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Smokejumper

A Memoir by One of America's Most Select Airborne Firefighters

de Jason A. Ramos, Julian Smith ...

A rare inside look at the thrilling world of smokejumpers, the airborne firefighters who parachute into the most remote and rugged areas of the United States, confronting the growing threat of nature's blazes.Forest and wildland fires are growing larger, more numerous, and deadlier every year — record drought conditions, decades of forestry mismanagement, and the increasing encroachment of ... Leer más

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A rare inside look at the thrilling world of smokejumpers, the airborne firefighters who parachute into the most remote and rugged areas of the United States, confronting the growing threat of nature's blazes.Forest and wildland fires are growing larger, more numerous, and deadlier every year — record drought conditions, decades of forestry mismanagement, and the increasing encroachment of
... Leer más

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Smokejumper

A Memoir by One of America's Most Select Airborne Firefighters

de Julian Smith, Jason A. Ramos ...

Narrado por Ned Vaughn ...

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5 hora 26 minutos

A PACIFIC NORTHWEST BOOKSELLERS ASSOCIATION BESTSELLER""A fascinating look"" (Esquire) at the thrilling world of smokejumpers, the airborne firefighters who parachute into the most remote and rugged areas of the United States, confronting the growing threat of nature’s blazes.Forest and wildland fires are growing larger, more numerous, and deadlier every year — record drought conditions, decades ... Leer más

$21.99 USD

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A PACIFIC NORTHWEST BOOKSELLERS ASSOCIATION BESTSELLER""A fascinating look"" (Esquire) at the thrilling world of smokejumpers, the airborne firefighters who parachute into the most remote and rugged areas of the United States, confronting the growing threat of nature’s blazes.Forest and wildland fires are growing larger, more numerous, and deadlier every year — record drought conditions, decades
... Leer más

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No Man's Land

The Trailblazing Women Who Ran Britain's Most Extraordinary Military Hospital During World War I

de Wendy Moore ...

Narrado por Suzanne Toren ...

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12 hora 13 minutos

The "absorbing and powerful" (Wall Street Journal) story of two pioneering suffragette doctors who shattered social expectations and transformed modern medicine during World War I.A month after war broke out in 1914, doctors Flora Murray and Louisa Garrett Anderson set out for Paris, where they opened a hospital in a luxury hotel and treated hundreds of casualties plucked from France's ... Leer más

$31.99 USD

The "absorbing and powerful" (Wall Street Journal) story of two pioneering suffragette doctors who shattered social expectations and transformed modern medicine during World War I.A month after war broke out in 1914, doctors Flora Murray and Louisa Garrett Anderson set out for Paris, where they opened a hospital in a luxury hotel and treated hundreds of casualties plucked from France's
... Leer más
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Granite Mountain

The Firsthand Account of a Tragic Wildfire, Its Lone Survivor, and the Firefighters Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice

de Brendan McDonough ...

Narrado por John Glouchevitch ...

Completo

7 hora 4 minutos

The true story behind the events that inspired the major motion picture Only the Brave.A "unique and bracing" (Booklist) first-person account by the sole survivor of Arizona's disastrous 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire, which took the lives of 19 "hotshots" -- firefighters trained specifically to battle wildfires.Brendan McDonough was on the verge of becoming a hopeless, inveterate heroin addict when he, ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

Disponible también en: eBook

The true story behind the events that inspired the major motion picture Only the Brave.A "unique and bracing" (Booklist) first-person account by the sole survivor of Arizona's disastrous 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire, which took the lives of 19 "hotshots" -- firefighters trained specifically to battle wildfires.Brendan McDonough was on the verge of becoming a hopeless, inveterate heroin addict when he,
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Beyond the Call

Three Women on the Front Lines in Afghanistan

de Eileen Rivers ...

Narrado por Elisabeth Rodgers ...

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9 hora 30 minutos

A riveting account of three women who fought shoulder-to-shoulder with men and worked with local women to restore their lives and push back the TalibanThey marched under the heat with 40-pound rucksacks on their backs. They fired weapons out of the windows of military vehicles, defending their units in deadly battles. And they did things that their male counterparts could never do--gather ... Leer más

$27.99 USD

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A riveting account of three women who fought shoulder-to-shoulder with men and worked with local women to restore their lives and push back the TalibanThey marched under the heat with 40-pound rucksacks on their backs. They fired weapons out of the windows of military vehicles, defending their units in deadly battles. And they did things that their male counterparts could never do--gather
... Leer más

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Ida: A Sword Among Lions

Ida B. Wells and the Campaign Against Lynching

de Paula J. Giddings ...

Completo

12 hora

Pulitzer Prize Board citation to Ida B. Wells, as an early pioneer of investigative journalism and civil rights iconFrom a thinker who Maya Angelou has praised for shining “a brilliant light on the lives of women left in the shadow of history,” comes the definitive biography of Ida B. Wells—crusading journalist and pioneer in the fight for women’s suffrage and against segregation and lynchingsIda ... Leer más

$28.99 USD

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Pulitzer Prize Board citation to Ida B. Wells, as an early pioneer of investigative journalism and civil rights iconFrom a thinker who Maya Angelou has praised for shining “a brilliant light on the lives of women left in the shadow of history,” comes the definitive biography of Ida B. Wells—crusading journalist and pioneer in the fight for women’s suffrage and against segregation and lynchingsIda
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Code Name: Johnny Walker

The Extraordinary Story of the Iraqi Who Risked Everything to Fight with the U.S. Navy SEALs

de Johnny Walker, Jim DeFelice ...

