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In Ghostly Japan

Japanese Legends of Ghosts, Yokai, Yurei and Other Oddities

by Lafcadio Hearn ...

Narrated by Kaipo Schwab ...

Unabridged

3 hours 55 min

The Japanese have two kinds of ghosts in their folklore—the spirits of the dead, and the spirits of the living. This classic of Japanese literature invites you to take your choice if you dare.In Ghostly Japan collects twelve ghostly stories from Lafcadio Hearn, deathless images of ghosts and goblins, touches of folklore and superstition, salted with traditions of the nation. While some of these ... Read more

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The Japanese have two kinds of ghosts in their folklore—the spirits of the dead, and the spirits of the living. This classic of Japanese literature invites you to take your choice if you dare.In Ghostly Japan collects twelve ghostly stories from Lafcadio Hearn, deathless images of ghosts and goblins, touches of folklore and superstition, salted with traditions of the nation. While some of these
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Destiny Disrupted

A History of the World through Islamic Eyes

by Tamim Ansary ...

Narrated by Tamim Ansary ...

Unabridged

18 hours 19 min

“A must read for anyone who wants to learn more about the history of the Islamic world” (San Francisco Chronicle)We in the West share a common narrative of world history. But our story largely omits a whole civilization whose citizens shared an entirely different narrative for a thousand years as the Islamic world saw it, from the time of Mohammed through the fall of the Ottoman Empire to the ... Read more

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“A must read for anyone who wants to learn more about the history of the Islamic world” (San Francisco Chronicle)We in the West share a common narrative of world history. But our story largely omits a whole civilization whose citizens shared an entirely different narrative for a thousand years as the Islamic world saw it, from the time of Mohammed through the fall of the Ottoman Empire to the
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Genghis Khan

His Conquests, His Empire, His Legacy

by Frank McLynn ...

Narrated by Tim Andres Pabon ...

Unabridged

24 hours 13 min

Mongol leader Genghis Khan was by far the greatest conqueror the world has ever known. His empire stretched from the Pacific Ocean to central Europe, including all of China, the Middle East, and Russia. So how did an illiterate nomad rise to such colossal power and subdue most of the known world, eclipsing Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Napoleon? Credited by some with paving the way for ... Read more

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Mongol leader Genghis Khan was by far the greatest conqueror the world has ever known. His empire stretched from the Pacific Ocean to central Europe, including all of China, the Middle East, and Russia. So how did an illiterate nomad rise to such colossal power and subdue most of the known world, eclipsing Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Napoleon? Credited by some with paving the way for
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Shattered Sword

The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway

by Jonathan Parshall, Anthony Tully ...

Narrated by Tom Perkins ...

Unabridged

24 hours 44 min

Many consider the Battle of Midway to have turned the tide of the Pacific War. It is without question one of the most famous battles in history. Now, for the first time since Gordon W. Prange's bestselling Miracle at Midway, Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully offer a new interpretation of this great naval engagement. Unlike previous accounts, Shattered Sword makes extensive use of Japanese ... Read more

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Many consider the Battle of Midway to have turned the tide of the Pacific War. It is without question one of the most famous battles in history. Now, for the first time since Gordon W. Prange's bestselling Miracle at Midway, Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully offer a new interpretation of this great naval engagement. Unlike previous accounts, Shattered Sword makes extensive use of Japanese
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Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China

by Ezra F. Vogel ...

Narrated by Eric Jason Martin ...

Unabridged

33 hours 48 min

Once described by Mao Zedong as a "needle inside a ball of cotton," Deng was the pragmatic yet disciplined driving force behind China's radical transformation in the late twentieth century. He confronted the damage wrought by the Cultural Revolution, dissolved Mao's cult of personality, and loosened the economic and social policies that had stunted China's growth. Obsessed with modernization and ... Read more

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Once described by Mao Zedong as a "needle inside a ball of cotton," Deng was the pragmatic yet disciplined driving force behind China's radical transformation in the late twentieth century. He confronted the damage wrought by the Cultural Revolution, dissolved Mao's cult of personality, and loosened the economic and social policies that had stunted China's growth. Obsessed with modernization and
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Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan

by Herbert P. Bix ...

