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Lone Survivor
by Marcus Luttrell
Credits: Audio Download | Audio CD
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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Seven Pillars of Wisdom
by T.E. Lawrence
Credits: Audio Download
Although 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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Alexander of Macedonia
by Robin Lane Fox
Credits: Audio Download
Alexander the Great is the most famous king and conqueror known in the ancient world. In his lifetime, he was given honors equal to those of the gods.
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A Long Way Gone
by Ishmael Beah
Credits: Audio Download | Audio CD
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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One Bullet Away
by Nathaniel Fick
Credits: Audio Download
A 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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Robert E. Lee on Leadership
by H.W. Crocker
Credits: Audio Download
Robert E. Lee scholar H. W. Crocker III is an esteemed Civil War historian. Skillfully summarizing Lee’s life, Crocker clearly extracts leadership lessons from the storied career of the South’s beloved leader and applies them to today’s business world.
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Platoon Leader
by James McDonough
Credits: Audio Download
Using a lean style and a sense of pacing drawn from the tautest of novels, McDonough has produced a gripping account of his first command, a U.S. platoon taking part in the 'strategic hamlet' program. . . . Rather than present a potpourri of combat yarns.
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Co. Aytch
by Sam R. Watkins
Credits: Audio Download | Audio CD | MP3 CD
In 1861, twenty-one-year-old Sam R. Watkins of Columbia, Tennessee, joined the First Tennessee Regiment.
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The Victors
by Stephen Ambrose
Credits: Audio Download
From America's preeminent military historian, Stephen E. Ambrose, comes a brilliant telling of the war in Europe...
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Joan of Arc
by iMinds Audio
Credits: Audio Download
Learn about Joan of Arc with iMinds insightful audio knowledge series.
iMinds brings knowledge to your MP3 with 8 minute information segments to broaden your mind.
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The Hitler Book: The Secret Dossier Prepared for Stalin from the Interrogations of Hitler's Personal Aides
by Henrik Eberle
Credits: Audio Download | Audio CD
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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Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun
by Ricky Roberts III
Credits: Audio Download
Discover the leadership secrets of the warrior who centuries ago shaped an aimless band of mercenary tribal nomads into the undisputed rulers of the ancient world - and who today offers timeless lessons in win-directed, take-charge management.
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Jarhead
by Anthony Swofford
Credits: Audio Download
When 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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Cochrane: The Real Master and Commander
by David Cordingly
Credits: Audio Download | Audio CD | MP3 CD
From the bestselling author of Under the Black Flag comes the definitive biography of the swashbuckling nineteenth-century maritime hero upon whom Jack Aubrey and Horatio Hornblower are based.
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War Letters
by Andrew Carroll
Credits: Audio Download
In 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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Alexander the Great: The Hunt for a New Past
by Paul Cartledge
Credits: Audio Download | MP3 CD
Paul Cartledge, one of the worlds foremost scholars of ancient Greece, illuminates the brief but iconic life of Alexander the Great, cutting through the myths to show why he was such a great leader.
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Heroes: From Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to Churchill and de Gaulle
by Paul Johnson
Credits: Audio CD
In this enlightening and entertaining work, Paul Johnson continues his engaging history series. As he has done in previous books, he approaches the subject of heroism by example.
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No One Left Behind
by Amy Waters Yarsinske
Credits: Audio Download
Author 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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Napoleon: Man of the World
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Credits: Audio Download
Part 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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No Room for Error
by Colonel John T. Carnet, Jr.
Credits: Audio Download
When the U.S. Air Force decided to create an elite "special tactics" team in the late 1970s...
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Worth the Fighting For
by John McCain
Credits: Audio Download
Maverick Senator John McCain has always been famous for his candor, humor, and integrity....
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Hard Call: Great Decisions and the Extraordinary People Who Made Them
by John McCain
Credits: Audio Download
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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The Conquerors
by Michael Beschloss
Credits: Audio Download
From one of America's most respected historians, The Conquerors reveals one of the most important stories of World War II...
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Battle Ready
by Tom Clancy
Credits: Audio Download
From one of the country's most prominent writers and one of the military's most outspoken generals comes the audiobook every American must listen to.
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The Story of Napoleon
Credits: Audio Download
A condensed biography of the little Corsican who became Emperor of France.
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