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  • Race of Aces

    WWII's Elite Airmen and the Epic Battle to Become the Master of the Sky

    **The astonishing untold story of the WWII airmen who risked it all in the deadly race to become the greatest American fighter pilot."A heart-pounding narrative of the courage, sacrifice, and tragedy of America's elite fighter pilots." —James M. Scott, New York Times bestselling author of The War Below**In 1942, America's deadliest fighter pilot, or "ace of aces"—the legendary Eddie Rickenbacker ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Indestructible

    One Man's Rescue Mission That Changed the Course of WWII

    In this remarkable WWII story by New York Times bestselling author John R. Bruning, a renegade American pilot fights against all odds to rescue his family -- imprisoned by the Japanese--and revolutionizes modern warfare along the way.From the knife fights and smuggling runs of his youth to his fiery days as a pioneering naval aviator, Paul Irving "Pappy" Gunn played by his own set of rules and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Fifty-Three Days on Starvation Island

    The World War II Battle That Saved Marine Corps Aviation

    The pivotal true story of the first fifty-three days of the standoff between Imperial Japanese and a handful of Marine aviators defending the Americans dug in at Guadalcanal, from the New York Times bestselling author of Indestructible and Race of Aces.On August 20, 1942, twelve Marine dive-bombers and nineteen Marine fighters landed at Guadalcanal. Their mission: defeat the Japanese navy and ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Level Zero Heroes

    The Story of U.S. Marine Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan

    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 ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Pursuit of Plan Z

    An American Insurgent, His Filipino Guerrillas, and the Greatest Special Operations Coup of the Pacific War

    The Pursuit is Plan Z is the unlikely origin story of the intelligence coup that led to the largest naval battle in history, in World War II's Pacific Theater, resulting in the most crushing defeat the U.S. Navy has ever inflicted on an enemy force.In March 1944, the Japanese admiral in charge of the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Navy departed the Palau Islands, bound for the Philippines. With ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • Bombs Away!

    The World War II Bombing Campaigns over Europe

    Bombs Away! covers strategic bombing in Europe during World War II, that is, all aerial bombardment of a strategic nature which took place between 1939 and 1945. In addition to American (U.S. Army Air Forces) and British (RAF Bomber Command) strategic aerial campaigns against Germany, this book covers German use of strategic bombing during the Nazi's conquest of Europe: the Battle of Britain, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Heart for the Fight

    A Marine Hero's Journey from the Battlefields of Iraq to Mixed Martial Arts Champion

    The champion former MMA fighter recounts his time on the Naval Academy football team, his service with the Marines in Iraq, and his career in the ring.Heart for the Fight is the story of Brian Stann, a kid from the wrong side of Scranton who made it to the Naval Academy, played linebacker for the Navy football team, became a Marine officer, graduated first in his infantry officer class, led his ... Read more

    $20.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Jungle Ace

    The brief but accomplished life of Army Air Forces fighter ace Gerald Johnson (192045) is the subject of John Brunings latest book. During three years in the Pacific theater, Johnson shot down twenty-four Japanese aircraft in 265 combat missions. At the age of twenty-four, he commanded the highest-scoring fighter group in the Pacific, the 49th. Tragically, though Johnson had survived three combat ... Read more

    $9.95 USD

  • Battle for the North Atlantic

    The Strategic Naval Campaign that Won World War II in Europe

    The Battle of the North Atlantic was the longest continuous military campaign of World War II, running from 1939 until the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, though it reached its peak from mid-1940 through the end of 1943. The Battle of the North Atlantic pitted German U-boats and other warships of the German navy against Allied merchant shipping. Initially, convoys of merchant ships were protected ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Shock Factor

    American Snipers in the War on Terror

    From the New York Times bestselling author of Shooter —an in-depth look at the role of snipers in America's war on al Qaida in the Middle East & Africa."[Coughlin], whose 2005 autobiography Shooter and subsequent sniper novels achieved best-seller status, returns to nonfiction with this insider account of American snipers fig... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Battle of the Bulge

    The Photographic History of an American Triumph

    Fought 65 years ago this December, the Battle of the Bulge still ranks as the single largest battle ever fought by the United States Army. More men, vehicles, supplies, equipment, aircraft, and effort went into this thirty-day battle than into any other in American history. It was larger than Gettysburg, larger than the Gulf War, larger than the landings in Normandy that ignited the fuse that ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

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    Race of Aces

    WWII's Elite Airmen and the Epic Battle to Become the Master of the Sky

    Narrated by Brian Troxell ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 52 min

    **The astonishing untold story of the WWII airmen who risked it all in the deadly race to become the greatest American fighter pilot."A heart-pounding narrative of the courage, sacrifice, and tragedy of America's elite fighter pilots." —James M. Scott, New York Times bestselling author of The War Below**In 1942, America's deadliest fighter pilot, or "ace of aces"—the legendary Eddie Rickenbacker ... Read more

    $38.99 USD