Narrated by Jonathan Yen ...

Unabridged

29 hours 56 min

In this groundbreaking biography of the Japanese emperor Hirohito, Herbert P. Bix offers the first complete, unvarnished look at the enigmatic leader whose sixty-three-year reign ushered Japan into the modern world. Never before has the full life of this controversial figure been revealed with such clarity and vividness. Bix shows what it was like to be trained from birth for a lone position at ... Read more

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In this groundbreaking biography of the Japanese emperor Hirohito, Herbert P. Bix offers the first complete, unvarnished look at the enigmatic leader whose sixty-three-year reign ushered Japan into the modern world. Never before has the full life of this controversial figure been revealed with such clarity and vividness. Bix shows what it was like to be trained from birth for a lone position at
... Read more
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Street Without Joy

The French Debacle In Indochina

by Bernard B. Fall ...

Narrated by Derek Perkins ...

Unabridged

13 hours 10 min

In this classic account of the French war in Indochina, Bernard B. Fall vividly captures the sights, sounds, and smells of the savage eight-year conflict in the jungles and mountains of Southeast Asia from 1946 to 1954. The French fought well to the last, but even with the lethal advantages of airpower, they could not stave off the Communist-led Vietnamese nationalists, who countered with a hit ... Read more

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In this classic account of the French war in Indochina, Bernard B. Fall vividly captures the sights, sounds, and smells of the savage eight-year conflict in the jungles and mountains of Southeast Asia from 1946 to 1954. The French fought well to the last, but even with the lethal advantages of airpower, they could not stave off the Communist-led Vietnamese nationalists, who countered with a hit
... Read more
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China and Japan

Facing History

by Ezra F. Vogel ...

Narrated by Eric Jason Martin ...

Unabridged

22 hours 51 min

China and Japan have cultural and political connections that stretch back fifteen hundred years. But today their relationship is strained. China's military buildup deeply worries Japan, while Japan's brutal occupation of China in World War II remains an open wound. In recent years less than ten percent of each population had positive feelings toward the other, and both countries insist that the ... Read more

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China and Japan have cultural and political connections that stretch back fifteen hundred years. But today their relationship is strained. China's military buildup deeply worries Japan, while Japan's brutal occupation of China in World War II remains an open wound. In recent years less than ten percent of each population had positive feelings toward the other, and both countries insist that the
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A History of Japan

Revised Edition

by R. H. P. Mason, J. G. Caiger ...

Narrated by Derek Perkins ...

Unabridged

13 hours 7 min

A classic of Japanese history, this book is the preeminent work on the history of Japan.Newly revised and updated, A History of Japan is a single-volume, complete history of the nation of Japan. Starting in ancient Japan during its early pre-history period A History of Japan covers every important aspect of history and culture through feudal Japan to the post-cold War period and collapse of the ... Read more

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A classic of Japanese history, this book is the preeminent work on the history of Japan.Newly revised and updated, A History of Japan is a single-volume, complete history of the nation of Japan. Starting in ancient Japan during its early pre-history period A History of Japan covers every important aspect of history and culture through feudal Japan to the post-cold War period and collapse of the
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India

A History

by John Keay ...

Narrated by Mike Fraser ...

Unabridged

33 hours 25 min

The most authoritative and highly regarded single-volume history of India – from ancient time to the modern day. Five millennia of the sub-continent’s social, economic, political and cultural history are interpreted by one of our finest writers on India and the Far East.India’s history begins with a highly advanced urban civilisation in the Indus valley, regressing to a tribal and pastoral ... Read more

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The most authoritative and highly regarded single-volume history of India – from ancient time to the modern day. Five millennia of the sub-continent’s social, economic, political and cultural history are interpreted by one of our finest writers on India and the Far East.India’s history begins with a highly advanced urban civilisation in the Indus valley, regressing to a tribal and pastoral
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The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom

America and China, 1776 to the Present

by John Pomfret ...

Narrated by Tom Perkins ...

