compelling story of redemption, Ghost Soldiers joins such landmark books as Flags of Our Fathers, The Greatest Generation, The Rape of Nanking, and D-Day in preserving the legacy of World War II for future generations.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lrrp-company-command-the-cav-s-lrp-rangers-in-vietnam-1968-1969-by-kregg-p-jorgenson--65098384https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240545 to listen full audiobooks. Title: LRRP Company Command: The Cav's LRP / Rangers in Vietnam, 1968 - 1969 Author: Kregg P. Jorgenson Narrator: Don Leslie Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 3, 2001 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A gripping account of ordinary men with extraordinary courage and heroism who had one last chance to make good—and one helluva war zone to do it in.   The new commander of the Company E, 52d Infantry LRRPs, Capt. George Paccerelli, was tough, but the men’s new AO was brutal. It was bad enough that the provinces of Binh Long, Phuoc Long, and Tay Ninh bordered enemy-friendly Cambodia, but their vast stretches of double- and triple-canopy jungle were also home to four crack enemy divisions, including the Viet Cong’s notorious 95C Regiment. Only the long-range patrols could deliver the critical strategic intelligence that the 1st Cav so desperately needed. Outmanned, outgunned, far from safety, these LRRPs stalked the enemy to his lair, staging bold prisoner snatches and tracking down hidden jungle bases. Hiding in ambush, surrounded by NVA, these teams either pulled off spectacular escape-and-evasion maneuvers in running firefights—or died trying.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240545Tue, 03 Apr 2001 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240545 to listen full audiobooks. Title: LRRP Company Command: The Cav's LRP / Rangers in Vietnam, 1968 - 1969 Author: Kregg P. Jorgenson Narrator: Don Leslie Format: Abridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240545 to listen full audiobooks. Title: LRRP Company Command: The Cav's LRP / Rangers in Vietnam, 1968 - 1969 Author: Kregg P. Jorgenson Narrator: Don Leslie Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 3, 2001 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: A gripping account of ordinary men with extraordinary courage and heroism who had one last chance to make good—and one helluva war zone to do it in.   The new commander of the Company E, 52d Infantry LRRPs, Capt. George Paccerelli, was tough, but the men’s new AO was brutal. It was bad enough that the provinces of Binh Long, Phuoc Long, and Tay Ninh bordered enemy-friendly Cambodia, but their vast stretches of double- and triple-canopy jungle were also home to four crack enemy divisions, including the Viet Cong’s notorious 95C Regiment. Only the long-range patrols could deliver the critical strategic intelligence that the 1st Cav so desperately needed. Outmanned, outgunned, far from safety, these LRRPs stalked the enemy to his lair, staging bold prisoner snatches and tracking down hidden jungle bases. Hiding in ambush, surrounded by NVA, these teams either pulled off spectacular escape-and-evasion maneuvers in running firefights—or died trying.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/death-in-the-jungle-diary-of-a-navy-seal-by-alan-maki-gary-r-smith--65098342https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240543 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Death in the Jungle: Diary of a Navy Seal Author: Alan Maki, Gary R. Smith Narrator: Eric Conger Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 6, 2001 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Read by Eric Conger 2 Cassettes/ 2 hrs. With 257 combat missions in Vietnam under his belt, Gary Smith is a living witness to the realities of Naval Special Warfare. He worked with some of the toughest and most highly motivated men in the world, executing missions in the murderous terrain of the Rung Sat Special Zone and Dung Island. The key to their success: go where no ordinary soldier would go and no VC would expect them. Through death reigned as king in the jungles as king in the jungles of Vietnam, Gary Smith considered it a privelege and an honor to serve under the officers and with the men of Underwater Demolition Team 12 and SEAL Team 1. Because he and his teammates, trained to the max, gave each other the courage at attain the unattainable...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240543Tue, 06 Mar 2001 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240543 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Death in the Jungle: Diary of a Navy Seal Author: Alan Maki, Gary R. Smith Narrator: Eric Conger Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240543 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Death in the Jungle: Diary of a Navy Seal Author: Alan Maki, Gary R. Smith Narrator: Eric Conger Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 6, 2001 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Read by Eric Conger 2 Cassettes/ 2 hrs. With 257 combat missions in Vietnam under his belt, Gary Smith is a living witness to the realities of Naval Special Warfare. He worked with some of the toughest and most highly motivated men in the world, executing missions in the murderous terrain of the Rung Sat Special Zone and Dung Island. The key to their success: go where no ordinary soldier would go and no VC would expect them. Through death reigned as king in the jungles as king in the jungles of Vietnam, Gary Smith considered it a privelege and an honor to serve under the officers and with the men of Underwater Demolition Team 12 and SEAL Team 1. Because he and his teammates, trained to the max, gave each other the courage at attain the unattainable...