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The Lighthouse of Stalingrad

The Hidden Truth at the Heart of the Greatest Battle of World War II

by Iain MacGregor ...

A thrilling, vivid, and “compelling” (Wall Street Journal) account of the epic siege during one of World War II’s most important battles, told by the brilliant British editor-turned-historian and author of Checkpoint Charlie.To the Soviet Union, the sacrifices that enabled the country to defeat Nazi Germany in World War II were sacrosanct. The foundation of the Soviets’ hard-won victory was laid ... Read more

$14.99 USD

A thrilling, vivid, and “compelling” (Wall Street Journal) account of the epic siege during one of World War II’s most important battles, told by the brilliant British editor-turned-historian and author of Checkpoint Charlie.To the Soviet Union, the sacrifices that enabled the country to defeat Nazi Germany in World War II were sacrosanct. The foundation of the Soviets’ hard-won victory was laid
... Read more
The Hiroshima Men

The Quest to Build the Atomic Bomb, and the Fateful Decision to Use It

by Iain MacGregor ...

An epic, “painstakingly researched” (Los Angeles Times) work of historical nonfiction, based on new interviews and research, that elucidates the approval, construction, and fateful decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima—one of the most consequential moments in World War II history.At 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, the Japanese port city of Hiroshima was struck by the world’s first atomic bomb ... Read more

$15.99 USD

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An epic, “painstakingly researched” (Los Angeles Times) work of historical nonfiction, based on new interviews and research, that elucidates the approval, construction, and fateful decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima—one of the most consequential moments in World War II history.At 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, the Japanese port city of Hiroshima was struck by the world’s first atomic bomb
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Checkpoint Charlie

The Cold War, The Berlin Wall, and the Most Dangerous Place On Earth

by Iain MacGregor ...

Series series Compelling Cold War History
A “constantly captivating…well-researched and often moving” (The Wall Street Journal) history of Checkpoint Charlie, the famous military gate on the border of East and West Berlin where the United States confronted the USSR during the Cold War.In the early 1960s, East Germany committed a billion dollars to the creation of the Berlin Wall, an eleven-foot-high barrier that consisted of seventy-nine ... Read more

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A “constantly captivating…well-researched and often moving” (The Wall Street Journal) history of Checkpoint Charlie, the famous military gate on the border of East and West Berlin where the United States confronted the USSR during the Cold War.In the early 1960s, East Germany committed a billion dollars to the creation of the Berlin Wall, an eleven-foot-high barrier that consisted of seventy-nine
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U.S. Civil War Battle by Battle

by Iain MacGregor ...

'Just the thing for US Civil War buffs: snappily written, informative and entertaining. A cracking read.' - Saul David, bestselling author and historianThis attractively packaged gift book offers a highly illustrated introduction to some of the U.S. Civil War's most famous and important battles, from the Battle of Fort Sumter in 1861 to the Battle of Appomatox Court House in 1865.The U.S. Civil ... Read more

$8.69 USD

'Just the thing for US Civil War buffs: snappily written, informative and entertaining. A cracking read.' - Saul David, bestselling author and historianThis attractively packaged gift book offers a highly illustrated introduction to some of the U.S. Civil War's most famous and important battles, from the Battle of Fort Sumter in 1861 to the Battle of Appomatox Court House in 1865.The U.S. Civil
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Checkpoint Charlie

The Cold War, the Berlin Wall, and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth

by Iain MacGregor ...

Narrated by Dugald Bruce-Lockhart ...

Series series Compelling Cold War History
Unabridged

10 hours 4 min

A “constantly captivating…well-researched and often moving” (The Wall Street Journal) history of Checkpoint Charlie, the famous military gate on the border of East and West Berlin where the United States confronted the USSR during the Cold War.In the early 1960s, East Germany committed a billion dollars to the creation of the Berlin Wall, an eleven-foot-high barrier that consisted of seventy-nine ... Read more

$25.99 USD

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A “constantly captivating…well-researched and often moving” (The Wall Street Journal) history of Checkpoint Charlie, the famous military gate on the border of East and West Berlin where the United States confronted the USSR during the Cold War.In the early 1960s, East Germany committed a billion dollars to the creation of the Berlin Wall, an eleven-foot-high barrier that consisted of seventy-nine
... Read more

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The Hiroshima Men

The Quest to Build the Atomic Bomb, and the Fateful Decision to Use It

by Iain MacGregor ...

Narrated by Stephen McGann ...

Unabridged

15 hours 36 min

An epic, “painstakingly researched” (Los Angeles Times) work of historical nonfiction, based on new interviews and research, that elucidates the approval, construction, and fateful decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima—one of the most consequential moments in World War II history.At 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, the Japanese port city of Hiroshima was struck by the world’s first atomic bomb ... Read more

$29.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

An epic, “painstakingly researched” (Los Angeles Times) work of historical nonfiction, based on new interviews and research, that elucidates the approval, construction, and fateful decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima—one of the most consequential moments in World War II history.At 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, the Japanese port city of Hiroshima was struck by the world’s first atomic bomb
... Read more

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The Lighthouse of Stalingrad

The Epic Siege at the Heart of the Greatest Battle of World War II

by Iain MacGregor ...

