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True Colours

The 10th Spider Shepherd Thriller

by Stephen Leather ...

Narrated by Paul Thornley ...

Series Audiobook 10 - The Spider Shepherd Thrillers
Unabridged

14 hours 42 min

Readers can't get enough of Dan 'Spider' Shepherd'I simply can't get enough of Spider Shepherd' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Spider Shepherd is the new James Bond' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'This series just gets better and better' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Action packed, spine-chilling excitement' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'A truly heart-racing read' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐The Russian oligarchs are the world's new elite. They treat the world as their plaything,... ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Readers can't get enough of Dan 'Spider' Shepherd'I simply can't get enough of Spider Shepherd' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Spider Shepherd is the new James Bond' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'This series just gets better and better' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Action packed, spine-chilling excitement' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'A truly heart-racing read' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐The Russian oligarchs are the world's new elite. They treat the world as their plaything,...
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One Minute to Midnight

Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War

by Michael Dobbs ...

Narrated by Bob Walter ...

Unabridged

16 hours 25 min

In October 1962, at the height of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union appeared to be sliding inexorably toward a nuclear conflict over the placement of missiles in Cuba. Veteran Washington Post reporter Michael Dobbs has pored over previously untapped American, Soviet, and Cuban sources to produce the most authoritative book yet on the Cuban missile crisis. In his hour-by-hour ... Read more

$25.99 USD

In October 1962, at the height of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union appeared to be sliding inexorably toward a nuclear conflict over the placement of missiles in Cuba. Veteran Washington Post reporter Michael Dobbs has pored over previously untapped American, Soviet, and Cuban sources to produce the most authoritative book yet on the Cuban missile crisis. In his hour-by-hour
... Read more
Audiobook

Project Maven

A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfare

by Katrina Manson ...

Narrated by Katrina Manson ...

Unabridged

13 hours 30 min

The dramatic story of the secretive decade-long Pentagon campaign to deliver America into the age of AI warfare.In 2017, a small crew gathered in a windowless Pentagon room to put AI at the heart of how America makes war. Led by Drew Cukor, an unyielding Marine Corps colonel driven by the deaths of US troops and the prospect of war with an AI-equipped China, the Project Maven team raced to send AI ... Read more

$25.99 USD

The dramatic story of the secretive decade-long Pentagon campaign to deliver America into the age of AI warfare.In 2017, a small crew gathered in a windowless Pentagon room to put AI at the heart of how America makes war. Led by Drew Cukor, an unyielding Marine Corps colonel driven by the deaths of US troops and the prospect of war with an AI-equipped China, the Project Maven team raced to send AI
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Audiobook

The American Way of Killing

by Malcolm Gladwell ...

Unabridged

8 hours 32 min

Malcolm Gladwell returns with a brilliant new work: an incisive investigation into gun violence, America’s deadliest and most polarizing crisis.Why, when it comes to lethal violenc... ... Read more

$20.99 USD

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Malcolm Gladwell returns with a brilliant new work: an incisive investigation into gun violence, America’s deadliest and most polarizing crisis.Why, when it comes to lethal violenc...
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Audiobook

De wereld volgens Noord-Korea

by Remco Breuker ...

Narrated by Remco Breuker ...

Unabridged

5 hours 52 min

Het nieuws dat Noord-Koreaanse militairen aan Russische zijde vochten in Oekraïne kwam in 2024 voor velen als een verrassing. Noord-Korea is toch die in zichzelf gekeerde dictatuur waar op grote schaal mensenrechten worden geschonden? Maar het land blijkt juist ook in het buitenland grote ambities te hebben en zijn greep op de wereld te willen versterken.Noord-Koreakenner Remco Breuker legt uit ... Read more

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Het nieuws dat Noord-Koreaanse militairen aan Russische zijde vochten in Oekraïne kwam in 2024 voor velen als een verrassing. Noord-Korea is toch die in zichzelf gekeerde dictatuur waar op grote schaal mensenrechten worden geschonden? Maar het land blijkt juist ook in het buitenland grote ambities te hebben en zijn greep op de wereld te willen versterken.Noord-Koreakenner Remco Breuker legt uit
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UAP Enigma Inside America’s Secret Aerial Investigations, The

Inside Classified U.S. Government UAP Investigations

by Dr.Muddassir ...