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-album-of-memories-personal-histories-from-the-greatest-generation-by-tom-brokaw--65098390https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240531 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Album of Memories: Personal Histories From the Greatest Generation Author: Tom Brokaw Narrator: Tom Brokaw Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 27 minutes Release date: January 2, 2001 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 12 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: “I cannot go anywhere in America without people wanting to share their wartime experiences....The stories and the lessons have emerged from long-forgotten letters home, from reunions of old buddies and outfits, from unpublished diaries and home-published memoirs....As the stories in this album of memories remind us, it truly was an American experience, from the centers of power to the most humble corners of the land.” —Tom Brokaw In this beautiful American family album of stories from the Greatest Generation, the history of life as it was lived during the Depression and World War II comes alive and is preserved in people’s own words. Photographs and time lines also commemorate important dates and events. An Army Air Corps veteran who enlisted in 1941 at age seventeen writes to describe the Bataan Death March. A black nurse tells of her encounter with wartime segregation. Other members of the Greatest Generation describe their war—in such historic episodes as Guadalcanal, the D-Day invasion, the Battle of the Bulge, and Midway—as well as their lives on the home front. Starting with the Depression and Pearl Harbor, moving on through the war years in Europe, in the Pacific, and at home, this unique book preserves a people’s rich historical heritage and the legacy of a nation’s heroism in war and its courage in peace—in the shaping of their lives and of the world we have today.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240531Tue, 02 Jan 2001 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240531 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Album of Memories: Personal Histories From the Greatest Generation Author: Tom Brokaw Narrator: Tom Brokaw Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240531 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Album of Memories: Personal Histories From the Greatest Generation Author: Tom Brokaw Narrator: Tom Brokaw Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 27 minutes Release date: January 2, 2001 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 12 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: “I cannot go anywhere in America without people wanting to share their wartime experiences....The stories and the lessons have emerged from long-forgotten letters home, from reunions of old buddies and outfits, from unpublished diaries and home-published memoirs....As the stories in this album of memories remind us, it truly was an American experience, from the centers of power to the most humble corners of the land.” —Tom Brokaw In this beautiful American family album of stories from the Greatest Generation, the history of life as it was lived during the Depression and World War II comes alive and is preserved in people’s own words. Photographs and time lines also commemorate important dates and events. An Army Air Corps veteran who enlisted in 1941 at age seventeen writes to describe the Bataan Death March. A black nurse tells of her encounter with wartime segregation. Other members of the Greatest Generation describe their war—in such historic episodes as Guadalcanal, the D-Day invasion, the Battle of the Bulge, and Midway—as well as their lives on the home front. Starting with the Depression and Pearl Harbor, moving on through the war years in Europe, in the Pacific, and at home, this unique book preserves a people’s rich historical heritage and the legacy of a nation’s heroism in war and its courage in peace—in the shaping of their lives and of the world we have today.