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General Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2001 to 2005, sets the record straight about the planning and execution of the Iraq War and offers new ideas for tightening our national security.
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Tom Hanks introduces the rousing story of two inseparable friends and soldiers portrayed in the HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers": William "Wild Bill" Guarnere and Edward "Babe" Heffron, who were among the first paratroopers of the U.S. Army. Unabridged. 8 CDs.
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Alexander the Great is considered one of the most successful commanders of all time and was known to be undefeated in battle. By the time of his death at age 32, he had amassed an empire that stretched from the Adriatic Sea to the Indus River.
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A U.S. Army major who served in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom presents twenty-nine true stories of courage from the frontlines of the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Norman Cantor provides an illuminating psychological rendering of this legendary figure whose puzzling personality greatly fueled his military accomplishments.
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The nation's most revered president gets an informative, entertaining, and uniquely engaging biography fashioned from the answers to the most frequent--and most unusual and surprising--questions asked about Abraham Lincoln. Unabridged. 8 CDs.
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Captain Benjamin Tupper takes listeners inside the intricacies of the war in Afghanistan, opening up a unique and multifaceted view of both Afghan culture and the daily life of an American soldier.
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John Paul Jones, at sea and in the heat of battle, was the great American hero of the Age of Sail. He was to history what Patrick O'Brian's Jack Aubrey and C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower are to fiction. Ruthless, indomitable, clever; he vowed to sail, as he put it, "in harm's way."
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In the spirit of bold restoration, "Lee: A Life of Virtue" reveals the true Lee--passionate patriot, caring son, devoted husband, doting father, don't-tread-on-me Virginian, Godfearing Christian.
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* An extraordinary and moving tale by an ex-POW and last surviving member of the Gordon Highlanders regiment that was captured by the Japanese in Singapore
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In this moving and compelling memoir about parent and child, father and daughter, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Lucinda Franks discovers that the remote, nearly impassive man she grew up with had in fact been a daring spy behind enemy lines in World War II. Unabridged. 11 CDs.
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A tale of terrorism, espionage, and an epic struggle for justice in an America on the verge-sparked by a massive and mysterious explosion in New York Harbor in 1916.
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Historian Paul Lockhart writes the dramatic story of a forgotten founding father-Baron de Steuben-who whipped the Continental Army into shape to make victory against the British possible.
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Fighter Pilot is the memoir of legendary ace American fighter pilot and general officer in the U.S. Air Force, Robin Olds. He was a "triple ace" with a combined total of 16victories in World War II and the Vietnam War. He retired in 1973 as a brigadier general and died in 2007.
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President Bill Clinton's My Life is the strikingly candid portrait of a global leader who decided in early life to devote his intellectual and political gifts, and his extraordinary capacity for hard work, to serving the public. It is the fullest, most concretely detailed, most nuanced account of a presidency ever written, and a testament to the positive impact on America and on the world of his w...
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A reluctant leader, wracked by guilt at the duplicity of the British, Lawrence of Arabia threw himself into this role, masterminding triumphant military campaigns against the Turks during the First World War.
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In Land of Lincoln, Ferguson embarks on a curiosity-fueled coast-to-coast journey through contemporary Lincoln Nation, encountering everything from hatred to adoration to opportunism and all manner of reaction in between. Land of Lincoln is an entertaining, unexpected, and big-hearted celebration of Lincoln and his enduring influence on the country he helped create.
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From ABC White House correspondent Raddatz comes the story of a brutal 48-hour firefight that conveys in harrowing detail the effects of war not just on the soldiers but also on the families waiting back home. Unabridged. 8 CDs.
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Senator Christopher Dodd (D-Connecticut) presents letters his father wrote home while serving as a prosecutor at Nuremberg. Through his father, Dodd learns not only the scope of the Nazi Holocaust but also the importance of the rule of law. Unabridged. 2 MP3 CDs.
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I Lost My Love in Baghdad is an extraordinarily gripping and informative account of the chaos inside the Green Zone by Newsweek's youngest war correspondent, whose fiancee was killed during an attempted kidnapping.
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A tale of terrorism, espionage, and an epic struggle for justice in an America on the verge-sparked by a massive and mysterious explosion in New York Harbor in 1916.