Narrated by Dr.Muddassir ...

Series Audiobook 3 - The UAP Chronicles
Unabridged

15 min

This audiobook explores one of the most intriguing modern mysteries—Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP)—and the official investigations conducted by U.S. defense and intelligence agencies.Through documented reports, military pilot encounters, and government briefings, this work presents a structured and informative overview of unexplained aerial sightings that have captured global attention.While ... Read more

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This audiobook explores one of the most intriguing modern mysteries—Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP)—and the official investigations conducted by U.S. defense and intelligence agencies.Through documented reports, military pilot encounters, and government briefings, this work presents a structured and informative overview of unexplained aerial sightings that have captured global attention.While
... Read more
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J. Robert Oppenheimer: The Life and Legacy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Inside the Secret Race for the Atomic Bomb, the Brilliant Minds behind It, History’s Darkest)

by Walter Brown ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Matt G ...

Unabridged

1 hour 36 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.J. Robert Oppenheimer was a brilliant physicist best known for his role as the scientific leader of the Manhattan project, the secret program that developed the first atomic bombs during World War II. A highly intellectual and complex figure, Oppenheimer combined deep knowledge of physics with strong philosophical curiosity. Under his leadership at Los ... Read more

$5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.J. Robert Oppenheimer was a brilliant physicist best known for his role as the scientific leader of the Manhattan project, the secret program that developed the first atomic bombs during World War II. A highly intellectual and complex figure, Oppenheimer combined deep knowledge of physics with strong philosophical curiosity. Under his leadership at Los
... Read more
Audiobook

The Greatest Threat

Iraq, Weapons of Mass Destruction, and the Growing Crisis of Global Security

by Richard Butler ...

Narrated by Simon Vance ...

Unabridged

10 hours 33 min

Civilization may face no greater enemy than Saddam Hussein, and yet the major powers allowed Saddam to face them down. Here, Richard Butler tells the inside story of the UN’s failed attempt to stop Saddam and explains the terrible cost of that failure.As the head of UNSCOM, the special United Nations commission that was supposed to regularly inspect Iraq for weapons violations, Butler had the ... Read more

$19.95 USD

Civilization may face no greater enemy than Saddam Hussein, and yet the major powers allowed Saddam to face them down. Here, Richard Butler tells the inside story of the UN’s failed attempt to stop Saddam and explains the terrible cost of that failure.As the head of UNSCOM, the special United Nations commission that was supposed to regularly inspect Iraq for weapons violations, Butler had the
... Read more
Audiobook

The Atomic Bazaar

The Rise of the Nuclear Poor

by William Langewiesche ...

Narrated by Tom Weiner ...

Unabridged

5 hours 8 min

In his shocking and revelatory work, celebrated journalist William Langewiesche investigates the burgeoning threat of nuclear-weapons production and the inexorable drift of nuclear-weapons technology from the hands of the rich into the hands of the poor.As more unstable and undeveloped nations acquire the ultimate arms, the stakes of state-sponsored nuclear activity have soared to frightening ... Read more

$13.95 USD

In his shocking and revelatory work, celebrated journalist William Langewiesche investigates the burgeoning threat of nuclear-weapons production and the inexorable drift of nuclear-weapons technology from the hands of the rich into the hands of the poor.As more unstable and undeveloped nations acquire the ultimate arms, the stakes of state-sponsored nuclear activity have soared to frightening
... Read more
Audiobook

Bytes and Bullets

Global Rivalries, Big Tech, and the New Shape of Modern Warfare

by Steve Feldstein ...

Narrated by Patrick Cavanaugh ...

Unabridged

9 hours 45 min

New tech is changing the contours of geopolitical stability—America must act now, or risk losing its global standing forever.Technology has always driven political competition. For decades, the US set the international rules on innovation, standards, and export regulations, using soft power and federal funding to both develop cutting edge tech and prevent its rivals from acquiring it. But in the ... Read more

$26.99 USD

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New tech is changing the contours of geopolitical stability—America must act now, or risk losing its global standing forever.Technology has always driven political competition. For decades, the US set the international rules on innovation, standards, and export regulations, using soft power and federal funding to both develop cutting edge tech and prevent its rivals from acquiring it. But in the
... Read more
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The Withdrawal

Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of US Power

by Noam Chomsky, Vijay Prashad ...

