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  • Lightning Sky

    A U.S. Fighter Pilot Captured during WWII and His Father's Quest to Find Him

    de R.C. George ...
    A U.S. fighter pilot captured by the enemy. A father determined to rescue his son. One of the most remarkable and moving true stories of faith and perseverance to come out of World War II.October 6, 1944. Twenty-year-old Army Air Corps Second Lieutenant David “Mac” Warren MacArthur was on a strafing mission over Greece when a round of 88-mm German anti-aircraft flak turned his P-38 Lightning into ... Leer más

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    Lightning Sky

    de R.C. George ...
    Narrado por John McLain ...

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    8 hora 59 minutos

    October 6, 1944. Twenty-year-old Army Air Corps Second Lieutenant David "Mac" Warren MacArthur was on a strafing mission over Greece when a round of 88-mm German anti-aircraft flak turned his P-38 Lightning into a comet of fire and smoke. Dave parachuted to safety as the Lightning lived up to her name and struck the Adriatic Sea like a bolt of flames. In minutes, he was plucked from the water—only ... Leer más

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    The Story of How Johnny Mitchell and His Fighter Pilots Took on Admiral Yamamoto and Avenged Pearl Harbor

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    "[A] white-knuckle tale" of the targeted kill . . .of the admiral behind the Pearl Harbor attack "sheds new light on an important . . .turning point in the war" ( USA Today ).On December seven, 1941, the Japanese navy launched a surprise aerial assault on U.S. bases on Hawaii. In a little over two hours, more than two,400 Americans were dead, propelling the U.S.'s entry into World War II.Dead ... Leer más

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  • Politics Weird-o-Pedia

    The Ultimate Book of Surprising, Strange, and Incredibly Bizarre Facts about Politics

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    Series series Weird-o-Pedia
    Government and politics might seem twisted today, but they’ve always been strange.There’s something about public office that, throughout time, has transcended normalcy. Politics Weird-o-Pedia presents some of the oddest and most interesting political absurdities and tidbits from around the world, from Peter the Great’s tax on beards to a lawmaker’s mistress whom he kept on the congressional ... Leer más

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  • Who Killed Kitchener?

    The Life and Death of Britain's most famous War Minister

    de David Laws ...
    In June 1916, Field Marshal Lord Kitchener set sail from Orkney on a secret mission to bolster the Russian war effort. Just a mile off land and in the teeth of a force 9 gale, HMS Hampshire suffered a huge explosion, sinking in little more than fifteen minutes. Crew and passengers numbered 749; only twelve survived. Kitchener's body was never found.Remembered today as the face of the famous First ... Leer más

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  • The Promise and the Dream

    The Untold Story of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy

    "A fascinating, elegiac account" of the bond between two of the Civil Rights Era's most important leaders—from the journalist and author of Strange Fruit ( Chicago Tribune).With vision and political savvy, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy set the United States on a path toward fulfilling its promise of liberty and justice for all. In The Promise and the Dream, Margolick examines their ... Leer más

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  • Landing in Hell

    The Pyrrhic Victory of the First Marine Division on Peleliu, 1944

    A detailed history and analysis of the most controversial amphibious operation in the Pacific during WWII: the Battle for Peleliu.On September 15, 1944, the United States invaded the tiny Pacific island of Peleliu, located at the southern end of the Palau Islands. Boasting a large airfield from which the Americans could mount bomber campaigns, Peleliu was a strategically essential part of Gen. ... Leer más

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  • Every Man a Hero

    A Memoir of D-Day, the First Wave at Omaha Beach, and a World at War

    An Army medic and Silver Star recipient shares a visceral firsthand account of D-Day in this acclaimed, New York Times bestselling WWII memoir.At five a.m. on June 6, 1944, U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Ray Lambert stood on the deck of a troopship off the coast of Normandy, France, awaiting the signal to board the landing craft that would take him and so many others to meet their fate on Omaha Beach. ... Leer más

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  • Shooting Vietnam

    The War By Its Military Photographers

    Discover what it was like to be amidst the action as a military photographer during the Vietnam War.Shooting Vietnam takes you there as you read the firsthand accounts and view the hundreds of photographs by men who lived the war through the lens of a camera. From the mid-1960s to the early 1970s, they documented everything from the horror of combat to the people and culture of a land they ... Leer más

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  • The Final Advance, September to November 1918

    de Andrew Rawson ...
    Series series British Expeditionary Force
    This is the story the British Expeditionary Forces part in the final days of the Advance to Victory. It starts with the massive offensive against the Hindenburg Line at the end of September 1918. Second Army launched the first of the British attacks in Flanders on the 28th, followed by Fourth Army the next day along the St Quentin Canal.Both First and Third Armies joined in, breaking the ... Leer más

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  • Broken Arrow

    How the U.S. Navy Lost a Nuclear Bomb

    Series series Casemate Illustrated
    This " unnerving exposé" of a lost American nuclear bomb "is a valuable contribution to the history of the navy, the cold war, and nuclear weapons" ( Booklist ).On December 5th, 1965, the USS Ticonderoga was on its way from Vietnam to Japan, practicing nuclear combat procedures along the way. A young pilot from Ohio strapped into an A-4 Skyhawk bomber for a routine simulated mission. But after ... Leer más

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  • The Great Escape from Stalag Luft III

    The Memoir of Jens Müller

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    The true story behind the real "Great Escape" from a World War II Nazi POW camp by the veteran Norwegian pilot who lived it.Jens Müller was one of only three men who successfully escaped from Stalag Luft III (now in Poland) in March, 1944—the break that later became the basis for the famous film The Great Escape. Together with Per Bergsland, another Norwegian POW, he stowed away on a ship to ... Leer más

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