Voyage of the Damned
A Shocking True Story of Hope, Betrayal, and Nazi Terror
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This book is a meticulous reconstruction of a tragic episode in the history of the Nazi persecution of the Jews. The SS. St. Louis left Hamburg in May of 1939 with 937 Jewish refugees on board who thought they had bought visas to enter Cuba. Refused entry in Cuba and the United States the ship eventually had to turn around and return to Europe. The voyage to freedom was in the end nothing more than a roundabout journey to the concentration camps.
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- By: Saul David
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
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- Unabridged
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 331
On June 27, 1976, an Air France flight from Tel Aviv to Paris was hijacked by a group of Arab and German terrorists who demanded the release of 53 terrorists. The plane was forced to divert to Entebbe in Uganda - ruled by the murderous despot Idi Amin, who had no interest in intervening. Days later, Israeli commandos disguised as Ugandan soldiers assaulted the airport terminal, killed all the terrorists, and rescued all the hostages but three who were killed in the crossfire. The assault force suffered just one fatality.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A story of true courage and political resolve
- By Gabe Schwartz on 01-28-16
By: Saul David
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The Last Goodnight
- A World War II Story of Espionage, Adventure, and Betrayal
- By: Howard Blum
- Narrated by: Tristan Morris
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 156
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Story4 out of 5 stars 157
Betty Pack was charming, beautiful, and intelligent - and she knew it. As an agent for Britain's MI6 and then America's OSS during World War II, these qualities proved crucial to her success. This is the remarkable story of this "Mata Hari from Minnesota" ( Time) and the passions that ruled her tempestuous life - a life filled with dangerous liaisons and death-defying missions vital to the Allied victory.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating
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By: Howard Blum
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In the Garden of Beasts
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- By: Erik Larson
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
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Story4 out of 5 stars 7,639
The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America’s first ambassador to Hitler’s Germany in a year that proved to be a turning point in history. A mild-mannered professor from Chicago, Dodd brings along his wife, son, and flamboyant daughter, Martha. At first Martha is entranced by the parties and pomp, and the handsome young men of the Third Reich with their infectious enthusiasm for restoring Germany to a position of world prominence. Enamored of the “New Germany,” she has one affair after another....
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5 out of 5 stars
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I loved it ... and hated it ... simultaneously
- By History on 11-21-11
By: Erik Larson
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Thunderstruck
- By: Erik Larson
- Narrated by: Bob Balaban
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,876
In Thunderstruck, Erik Larson tells the interwoven stories of two men: Hawley Crippen, a very unlikely murderer, and Guglielmo Marconi, the obsessive creator of a seemingly supernatural means of communication. Their lives intersect during one of the greatest criminal chases of all time.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Reader cannot read
- By Bob on 12-08-07
By: Erik Larson
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Madam President
- The Secret Presidency of Edith Wilson
- By: William Hazelgrove
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 245
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After President Woodrow Wilson suffered a paralyzing stroke in the fall of 1919, his wife, First Lady Edith Wilson, began to handle the day-to-day responsibilities of the chief executive. Mrs. Wilson had had little formal education and had only been married to President Wilson for four years, yet in the tenuous peace following the end of World War I, she dedicated herself to managing the office of the president, reading all correspondence intended for her bedridden husband.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Some good information, very poorly organized
- By Jess S on 04-11-21
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No Ordinary Time
- Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II
- By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Narrated by: Nelson Runger
- Length: 39 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,289
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No Ordinary Time describes how the isolationist and divided United States of 1940 was unified under the extraordinary leadership of Franklin Roosevelt to become the preeminent economic and military power in the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great at 1.5 speed
- By Brett on 01-04-13
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Target Tokyo
- The Story of the Sorge Spy Ring
- By: Gordon Prange, Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillon
- Narrated by: David Rapkin
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- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 43
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 38
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Richard Sorge was dispatched to Tokyo in 1933 to serve the spymasters of Moscow. For eight years, he masqueraded as a Nazi journalist and burrowed deep into the German embassy, digging for the secrets of Hitler's invasion of Russia and the Japanese plans for the East. In a nation obsessed with rooting out moles, he kept a high profile - boozing, womanizing, and operating entirely under his own name.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Riveting
- By Jean on 10-02-14
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The Death of a President
- November 20 - November 25, 1963
- By: William Manchester
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 33 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 303
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As the world still reeled from the tragic and historic events of November 22, 1963, William Manchester set out, at the request of the Kennedy family, to create a detailed, authoritative record of President John F. Kennedy's death, including the days immediately preceding and following the assassination.
