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Be Free or Die: The Amazing Story of Robert Smalls' Escape from Slavery to Union Hero

by Cate Lineberry ...

The Astonishing True Story of a Slave Who Risked Everything for FreedomIn 1862, amidst the turmoil of the Civil War, a daring 23-year-old slave named Robert Smalls seized a Confederate steamer in Charleston, South Carolina. With his wife and two young children hidden aboard, Smalls and his small crew navigated through heavily armed fortifications to deliver the valuable vessel to nearby Union ... Read more

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The Astonishing True Story of a Slave Who Risked Everything for FreedomIn 1862, amidst the turmoil of the Civil War, a daring 23-year-old slave named Robert Smalls seized a Confederate steamer in Charleston, South Carolina. With his wife and two young children hidden aboard, Smalls and his small crew navigated through heavily armed fortifications to deliver the valuable vessel to nearby Union
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The Secret Rescue

An Untold Story of American Nurses and Medics Behind Nazi Lines

by Cate Lineberry ...

In this "amazing WWII survival-and-rescue story," U.S. Army medical personnel fight to survive after their plane crashes in Nazi-occupied Albania ( Booklist ).A Wall Street Journal BestsellerWhen twenty-six Army nurses and medics—part of the 807th Medical Air Evacuation Transport Squadron—boarded a cargo plane for transport in November 1943, they never anticipated the crash landing in Nazi ... Read more

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In this "amazing WWII survival-and-rescue story," U.S. Army medical personnel fight to survive after their plane crashes in Nazi-occupied Albania ( Booklist ).A Wall Street Journal BestsellerWhen twenty-six Army nurses and medics—part of the 807th Medical Air Evacuation Transport Squadron—boarded a cargo plane for transport in November 1943, they never anticipated the crash landing in Nazi
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The Secret Rescue

An Untold Story of American Nurses and Medics Behind Nazi Lines

by Cate Lineberry ...

Narrated by Erin Bennett ...

Unabridged

8 hours 13 min

The compelling untold story of a group of stranded U.S. Army nurses and medics fighting to escape Nazi-occupied Europe.When 26 Army nurses and medics-part of the 807th Medical Air Evacuation Transport Squadron-boarded a cargo plane for transport in November 1943, they never anticipated the crash landing in Nazi-occupied Albania that would lead to their months-long struggle for survival. A drama ... Read more

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The compelling untold story of a group of stranded U.S. Army nurses and medics fighting to escape Nazi-occupied Europe.When 26 Army nurses and medics-part of the 807th Medical Air Evacuation Transport Squadron-boarded a cargo plane for transport in November 1943, they never anticipated the crash landing in Nazi-occupied Albania that would lead to their months-long struggle for survival. A drama
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Be Free or Die

The Amazing Story of Robert Smalls' Escape from Slavery to Union Hero

by Cate Lineberry ...

Narrated by JD Jackson ...

Unabridged

8 hours 19 min

Facing death rather than enslavement—a story of one man's triumphant choice and ultimate rise to national hero.It was a mild May morning in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1862, the second year of the Civil War, when a twenty-three-year-old slave named Robert Smalls did the unthinkable and boldly seized a Confederate steamer. With his wife and two young children hidden on board, Smalls and a small ... Read more

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Facing death rather than enslavement—a story of one man's triumphant choice and ultimate rise to national hero.It was a mild May morning in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1862, the second year of the Civil War, when a twenty-three-year-old slave named Robert Smalls did the unthinkable and boldly seized a Confederate steamer. With his wife and two young children hidden on board, Smalls and a small
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Agent Jack

The True Story of MI5's Secret Nazi Hunter

by Robert Hutton ...

Narrated by Roger Davis ...

Unabridged

11 hours 12 min

"An appealing mix of accessibility and research. [Hutton] has illuminated a fascinating and often appalling side of the war at home." — Wall Street JournalThe never-before-told story of Eric Roberts, who infiltrated a network of Nazi sympathizers in Great Britain in order to protect the country from the grips of fascism.June 1940: Europe has fallen to Adolf Hitler’s army, and Britain is his next ... Read more

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"An appealing mix of accessibility and research. [Hutton] has illuminated a fascinating and often appalling side of the war at home." — Wall Street JournalThe never-before-told story of Eric Roberts, who infiltrated a network of Nazi sympathizers in Great Britain in order to protect the country from the grips of fascism.June 1940: Europe has fallen to Adolf Hitler’s army, and Britain is his next
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One Woman's War

A Novel of the Real Miss Moneypenny

by Christine Wells ...

Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld ...

Unabridged

8 hours 28 min

ONE OF BOOKBUB'S BEST HISTORICAL FICTION BOOKS OF THE FALLFrom the author of Sisters of the Resistance comes the story of WWII British Naval Intelligence officer Victoire Bennett, the real-life inspiration for the James Bond character Miss Moneypenny, whose international covert operation is put in jeopardy when a volatile socialite and Austrian double agent threatens to expose the mission to ... Read more

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ONE OF BOOKBUB'S BEST HISTORICAL FICTION BOOKS OF THE FALLFrom the author of Sisters of the Resistance comes the story of WWII British Naval Intelligence officer Victoire Bennett, the real-life inspiration for the James Bond character Miss Moneypenny, whose international covert operation is put in jeopardy when a volatile socialite and Austrian double agent threatens to expose the mission to
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The Nine

The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany

by Gwen Strauss ...