Narrated by Donald Corren ...

Unabridged

4 hours 40 min

Two of our most celebrated intellectuals grapple with the uncertain aftermath of the American collapse in Afghanistan.Not since the last American troops left Vietnam have we faced such a sudden vacuum in our foreign policy—not only of authority, but also of explanations of what happened, and what the future holds.Few analysts are better poised to address this moment than Noam Chomsky and Vijay ... Read more

$14.95 USD

Two of our most celebrated intellectuals grapple with the uncertain aftermath of the American collapse in Afghanistan.Not since the last American troops left Vietnam have we faced such a sudden vacuum in our foreign policy—not only of authority, but also of explanations of what happened, and what the future holds.Few analysts are better poised to address this moment than Noam Chomsky and Vijay
... Read more
Audiobook

Spillet om et gidsel

by Frederick Forsyth ...

Narrated by Niels Vigild ...

Unabridged

19 hours 44 min

Enhver krig kræver våben og soldater, og en moderne krig kræver også olie. Det samme gjaldt den kolde krig. Det vidste både Sovjetunionen og Vesten, så da marskal Koslov modtager en rapport, der beretter, at verdens oliereserver vil slippe op i løbet af 20-30 år, og at Sovjetunionens vil slippe op som de første, forstår han, at det kan være tid til at nedruste og slutte fred med arvefjenden ... Read more

$17.99 USD

Enhver krig kræver våben og soldater, og en moderne krig kræver også olie. Det samme gjaldt den kolde krig. Det vidste både Sovjetunionen og Vesten, så da marskal Koslov modtager en rapport, der beretter, at verdens oliereserver vil slippe op i løbet af 20-30 år, og at Sovjetunionens vil slippe op som de første, forstår han, at det kan være tid til at nedruste og slutte fred med arvefjenden
... Read more
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Empire of Deterrence

Nuclear Weapons and the Containment of Politics

by Michael Gardiner ...

Narrated by Adrian Hobart ...

Unabridged

4 hours 39 min

This book considers nuclear deterrence as a form of authority. It describes the rise of deterrence in the Anglosphere particularly as the rule of economic law hardened to protect a civilization in its deterministic, automated phase. Nuclear deterrence has increasingly been leveraged against populations to smother politics and protect an absolute stasis with its heart in a cybernetics of human ... Read more

$16.99 USD

This book considers nuclear deterrence as a form of authority. It describes the rise of deterrence in the Anglosphere particularly as the rule of economic law hardened to protect a civilization in its deterministic, automated phase. Nuclear deterrence has increasingly been leveraged against populations to smother politics and protect an absolute stasis with its heart in a cybernetics of human
... Read more
Audiobook

Strange Stability

How Cold War Scientists Set Out to Control the Arms Race and Ended Up Serving the Military-Industrial Complex

by Benjamin Wilson ...

Narrated by Tom Parks ...

Unabridged

17 hours 16 min

Do scientists speak truth to power? During the Cold War, a group of American strategists and science advisors claimed to do precisely that. Styling themselves as figures of rationality and restraint, they insisted that mutual assured destruction was the natural logic of the atomic age: as long as nuclear deterrence was credible, no one would ever shoot first. This doctrine, known as "strategic ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Do scientists speak truth to power? During the Cold War, a group of American strategists and science advisors claimed to do precisely that. Styling themselves as figures of rationality and restraint, they insisted that mutual assured destruction was the natural logic of the atomic age: as long as nuclear deterrence was credible, no one would ever shoot first. This doctrine, known as "strategic
... Read more
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Above and Beyond

John F. Kennedy and America's Most Dangerous Cold War Spy Mission

by Casey Sherman, Michael J. Tougias ...

Narrated by Maxwell Hamilton ...

Unabridged

12 hours 20 min

From the authors of the bestselling The Finest Hours comes the riveting, deeply human story of President John F. Kennedy and two U-2 pilots, Rudy Anderson and Chuck Maultsby, who risked their lives to save America during the Cuban Missile CrisisDuring the ominous two weeks of the Cold War's terrifying peak, two things saved humanity: the strategic wisdom of John F. Kennedy and the U-2 aerial spy ... Read more

$31.99 USD

From the authors of the bestselling The Finest Hours comes the riveting, deeply human story of President John F. Kennedy and two U-2 pilots, Rudy Anderson and Chuck Maultsby, who risked their lives to save America during the Cuban Missile CrisisDuring the ominous two weeks of the Cold War's terrifying peak, two things saved humanity: the strategic wisdom of John F. Kennedy and the U-2 aerial spy
... Read more
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China's Strategic Arsenal

Worldview, Doctrine, and Systems

Narrated by P.J. Ochlan ...