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5 out of 5 stars
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IMPORTANT HISTORIC BOOK
- By Jeff on 12-06-13
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Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage
- The Titanic's First-Class Passengers and Their World
- By: Hugh Brewster
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 72
The Titanic has often been called "An exquisite microcosm of the Edwardian era", but until now, her story has not been presented as such. In Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage, historian Hugh Brewster seamlessly interweaves personal narratives of the lost liner's most fascinating people with a haunting account of the fateful maiden crossing. Employing scrupulous research, he accurately depicts the ship's brief life and tragic denouement and presents compelling, memorable portraits of her most notable passengers.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Lots of interesting details
- By Rachel on 10-16-18
By: Hugh Brewster
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The Hour of Peril
- The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War
- By: Daniel Stashower
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 58
Daniel Stashower, the two-time Edgar award-winning author of The Beautiful Cigar Girl, uncovers the riveting true story of the "Baltimore Plot", an audacious conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln on the eve of the Civil War. In February of 1861, just days before he assumed the presidency, Abraham Lincoln faced a "clear and fully-matured" threat of assassination as he traveled by train from Springfield to Washington for his inauguration. Over a period of 13 days the legendary detective Allan Pinkerton worked feverishly to detect and thwart the plot, assisted by a captivating young widow named Kate Warne.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good if unbalanced
- By Rodney on 02-10-13
By: Daniel Stashower
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Dark Invasion
- 1915: Germany's Secret War and the Hunt for the First Terrorist Cell in America
- By: Howard Blum
- Narrated by: Pete Larkin
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 98
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 83
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 82
When a “neutral” United States becomes a trading partner for the Allies early in World War I, the Germans implement a secret plan to strike back. A team of saboteurs - including an expert on germ warfare, a Harvard professor, and a brilliant, debonair spymaster - devise a series of “mysterious accidents” using explosives and biological weapons, to bring down vital targets such as ships, factories, livestock, and even captains of industry like J. P. Morgan. New York Police Inspector Tom Tunney, head of the department’s Bomb Squad, is assigned the difficult mission of stopping them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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German American Intrigue in World War I
- By Hans Rigelman on 10-24-19
By: Howard Blum
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Munich, 1938
- Appeasement and World War II
- By: David Faber
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 19 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 53
On September 30, 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain flew back to London from his meeting at Munich with the German chancellor Adolf Hitler and was greeted with a hero's welcome. As he paused on the aircraft steps, he held aloft the piece of paper, bearing both his and the Fuhrer's signatures, that contained the promise that Britain and Germany would never go to war with each other again.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great insight into the events of 1938
- By Carolyn on 05-18-13
By: David Faber
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Agent 110
- An American Spymaster and the German Resistance in WWII
- By: Scott Miller
- Narrated by: Noah Michael Levine
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 53
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Story4 out of 5 stars 45
This is the secret and suspenseful account of how OSS spymaster Allen Dulles led a network of Germans conspiring to assassinate Hitler and negotiate surrender to bring about the end of World War II before the Soviet's advance. Agent 110 is Allen Dulles, a newly minted spy from an eminent family. Dulles met with and facilitated the plots of Germans who were trying to destroy the country's leadership.
By: Scott Miller
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Hitler
- The Memoir of a Nazi Insider Who Turned Against the Fuhrer
- By: Ernst Hanfstaengl
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 54
An intimate friend of Adolf Hitler’s who turned against him during the Nazi rise to power delves into the character of one of history’s most evil dictators. Of American and German parentage, Ernst Hanfstaengl graduated from Harvard and ran the family business in New York for a dozen years before returning to Germany in 1921. By chance he heard a then little-known Adolf Hitler speaking in a Munich beer hall and, mesmerized by his extraordinary oratorical power, was convinced the man would some day come to power. As Hitler’s fanatical theories and ideas hardened, however, he surrounded himself with rabid extremists...
