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Hell on Earth

Dramatic First Hand-Experiences of Bomber Command at War

by Mel Rolfe ...

Twenty true stories of bravery, survival, and good and bad luck involving Bomber Command during World War II from the author of Flying into Hell.In their own words, the heroes of Bomber Command tell their harrowing stories . . ."It is believed that when Dacey realized the aircraft was on fire he grabbed an extinguisher, hurried aft and tried, in vain, to put out the flames. Somehow he became ... Read more

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Twenty true stories of bravery, survival, and good and bad luck involving Bomber Command during World War II from the author of Flying into Hell.In their own words, the heroes of Bomber Command tell their harrowing stories . . ."It is believed that when Dacey realized the aircraft was on fire he grabbed an extinguisher, hurried aft and tried, in vain, to put out the flames. Somehow he became
... Read more
Flying into Hell

The Bomber Command Offensive as Seen Through the Experiences of Twenty Crews

by Mel Rolfe ...

Vivid World War II stories of the brave men of Bomber Command and their adventures from the bestselling author of To Hell and Back and Hell on Earth.Mel Rolfe brings the reader real-life stories of bomber command at war with his new book Flying into Hell. A journalist by profession, Rolfe has conducted his interviews and prepared the stories in such a way as to take the reader into the events as ... Read more

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Vivid World War II stories of the brave men of Bomber Command and their adventures from the bestselling author of To Hell and Back and Hell on Earth.Mel Rolfe brings the reader real-life stories of bomber command at war with his new book Flying into Hell. A journalist by profession, Rolfe has conducted his interviews and prepared the stories in such a way as to take the reader into the events as
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Bomber Boys

Dramatic and True Life Experiences Over Occupied Europe, 1942—45

by Mel Rolfe ...

"Expertly researched . . . 20 different narratives in which these heroes venture out night after night on sorties throughout World War II Europe." — Plane and PilotThree weeks after Stirling air gunner Doug Fry was reported missing over Germany his mother was still clinging to the vain hope that he was alive.Then a neighbor said she had seen him in the cinema just down the road. The airman and his ... Read more

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"Expertly researched . . . 20 different narratives in which these heroes venture out night after night on sorties throughout World War II Europe." — Plane and PilotThree weeks after Stirling air gunner Doug Fry was reported missing over Germany his mother was still clinging to the vain hope that he was alive.Then a neighbor said she had seen him in the cinema just down the road. The airman and his
... Read more
To Hell and Back

True Life Experiences of Bomber Command at War

by Mel Rolfe ...

The author of Flying into Hell climbs into the cockpit with the pilots of Bomber Command for classic stories of gallantry in World War II.This new edition of Mel Rolfe's successful book contains twenty dramatic but true stories of Bomber Command adventures.Some of them defy belief—like the RAF bomb aimer who was blown out of his Liberator over Warsaw at 400ft without a parachute and made a ... Read more

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The author of Flying into Hell climbs into the cockpit with the pilots of Bomber Command for classic stories of gallantry in World War II.This new edition of Mel Rolfe's successful book contains twenty dramatic but true stories of Bomber Command adventures.Some of them defy belief—like the RAF bomb aimer who was blown out of his Liberator over Warsaw at 400ft without a parachute and made a
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Gunning for the Enemy

Bomber Command's Top Sharp-Shooter Tells His Remarkable Story

by Wallace McIntosh, Mel Rolfe ...

The World War II exploits of the legendary RAF air gunner, "a true hero who repeatedly cheated death," from the author of Flying into Hell ( The Times).Born into grinding poverty in Scotland, Wallace McIntosh had not heard of Christmas until he was seven, and never celebrated his birthday until his late teens, but he could steal, kill and skin a sheep before he was twelve and snare anything that ... Read more

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The World War II exploits of the legendary RAF air gunner, "a true hero who repeatedly cheated death," from the author of Flying into Hell ( The Times).Born into grinding poverty in Scotland, Wallace McIntosh had not heard of Christmas until he was seven, and never celebrated his birthday until his late teens, but he could steal, kill and skin a sheep before he was twelve and snare anything that
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Voyage

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation by Dirk Maggs

by Stephen Baxter ...

Narrated by Frank Lazarus, Laurel Lefkow, Mel Taylor, Michael Roberts, Rolf Saxon, Russell Bentley, Vincent Marzello, William Dufris, William Roberts ...

Unabridged

3 hours 26 min

An alternative history of the US space programme, dramatised by Dirk Maggs.After the moon, Mars… What if John F. Kennedy survived the assassination attempt and developed the space programme?President Nixon, with the help of former president JFK, has just green-lit NASA’s first manned expedition to Mars. Aboard the expedition is Natalie York, a geologist who risks everything she loves for the ... Read more

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An alternative history of the US space programme, dramatised by Dirk Maggs.After the moon, Mars… What if John F. Kennedy survived the assassination attempt and developed the space programme?President Nixon, with the help of former president JFK, has just green-lit NASA’s first manned expedition to Mars. Aboard the expedition is Natalie York, a geologist who risks everything she loves for the
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Sunstorm

by Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen Baxter ...

