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Death March Escape

The Remarkable Story of a Man Who Twice Escaped the Nazi Holocaust

by Jack J. Hersch ...

"Blending elements of memoir, history, and biography," the son of a Holocaust survivor "portrays the horrifying reality of the . . . concentration camps" ( Midwest Book Review).In June 1944, the Nazis locked eighteen-year-old Dave Hersch into a railroad boxcar and shipped him from his hometown of Dej, Hungary, to Mauthausen Concentration Camp, the harshest, cruelest camp in the Reich. After ten ... Read more

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"Blending elements of memoir, history, and biography," the son of a Holocaust survivor "portrays the horrifying reality of the . . . concentration camps" ( Midwest Book Review).In June 1944, the Nazis locked eighteen-year-old Dave Hersch into a railroad boxcar and shipped him from his hometown of Dej, Hungary, to Mauthausen Concentration Camp, the harshest, cruelest camp in the Reich. After ten
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The Dangers of Automation in Airliners

Accidents Waiting to Happen

by Jack J. Hersch ...

The award-winning journalist delves "into the confluence of modern airplane technology and pilot behavior to probe how and why flight disasters happen" ( BookTrib).Aviation automation has been pushed to its limits, with pilots increasingly relying on it. Autopilot, autothrottle, autoland, flight management systems, air data systems, inertial guidance systems. All these systems are only as good as ... Read more

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The award-winning journalist delves "into the confluence of modern airplane technology and pilot behavior to probe how and why flight disasters happen" ( BookTrib).Aviation automation has been pushed to its limits, with pilots increasingly relying on it. Autopilot, autothrottle, autoland, flight management systems, air data systems, inertial guidance systems. All these systems are only as good as
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Death March Escape

The Remarkable Story of a Man Who Twice Escaped the Nazi Holocaust

by Jack J Hersch ...

Narrated by Chris Ingam ...

Unabridged

9 hours 17 min

Winner, 2019 Spirit of Anne Frank Human Writes Award "This deeply personal and extremely informative portrait of a man of indomitable will to live, as Hersch emphasizes, reminds us of why we must never forget nor trivialize the full, shocking truth about the Holocaust." — BooklistHersch effectively uses his father’s unusual story to convey the horrors of the Holocaust. A valuable addition to ... Read more

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Winner, 2019 Spirit of Anne Frank Human Writes Award "This deeply personal and extremely informative portrait of a man of indomitable will to live, as Hersch emphasizes, reminds us of why we must never forget nor trivialize the full, shocking truth about the Holocaust." — BooklistHersch effectively uses his father’s unusual story to convey the horrors of the Holocaust. A valuable addition to
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Escape from Stalag Luft III

The True Story of My Successful Great Escape: The Memoir of Bob Vanderstok

by Bram Vanderstok ...

Narrated by John Lee ...

Unabridged

10 hours 14 min

On the night of March 24, 1944, Bram Vanderstok was number eighteen of seventy-six men who crawled beyond the barbed wire fence of Stalag Luft III in Zagan, Poland. The 1963 film The Great Escape, was largely based on this autobiography but—with Vanderstok's agreement—filmmakers chose to turn his story into an Australian character named Sedgwick.His memoir sets down his wartime adventures before ... Read more

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On the night of March 24, 1944, Bram Vanderstok was number eighteen of seventy-six men who crawled beyond the barbed wire fence of Stalag Luft III in Zagan, Poland. The 1963 film The Great Escape, was largely based on this autobiography but—with Vanderstok's agreement—filmmakers chose to turn his story into an Australian character named Sedgwick.His memoir sets down his wartime adventures before
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Escaping with His Life

From Dunkirk to D-Day & Beyond

by Nicholas Young ...

Narrated by Nicholas Young ...

Unabridged

9 hours 46 min

Very few British soldiers could lay claim to such a full war as Leslie Young. Having survived the retreat to and evacuation from Dunkirk, he volunteered for the newly formed Commandos and took part in their first operation, the raid on the Lofoten Islands. He fought and was captured in Tunisia. He went on the run before his POW camp at Fontanellato was taken over by the Nazis after the September ... Read more

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Very few British soldiers could lay claim to such a full war as Leslie Young. Having survived the retreat to and evacuation from Dunkirk, he volunteered for the newly formed Commandos and took part in their first operation, the raid on the Lofoten Islands. He fought and was captured in Tunisia. He went on the run before his POW camp at Fontanellato was taken over by the Nazis after the September
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I Escaped from Auschwitz

The Shocking True Story of the World War II Hero Who Escaped the Nazis and Helped Save Over 200,000 Jews

by Rudolf Vrba, Alan Bestic ...

Narrated by Steven Jay Cohen ...

Unabridged

17 hours 10 min

The Stunning and Emotional Autobiography of an Auschwitz SurvivorApril 7, 1944—This date marks the successful escape of two Slovak prisoners from one of the most heavily-guarded and notorious concentration camps of Nazi Germany. The escapees, Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler, fled over one hundred miles to be the first to give the graphic and detailed descriptions of the atrocities of Auschwitz ... Read more

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The Stunning and Emotional Autobiography of an Auschwitz SurvivorApril 7, 1944—This date marks the successful escape of two Slovak prisoners from one of the most heavily-guarded and notorious concentration camps of Nazi Germany. The escapees, Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler, fled over one hundred miles to be the first to give the graphic and detailed descriptions of the atrocities of Auschwitz
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Blood Red Snow

The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front

by Günter K. Koschorrek ...

