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Sir Winston Churchill: His Finest Hour
by Winston Churchill
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Features the highlights of major speeches given during World War II.
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A Basic History of the United States, Vol. 3: The Sections and the Civil War, 1826-1877
by Clarence B. Carson
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Carson begins this third volume by diagnosing the root causes that eventually gave rise to sectionalism.
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Russian Revolution: From Tsarism to Bolshevism
by F. E. Peters
Price: Audio Download ($34.95)
The Russian Revolution of 1917 was a key turning point in the history of modern Europe and the world. For much of the twentieth century, politics were defined by attitudes to what had taken place in Russia in 1917.
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The Art of War
by Sun Tzu
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Written by Sun Tzu in the 6th Century BC, the Art of War now stands as a definitive distillation of ancient military Strategy.
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FDR: Nothing to Fear
by Franklin D. Roosevelt
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This historical compilation includes highlights of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's key speeches during one of the most historical era's the modern world has known.
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The Incredible Century
Price: Audio Download ($19.95)
Collects great historical speeches from 1900 to 1999.
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Seven Pillars of Wisdom
by T.E. Lawrence
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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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Mao Zedong
by Sherwin T. Wine
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Still revered in Communist China, Mao was the most powerful ‘emperor’ that China ever knew.
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The Incredible Century, Vol. II
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Collects Speeches and recorded News accounts from the years 1953 to 1969.
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The American Revolution
by George H. Smith
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In 1776, the 13 American colonies - refusing to pay unjust taxes - declared their independence from Britain. The resulting years of war are called the American Revolution…
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Lone Survivor
by Marcus Luttrell
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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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The Incredible Century, Vol. III
Price: Audio Download ($9.95)
Collects Speeches and recorded News accounts from the years 1970 to 1999.
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The Six Day War
by Berel Wein
Price: Audio Download ($5.00)
No moment in Israeli history was as euphoric as the recapture of the Old City. With the original live broadcast of the IDF soldiers at the Western Wall, the pivotal battles come to life.
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The Coldest Winter
by David Halberstam
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In this posthumous work, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist explores the untold heroism and pathos of the worst American military disaster since Little Big Horn, and the politics that set it in motion.
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Cold War
by David Painter
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The devastating US atomic bombing of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki not only brought World War II to an end, but effectively gave birth to the Cold War.
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Flags of Our Fathers
by James Bradley
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In this unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military history, James Bradley has captured the glory, the triumph, the heartbreak, and the legacy of the six men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima.
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Crossroads of Freedom
by James M. McPherson
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Compared to the Normandy invasion in World War II, Antietam produced four times as many casualties....
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The Incredible Century, Vol. I
Price: Audio Download ($9.95)
Collects Speeches and recorded News accounts from the years 1900 to 1953.
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The Persian War from The Histories
by Herodotus
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In this, the first prose history in European civilization, Herodotus tells the heroic tale of the Greeks' resistance to the vast invading force assembled by Xerxes, King of Persia...
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In the Ruins of Empire
by Ronald H. Spector
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Americans are accustomed to thinking that World War II ended on August 14, 1945, when the Japanese surrendered unconditionally. Yet on the mainland of Asia, in the vast arc stretching from Manchuria to Burma, peace was a brief, fretful interlude.
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Sir Winston Churchill: "The War Years"
by Winston Churchill
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Featuring highlights of 10 major speeches given by the British Prime Minister.
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General Douglas A. MacArthur: Soldier
by Douglas MacArthur
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A symbol of American determination and fighting ability, General Douglas A. MacArthur ranks as an imaginative, sometimes brilliant military commander.
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The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol I
by Shelby Foote
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All the great battles are here, of course, from Bull Run through Shiloh, the Seven Days, Second Manassas to Antietam and Perryville in the fall of 1862, but so are the smaller and often equally important engagements on both land and sea.
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History of the Conquest of Mexico
by W.H. Prescott
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In 1519, Hernando Cortes arrived in Mexico to investigate stories of a wealthy empire....
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Charlie Wilson's War
by George Crile
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This New York Times best-seller is the untold story behind the last battle of the Cold War, the rise of militant Islam, and how a colorful congressman from Texas conspired with a rogue CIA operative to launch the most successful covert operation in CIA history.
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