Narrated by John Lee ...

Series Audiobook 2 - The Time Odyssey Series
Unabridged

10 hours 29 min

Returned to the Earth of 2037 by the Firstborn, mysterious beings of almost limitless technological prowess, Bisesa Dutt is haunted by the memories of her five years spent on the strange alternate Earth called Mir, a jigsaw-puzzle world made up of lands and people cut out of different eras of Earth’s history. Why did the Firstborn create Mir? Why was Bisesa taken there and then brought back on the ... Read more

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Returned to the Earth of 2037 by the Firstborn, mysterious beings of almost limitless technological prowess, Bisesa Dutt is haunted by the memories of her five years spent on the strange alternate Earth called Mir, a jigsaw-puzzle world made up of lands and people cut out of different eras of Earth’s history. Why did the Firstborn create Mir? Why was Bisesa taken there and then brought back on the
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Light of Other Days, The

by Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen Baxter ...

Narrated by Dick Hill ...

Unabridged

11 hours 35 min

When a brilliant, driven industrialist harnesses the cutting edge of quantum physics to enable people everywhere, at trivial cost, to see one another at all times: around every corner, through every wall, into everyone's most private, hidden, and even intimate moments. It amounts to the sudden and complete abolition of human privacy—forever.Then, as society reels, the same technology proves able ... Read more

$14.99 USD

When a brilliant, driven industrialist harnesses the cutting edge of quantum physics to enable people everywhere, at trivial cost, to see one another at all times: around every corner, through every wall, into everyone's most private, hidden, and even intimate moments. It amounts to the sudden and complete abolition of human privacy—forever.Then, as society reels, the same technology proves able
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The Last Theorem

A Novel

by Arthur C. Clarke, Frederik Pohl ...

Narrated by Mark Bramhall ...

Unabridged

12 hours 36 min

Two of science fiction’s most renowned writers join forces for a storytelling sensation. The historic collaboration between Frederik Pohl and his fellow founding father of the genre, Arthur C. Clarke, is both a momentous literary event and a fittingly grand farewell from the late, great visionary author of 2001: A Space Odyssey.The Last Theoremis a story of one man’s mathematical obsession, and a ... Read more

$22.99 USD

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Two of science fiction’s most renowned writers join forces for a storytelling sensation. The historic collaboration between Frederik Pohl and his fellow founding father of the genre, Arthur C. Clarke, is both a momentous literary event and a fittingly grand farewell from the late, great visionary author of 2001: A Space Odyssey.The Last Theoremis a story of one man’s mathematical obsession, and a
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Timescape

by Gregory Benford ...

Narrated by Simon Prebble, Pete Bradbury ...

Unabridged

15 hours 39 min

Winner of both the Nebula Award and the John W. Campbell Award for best science fiction novel, Timescape is an enduring classic that examines the ways that science interacts with everyday life to create the many strange worlds in which we live. In a future wracked by environmental catastrophe and social instability, physicist John Renfrew devises a longshot plan to use tachyons--strange, time ... Read more

$25.99 USD

Winner of both the Nebula Award and the John W. Campbell Award for best science fiction novel, Timescape is an enduring classic that examines the ways that science interacts with everyday life to create the many strange worlds in which we live. In a future wracked by environmental catastrophe and social instability, physicist John Renfrew devises a longshot plan to use tachyons--strange, time
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Heaven's War

by David S. Goyer, Michael Cassutt ...

Narrated by Joe J. Thomas ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Heaven's Shadow
Unabridged

14 hours 33 min

When it first appeared, the astronomers named the asteroid Keanu.A Near Earth Object, from a distant constellation, it was headed directly toward our sun.But when we went to meet it, it turned out to be far more than a huge rock hurtling through space...The two teams of astronauts sent to explore Keanu discovered it is, in fact, a spacecraft, a giant ship with an alien crew. A ship that had headed ... Read more

$17.99 USD

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When it first appeared, the astronomers named the asteroid Keanu.A Near Earth Object, from a distant constellation, it was headed directly toward our sun.But when we went to meet it, it turned out to be far more than a huge rock hurtling through space...The two teams of astronauts sent to explore Keanu discovered it is, in fact, a spacecraft, a giant ship with an alien crew. A ship that had headed
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Farside

by Ben Bova ...

Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki ...

Series Audiobook 19 - The Grand Tour Series
Unabridged

9 hours 40 min

Farside, the side of the moon that never faces Earth, is the ideal location for an astronomical observatory. It is also the setting for a tangled web of politics, personal ambition, love, jealousy, and murder.Telescopes on Earth have detected an Earth-sized planet circling a star some thirty light-years away. The race is on to obtain photographs and spectra that show whether or not the planet is ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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Farside, the side of the moon that never faces Earth, is the ideal location for an astronomical observatory. It is also the setting for a tangled web of politics, personal ambition, love, jealousy, and murder.Telescopes on Earth have detected an Earth-sized planet circling a star some thirty light-years away. The race is on to obtain photographs and spectra that show whether or not the planet is
... Read more

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