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Whack Job
- A History of Axe Murder
- By: Rachel McCarthy James
- Narrated by: Jennifer Pickens
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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A brilliant and bloody examination of the axe's foundational role in human history, from prehistoric violence, to war and executions, to newspaper headlines and popular culture.
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61. Whack Job
- A History of Axe Murder
- Narrated by: Jennifer Pickens
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 05-13-25
- Language: English
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The Bomb and America's Missile Age
- By: Christopher Gainor
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 13
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 13
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Story4 out of 5 stars 13
The intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM was the central weapons system of the Cold War. ICBMs also carried the first astronauts and cosmonauts into orbit. Christopher Gainor explores the US Air Force's decision to build the Atlas, America's first ICBM....
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3 out of 5 stars
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a bit dry even for the topic
- By Milford Cubicle on 02-25-22
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62. The Bomb and America's Missile Age
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 10-18-18
- Language: English
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Full Body Burden
- Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats
- By: Kristen Iversen
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter, Kristen Iversen
- Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 226
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 200
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 202
Kristen Iversen grew up in a small Colorado town close to Rocky Flats, a secret nuclear weapons plant once designated "the most contaminated site in America"....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A story that no one else wanted to tell.
- By Carol on 01-28-13
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63. Full Body Burden
- Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter, Kristen Iversen
- Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 06-05-12
- Language: English
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Chasing Heisenberg
- The Race for the Atom Bomb
- By: Michael Joseloff
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 77
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 62
Allied troops are beginning to halt Hitler’s advance. But Allied scientists are struggling. Intelligence reports put them second in a competition that could determine the outcome of the war: the race to build the world’s first nuclear weapon....
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Good Overview/Introduction to the Bomb Race
- By Ashlyn on 08-05-20
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64. Chasing Heisenberg
- The Race for the Atom Bomb
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 01-29-19
- Language: English
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Blood Rites
- Origins and History of the Passions of War
- By: Barbara Ehrenreich
- Narrated by: Amy Landon
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
Brilliant in conception and rich in scope, Blood Rites is a monumental work that continues to transform our understanding of the greatest single threat to human life....
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65. Blood Rites
- Origins and History of the Passions of War
- Narrated by: Amy Landon
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 01-13-20
- Language: English
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The Twilight of the Bombs
- Recent Challenges, New Dangers, and the Prospects for a World Without Nuclear Weapons
- By: Richard Rhodes
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 169
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 145
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 142
The culminating volume in Richard Rhodes’s monumental and prizewinning history of nuclear weapons, offering the first comprehensive narrative of the challenges faced in a post-Cold War age. The past 20 years have transformed our relationship with nuclear weapons drastically....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Definitive Series ends with warnings but also Hope
- By Richard on 10-21-10
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66. The Twilight of the Bombs
- Recent Challenges, New Dangers, and the Prospects for a World Without Nuclear Weapons
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Series: Richard Rhodes' Nuclear Histories
- Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 08-24-10
- Language: English
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Misfire
- The Tragic Failure of the M16 in Vietnam
- By: Bob Orkand, Lyman Duryea
- Narrated by: Jim Seybert
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 17
The M16 rifle is one of the world’s most famous firearms, iconic as the American weapon of the Vietnam War and, indeed, as the US military’s standard service rifle until only a few years ago. But the story of the M16 in Vietnam is anything but a success story....
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4 out of 5 stars
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I like the information provided.
- By Rhythmtech on 09-09-20
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67. Misfire
- The Tragic Failure of the M16 in Vietnam
- Narrated by: Jim Seybert
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 10-17-19
- Language: English
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Instruments of Darkness
- The History of Electronic Warfare, 1939-1945
- By: Alfred Price
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
The rapid evolution of radio and radar systems for military use during WWII, and devices to counter them, led to a technological battle that neither the Axis nor the Allied powers could afford to lose....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fresh History
- By ArizonaKilroy on 05-21-24
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68. Instruments of Darkness
- The History of Electronic Warfare, 1939-1945
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 11-28-23
- Language: English
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Achtung Panzer!
- By: Heinz Guderian
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 68
This is one of the most significant military books of the 20th century. By an outstanding soldier of independent mind, it pushed forward the evolution of land warfare and was directly responsible for German armoured supremacy in the early years of the Second World War....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Genius!
- By Parker Rydbom on 02-07-21
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69. Achtung Panzer!
