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Stealing Hitler's Rocket

The Incredible Mission to Smuggle a V-2 Rocket Out of Nazi-Occupied Europe to Britain

by Guy Walters ...

'As vivid and enthralling as the story deserves… recounted with a quiet restraint that makes it all the more devastating' The TelegraphAdolf Hitler's plan to break British morale during the months after the D-Day landings in June 1944 involved the invention and implementation of the world's first rocket delivered warhead – the V1, or 'Doodle Bug' as it was christened by Londoners. Thousands were ... Read more

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'As vivid and enthralling as the story deserves… recounted with a quiet restraint that makes it all the more devastating' The TelegraphAdolf Hitler's plan to break British morale during the months after the D-Day landings in June 1944 involved the invention and implementation of the world's first rocket delivered warhead – the V1, or 'Doodle Bug' as it was christened by Londoners. Thousands were
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Hunting Evil

The Nazi War Criminals Who Escaped and the Quest to Bring Them to Justice

by Guy Walters ...

Already acclaimed in England as "first-rate" (The Sunday Times); “a model of meticulous, courageous and path-breaking scholarship"(Literary Review); and "absorbing and thoroughly gripping… deserves a lasting place among histories of the war.” (The Sunday Telegraph), Hunting Evil is the first complete and definitive account of how the Nazis escaped and were pursued and captured -- or managed to ... Read more

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Already acclaimed in England as "first-rate" (The Sunday Times); “a model of meticulous, courageous and path-breaking scholarship"(Literary Review); and "absorbing and thoroughly gripping… deserves a lasting place among histories of the war.” (The Sunday Telegraph), Hunting Evil is the first complete and definitive account of how the Nazis escaped and were pursued and captured -- or managed to
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Berlin Games

How the Nazis Stole the Olympic Dream

by Guy Walters ...

"A tremendous account of the 1936 Olympics: the athletes, the atmosphere, and most important the politics behind those infamous games." —ESPN.comIn 1936, Adolf Hitler welcomed the world to Berlin to attend the Olympic Games. It promised to be not only a magnificent sporting event but also a grand showcase for the rebuilt Germany. No effort was spared to present the Third Reich as the newest global ... Read more

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"A tremendous account of the 1936 Olympics: the athletes, the atmosphere, and most important the politics behind those infamous games." —ESPN.comIn 1936, Adolf Hitler welcomed the world to Berlin to attend the Olympic Games. It promised to be not only a magnificent sporting event but also a grand showcase for the rebuilt Germany. No effort was spared to present the Third Reich as the newest global
... Read more
The Traitor

A Novel

by Guy Walters ...

There was something powerful about it, something magnetic. He had witnessed the effect of such uniforms in the newsreels; now he was about to wear one. But this SS uniform -- the uniform proudly worn by so many maniacs and murderers -- bore a Union Jack...It was an insult to King and Country.In November 1943 the Nazis capture British secret agent John Lockhart while he is on a Resistance mission ... Read more

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There was something powerful about it, something magnetic. He had witnessed the effect of such uniforms in the newsreels; now he was about to wear one. But this SS uniform -- the uniform proudly worn by so many maniacs and murderers -- bore a Union Jack...It was an insult to King and Country.In November 1943 the Nazis capture British secret agent John Lockhart while he is on a Resistance mission
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Hunting Evil

The Nazi War Criminals Who Escaped and the Quest to Bring Them to Justice

by Guy Walters ...

Narrated by Jonathan Cowley ...

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18 hours 29 min

Already acclaimed in England as "first-rate" (The Sunday Times); “a model of meticulous, courageous and path-breaking scholarship"(Literary Review); and "absorbing and thoroughly gripping… deserves a lasting place among histories of the war.” (The Sunday Telegraph), Hunting Evil is the first complete and definitive account of how the Nazis escaped and were pursued and captured -- or managed to ... Read more

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Already acclaimed in England as "first-rate" (The Sunday Times); “a model of meticulous, courageous and path-breaking scholarship"(Literary Review); and "absorbing and thoroughly gripping… deserves a lasting place among histories of the war.” (The Sunday Telegraph), Hunting Evil is the first complete and definitive account of how the Nazis escaped and were pursued and captured -- or managed to
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The Illustrious Dead

The Terrifying Story of How Typhus Killed Napoleon's Greatest Army

by Stephan Talty ...

Narrated by Stephen Hoye ...

Unabridged

9 hours 27 min

A masterful dual narrative of Napoleon Bonaparte and a tiny microbe that pits the height of human ambition and achievement against the supremacy of nature, from the New York Times bestselling author of Empire of Blue Water“Gripping . . . Talty brings international politics and science together in a compelling story of personal hubris and humbling defeat.”—Jack Weatherford, author of the New York ... Read more

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A masterful dual narrative of Napoleon Bonaparte and a tiny microbe that pits the height of human ambition and achievement against the supremacy of nature, from the New York Times bestselling author of Empire of Blue Water“Gripping . . . Talty brings international politics and science together in a compelling story of personal hubris and humbling defeat.”—Jack Weatherford, author of the New York
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Hitler's Willing Executioners

Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust

by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen ...