Unabridged

30 hours 3 min

Our relationship with China remains one of the most complex and rapidly evolving, and is perhaps one of the most important to our nation's future. Here, John Pomfret, the author of the bestselling Chinese Lessons, takes us deep into these two countries' shared history, and illuminates in vibrant, stunning detail every major event, relationship, and ongoing development that has affected diplomacy ... Read more

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Our relationship with China remains one of the most complex and rapidly evolving, and is perhaps one of the most important to our nation's future. Here, John Pomfret, the author of the bestselling Chinese Lessons, takes us deep into these two countries' shared history, and illuminates in vibrant, stunning detail every major event, relationship, and ongoing development that has affected diplomacy
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開箱臺灣史：一本制霸中小學108課綱臺灣史學習內容！

by 吳宜蓉 ...

Narrated by 吳宜蓉 ...

Unabridged

6 hours 19 min

Welcome to Taiwan！這裡曾經是文明落後的鬼島，也是物產豐饒的寶島；屬於這片土地的歷史，讓我們一起來解鎖！由吳宜蓉老師與「牛牛」親聲演出。金石堂、博客來人文史地榜暢銷作家全新「聲」力作！博客來2023年《讀者票選獎》最佳社會共感獎！鄭成功「抗清唯一品牌」、「臺灣價值守護者」名號，只是人設？「臺灣現代化之父」劉銘傳以撫番之名，行屠殺之實？英國駐臺外交官投資眼光獨到，打造了輝煌的「茶金歲月」？後藤新平積極改善公共衛生，讓臺灣人的平均壽命提升六.四歲？蔣渭水醫師創立「臺灣文化協會」，講演會盛況媲美巨星演唱會？戰後臺灣每年獲得四十億美援大禮包，能不叫一聲「美國爸爸」嗎？長年站在教學現場的吳宜蓉老師認為，歷史是一門關於「人與時間」的學科，不同人物在不同時空下所做的決定與行動，是影響歷史... ... Read more

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Welcome to Taiwan！這裡曾經是文明落後的鬼島，也是物產豐饒的寶島；屬於這片土地的歷史，讓我們一起來解鎖！由吳宜蓉老師與「牛牛」親聲演出。金石堂、博客來人文史地榜暢銷作家全新「聲」力作！博客來2023年《讀者票選獎》最佳社會共感獎！鄭成功「抗清唯一品牌」、「臺灣價值守護者」名號，只是人設？「臺灣現代化之父」劉銘傳以撫番之名，行屠殺之實？英國駐臺外交官投資眼光獨到，打造了輝煌的「茶金歲月」？後藤新平積極改善公共衛生，讓臺灣人的平均壽命提升六.四歲？蔣渭水醫師創立「臺灣文化協會」，講演會盛況媲美巨星演唱會？戰後臺灣每年獲得四十億美援大禮包，能不叫一聲「美國爸爸」嗎？長年站在教學現場的吳宜蓉老師認為，歷史是一門關於「人與時間」的學科，不同人物在不同時空下所做的決定與行動，是影響歷史...
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The Shortest History of India

From the World's Oldest Civilization to Its Largest Democracy—A Retelling for Our Times

by John Zubrzycki ...

Narrated by Julian Elfer ...

Unabridged

7 hours 44 min

5,000 years of history—from the Bhagavad Gita to Bollywood—fill this masterful portrait of the world's most populous nation and a rising global power.India—a cradle of civilization with five millennia of history, a country of immense consequence and contradiction—often defies ready understanding. What holds its people together—across its many cultures, races, languages, and creeds—and how has ... Read more

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5,000 years of history—from the Bhagavad Gita to Bollywood—fill this masterful portrait of the world's most populous nation and a rising global power.India—a cradle of civilization with five millennia of history, a country of immense consequence and contradiction—often defies ready understanding. What holds its people together—across its many cultures, races, languages, and creeds—and how has
... Read more
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What If Genghis Khan Had Not Established the Mongol Empire?

Exploring the sweeping ripple effects of an unshaped Eurasia and the surprising alternative routes of global civilization

by Viruti Shivan ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...