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 01-30-20
- Language: English
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The Apocalypse Factory
- Plutonium and the Making of the Atomic Age
- By: Steve Olson
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 89
It began with plutonium, the first element ever manufactured in quantity by humans. In a matter of months, the Hanford nuclear facility was built to produce and weaponize the enigmatic and deadly new material that would fuel atomic bombs....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Lacking in many aspects
- By ATM on 08-27-20
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70. The Apocalypse Factory
- Plutonium and the Making of the Atomic Age
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 08-04-20
- Language: English
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Waterloo: The Campaign of 1815
- From Elba to Ligny and Quatre Bras Volume I
- By: John Hussey
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 34 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 40
The first of two ground-breaking volumes on the Waterloo campaign, this audiobook is based upon a detailed analysis of sources old and new in four languages....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent: Where is Volume 2
- By History Reader on 12-11-20
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71. Waterloo: The Campaign of 1815
- From Elba to Ligny and Quatre Bras Volume I
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 34 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 05-08-20
- Language: English
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Bridge of Spies
- A True Story of the Cold War
- By: Giles Whittell
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 833
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 748
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 742
Who were the three men the American and Soviet superpowers exchanged at Berlin’s Glienicke Bridge and Checkpoint Charlie in the first prisoner exchange of the nuclear age? Bridge of Spies vividly traces their paths to that electrifying moment on February 10, 1962....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Bridge of Spies
- By BookReader on 09-28-15
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72. Bridge of Spies
- A True Story of the Cold War
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 08-04-15
- Language: English
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Nuclear Weapons
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Joseph M. Siracusa
- Narrated by: Shawn Compton
- Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 15
This Very Short Introduction looks at the science of nuclear weapons and how they differ from conventional weapons....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Solid, brief primer in nuclear weapons
- By Joe on 06-22-24
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73. Nuclear Weapons
- A Very Short Introduction
- Narrated by: Shawn Compton
- Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 12-02-20
- Language: English
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Under the Wire
- Marie Colvin's Final Assignment
- By: Paul Conroy
- Narrated by: James Clamp
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 27
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Story5 out of 5 stars 24
Marie Colvin, described as "the greatest war correspondent of her generation", was killed in a rocket attack in while reporting in Syria on the desperate suffering of civilians....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A riveting read
- By S. Perreten on 01-24-14
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74. Under the Wire
- Marie Colvin's Final Assignment
- Narrated by: James Clamp
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 10-08-13
- Language: English
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Hiroshima Diary
- The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945
- By: Michihiko Hachiya MD
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 134
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 118
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Story5 out of 5 stars 117
The late Dr. Michihiko Hachiya was director of the Hiroshima Communications Hospital when the world's first atomic bomb was dropped on the city....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Skip the 30min intro.
- By EErele on 05-09-15
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75. Hiroshima Diary
- The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 11-26-14
- Language: English
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Bomb Power
- The Modern Presidency and the National Security State
- By: Garry Wills
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 56
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 31
In Bomb Power, Garry Wills reveals how the atomic bomb transformed our nation down to its deepest constitutional roots....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent book.
- By Sageeve Prabhakaran on 12-13-10
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76. Bomb Power
- The Modern Presidency and the National Security State
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 01-22-10
- Language: English
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A Fiery Peace in a Cold War
- Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon
- By: Neil Sheehan
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 19 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 119
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 88
From Neil Sheehan, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic A Bright Shining Lie, comes this long-awaited, magnificent epic. Here is the never-before-told story of the nuclear arms race that changed history - and of the visionary American Air Force officer Bernard Schriever....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Schriever rhymes with beaver.
- By John Gardner on 11-13-09
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77. A Fiery Peace in a Cold War
- Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 19 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 09-22-09
- Language: English
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Churchill's Shadow Raiders
- The Race to Develop Radar, World War II's Invisible Secret Weapon
- By: Damien Lewis
- Narrated by: Nigel Carrington
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Story5 out of 5 stars 57
In the winter of 1941, as Britain faced defeat on all fronts, an RAF reconnaissance pilot photographed an alien-looking object on the French coast near Le Havre....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Listen
- By 3D RWC on 05-13-20
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78. Churchill's Shadow Raiders
- The Race to Develop Radar, World War II's Invisible Secret Weapon
- Narrated by: Nigel Carrington
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 04-28-20
- Language: English
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Wings of Fire
- A Combat History of the F-15
- By: Mike Guardia
- Narrated by: Damian Salandy
- Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 17
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Story4 out of 5 stars 17
From Israel to Afghanistan. The definitive combat history of the F-15 Eagle and Strike Eagle...as told by the pilots who flew them....
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Narrator makes this a tough listen.
- By RD on 02-19-21
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79. Wings of Fire
- A Combat History of the F-15
- Narrated by: Damian Salandy
- Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 09-08-20
- Language: English
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The Gray Bird of Baghdad
- An Ex-Secret Service Agent‘s Desperate Mission to Save an Iraqi Scientist
- By: Stephen Phillip Monteiro
- Narrated by: Kent Lutt
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
A missing Iraqi scientist, an ex-Secret Service agent, and the threat of another biological terrorist attack—all these elements come together in the gripping true story of The Gray Bird of Baghdad....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book.
- By Justin J. on 09-26-23
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80. The Gray Bird of Baghdad
- An Ex-Secret Service Agent‘s Desperate Mission to Save an Iraqi Scientist
- Narrated by: Kent Lutt
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 08-22-23
- Language: English
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