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1. | | LearnOutLoud's Biography Podcast by Plutarch Available on: PodcastWith the the LearnOutLoud Biography podcast series we will explore the lives of notable people throughout history. |
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2. | | Napoleon: Man of the World by Ralph Waldo Emerson Available on: Audio DownloadPart of a larger series of essays in which Emerson examined various historical figures, "Napoleon: Man of the World" is an invaluable study of one of history's great leaders. |
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3. | | Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. Lawrence Available on: Audio Download ($18.38) | Audio CD ($18.38) | Audio CassetteAlthough Lawrence of Arabia died in 1935, the story of his life has captured the imagination of succeeding generations. The Seven Pillars of Wisdom is a monumental work... |
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4. | | The Assassination of Julius Caesar by Jacob Abbott Available on: Audio DownloadJulius Caesar was a Roman military and political leader. He played an important part in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. |
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5. | | Andrew Jackson by H.W. Brands Available on: Audio Download | Online VideoThough a military hero, Andrew Jackson had a checkered reputation. |
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6. | | In Flanders Field and Other Poems About War by John McCrae Available on: Audio Download | Audio CD ($13.46)In World War I, possibly the most horrific modern war, two soldier poets put down their thoughts in poetry telling us much about wars and the people who fight them.... |
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7. | | Co. Aytch by Sam R. Watkins Available on: Audio Download ($19.95) | Audio CD | Audio Cassette | MP3 CD ($80.00)In 1861, twenty-one-year-old Sam R. Watkins of Columbia, Tennessee, joined the First Tennessee Regiment. |
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8. | | A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah Available on: Audio Download | Audio CD ($15.96)This is how wars are fought now by children, hopped up on drugs, and wielding AK-47s. In the more than fifty violent conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. |
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9. | | Jarhead by Anthony Swofford Available on: Audio Download ($18.22) | Audio CD | Audio CassetteWhen the marines -- or "jarheads," as they call themselves -- were sent in 1990 to Saudi Arabia to fight the Iraqis, Swofford was there, with a hundred-pound pack on his shoulders and a sniper's rifle in his hands |
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10. | | Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell Available on: Audio Download | Audio CD ($11.98)In June 2005, four U.S. Navy SEALs left their base in Afghanistan for the Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a notorious al Qaeda leader. Less then 24 hours later, only one of those SEALs remained alive. |
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11. | | No One Left Behind by Amy Waters Yarsinske Available on: Audio Download ($19.56) | Audio CD ($27.95) | Audio CassetteAuthor and former intelligence officer Amy Waters Yarsinske breaks the incredible true story of the first American pilot shot down during the Gulf War... |
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12. | | No Room for Error by Colonel John T. Carnet, Jr. Available on: Audio Download ($19.56) | Audio CD | Audio CassetteWhen the U.S. Air Force decided to create an elite "special tactics" team in the late 1970s... |
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13. | | War Letters by Andrew Carroll Available on: Audio Download ($15.73) | Audio CD | Audio CassetteIn 1998, Andrew Carroll founded the Legacy Project with the goal of remembering Americans who have served this nation and preserving their letters for posterity... |
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14. | | One Bullet Away by Nathaniel Fick Available on: Audio Download ($13.24) | Audio CD | Audio CassetteA former captain in the Marines' First Recon Battalion, who fought in Afghanistan and Iraq, reveals how the Corps trains its elite and offers a point-blank account of twenty-first-century battle. |
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15. | | The Hitler Book: The Secret Dossier Prepared for Stalin from the Interrogations of Hitler's Personal Aides by Henrik Eberle Available on: Audio Download ($20.00) | Audio CD ($35.99) | MP3 CD ($26.99)Joseph Stalin had never been able to shake off the nightmare of Adolf Hitler. Just as in 1941 he refused to understand that Hitler had broken their non-aggression pact, he was in 1945 unwilling to believe that the dictator had committed suicide in the debris of the Berlin bunker. |
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16. | | Napoleon and Europe by William Kristol Available on: Online VideoThe End of the Old Order: Napoleon and Europe, 1801-1805. |
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17. | | Hard Call: Great Decisions and the Extraordinary People Who Made Them by John McCain Available on: Audio Download | Audio CD ($11.98)In this remarkable audiobook, Senator McCain uses experiences of both extraordinary people and people in extraordinary circumstances to dramatically describe the anatomy of great decision making. |
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18. | | Hannibal by Harold Lamb Available on: Audio Download | MP3 CDThis is the breathtaking adventure of the great Carthaginian general who shook the foundations of Rome... |
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19. | | Company Aytch by Sam Watkins Available on: Audio DownloadThis book is considered to be the best account of the Civil War ever written from the Confederate point of view. |
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20. | | The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant: Part One by Ulysses S. Grant Available on: Audio DownloadUlysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States and commander of the Union forces in the Civil War... |
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21. | | Beyond Band of Brothers by Dick Winters Available on: Audio Download | Audio CD ($72.00)In war, great commanders lead soldiers into hell to do the impossible. |
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22. | | American Soldier by General Tommy Franks Abridged Edition Available on: Audio Download | Audio CD | Audio CassetteFew individuals have the chance to contribute so much of themselves to the American story as General Tommy Franks. In American Soldier, he captures it all.... |
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23. | | Napoleon and Hitler by Desmond Seward Available on: Audio Download | Audio CassetteNapoleon Bonaparte and Adolf Hitler were two of history's most imperious dictators. Desmond Seward examines... |
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24. | | The WASPs by Joe Richman Available on: Audio DownloadIn the early 1940s, the US Airforce faced a dilemma... |
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25. | | The Conquerors by Michael Beschloss Available on: Audio Download ($14.90) | Audio CDFrom one of America's most respected historians, The Conquerors reveals one of the most important stories of World War II... |