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Cobweb

by Michael Morpurgo ...

Narrated by Iestyn Arwel ...

Unabridged

2 hours 45 min

A powerful, moving adventure inspired by the extraordinary true story of the French Drummer Boy of Waterloo, COBWEB is a stunning tale of courage and kindness – a book about humanity, animals, and the heartbreak of war, from a writer at the height of his powers.'Thank goodness for Michael Morpurgo' ★★★★★ The Telegraph'Moving, unique and utterly charming. This is why Michael Morpurgo is the nation ... Read more

$20.99 CAD

A powerful, moving adventure inspired by the extraordinary true story of the French Drummer Boy of Waterloo, COBWEB is a stunning tale of courage and kindness – a book about humanity, animals, and the heartbreak of war, from a writer at the height of his powers.'Thank goodness for Michael Morpurgo' ★★★★★ The Telegraph'Moving, unique and utterly charming. This is why Michael Morpurgo is the nation
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The Story of the World, Vol. 4 Audiobook, Revised Edition

by Susan Wise Bauer ...

Narrated by Jim Weiss ...

Unabridged

12 hours 53 min

History will never be the same again!This spirited reading of the newly revised fourth edition in Susan Wise Bauer's Story of the World history series brings to life the stories and records of the peoples of the modern age. Now more than ever, other countries and customs affect our everyday lives-and our children need to learn about the people who live all around the globe.Susan Wise Bauer has ... Read more

$42.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

History will never be the same again!This spirited reading of the newly revised fourth edition in Susan Wise Bauer's Story of the World history series brings to life the stories and records of the peoples of the modern age. Now more than ever, other countries and customs affect our everyday lives-and our children need to learn about the people who live all around the globe.Susan Wise Bauer has
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Crazy Horse and Custer

Born Enemies

by S. D. Nelson ...

Narrated by Courage, Eric G. Dove ...

Unabridged

2 hours 50 min

In 1876, Lakota chief Crazy Horse helped lead his people’s resistance against the white man’s invasion of the northern Great Plains. One of the leaders of the US military forces was Army Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer. The men had long been enemies. At the height of the war, when tribalism had reached its peak, they crossed paths for the last time. In this action-packed double biography, S. D. ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

In 1876, Lakota chief Crazy Horse helped lead his people’s resistance against the white man’s invasion of the northern Great Plains. One of the leaders of the US military forces was Army Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer. The men had long been enemies. At the height of the war, when tribalism had reached its peak, they crossed paths for the last time. In this action-packed double biography, S. D.
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Voices of the Civil War

Stories from the Battlefields

by Jason Nemeth ...

Narrated by Various Narrators ...

Series series Voices of War
Unabridged

22 min

Can you imagine sneaking into an enemy camp to kidnap a general? Or how about caring for patients while bullets whiz by your head? These were everyday events for people during the Civil War. Experience their triumphs and defeats first hand as you read about a Confederate colonel, a battlefield surgeon, a Union marine, and more. ... Read more

$5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Can you imagine sneaking into an enemy camp to kidnap a general? Or how about caring for patients while bullets whiz by your head? These were everyday events for people during the Civil War. Experience their triumphs and defeats first hand as you read about a Confederate colonel, a battlefield surgeon, a Union marine, and more.
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Behind Enemy Lines

The Escape of Robert Grimes with the Comet Line

by Matt Chandler ...

Narrated by Various Narrators ...

Series series Great Escapes of World War II
Unabridged

24 min

Experience the thrilling and true story of Lt. Robert Grimes as he runs for his life to evade being captured by Nazi soldiers. Readers will follow Grimes as he escapes danger with help from the Comet Line, a resistance group that rescued Allied soldiers during WWII. ... Read more

$5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Experience the thrilling and true story of Lt. Robert Grimes as he runs for his life to evade being captured by Nazi soldiers. Readers will follow Grimes as he escapes danger with help from the Comet Line, a resistance group that rescued Allied soldiers during WWII.
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Resist

One Girl's Fight Back Against the Nazis

by Tom Palmer, Tom Clohosy Cole ...

Narrated by Anna Gilthorpe ...

Unabridged

2 hours 35 min

Multi-award-winning author Tom Palmer shines a light on life under wartime occupation, in a beautifully told story inspired by the childhood of Hollywood legend Audrey Hepburn.As the brutal Second World War stretches on with no end in sight, life for ordinary Dutch people in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands is fraught with peril and hardship. There is very little to eat and the population lives under ... Read more

$20.99 CAD

Multi-award-winning author Tom Palmer shines a light on life under wartime occupation, in a beautifully told story inspired by the childhood of Hollywood legend Audrey Hepburn.As the brutal Second World War stretches on with no end in sight, life for ordinary Dutch people in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands is fraught with peril and hardship. There is very little to eat and the population lives under
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George Washington's Spectacular Spectacles

The Glasses that Saved America

by Selene Castrovilla ...