Narrado por Peter Ganim ...

Completo

10 hora 30 minutos

In this unforgettable memoir, the Navy SEALs’ most trusted translator—a man who is credited with saving countless American lives and became a legend in the special-ops community—tells his inspiring story for the first time.As the insurgency in Iraq intensified following the American invasion, U.S. Navy SEALs were called upon to root terrorists from their lairs. Unsure of the local neighborhoods ... Leer más

$28.99 USD

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In this unforgettable memoir, the Navy SEALs’ most trusted translator—a man who is credited with saving countless American lives and became a legend in the special-ops community—tells his inspiring story for the first time.As the insurgency in Iraq intensified following the American invasion, U.S. Navy SEALs were called upon to root terrorists from their lairs. Unsure of the local neighborhoods
... Leer más

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They Called Us ""Lucky""

The Life and Afterlife of the Iraq War's Hardest Hit Unit

de Ruben Gallego, Jim DeFelice ...

Narrado por Ruben Gallego, Stephen Graybill ...

Completo

8 hora 58 minutos

From Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego, a ""powerful"" and ""searing"" memoir of his journey from childhood poverty to Harvard to the Marine Corps, where served in the hardest-hit unit of the Iraq WarAt first, they were “Lucky Lima.” Infantryman Ruben Gallego and his brothers in Lima Company—3rd Battalion, 25th Marines, young men drawn from blue-collar towns, immigrant households, Navajo reservations ... Leer más

$28.99 USD

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From Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego, a ""powerful"" and ""searing"" memoir of his journey from childhood poverty to Harvard to the Marine Corps, where served in the hardest-hit unit of the Iraq WarAt first, they were “Lucky Lima.” Infantryman Ruben Gallego and his brothers in Lima Company—3rd Battalion, 25th Marines, young men drawn from blue-collar towns, immigrant households, Navajo reservations
... Leer más

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Factory Girls

de Michelle Gallen ...

Narrado por Amy Molloy ...

Completo

10 hora 27 minutos

A funny, fierce, and unforgettable read about a young woman working a summer job in a shirt factory in Northern Ireland, while tensions rise both inside and outside the factory walls.It’s the summer of 1994, and all Maeve Murray wants are good final exam results so she can earn her ticket out of the wee Northern Irish town she has grown up in during the Troubles—away from her crowded home, the ... Leer más

$27.99 USD

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A funny, fierce, and unforgettable read about a young woman working a summer job in a shirt factory in Northern Ireland, while tensions rise both inside and outside the factory walls.It’s the summer of 1994, and all Maeve Murray wants are good final exam results so she can earn her ticket out of the wee Northern Irish town she has grown up in during the Troubles—away from her crowded home, the
... Leer más

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The Great Escape

A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America

de Saket Soni ...

Narrado por Saket Soni ...

Completo

12 hora 37 minutos

The astonishing story of immigrants lured to the United States from India and trapped in forced labor—an "eye-opening" "must-read" told by the visionary labor leader who engineered their escape and set them on a path to citizenship (The New York Times Book Review).In late 2006, Saket Soni, a 28-year-old, Indian-born community organizer received an anonymous phone call from an Indian migrant worker ... Leer más

$31.99 USD

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The astonishing story of immigrants lured to the United States from India and trapped in forced labor—an "eye-opening" "must-read" told by the visionary labor leader who engineered their escape and set them on a path to citizenship (The New York Times Book Review).In late 2006, Saket Soni, a 28-year-old, Indian-born community organizer received an anonymous phone call from an Indian migrant worker
... Leer más

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You Don't Belong Here

How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War

de Elizabeth Becker ...

Narrado por Lisa Flanagan ...

Completo

9 hora 17 minutos

The long-buried story of three extraordinary female journalists who permanently shattered the barriers to women covering warKate Webb, an Australian iconoclast, Catherine Leroy, a French daredevil photographer, and Frances FitzGerald, a blue-blood American intellectual, arrived in Vietnam with starkly different life experiences but one shared purpose: to report on the most consequential story of ... Leer más

$27.99 USD

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The long-buried story of three extraordinary female journalists who permanently shattered the barriers to women covering warKate Webb, an Australian iconoclast, Catherine Leroy, a French daredevil photographer, and Frances FitzGerald, a blue-blood American intellectual, arrived in Vietnam with starkly different life experiences but one shared purpose: to report on the most consequential story of
... Leer más

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Granite Mountain

The First-Hand Account of a Tragic Wildfire, Its Lone Survivor, and the Firefighters Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice

de Brendan McDonough, Stephan Talty ...

A first-person account by the sole survivor of Arizona's disastrous 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire—the inspiration for the major motion picture Only the Brave.Brendan McDonough was on the verge of becoming a hopeless, inveterate heroin addict when he, for the sake of his young daughter, decided to turn his life around. He enlisted in the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a team of elite firefighters based in ... Leer más

$14.39 USD

Disponible también en: Audiolibro

A first-person account by the sole survivor of Arizona's disastrous 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire—the inspiration for the major motion picture Only the Brave.Brendan McDonough was on the verge of becoming a hopeless, inveterate heroin addict when he, for the sake of his young daughter, decided to turn his life around. He enlisted in the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a team of elite firefighters based in
... Leer más

Disponible también en: Audiolibro

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