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A young soldier's personal account of the United States' involvement in Iraq.John Crawford joined the Florida National Guard to pay for his college tuition-it had seemed a small sacrifice to give up one weekend a month and two weeks a year in exchange for a free education. But one semester short of graduating, and newly married, he was called to active duty-to serve in Kuwait, then on the front li
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Over the remote Pacific island of Chichi Jima, nine American flyers""Navy and Marine airmen sent to bomb Japanese communications towers there""were shot down. One of those nine was miraculously rescued by a U.S. Navy submarine. The others were captured by Japanese soldiers on Chichi Jima and held prisoner. Then they disappeared. When the war was over, the American government, along with the Japane
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Deemed "irreplaceable" by Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson assumed his nickname during the Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War. It is said that The Army of Northern Virginia never fully recovered from the loss of Stonewall's leadership when he was accidentally shot by one of his own men and died in 1863.
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Operation Mincemeat was the most successful wartime deception ever attempted, and certainly the strangest. It hoodwinked the Nazi espionage chiefs, sent German troops hurtling in the wrong direction, and saved thousands of lives by deploying a secret agent who was different. This title tells the full story of Operation Mincemeat.
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Historian Paul Lockhart writes the dramatic story of a forgotten founding father-Baron de Steuben-who whipped the Continental Army into shape to make victory against the British possible.
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In this inspired, timely follow-up to the New York Times bestseller From Baghdad, With Love-Jay Kopelman's moving story of adopting an abandoned puppy named Lava-the author credits his canine best friend with keeping him sane after he returned home from the war.
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In 1983 Andy McNab joined SAS B Squadron, otherwise known as Seven Troop. This title presents Andy McNab's account of the time he served in Seven Troop - from the day he joined them in the Malayan jungle, to the day he handed in his beret and started a new life.
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A biography of the Great Emancipator, Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was the sixteenth President of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination. As an outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery in the United States, Lincoln won the Republican Party nomination in 1860 and was elected president later that year. During his term, he helped preserve the United States by leading the de...
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In April 1982, Argentina surprised the world by invading the Falkland Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. The tiny islands had long been the subject of a fierce territorial dispute between Argentina and the UK, and the occupation escalated into a full-blown conflict between the two countries. This audio book presents the history of the Falklands War.
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The definitive account of the little-known 1920s Palestinian leader who allied himself with Hitler and forms the hidden link between the fascism of the twentieth century and the new fascism of the twenty-first.
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In this inspired, timely follow-up to the New York Times bestseller From Baghdad, With Love-Jay Kopelman's moving story of adopting an abandoned puppy named Lava-the author credits his canine best friend with keeping him sane after he returned home from the war.
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Cdr. Richard Jadick's story is one of the most extraordinary to come out of the war in Iraq. This riveting memoir from the Navy doctor earned him praise as "Hero, M.D." on the cover of "Newsweek." Unabridged. 1 MP3 CD.
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In a masterly narrative, historian and novelist Charles Bracelen Flood brings to life the drama of Abraham Lincoln's final year, in which he oversaw the final campaigns of the Civil War, was re-elected president, and laid out his vision for the nation's future in a reunified South and in the expanding West.
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From one of the bravest and most experienced correspondents in the Middle East, this is the first biography of the formidable Shiite resistance leader destined to shape the future of post-occupation Iraq. Unabridged. 8 CDs.
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A brilliant and revealing biography of the two most important Americans during the Cold War era, written by the grandson of one of them.
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Tony Benn was born in a house on the Embankment which - ironically - later became the site of the Millbank Tower, centre of Labour spin. Next door lived Sidney and Beatrice Webb, and politics were Tony's life-blood from the very beginning (his father was a Cabinet minister). This warm, affectionate, brilliantly funny account reveals how he developed his ideas and ideals from the extraordinary late...
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A young soldier's personal account of the United States' involvement in Iraq.John Crawford joined the Florida National Guard to pay for his college tuition-it had seemed a small sacrifice to give up one weekend a month and two weeks a year in exchange for a free education. But one semester short of graduating, and newly married, he was called to active duty-to serve in Kuwait, then on the front li
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In the tradition of "Jarhead" and "Band of Brothers," this is the extraordinary story of one Marine platoon's brotherhood, honor, and sacrifice during the battle of Ramadi--arguably the most intense conflict of the Iraq War.
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Chris Hunter has a dangerous job - he's responsible for bomb disposal in the British sector of Iraq, pitted against ruthless and technically advanced terrorists in the world. But for Chris Hunter, just when life couldn't get any more dangerous, the stakes are raised again. Halfway through his tour, he is told: 'They want you dead, Chris'.
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Don Mann offers an indispensable, ground-breaking narrative of what it takes to make a SEAL and to break a man - very close to the same thing. Pushing himself and his men to extremes, Mann suffered intensely for country and here he'll describe his life in the SEALS and SEAL Team 6, his training and the training he conducted and the operations that took him within an inch of his life. This will be ...
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