Narrated by L.J. Ganser ...

Unabridged

17 min

Did you know that George Washington had a secret? He wore glasses! While initially embarrassed by his reliance on this reading aid, Washington’s spectacles proved to be nothing short of spectacular in this charming, funny, and little-known story from American history.The Revolutionary War was over, but Washington’s officers had not received their wages from the Continental Congress in years. ... Read more

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Did you know that George Washington had a secret? He wore glasses! While initially embarrassed by his reliance on this reading aid, Washington’s spectacles proved to be nothing short of spectacular in this charming, funny, and little-known story from American history.The Revolutionary War was over, but Washington’s officers had not received their wages from the Continental Congress in years.
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Roosevelt's Rough Riders

Fearless Cavalry of the Spanish-American War

by Brynn Baker ...

Narrated by Various Narrators ...

Series series Military Heroes
Unabridged

27 min

Before becoming president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt organized the Rough Riders, a voluntary cavalry during the Spanish-American War. The group included cowboys, miners, law enforcement officials, and American Indians. The cavalry became famous before the war was even over. Infographics, sidebars, and fact boxes bring the experiences of these brave military men to life. ... Read more

$5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Before becoming president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt organized the Rough Riders, a voluntary cavalry during the Spanish-American War. The group included cowboys, miners, law enforcement officials, and American Indians. The cavalry became famous before the war was even over. Infographics, sidebars, and fact boxes bring the experiences of these brave military men to life.
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Secrets of the U.S. Civil War

by Linda LeBoutillier ...

Narrated by Various Narrators ...

Series series Top Secret Files
Unabridged

25 min

The U.S. Civil War was a war that changed the face, body, and heart of the United States forever. Secrets of the U.S. Civil War reveals little-known stories of the people, weapons, and battles that have affected the maps on our walls and the allegiances in our hearts. ... Read more

$5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The U.S. Civil War was a war that changed the face, body, and heart of the United States forever. Secrets of the U.S. Civil War reveals little-known stories of the people, weapons, and battles that have affected the maps on our walls and the allegiances in our hearts.
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This Book is Top Secret

A Collection of Awesome Military Trivia

by Cheryl Blackford ...

Narrated by Various Narrators ...

Series series Super Trivia Collection
Unabridged

19 min

Can tanks fly? Can seaweed fuel a helicopter? Could a spy vehicle be as small as a sparrow? Were rotting animal carcasses once used as deadly weapons? Get the answer to these questions and many more! ... Read more

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Can tanks fly? Can seaweed fuel a helicopter? Could a spy vehicle be as small as a sparrow? Were rotting animal carcasses once used as deadly weapons? Get the answer to these questions and many more!
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Armistice Runner

by Tom Palmer, Tom Clohosy Cole ...

Narrated by Flora Ogilvy ...

Unabridged

3 hours 19 min

Tom Palmer celebrates the unsung athletic heroes of the Armistice in a powerful intergenerational tale of the fell-running messengers on the front-line of war.Lily has lots of worries. She's struggling to compete in her fell-running races and, worse, she's losing her gran to Alzheimer's. But then she discovers her great-great-grandfather's diaries from the First World War. Could his incredible ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

Tom Palmer celebrates the unsung athletic heroes of the Armistice in a powerful intergenerational tale of the fell-running messengers on the front-line of war.Lily has lots of worries. She's struggling to compete in her fell-running races and, worse, she's losing her gran to Alzheimer's. But then she discovers her great-great-grandfather's diaries from the First World War. Could his incredible
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Nazi Saboteurs: Hitler's Secret Attack on America (Scholastic Focus)

by Samantha Seiple ...

Narrated by R. C. Bray ...

Unabridged

3 hours 32 min

A gripping tale of the little-known Nazi plot to attack on American soil, and the brave individuals who got in the way.In 1942, amid a growing German threat, Nazi agents infiltrated the United States in hopes of destroying American infrastructure and sowing panic throughout the nation. Nazi Saboteurs tells the nail-biting tale of this daring plot, buried in history, for young readers for the first ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

A gripping tale of the little-known Nazi plot to attack on American soil, and the brave individuals who got in the way.In 1942, amid a growing German threat, Nazi agents infiltrated the United States in hopes of destroying American infrastructure and sowing panic throughout the nation. Nazi Saboteurs tells the nail-biting tale of this daring plot, buried in history, for young readers for the first
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Desperate Ride of Caesar Rodney, The

by Candace Fleming ...

Narrated by Highlights for Children ...