Series series WHAT IF SERIES
Unabridged

46 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Dive into a world where Genghis Khan, one of the most formidable conquerors in history, never established the vast Mongol Empire. This exploration ventures into the intricate web of global trade, the spread and amalgamation of diverse cultures, and the governance patterns that might have evolved in the absence of Mongol dominance. Discover a reimagined ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Dive into a world where Genghis Khan, one of the most formidable conquerors in history, never established the vast Mongol Empire. This exploration ventures into the intricate web of global trade, the spread and amalgamation of diverse cultures, and the governance patterns that might have evolved in the absence of Mongol dominance. Discover a reimagined
... Read more
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The Promise

Love and Loss in Modern China

by Xinran Xue ...

Narrated by Jennifer Lim ...

Unabridged

10 hours 18 min

Bloomsbury presents The Promise by Xinran Xue, read by Jennifer Lim.A spellbinding and magical narrative, this is the story of modern China through the women who lived through it.At the start of the twentieth century in China, the Hans were married in an elaborate ceremony before they were even born. They went on to have nine children and chose colours portrayed in some of their favourite poems as ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents The Promise by Xinran Xue, read by Jennifer Lim.A spellbinding and magical narrative, this is the story of modern China through the women who lived through it.At the start of the twentieth century in China, the Hans were married in an elaborate ceremony before they were even born. They went on to have nine children and chose colours portrayed in some of their favourite poems as
... Read more
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Horizons

A Global History of Science

by James Poskett ...

Narrated by Sid Sagar ...

Unabridged

15 hours 21 min

Brought to you by Penguin.A radical retelling of the history of science that challenges the Eurocentric narrative.We are told that modern science was invented in Europe, the product of great minds like Nicolaus Copernicus, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein. But this is wrong. Science is not, and has never been, a uniquely European endeavour.Copernicus relied on mathematical ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.A radical retelling of the history of science that challenges the Eurocentric narrative.We are told that modern science was invented in Europe, the product of great minds like Nicolaus Copernicus, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein. But this is wrong. Science is not, and has never been, a uniquely European endeavour.Copernicus relied on mathematical
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Brief History of Kashmir, A

by KJ Smith ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...

Series Audiobook box set - A Brief History of - City Edition
Unabridged

1 hour 41 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A Brief History of Kashmir"A Brief History of Kashmir" traces the complex and captivating history of one of the world's most contested regions, from ancient civilizations to contemporary geopolitical challenges.Beginning with the geological formation of the Kashmir Valley, the book explores the region's earliest inhabitants and the development of Hindu ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A Brief History of Kashmir"A Brief History of Kashmir" traces the complex and captivating history of one of the world's most contested regions, from ancient civilizations to contemporary geopolitical challenges.Beginning with the geological formation of the Kashmir Valley, the book explores the region's earliest inhabitants and the development of Hindu
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Legendary Mongol Khans, The: The Lives and Legacies of Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan, and Tamerlane

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Jim Walsh ...

Unabridged

3 hours 34 min

Though history is usually written by the victors, the lack of a particularly strong writing tradition from the Mongols ensured that history was largely written by those who Genghis Khan vanquished. Because of this, Genghis Khan’s portrayal in the West and the Middle East has been extraordinarily (and in many ways unfairly) negative for centuries, at least until recent revisions to the historical ... Read more

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Though history is usually written by the victors, the lack of a particularly strong writing tradition from the Mongols ensured that history was largely written by those who Genghis Khan vanquished. Because of this, Genghis Khan’s portrayal in the West and the Middle East has been extraordinarily (and in many ways unfairly) negative for centuries, at least until recent revisions to the historical
... Read more
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1000 Days on the River Kwai

The Secret Diary of a British Camp Commandant

by H C Owtram ...

Narrated by Trevor Winslow ...

Unabridged

5 hours 52 min

Memoirs by former prisoners of war of the Japanese invariably make for moving reading but Colonel Owtrams account of his years of captivity has a special significance.After being captured in Singapore and transported to the infamous Burma railway he was appointed the British Camp Commandant at Chungkai, one of the largest POW camps.Many ex-prisoners testified to the mental and physical courage ... Read more

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Memoirs by former prisoners of war of the Japanese invariably make for moving reading but Colonel Owtrams account of his years of captivity has a special significance.After being captured in Singapore and transported to the infamous Burma railway he was appointed the British Camp Commandant at Chungkai, one of the largest POW camps.Many ex-prisoners testified to the mental and physical courage
... Read more
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Opium Wars and Sino-Japanese Wars, The: The History of the Conflicts that Ended China’s Standing as a World Power

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Martin Taylor ...