Narrated by Kevin T. Collins ...

Unabridged

26 hours 25 min

This groundbreaking international bestseller lays to rest many myths about the Holocaust: that Germans were ignorant of the mass destruction of Jews, that the killers were all SS men, and that those who slaughtered Jews did so reluctantly. Hitler's Willing Executioners provides conclusive evidence that the extermination of European Jewry engaged the energies and enthusiasm of tens of thousands of ... Read more

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This groundbreaking international bestseller lays to rest many myths about the Holocaust: that Germans were ignorant of the mass destruction of Jews, that the killers were all SS men, and that those who slaughtered Jews did so reluctantly. Hitler's Willing Executioners provides conclusive evidence that the extermination of European Jewry engaged the energies and enthusiasm of tens of thousands of
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Forgotten Fatherland

The True Story of Nietzsche's Sister and Her Lost Aryan Colony

by Ben Macintyre ...

Narrated by Ben Macintyre ...

Unabridged

10 hours 38 min

“A fascinating, provocative, and highly eccentric volume” (The New York Times) exploring the true story of Elisabeth Nietzsche’s maniacal attempt to found a utopian colony in the jungles of Paraguay in the late nineteenth century—from the bestselling author of Prisoners of the Castle.In 1886, Elisabeth Nietzsche, the bigoted, imperious sister of the famous philosopher, founded a “racially pure” ... Read more

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“A fascinating, provocative, and highly eccentric volume” (The New York Times) exploring the true story of Elisabeth Nietzsche’s maniacal attempt to found a utopian colony in the jungles of Paraguay in the late nineteenth century—from the bestselling author of Prisoners of the Castle.In 1886, Elisabeth Nietzsche, the bigoted, imperious sister of the famous philosopher, founded a “racially pure”
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When Lions Roar

The Churchills and the Kennedys

by Thomas Maier ...

Narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner ...

Unabridged

21 hours 51 min

The first comprehensive history of the deeply entwined personal and public lives of the Churchills and the Kennedys and what their special relationship meant for Great Britain and the United StatesWhen Lions Roar begins in the mid-1930s at Chartwell, Winston Churchill's country estate, with new revelations surrounding a secret business deal orchestrated by Joseph P. Kennedy, the father of future ... Read more

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The first comprehensive history of the deeply entwined personal and public lives of the Churchills and the Kennedys and what their special relationship meant for Great Britain and the United StatesWhen Lions Roar begins in the mid-1930s at Chartwell, Winston Churchill's country estate, with new revelations surrounding a secret business deal orchestrated by Joseph P. Kennedy, the father of future
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The Liberator

One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau

by Alex Kershaw ...

Narrated by Fred Sanders ...

Unabridged

11 hours 2 min

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 – ... Read more

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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 –
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A War Like No Other

How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War

by Victor Davis Hanson ...

Narrated by Bob Souer ...

Unabridged

13 hours 58 min

Victor Davis Hanson has given us painstakingly researched and pathbreaking accounts of wars ranging from classical antiquity to the twenty-first century. Now he juxtaposes an ancient conflict with our most urgent modern concerns to create his most engrossing work to date, A War Like No Other.Hanson compellingly portrays the ways Athens and Sparta fought on land and sea, in city and countryside, ... Read more

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Victor Davis Hanson has given us painstakingly researched and pathbreaking accounts of wars ranging from classical antiquity to the twenty-first century. Now he juxtaposes an ancient conflict with our most urgent modern concerns to create his most engrossing work to date, A War Like No Other.Hanson compellingly portrays the ways Athens and Sparta fought on land and sea, in city and countryside,
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Higher

A Historic Race to the Sky and the Making of a City

by Neal Bascomb ...

Narrated by Richard M. Davidson ...

Unabridged

11 hours 12 min

This riveting, true account of the 1929 race to build New York City's tallest skyscraper evokes the glory of an exciting time long past. In the spirit of the Roaring Twenties, two men competed to erect a structure that would reach to the skies. Behind it all were two brilliant architects-men with a common past, but very different visions for the future. Higher is every bit as fascinating as the ... Read more

$25.99 USD

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This riveting, true account of the 1929 race to build New York City's tallest skyscraper evokes the glory of an exciting time long past. In the spirit of the Roaring Twenties, two men competed to erect a structure that would reach to the skies. Behind it all were two brilliant architects-men with a common past, but very different visions for the future. Higher is every bit as fascinating as the
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