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-greatest-generation-by-tom-brokaw--65098482https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/52690 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Greatest Generation Author: Tom Brokaw Narrator: Tom Brokaw Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 42 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.7 of Total 61 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The instant classic that changed the way we saw World War II and an entire generation of Americans, from the beloved journalist whose own iconic career has lasted more than fifty years. In this magnificent testament to a nation and her people, Tom Brokaw brings to life the extraordinary stories of a generation that gave new meaning to courage, sacrifice, and honor. From military heroes to community leaders to ordinary citizens, he profiles men and women who served their country with valor, then came home and transformed it: Senator Daniel Inouye, decorated at the front, fighting prejudice at home; Martha Settle Putney, one of the first black women to serve in the newly formed WACs; Charles Van Gorder, a doctor who set up a MASH-like medical facility in the middle of battle, then opened a small clinic in his hometown; Navy pilot and future president George H. W. Bush, assigned to read the mail of the enlisted men under him, who says that in doing so he “learned about life”; and many other laudable Americans. To this generation that gave so much and asked so little, Brokaw offers eloquent tribute in true stories of everyday heroes in extraordinary times. Praise for The Greatest Generation “Moving . . . a tribute to the members of the World War II generation to whom we Americans and the world owe so much.”—The New York Times Book Review “Full of wonderful, wrenching tales of a generation of heroes. Tom Brokaw reminds us what we are capable of as a people. An inspiring read for those who wish their spirits lifted.”—Colin L. Powell   “Offers welcome inspiration . . . It is impossible to read even a few of these accounts and not be touched by the book’s overarching message: We who followed this generation have lived in the midst of greatness.”—The Washington Times   “Entirely compelling.”—The Wall Street Journal]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/52690Wed, 05 Jul 2000 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/52690 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Greatest Generation Author: Tom Brokaw Narrator: Tom Brokaw Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 42 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/52690 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Greatest Generation Author: Tom Brokaw Narrator: Tom Brokaw Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 42 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.7 of Total 61 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The instant classic that changed the way we saw World War II and an entire generation of Americans, from the beloved journalist whose own iconic career has lasted more than fifty years. In this magnificent testament to a nation and her people, Tom Brokaw brings to life the extraordinary stories of a generation that gave new meaning to courage, sacrifice, and honor. From military heroes to community leaders to ordinary citizens, he profiles men and women who served their country with valor, then came home and transformed it: Senator Daniel Inouye, decorated at the front, fighting prejudice at home; Martha Settle Putney, one of the first black women to serve in the newly formed WACs; Charles Van Gorder, a doctor who set up a MASH-like medical facility in the middle of battle, then opened a small clinic in his hometown; Navy pilot and future president George H. W. Bush, assigned to read the mail of the enlisted men under him, who says that in doing so he “learned about life”; and many other laudable Americans. To this generation that gave so much and asked so little, Brokaw offers eloquent tribute in true stories of everyday heroes in extraordinary times. Praise for The Greatest Generation “Moving . . . a tribute to the members of the World War II generation to whom we Americans and the world owe so much.”—The New York Times Book Review “Full of wonderful, wrenching tales of a generation of heroes. Tom Brokaw reminds us what we are capable of as a people. An inspiring read for those who wish their spirits lifted.”—Colin L. Powell   “Offers welcome inspiration . . . It is impossible to read even a few of these accounts and not be touched by the book’s overarching message: We who followed this generation have lived in the midst of greatness.”—The Washington Times   “Entirely compelling.”—The Wall Street Journal]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-greatest-generation-speaks-letters-and-reflections-by-tom-brokaw--65098440https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345066 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Greatest Generation Speaks: Letters and Reflections Author: Tom Brokaw Narrator: Tom Brokaw Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 23 minutes Release date: January 4, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 16 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A powerful selection of the letters Tom Brokaw received in response to his towering #1 bestseller The Greatest Generation.   “When I wrote about the men and women who came out of the Depression, who won great victories and made lasting sacrifices in World War II and then returned home to begin building the world we have today—the people I called the Greatest Generation—it was my way of saying thank you. But I was not prepared for the avalanche of letters and responses touched off by that book. I had written a book about America, and now America was writing back.”