Series series Read With Highlight
Unabridged

5 min

In 1776, this Delaware delegate made a courageous effort to vote for freedom. ... Read more

$3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

In 1776, this Delaware delegate made a courageous effort to vote for freedom.
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Flyvevåbnet

by Søren Elmerdahl Hemmingsen, Karsten Marrup ...

Narrated by Thomas Jacob Clausen ...

Unabridged

9 min

Flyvevåbnet er det værn, der kæmper i luften. Det er Danmarks yngste værn. Det blev nemlig først dannet i 1950.Fly er et vigtigt våben, når der er krig. Et land kan ikke vinde en krig, hvis det ikke har et stærkt flyvevåben.Selvom det danske flyvevåben ikke er ret stort, har det mange seje fly og helikoptere. Søren Elmerdahl Hemmingsen er cand.mag. i historie og dansk fra Københavns Universitet ... Read more

$1.99 CAD

Flyvevåbnet er det værn, der kæmper i luften. Det er Danmarks yngste værn. Det blev nemlig først dannet i 1950.Fly er et vigtigt våben, når der er krig. Et land kan ikke vinde en krig, hvis det ikke har et stærkt flyvevåben.Selvom det danske flyvevåben ikke er ret stort, har det mange seje fly og helikoptere. Søren Elmerdahl Hemmingsen er cand.mag. i historie og dansk fra Københavns Universitet
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After the War

From Auschwitz to Ambleside

by Tom Palmer, Violet Tobacco ...

Narrated by Joe Jameson ...

Unabridged

3 hours 7 min

Master storyteller Tom Palmer returns with a deeply moving and beautifully told novel of friendship and belonging, inspired by the incredible true story of the Windermere Boys."The best children’s fiction book I’ve yet read about the Holocaust" – Tim Robertson, CEO Anne Frank TrustSummer 1945. The Second World War is finally over and Yossi, Leo and Mordecai are among three hundred children who ... Read more

$20.99 CAD

Master storyteller Tom Palmer returns with a deeply moving and beautifully told novel of friendship and belonging, inspired by the incredible true story of the Windermere Boys."The best children’s fiction book I’ve yet read about the Holocaust" – Tim Robertson, CEO Anne Frank TrustSummer 1945. The Second World War is finally over and Yossi, Leo and Mordecai are among three hundred children who
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We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport (Scholastic Focus)

by Deborah Hopkinson ...

Narrated by Lauren Irwin ...

Unabridged

5 hours 13 min

Sibert Honor author Deborah Hopkinson illuminates the true stories of Jewish children who fled Nazi Germany, risking everything to escape to safety on the Kindertransport. An NCTE Orbis Pictus recommended book.Ruth David was growing up in a small village in Germany when Adolf Hitler rose to power in the 1930s. Under the Nazi Party, Jewish families like Ruth's experienced rising anti-Semitic ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

Sibert Honor author Deborah Hopkinson illuminates the true stories of Jewish children who fled Nazi Germany, risking everything to escape to safety on the Kindertransport. An NCTE Orbis Pictus recommended book.Ruth David was growing up in a small village in Germany when Adolf Hitler rose to power in the 1930s. Under the Nazi Party, Jewish families like Ruth's experienced rising anti-Semitic
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Courage on the Battlefield

True Stories of Survival in the Military

by Nel Yomtov ...

Narrated by Various Narrators ...

Series series True Stories of Survival
Unabridged

23 min

Courage finds its way into the hearts of soldiers in the heat of war. A soldier's bravery is tested on the battlefield, where life-and-death decisions are made in a split second. These true stories detail the amazing events of soldiers who were outnumbered and staring death in the face but survived. ... Read more

$5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Courage finds its way into the hearts of soldiers in the heat of war. A soldier's bravery is tested on the battlefield, where life-and-death decisions are made in a split second. These true stories detail the amazing events of soldiers who were outnumbered and staring death in the face but survived.
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Close Calls

How Eleven US Presidents Escaped from the Brink of Death

by Michael P. Spradlin ...

Narrated by L.J. Ganser ...

Unabridged

2 hours 18 min

An exciting and irreverent look at our commanders in chiefHistorians tell the stories of tragic and untimely presidential deaths, but often forgotten are the near misses. After a treacherous attack during World War II, JFKand his fellow servicemen spent nearly a week with only coconuts to eat. Abe Lincoln was forced to take a train trip in disguise while America’s first femaledetective worked to ... Read more

$19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

An exciting and irreverent look at our commanders in chiefHistorians tell the stories of tragic and untimely presidential deaths, but often forgotten are the near misses. After a treacherous attack during World War II, JFKand his fellow servicemen spent nearly a week with only coconuts to eat. Abe Lincoln was forced to take a train trip in disguise while America’s first femaledetective worked to
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Battle over Slavery, The

Causes and Effects of the U.S. Civil War

by Michael Capek ...