Narrated by Kris Dyer ...

Unabridged

13 hours 16 min

A thrilling, vivid, and “compelling” (Wall Street Journal) account of the epic siege during one of World War II’s most important battles, told by the brilliant British editor-turned-historian and author of Checkpoint Charlie.To the Soviet Union, the sacrifices that enabled the country to defeat Nazi Germany in World War II were sacrosanct. The foundation of the Soviets’ hard-won victory was laid ... Read more

$29.99 USD

A thrilling, vivid, and “compelling” (Wall Street Journal) account of the epic siege during one of World War II’s most important battles, told by the brilliant British editor-turned-historian and author of Checkpoint Charlie.To the Soviet Union, the sacrifices that enabled the country to defeat Nazi Germany in World War II were sacrosanct. The foundation of the Soviets’ hard-won victory was laid
... Read more

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Liberty is Sweet

The Hidden History of the American Revolution

by Woody Holton ...

Narrated by Shaun Taylor-Corbett ...

Unabridged

22 hours 29 min

A “deeply researched and bracing retelling” (Annette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian) of the American Revolution, showing how the Founders were influenced by overlooked Americans—women, Native Americans, African Americans, and religious dissenters.Using more than a thousand eyewitness records, Liberty Is Sweet is a “spirited account” (Gordon S. Wood, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of ... Read more

$34.99 USD

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A “deeply researched and bracing retelling” (Annette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian) of the American Revolution, showing how the Founders were influenced by overlooked Americans—women, Native Americans, African Americans, and religious dissenters.Using more than a thousand eyewitness records, Liberty Is Sweet is a “spirited account” (Gordon S. Wood, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of
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The American Revolution and the Fate of the World

by Richard Bell ...

Narrated by Richard Bell ...

Unabridged

13 hours 36 min

**“American history as if from a barstool, not a lecture podium. Giddy, rollicking, and bold.” —Ilyon Woo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Master Slave Husband Wife"Accessible and impassioned entry to anyone interested in understanding the nation's founding from a dazzling, kaleidoscopic perspective. " —Ned Blackhawk, National Book Award-winning author of The Rediscovery of AmericaA prize-winning ... Read more

$26.99 USD

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**“American history as if from a barstool, not a lecture podium. Giddy, rollicking, and bold.” —Ilyon Woo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Master Slave Husband Wife"Accessible and impassioned entry to anyone interested in understanding the nation's founding from a dazzling, kaleidoscopic perspective. " —Ned Blackhawk, National Book Award-winning author of The Rediscovery of AmericaA prize-winning
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The Canal Builders

Making America's Empire at the Panama Canal

by Julie Greene ...

Narrated by Karen White ...

Unabridged

17 hours 3 min

The Panama Canal has long been celebrated as a triumph of American engineering and technology. In The Canal Builders, Julie Greene reveals that this emphasis obscures a far more remarkable element of the canal's construction—the tens of thousands of workingmen and -women who traveled from around the world to build it. Drawing on research from around the globe, Greene explores the human dimensions ... Read more

$22.99 USD

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The Panama Canal has long been celebrated as a triumph of American engineering and technology. In The Canal Builders, Julie Greene reveals that this emphasis obscures a far more remarkable element of the canal's construction—the tens of thousands of workingmen and -women who traveled from around the world to build it. Drawing on research from around the globe, Greene explores the human dimensions
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Countdown bin Laden

The Untold Story of the 247-Day Hunt to Bring the Mastermind of 9/11 to Justice

by Chris Wallace ...

Narrated by Chris Wallace ...

Unabridged

10 hours 1 min

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER * INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFollowing Chris Wallace’s “riveting” (The New York Times) and “propulsive” (Time) first book Countdown 1945 comes a deeply reported, revelatory, and thrillingly told account of the final months of the CIA hunt for Osama bin Laden.On August 27, 2010, three CIA officers ask for a private meeting with CIA Director Leon Panetta. During that se. ... Read more

$25.99 USD

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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER * INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFollowing Chris Wallace’s “riveting” (The New York Times) and “propulsive” (Time) first book Countdown 1945 comes a deeply reported, revelatory, and thrillingly told account of the final months of the CIA hunt for Osama bin Laden.On August 27, 2010, three CIA officers ask for a private meeting with CIA Director Leon Panetta. During that se.
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When It All Burns

Fighting Fire in a Transformed World

by Jordan Thomas ...

Narrated by Jordan Thomas ...

Unabridged

10 hours 40 min

A hotshot firefighter’s gripping firsthand account of a record-setting fire seasonEighteen of California’s largest wildfires on record have burned in the past two decades. Scientists recently invented the term “megafire” to describe wildfires that behave in ways that would have been nearly impossible just a generation ago, burning through winter, exploding in the night, and devastating landscapes ... Read more

$22.99 USD

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A hotshot firefighter’s gripping firsthand account of a record-setting fire seasonEighteen of California’s largest wildfires on record have burned in the past two decades. Scientists recently invented the term “megafire” to describe wildfires that behave in ways that would have been nearly impossible just a generation ago, burning through winter, exploding in the night, and devastating landscapes
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