Narrated by Nigel Patterson ...

Unabridged

9 hours 41 min

Gunter Koschorrek wrote his illicit diary on any scraps of paper he could lay his hands on. As keeping a diary was strictly forbidden, he sewed the pages into the lining of his thick winter coat and deposited them with his mother on infrequent trips home on leave. The diary went missing and it was when he was reunited with his daughter in America some forty years later that it came to light and ... Read more

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Gunter Koschorrek wrote his illicit diary on any scraps of paper he could lay his hands on. As keeping a diary was strictly forbidden, he sewed the pages into the lining of his thick winter coat and deposited them with his mother on infrequent trips home on leave. The diary went missing and it was when he was reunited with his daughter in America some forty years later that it came to light and
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The Silent Service in World War II

The Story of the U.S. Navy Submarine Force in the Words of the Men Who Lived It

Narrated by Tom Perkins, Jo Anna Perrin ...

Unabridged

10 hours 4 min

When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, the U.S. Navy had a total of 111 submarines. However, this fleet was not nearly as impressive as the number suggests. It was mostly a collection of aging boats from the late teens and early twenties, with only a few of the newer, more modern Gato-class boats. Fortunately, with the war in Europe was already two years old and friction with ... Read more

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When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, the U.S. Navy had a total of 111 submarines. However, this fleet was not nearly as impressive as the number suggests. It was mostly a collection of aging boats from the late teens and early twenties, with only a few of the newer, more modern Gato-class boats. Fortunately, with the war in Europe was already two years old and friction with
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The Spies Who Never Were

The True Story of the Nazi Spies Who Were Actually Allied Double Agents

by Hervie Haufler ...

Narrated by Derek Perkins ...

Unabridged

8 hours 2 min

After the fall of France in the mid-1940s, Adolf Hitler faced a British Empire that refused to negotiate for peace. With total war looming, he ordered the Abwehr, Germany's defense and intelligence organization, to carry out Operation Lena—a program to place information-gathering spies within Britain.Quickly, a network of secret agents spread within the United Kingdom and across the British Empire ... Read more

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After the fall of France in the mid-1940s, Adolf Hitler faced a British Empire that refused to negotiate for peace. With total war looming, he ordered the Abwehr, Germany's defense and intelligence organization, to carry out Operation Lena—a program to place information-gathering spies within Britain.Quickly, a network of secret agents spread within the United Kingdom and across the British Empire
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Into Enemy Arms

The Remarkable True Story of a German Girl's Struggle Against Nazism, and Her Daring Escape with the Allied Airman She Loved

by Michael Hingston ...

Narrated by Natasha Soudek ...

Unabridged

11 hours 17 min

The suspenseful true story of a love that defied Nazi oppression, and a harrowing journey to freedom.In 1945, Ditha Bruncel was living with her parents in the small town of Lossen, in Upper Silesia. Close Jewish friends had vanished, swastikas hung from every building, and neighbors were disappearing in the middle of the night. At the same time more than fifteen hundred British and Commonwealth ... Read more

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The suspenseful true story of a love that defied Nazi oppression, and a harrowing journey to freedom.In 1945, Ditha Bruncel was living with her parents in the small town of Lossen, in Upper Silesia. Close Jewish friends had vanished, swastikas hung from every building, and neighbors were disappearing in the middle of the night. At the same time more than fifteen hundred British and Commonwealth
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A People’s History of the Civil War

Struggles for the Meaning of Freedom

by David Williams ...

Narrated by Rick Adamson ...

Unabridged

22 hours 36 min

The acclaimed sweeping history of a nation at war with itself, told here for the first time by the people who lived it.Historian David Williams has written the first account of the American Civil War as viewed though the eyes of ordinary people—foot soldiers, slaves, women, prisoners of war, draft resisters, Native Americans, and others. Richly illustrated with little-known anecdotes and firsthand ... Read more

$29.99 USD

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The acclaimed sweeping history of a nation at war with itself, told here for the first time by the people who lived it.Historian David Williams has written the first account of the American Civil War as viewed though the eyes of ordinary people—foot soldiers, slaves, women, prisoners of war, draft resisters, Native Americans, and others. Richly illustrated with little-known anecdotes and firsthand
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Lonely Vigil

Coastwatchers of the Solomons

by Walter Lord ...

Narrated by Norman Dietz ...

Unabridged

11 hours 54 min

From the bestselling author of Day of Infamy: In the bloodiest island combat of WWII, one group of men kept watch from behind Japanese lines.The Solomon Islands was where the Allied war machine finally broke the Japanese empire. As pilots, marines, and sailors fought for supremacy in Guadalcanal, Bougainville, and the Slot, a lonely group of radio operators occupied the Solomon Islands’ highest ... Read more

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From the bestselling author of Day of Infamy: In the bloodiest island combat of WWII, one group of men kept watch from behind Japanese lines.The Solomon Islands was where the Allied war machine finally broke the Japanese empire. As pilots, marines, and sailors fought for supremacy in Guadalcanal, Bougainville, and the Slot, a lonely group of radio operators occupied the Solomon Islands’ highest
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