Unabridged

4 hours 38 min

The 19th century saw the rise of one of the largest, most powerful empires of the modern era. The sun never set on the British Empire, whose holdings spanned the globe, in one form or another. Its naval supremacy linked the Commonwealth of Canada with the colonies in South Africa and India, and through them trade flowed east and west. An integral but underutilized part of this vast trade network ... Read more

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The 19th century saw the rise of one of the largest, most powerful empires of the modern era. The sun never set on the British Empire, whose holdings spanned the globe, in one form or another. Its naval supremacy linked the Commonwealth of Canada with the colonies in South Africa and India, and through them trade flowed east and west. An integral but underutilized part of this vast trade network
... Read more
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Afghanistan

A Military History from Alexander the Great to the Fall of the Taliban

by Stephen Tanner ...

Narrated by Raymond Todd ...

Unabridged

14 hours 38 min

For over 2,500 years, the forbidding territory of Afghanistan has served as a vital crossroads not only for armies but also for clashes between civilizations. As the United States engages in armed conflict with the Afghan regime, an understanding of the military history of that blood-soaked land has become essential to every American.Alexander the Great conquered Afghanistan on his way to India. ... Read more

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For over 2,500 years, the forbidding territory of Afghanistan has served as a vital crossroads not only for armies but also for clashes between civilizations. As the United States engages in armed conflict with the Afghan regime, an understanding of the military history of that blood-soaked land has become essential to every American.Alexander the Great conquered Afghanistan on his way to India.
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Bajiprabhu Deshpande

by Aniruddha Rajderkar ...

Narrated by Abhijit Khandakekar ...

Series Audiobook 13 - Mawala Swarajyachi Bhushane
Unabridged

3 min

आता मावळा गेम खेळता खेळता ऐका, 'स्वराज्याची भूषणे'मधून शिवरायांच्या विविध सरदारांचे पराक्रम. ... Read more

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आता मावळा गेम खेळता खेळता ऐका, 'स्वराज्याची भूषणे'मधून शिवरायांच्या विविध सरदारांचे पराक्रम.
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Kimono og khaki

by Aage Krarup Nielsen ...

Narrated by Søren Elung Jensen ...

Unabridged

6 hours 38 min

I 1949 vender eventyrer og forfatter Aage Krarup Nielsen tilbage til Japan efter 25 år. Landet er totalt forandret af krigen. Allerede inden skibet lægger til, mindes han om, at Japan er et besat land: "Made in occupied Japan" står der på alle varer, og det er amerikansk militærpoliti, der tjekker hans papirer. Men da han kommer lidt længere ind i Japan, begynder han at genkende det elskede land. ... Read more

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I 1949 vender eventyrer og forfatter Aage Krarup Nielsen tilbage til Japan efter 25 år. Landet er totalt forandret af krigen. Allerede inden skibet lægger til, mindes han om, at Japan er et besat land: "Made in occupied Japan" står der på alle varer, og det er amerikansk militærpoliti, der tjekker hans papirer. Men da han kommer lidt længere ind i Japan, begynder han at genkende det elskede land.
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The Flying Tigers

The Untold Story of the American Pilots Who Waged a Secret War Against Japan

by Sam Kleiner ...

Narrated by Stephen Graybill ...

Unabridged

9 hours 53 min

The thrilling story behind the American pilots who were secretly recruited to defend the nation’s desperate Chinese allies before Pearl Harbor and ended up on the front lines of the war against the Japanese in the Pacific.Sam Kleiner’s The Flying Tigers uncovers the hidden story of the group of young American men and women who crossed the Pacific before Pearl Harbor to risk their lives defending ... Read more

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The thrilling story behind the American pilots who were secretly recruited to defend the nation’s desperate Chinese allies before Pearl Harbor and ended up on the front lines of the war against the Japanese in the Pacific.Sam Kleiner’s The Flying Tigers uncovers the hidden story of the group of young American men and women who crossed the Pacific before Pearl Harbor to risk their lives defending
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