Unabridged

11 hours

China's strategic capabilities and doctrine have historically differed from the United States' and Russia's. China has continued to modernize and expand its arsenal despite its policy of no first use, while the United States and Russia have decreased deployed weapons stocks.This volume brings together an international group of distinguished scholars to provide a fresh assessment of China's ... Read more

$24.99 USD

China's strategic capabilities and doctrine have historically differed from the United States' and Russia's. China has continued to modernize and expand its arsenal despite its policy of no first use, while the United States and Russia have decreased deployed weapons stocks.This volume brings together an international group of distinguished scholars to provide a fresh assessment of China's
... Read more
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Tuntematon tulevaisuus

by Charly Salonius-Pasternak, Markko Taina ...

Narrated by Pertti Huuskonen ...

Unabridged

13 hours 57 min

Euroopan turvallisuuden yhdestoista hetki.Tutkija Charly Salonius-Pasternak kartoittaa kansainvälistä turvallisuustilannetta huippuasiantuntijoiden kanssa. Kuinka suurvallat tekevät turvallisuuspoliittisia päätöksiä, mikä on Suomen asema muuttuvassa maailmassa, mitä Trumpin Yhdysvallat tahtoo ja miten se vaikuttaa Suomeen ja Eurooppaan?Mitä voi oppia ihmisiltä, jotka ovat olleet päättämässä ... Read more

$17.99 USD

Euroopan turvallisuuden yhdestoista hetki.Tutkija Charly Salonius-Pasternak kartoittaa kansainvälistä turvallisuustilannetta huippuasiantuntijoiden kanssa. Kuinka suurvallat tekevät turvallisuuspoliittisia päätöksiä, mikä on Suomen asema muuttuvassa maailmassa, mitä Trumpin Yhdysvallat tahtoo ja miten se vaikuttaa Suomeen ja Eurooppaan?Mitä voi oppia ihmisiltä, jotka ovat olleet päättämässä
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The Dead Hand

The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy

by David Hoffman ...

Narrated by Bob Walter ...

Unabridged

20 hours 46 min

**“A tour de force of investigative history.” —Steve CollThe Dead Hand is the suspense-filled story of the people who sought to brake the speeding locomotive of the arms race, then rushed to secure the nuclear and biological weapons left behind by the collapse of the Soviet Union—a dangerous legacy that haunts us even today.**The Cold War was an epoch of massive overkill. In the last half of the ... Read more

$27.50 USD

**“A tour de force of investigative history.” —Steve CollThe Dead Hand is the suspense-filled story of the people who sought to brake the speeding locomotive of the arms race, then rushed to secure the nuclear and biological weapons left behind by the collapse of the Soviet Union—a dangerous legacy that haunts us even today.**The Cold War was an epoch of massive overkill. In the last half of the
... Read more
Audiobook

Six Minutes to Winter

Nuclear War and How to Avoid It

by Mark Lynas ...

Narrated by Tom Lawrence ...

Unabridged

10 hours 21 min

Bloomsbury presents Six Minutes to Winter: Nuclear War and How to Avoid It by Mark Lynas read by Tom Lawrence‘Terrifying and timely, this is a book everyone should read and heed’ - George Monbiot'Urgent, gripping and sobering, Six Minutes to Winter is a hair-raising wake-up call’ - David Wallace-Wells‘Powerful and insightful. Although many have forgotten about nuclear weapons, we shouldn't’<b... ... Read more

$21.00 USD

Bloomsbury presents Six Minutes to Winter: Nuclear War and How to Avoid It by Mark Lynas read by Tom Lawrence‘Terrifying and timely, this is a book everyone should read and heed’ - George Monbiot'Urgent, gripping and sobering, Six Minutes to Winter is a hair-raising wake-up call’ - David Wallace-Wells‘Powerful and insightful. Although many have forgotten about nuclear weapons, we shouldn't’<b...
... Read more
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Fitting of Halperin’s Bureaucratic Model with Domestic and Foreign Policy Events of the Vietnam War, A

by Steve Dafoe ...