—Tom Brokaw   In the phenomenal bestseller The Greatest Generation, Tom Brokaw paid affecting tribute to those who gave the world so much—and who left an enduring legacy of courage and conviction. The Greatest Generation Speaks collects the vast outpouring of letters Brokaw received from men and women eager to share their intensely personal stories of a momentous time in America’s history. Some letters tell of the front during the war, others recall loved ones in harm’s way in distant places. They offer first-hand accounts of battles, poignant reflections on loneliness, exuberant expressions of love, and somber feelings of loss.   As Brokaw notes, “If we are to heed the past to prepare for the future, we should listen to these quiet voices of a generation that speaks to us of duty and honor, sacrifice and accomplishment. I hope more of their stories will be preserved and cherished as reminders of all that we owe them and all that we can learn from them.”]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345066Tue, 04 Jan 2000 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345066 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Greatest Generation Speaks: Letters and Reflections Author: Tom Brokaw Narrator: Tom Brokaw Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 23 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345066 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Greatest Generation Speaks: Letters and Reflections Author: Tom Brokaw Narrator: Tom Brokaw Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 23 minutes Release date: January 4, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 16 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A powerful selection of the letters Tom Brokaw received in response to his towering #1 bestseller The Greatest Generation.   “When I wrote about the men and women who came out of the Depression, who won great victories and made lasting sacrifices in World War II and then returned home to begin building the world we have today—the people I called the Greatest Generation—it was my way of saying thank you. But I was not prepared for the avalanche of letters and responses touched off by that book. I had written a book about America, and now America was writing back.”—Tom Brokaw   In the phenomenal bestseller The Greatest Generation, Tom Brokaw paid affecting tribute to those who gave the world so much—and who left an enduring legacy of courage and conviction. The Greatest Generation Speaks collects the vast outpouring of letters Brokaw received from men and women eager to share their intensely personal stories of a momentous time in America’s history. Some letters tell of the front during the war, others recall loved ones in harm’s way in distant places. They offer first-hand accounts of battles, poignant reflections on loneliness, exuberant expressions of love, and somber feelings of loss.   As Brokaw notes, “If we are to heed the past to prepare for the future, we should listen to these quiet voices of a generation that speaks to us of duty and honor, sacrifice and accomplishment. I hope more of their stories will be preserved and cherished as reminders of all that we owe them and all that we can learn from them.”]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/seven-pillars-of-wisdom-by-t-e-lawrence--65098467https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/126428 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Seven Pillars of Wisdom Author: T.E. Lawrence Narrator: Nicolas Soames, Jim Norton Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 52 minutes Release date: October 4, 1994 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.14 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Although Lawrence of Arabia died in 1935, the story of his life has captured the imagination of succeeding generations. The Seven Pillars of Wisdom is a monumental work in which he chronicles his role in leading the Arab Revolt against the Turks during the First World War. A reluctant leader, and wracked by guilt at the duplicity of the British, Lawrence nevertheless threw himself into his role, suffering the blistering desert conditions and masterminding military campaigns which culminated in the triumphant march of the Arabs into Damascus.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/126428Tue, 04 Oct 1994 01:40:48 +0000Josue ToyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/126428 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Seven Pillars of Wisdom Author: T.E. Lawrence Narrator: Nicolas Soames, Jim Norton Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 52 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/126428 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Seven Pillars of Wisdom Author: T.E. Lawrence Narrator: Nicolas Soames, Jim Norton Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 52 minutes Release date: October 4, 1994 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.14 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Although Lawrence of Arabia died in 1935, the story of his life has captured the imagination of succeeding generations. The Seven Pillars of Wisdom is a monumental work in which he chronicles his role in leading the Arab Revolt against the Turks during the First World War. A reluctant leader, and wracked by guilt at the duplicity of the British, Lawrence nevertheless threw himself into his role, suffering the blistering desert conditions and masterminding military campaigns which culminated in the triumphant march of the Arabs into Damascus.]]>184cleanfull