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3 out of 5 stars
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Once a Nazi, always a Nazi
- By Alan on 04-10-13
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Adolf Hitler
- By: John Toland
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
- Length: 44 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 940
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 831
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 832
Based on previously unpublished documents, diaries, notes, photographs, and dramatic interviews with Hitler's colleagues and associates, this is the definitive biography of one of the most despised yet fascinating figures of the 20th century. Painstakingly documented, it is a work that will not soon be forgotten.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Strange Person
- By Mark on 11-25-14
By: John Toland
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A Spy Among Friends
- Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal
- By: Ben Macintyre
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 11 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,648
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,341
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,327
Who was Kim Philby? Those closest to him—like his fellow MI6 officer and best friend since childhood, Nicholas Elliot, and the CIA’s head of counterintelligence, James Jesus Angleton—knew him as a loyal confidant and an unshakeable patriot. Philby was a brilliant and charming man who rose to head Britain’s counterintelligence against the Soviet Union. Together with Elliott and Angleton he stood on the front lines of the Cold War, holding Communism at bay. But he was secretly betraying them both: He was working for the Russians the entire time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The narrator is incorrectly identified.
- By Greenlake DD on 07-30-14
By: Ben Macintyre
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For a thousand years, Concordia has maintained peace between its provinces. To mark this incredible feat, the emperor’s ship embarks upon a twelve-day voyage to the sacred Goddess’s Mountain. Aboard are the twelve heirs of the provinces of Concordia, each graced with a unique and secret magical ability known as a Blessing. All except one: Ganymedes Piscero—class clown, slacker and all-around disappointment.
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- By Tracy on 10-31-24
By: Frances White
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- andrew
- 12-03-21
Educational and sad
Was long amd daunting at first but as the story concluded you start to feel fear of what this voyage was like.
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- Renee King
- 10-29-21
Heart wrenching
This book had me on an emotional roller coaster but I believe that history should teach us the good bad and ugly. We should learn it so we don’t repeat it. I loved this book. It will stay with me forever
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- Erick R.
- 03-08-22
A very interesting story!
Yet another example of Nazi Germany antisemitism and world politics. The captain is a good example of honor and courage.
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- Brian
- 06-06-23
interesting story
I was not aware of this story before this book.
sad that FDR did not stand up for these individuals, and many ended up back in Europe and died in German camps.
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-19-15
Heartbreaking
Well done story of the holocaust. It's hard to understand how people. in dire circumstances could be turned away so callously. This book is worth the read.
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-28-22
Exceptional recounting of a tragic voyage
I do not recall having heard of the voyage of the St Louis until I listened to this book. In the end some of its passengers were saved and spared the horror of the Nazis, more would have been saved if the hearts of the Cubans and Americans had opened and let the passengers find refuge on their soil.
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- Neil
- 09-04-14
There were Good Germans and Bad Nazi's
Excellent book about the the prelude to war and the final solution. The captain did all he could to help save the boat people. The Nazi's had spies on board, and the Cuban government was wishy washy to let the people land and then they said no even if money was paid. There were suicides, and you can imagine the desperation of these travelers trying to get free from the country that didn't want them alive. The Nazi's wanted the ship to return just to complete their final solution even though they could have let them go. Eventually many were free to land in England and France, but France was later taken over so free for a time. This is a very good read of real history of hundreds of family's fleeing a disparate situation.
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- savanah2010
- 01-31-24
history at its best.
this entire book is a wonderful gift of history. it gives great examples of how much politics played into life and death. it is utterly shameful that FRD , because he was running for a 3rd term, didn't do something help these people.
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- jennifer arguello
- 12-03-21
Fantastic
Amazing story. Fantastic narration. Very interesting. I learned so much about what so many people went through for freedom and life.
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- Alexandra Cohen
- 07-02-21
Important piece if History that all should be aware
So important to understand the importance of what refugees go through to save themselves from a racist and dangerous country
How interesting these things cycle around always, and the part we can play in saving the lives of others
Hate begets hate and no good can come from it
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