Narrated by Various Narrators ...

Series series The Civil War
Unabridged

37 min

The Civil War began when Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter. But years of tension led up to that first battle. And the war would prove to have major consequences for both sides. Explore the causes and effects of the Civil War—a war to determine the future of the United States. Meets Common Core standards for analyzing cause and effect relationships. ... Read more

$7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Civil War began when Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter. But years of tension led up to that first battle. And the war would prove to have major consequences for both sides. Explore the causes and effects of the Civil War—a war to determine the future of the United States. Meets Common Core standards for analyzing cause and effect relationships.
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Fearless Spies and Daring Deeds of World War II

by Rebecca Langston-George ...

Narrated by Various Narrators ...

Series series Spies!
Unabridged

1 hour 2 min

Explores the lives and daring deeds of spies during World War II using photos, original sources, maps, timelines, and little known facts. ... Read more

$8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Explores the lives and daring deeds of spies during World War II using photos, original sources, maps, timelines, and little known facts.
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D-Day Invasion

by Matt Doeden ...

Narrated by Book Buddy Digital Media ...

Series series Heroes of World War II (Alternator Books ® )
Unabridged

15 min

On June 6, 1944, Allied bombers flew overhead as a huge naval fleet landed on the beaches of Normandy, France. Under a hail of gunfire, thousands of Allied troops fought their way onto the beaches and into the German-occupied territory. This courageous invasion became known as D-day. One of the largest military operations in history, D-day ended in Allied victory, but that victory came at a ... Read more

$9.99 CAD

On June 6, 1944, Allied bombers flew overhead as a huge naval fleet landed on the beaches of Normandy, France. Under a hail of gunfire, thousands of Allied troops fought their way onto the beaches and into the German-occupied territory. This courageous invasion became known as D-day. One of the largest military operations in history, D-day ended in Allied victory, but that victory came at a
... Read more
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Attack on Pearl Harbor

by Lisa L. Owens ...

Narrated by Book Buddy Digital Media ...

Series series Heroes of World War II (Alternator Books ® )
Unabridged

16 min

Early on the morning of December 7, 1941, Japanese aircraft and ships attacked the US military base at Pearl Harbor in Oahu, Hawaii. Following the attack, the United States would officially enter World War II, and people around the country would join together to support the war effort. But for those at Pearl Harbor, the war began when the attack did. Pilots, navy officers, nurses, and civilians ... Read more

$9.99 CAD

Early on the morning of December 7, 1941, Japanese aircraft and ships attacked the US military base at Pearl Harbor in Oahu, Hawaii. Following the attack, the United States would officially enter World War II, and people around the country would join together to support the war effort. But for those at Pearl Harbor, the war began when the attack did. Pilots, navy officers, nurses, and civilians
... Read more
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Hero Dogs!

True Stories of Amazing Animal Heroes

by Eric Z, Eric Z ...

Narrated by Eric Z ...

Series series True Stories of Amazing Animal Heroes
Unabridged

50 min

Take a journey back in time...And meet the hero war dogs who helped shape history itself!From the most recent Conan the Delta-Forces Combat Dog, all the way back to the civil war with Sallie Ann Jarrett an American Bull Terrier.From Navy SEALs to Marine Raiders, dogs play an extraordinary role in combat.But before they became so popular, some other dogs had to lead the way.Read on to meet some of ... Read more

$6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Take a journey back in time...And meet the hero war dogs who helped shape history itself!From the most recent Conan the Delta-Forces Combat Dog, all the way back to the civil war with Sallie Ann Jarrett an American Bull Terrier.From Navy SEALs to Marine Raiders, dogs play an extraordinary role in combat.But before they became so popular, some other dogs had to lead the way.Read on to meet some of
... Read more
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Spitfire

The Experiences of a Battle of Britain Fighter Pilot

by Brian Lane ...

Narrated by William Huggins ...

Unabridged

3 hours 10 min

Spitfire first became a household word during the Blitz, but it was not the first service the valiant aircraft had performed. At Dunkirk a year earlier, pilots had provided aerial support as the allied forces began their evacuation from France.In an attempt to answer the questions of the man on the street, Brian Lane, who wrote under the pseudonym of B. J. Ellan, tells of what it is that a fighter ... Read more

$28.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Spitfire first became a household word during the Blitz, but it was not the first service the valiant aircraft had performed. At Dunkirk a year earlier, pilots had provided aerial support as the allied forces began their evacuation from France.In an attempt to answer the questions of the man on the street, Brian Lane, who wrote under the pseudonym of B. J. Ellan, tells of what it is that a fighter
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