[This is the MP3CD audiobook format in vinyl case.] [Read by Robert Whitfield, aka Simon Vance] In this major and wholly original contribution to military history, John Keegan reverses the usual convention of writing about war in term...
Consider the Fork: A History of How W...
Bee WilsonSince prehistory, humans have braved the business ends of knives, scrapers, and mashers, all in the name of creating something delicious-or at least edible. In Consider the Fork, award-winning food writer and historian Bee Wilson trac...
Imperial Life in the Emerald City
Rajiv ChandrasekaranThe Washington Post’s former Baghdad bureau chief Rajiv Chandrasekaran takes us with him into the Zone: into a bubble, cut off from wartime realities, where the task of reconstructing a devastated nation competed with the distra...
Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for St...
William CraigA classic work of World War II history that brings to vivid, dramatic life one of the bloodiest battles ever fought―and the beginning of the end for the Third Reich.On August 5, 1942, giant pillars of dust rose over the Russian step...
Not A Good Day To Die: The Untold Sto...
Sean NaylorIn this New York Times bestseller, award-winning combat reporter Sean Naylor reveals how close American forces came to disaster in Afghanistan against Al Qaida-after easily defeating the ragtag Taliban that had sheltered the terrorist...
An account of the evacuation of Dunkirk in May 1940 based on interviews with participants, official correspondence and archive material.
Napoleon's Wars: An International His...
Charles EsdaileA magisterial account of the wars that engulfed Europe during the rise and fall of Napoleon.
A Dawn Like Thunder: The True Story o...
Robert J. MrazekIn the tradition of Band of Brothers, this is the untold story of a squadron of navy pilots whose heroism was decisive in America's victory in the Pacific.
Citizens of London: The Americans Who...
Lynne OlsonFrom the acclaimed author of Troublesome Young Men comes a major new World War II history that describes the developments of America's crucial wartime alliance with England that became so decisive in defeating Hitler.
The Diary of a Dirty Little War: The ...
Harvey Rosenfeld[This is the MP3CD audiobook format.] From its beginnings, America has acted out much of its history on the battlefront. Yet for the average American, little is known of the Spanish-American War. The reasons for our entry never see...
Hero Found: The Greatest POW Escape o...
The true story made famous in Werner Herzog's acclaimed film Rescue Dawn---the incredible drama of the pilot who overcame seemingly insurmountable odds to lead a mass escape from a POW camp deep in the Laotian jungle.
Shadows in the Jungle: The Alamo Scou...
Larry AlexanderThe national bestselling author of Biggest Brother presents an up-close-and-personal story of the Alamo Scouts in the Pacific during World War II.
Conquering Gotham: A Gilded Age Epic:...
Jill Jonnes* Mp3 CD Format *. The demolition of Penn Station in 1963 destroyed not just a soaring neoclassical edifice but also a building that commemorated one of the last centurys great engineering feats---the construction of railroad tunnels ...
Lincoln's Letters, Essays and Speeche...
Abraham LincolnDetails Size Height: 7.3 in Width: 5.3 in Thickness: 0.5 in Weight: 3.2 oz
Dog Company: The Boys of Pointe Du Ho...
Patrick K. O'Donnellb[MP3CD audiobook format in vinyl case.]/b In the tradition of Band of Brothers, acclaimed combat historian Patrick K. O'Donnell cinematically tells one of World War II's greatest untold stories. It is said that the right man in the ...
Iwo Jima: World War II Veterans Remem...
Larry SmithThe men who fought and survived the deadliest battle of the Pacific come to life in this powerful oral history.
A Different Mirror: A History of Mult...
Ronald TakakiRonald Takaki's critically acclaimed A Different Mirror is a dramatic retelling of our nation's past that relates the history of America in the voice of its non-Anglo peoples, from Native Americans to Muslim refugees from Afghanistan.
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the R...
Lawrence WrightA sweeping narrative history of the events leading to 9/11, a groundbreaking look at the people and ideas, the terrorist plans and the Western intelligence failures that culminated in the assault on America. Lawrence Wright’s re...
Patriotic Treason: John Brown and the...
Evan CartonJohn Brown is a lightning rod of history. Yet he is poorly understood and most commonly described in stereotypes--as a madman, martyr, or enigma. This illuminating biography brings him to life in scintillating prose and moving detail,...
The Demon Under the Microscope: From ...
Thomas HagerFast-paced, suspenseful, and utterly satisfying, The Demon Under the Microscope is a sweeping history of the discovery of the first antibiotic and its dramatic effect on the world of medicine and beyond.The Nazis discovered it. The Al...
First They Killed My Father: A Daught...
Loung UngA harrowing memoir of a Cambodian family shattered by Pol Pot's regime, First They Killed My Father is a powerful, unforgettable story of courage and love in the face of unspeakable brutality.
The Millionaires' Unit: The Aristocra...
Marc WortmanIn this fascinating yet little-known chapter of World War I history, journalist Marc Wortman provides a group portrait of young men of privilege--with names like Rockefeller and Morgan--who served in the U.S. Navy Air Reserve, flying ...
The author looks into the history of Western Europe between 1300 and 1450, drawing parallels with the 20th century and looks into Chaucer, Boccaccio, The Hundred Years' War, pilgrimages, plagues and revolts against a poll tax, amongst...
Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Do...
Frederick DouglassThe famous biography of the former slave who became an outstanding orator, minister, and leader offers an eloquent indictment of America's 'peculiar institution,' exposing the conditions of slavery on the plantations of the antebellum...
Don't Hurt People and Don't Take Thei...
Matt KibbeDon't Hurt People and Don't Take Their Stuff is a rational yet passionate argument that defends the principles upon which America was founded—principles shared by citizens across the political spectrum. The Constitution grants each ...
Inside the Kingdom: Kings, Clerics, M...
Robert LaceySaudi Arabia is a country defined by paradox. It is a modern state driven by contemporary technology and possessed of vast oil deposits, yet its powerful religious establishment would have its customs and practices rolled back a thous...
Power, Faith, and Fantasy: American i...
Michael B. OrenThis is the first comprehensive history of America's involvement in the Middle East from George Washington to George W. Bush. Drawing on thousands of government documents and personal letters, this book reconstructs the diverse and re...
Commies: A Journey through the Old Le...
Ronald RadoshBrought up by Communist parents, emerging as a leader of the New Left in the sixties, and becoming disillusioned in the eighties, Radosh tells a moving story of growing up in the other America of the Left and finding the way home at l...
Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, ...
Evan WrightBased on the author's National Magazine Award-winning series in Rolling Stone, this New York Times bestseller offers a firsthand account of the first warriors of the current generation to enter the Iraq War.
When FBI Agent David Stafford finds himself on the Bureau's 'out' list for publicly blowing the whistle on a corrupt colleague, he receives a low-profile assignment to investigate an Atlanta military base, where someone is suspected o...