Narrated by Shawn Stutts ...

Unabridged

44 min

A Fitting of Halperin’s Bureaucratic Model with Domestic and Foreign Policy Events of the Vietnam War ... Read more

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A Fitting of Halperin’s Bureaucratic Model with Domestic and Foreign Policy Events of the Vietnam War
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Bleibt wachsam! Die neue europäische Kriegsrhetorik

by Hermann Selchow ...

Narrated by Digitale Stimme Gustav G ...

Abridged

3 hours 27 min

Dieses Hörbuch wird von einer digitalen Stimme vorgelesen.Bleibt wachsam! – Die neue Kriegsrhetorik in EuropaWie Feindbilder entstehen, wer davon profitiert – und wie wir den Weg zum Frieden erhalten könnenIn einer Zeit geopolitischer Spannungen und medialer Dauerkrisen dominiert eine gefährliche Sprache unsere politische Landschaft: Kriegsrhetorik. Doch wie entstehen diese Narrative? Wer ... Read more

$6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Dieses Hörbuch wird von einer digitalen Stimme vorgelesen.Bleibt wachsam! – Die neue Kriegsrhetorik in EuropaWie Feindbilder entstehen, wer davon profitiert – und wie wir den Weg zum Frieden erhalten könnenIn einer Zeit geopolitischer Spannungen und medialer Dauerkrisen dominiert eine gefährliche Sprache unsere politische Landschaft: Kriegsrhetorik. Doch wie entstehen diese Narrative? Wer
... Read more
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Robert Oppenheimer: Exploring Historical Resonance Through Ethical Dilemmas (The Father of the Atomic Bomb and his legacy in today's world)

by Elmer Thompson ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Maxwell G ...

Unabridged

5 hours 44 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Discover the extraordinary life of j. Robert Oppenheimer, the man behind the atomic bomb, in this captivating biography. Unearth the burstiness of his scientific achievements and the enduring perplexity of the atomic age that defined his legacy.Oppenheimer's journey was a relentless pursuit of knowledge, from his groundbreaking work in quantum ... Read more

$15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Discover the extraordinary life of j. Robert Oppenheimer, the man behind the atomic bomb, in this captivating biography. Unearth the burstiness of his scientific achievements and the enduring perplexity of the atomic age that defined his legacy.Oppenheimer's journey was a relentless pursuit of knowledge, from his groundbreaking work in quantum
... Read more
Audiobook

The Twilight of the Bombs

Recent Challenges, New Dangers, and the Prospects for a World Without Nuclear Weapons

by Richard Rhodes ...

Narrated by Robertson Dean ...

Unabridged

13 hours 43 min

The culminating volume in Richard Rhodes’s monumental and prizewinning history of nuclear weapons, offering the first comprehensive narrative of the challenges faced in a post–Cold War age.The past twenty years have transformed our relationship with nuclear weapons drastically. With extraordinary depth of knowledge and understanding, Rhodes makes clear how the five original nuclear powers—Russia, ... Read more

$22.99 USD

The culminating volume in Richard Rhodes’s monumental and prizewinning history of nuclear weapons, offering the first comprehensive narrative of the challenges faced in a post–Cold War age.The past twenty years have transformed our relationship with nuclear weapons drastically. With extraordinary depth of knowledge and understanding, Rhodes makes clear how the five original nuclear powers—Russia,
... Read more
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Ricochet

Guns, Greed, and the American Way of Violence

by Mike McIntire ...

Narrated by Alan Carlson ...

Unabridged

8 hours 30 min

Three-time Pulitzer Prize–winning writer Mike McIntire delivers the definitive story of the forces that shape gun culture and the American way of violence.Not too long ago, you could still envision a future for America not marked by gun idolatry, blood-stained classrooms, and empty offers of thoughts and prayers. Yet a witches’ brew of politics, money, and ideology has warped gun culture in the ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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Three-time Pulitzer Prize–winning writer Mike McIntire delivers the definitive story of the forces that shape gun culture and the American way of violence.Not too long ago, you could still envision a future for America not marked by gun idolatry, blood-stained classrooms, and empty offers of thoughts and prayers. Yet a witches’ brew of politics, money, and ideology has warped gun culture in the
... Read more

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