Narrated by Juliet Stevenson ...

Unabridged

13 hours 55 min

The Nine follows the true story of the author’s great aunt Hélène Podliasky, who led a band of nine female resistance fighters as they escaped a German forced labor camp and made a ten-day journey across the front lines of World War II from Germany back to Paris.This program includes a bonus conversation with the author, as well as an archival recording of Martine Podliasky singing the Champs de ... Read more

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The Nine follows the true story of the author’s great aunt Hélène Podliasky, who led a band of nine female resistance fighters as they escaped a German forced labor camp and made a ten-day journey across the front lines of World War II from Germany back to Paris.This program includes a bonus conversation with the author, as well as an archival recording of Martine Podliasky singing the Champs de
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Something Beautiful Happened

A Story of Survival and Courage in the Face of Evil

by Yvette Manessis Corporon ...

Narrated by Pam Turlow ...

Unabridged

10 hours 12 min

Seventy years after her grandmother helped hide a Jewish family on a Greek island during World War II, a woman sets out to track down their descendants—and discovers a new way to understand tragedy, forgiveness, and the power of kindness.Yvette Manessis Corporon grew up listening to her grandmother’s stories about how the people of the small Greek island Erikousa hid a Jewish family—a tailor named ... Read more

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Seventy years after her grandmother helped hide a Jewish family on a Greek island during World War II, a woman sets out to track down their descendants—and discovers a new way to understand tragedy, forgiveness, and the power of kindness.Yvette Manessis Corporon grew up listening to her grandmother’s stories about how the people of the small Greek island Erikousa hid a Jewish family—a tailor named
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Hiding Mengele

How a Nazi Network Harbored the Angel of Death

by Betina Anton ...

Narrated by Taylor Harvey ...

Unabridged

9 hours 12 min

Read the international sensation already translated into 9 languages!A Brazilian journalist’s investigation unearths the story of a network of people responsible for hiding The Angel of Death, the infamous Nazi doctor who fled to South America and escaped justice for over thirty years.Josef Mengele, known worldwide for unimaginably cruel human experiments and for sending thousands of people to the ... Read more

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Read the international sensation already translated into 9 languages!A Brazilian journalist’s investigation unearths the story of a network of people responsible for hiding The Angel of Death, the infamous Nazi doctor who fled to South America and escaped justice for over thirty years.Josef Mengele, known worldwide for unimaginably cruel human experiments and for sending thousands of people to the
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Miracles on the Water

The Heroic Survivors of a World War II U-Boat Attack

by Tom Nagorski ...

Narrated by Graeme Malcolm ...

Unabridged

12 hours 33 min

An unforgettable story of children in wartime, of heroism at sea, and--above all--of courage and the power of the human spirit.On September 17, 1940, at a little after ten at night, a German submarine torpedoed the passenger liner S.S. City of Benares in the North Atlantic. There were 406 people on board, but the ship's prized passengers were 90 children whose parents had elected to send their ... Read more

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An unforgettable story of children in wartime, of heroism at sea, and--above all--of courage and the power of the human spirit.On September 17, 1940, at a little after ten at night, a German submarine torpedoed the passenger liner S.S. City of Benares in the North Atlantic. There were 406 people on board, but the ship's prized passengers were 90 children whose parents had elected to send their
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Lusitania

Triumph, Tragedy, and the End of the Edwardian Age

by Greg King, Penny Wilson ...

Narrated by Johnny Heller ...

Unabridged

8 hours 48 min

Lusitania: She was a ship of dreams, a microcosm of the last years of the waning Edwardian Era and the coming influences of the twentieth century. When she left New York on her final voyage, she sailed from the New World to the Old. Yet an encounter with a primitive German U-Boat sent her and her gilded passengers to their tragic deaths.A hundred years after her sinking, Lusitania remains an ... Read more

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Lusitania: She was a ship of dreams, a microcosm of the last years of the waning Edwardian Era and the coming influences of the twentieth century. When she left New York on her final voyage, she sailed from the New World to the Old. Yet an encounter with a primitive German U-Boat sent her and her gilded passengers to their tragic deaths.A hundred years after her sinking, Lusitania remains an
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Lonely Vigil

Coastwatchers of the Solomons

by Walter Lord ...

Narrated by Norman Dietz ...

Unabridged

11 hours 54 min

From the bestselling author of Day of Infamy: In the bloodiest island combat of WWII, one group of men kept watch from behind Japanese lines.The Solomon Islands was where the Allied war machine finally broke the Japanese empire. As pilots, marines, and sailors fought for supremacy in Guadalcanal, Bougainville, and the Slot, a lonely group of radio operators occupied the Solomon Islands’ highest ... Read more

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From the bestselling author of Day of Infamy: In the bloodiest island combat of WWII, one group of men kept watch from behind Japanese lines.The Solomon Islands was where the Allied war machine finally broke the Japanese empire. As pilots, marines, and sailors fought for supremacy in Guadalcanal, Bougainville, and the Slot, a lonely group of radio operators occupied the Solomon Islands’ highest
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