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Seizing the Enigma
- The Race to Break the German U-Boats Codes, 1939–1943
- By: David Kahn
- Narrated by: Bernard Mayes
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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For almost four desperate years between 1939 and 1943, British and American navies fought a savage, losing battle against German submarine wolf packs. The Allies might never have turned the tide of that historic battle without an intelligence coup. The race to break the German U-boat codes is one of the last great untold stories of World War II.
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Very revealing story about WWII
- By jeffrey on 09-02-13
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Seizing the Enigma
- The Race to Break the German U-Boats Codes, 1939–1943
- Narrated by: Bernard Mayes
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 21-05-12
- Language: English
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Dam Busters
- The Race to Smash the Dams, 1943
- By: James Holland
- Narrated by: James Holland
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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The night of May 16th, 1943. Nineteen specially adapted Lancaster bombers take off from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, each with a huge 9,000lb cylindrical bomb strapped underneath them. Their mission: to destroy three dams deep within the German heartland, which provide the lifeblood to the...
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Riveting stuff - just superb
- By CMR on 27-08-12
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Dam Busters
- The Race to Smash the Dams, 1943
- Narrated by: James Holland
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 10-05-12
- Language: English
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The Nuclear Age
- An Epic Race for Arms, Power and Survival
- By: Serhii Plokhy
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. From the bestselling author of Chernobyl comes a sweeping history of the geopolitics behind the nuclear arms race, from the first atomic bomb to today On 16 July 1945, the Nuclear Age began with the explosion of the first atomic bomb and the words of J. Robert...
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The Nuclear Age
- An Epic Race for Arms, Power and Survival
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 21-10-25
- Language: English
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The Dead Hand
- The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy
- By: David Hoffman
- Narrated by: Bob Walter
- Length: 20 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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“A tour de force of investigative history.” —Steve Coll The Dead Hand is the suspense-filled story of the people who sought to brake the speeding locomotive of the arms race, then rushed to secure the nuclear and biological weapons left behind by the collapse of the Soviet Union—a...
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Thorough, Detailed but often a bit boring
- By Richard on 31-03-13
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The Dead Hand
- The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy
- Narrated by: Bob Walter
- Length: 20 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 13-10-09
- Language: English
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The World Beneath Their Feet
- The British, the Americans, the Nazis and the Mountaineering Race to Summit the Himalayas
- By: Scott Ellsworth
- Narrated by: Scott Ellsworth
- Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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From 1931 to 1953, there was a race like no other. It was a race to the top of the world - a race primarily between Great Britain, Nazi Germany and the United States. Carried on across nearly the entire sweep of the Himalayas, it involved not only the greatest mountain climbers of the era, but statesmen and millionaires, world-class athletes and bona fide eccentrics, scientists and generals, obscure villagers and national heroes.
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Great Story Disappointing Narration
- By Ovekat on 02-03-20
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The World Beneath Their Feet
- The British, the Americans, the Nazis and the Mountaineering Race to Summit the Himalayas
- Narrated by: Scott Ellsworth
- Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 20-02-20
- Language: English
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Race and Reunion
- The Civil War in American Memory
- By: David W. Blight
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 20 hrs and 27 mins
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Race and Reunion is a history of how the unity of white America was purchased through the increasing segregation of black and white memory of the Civil War. Blight delves deeply into the shifting meanings of death and sacrifice, Reconstruction, the romanticized South of literature, soldiers' reminiscences of battle, the idea of the Lost Cause, and the ritual of Memorial Day. He resurrects the variety of African-American voices and memories of the war and the efforts to preserve the emancipationist legacy in the midst of a culture built on its denial.
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An essential work
- By Pauline Regan on 09-11-22
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Race and Reunion
- The Civil War in American Memory
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 20 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 30-01-19
- Language: English
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Race of Aces
- WWII's Elite Airmen and the Epic Battle to Become the Master of the Sky
- By: John R Bruning
- Narrated by: Brian Troxell
- Length: 16 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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The astonishing untold story of the WWII airmen who risked it all in the deadly race to become the greatest American fighter pilot. "A heart-pounding narrative of the courage, sacrifice, and tragedy of America's elite fighter pilots." —James M. Scott, New York Times bestselling author of The...
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Race of Aces review
- By Anonymous on 02-09-21
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Race of Aces
- WWII's Elite Airmen and the Epic Battle to Become the Master of the Sky
- Narrated by: Brian Troxell
- Length: 16 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 14-01-20
- Language: English
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The Final Race
- The Incredible World War II Story of the Olympian Who Inspired Chariots of Fire
- By: Eric T. Eichinger, Eva Marie Everson
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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On July 19, 1924, Eric Liddell was on top of the world. He was the most famous Briton at the time, having just won the gold in the Olympic 400-meter race. The story of that race - and the one he didn't run - was told in the popular movie classic Chariots of Fire. But what most of us don't know is what became of Eric Liddell in the years after the credits rolled. As the storm clouds of World War II rolled in, Liddell's strength of character led him to choose an uncertain future in China during World War II to continue helping the Chinese.
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Inspiring
- By Theadora Young on 30-03-23
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The Final Race
- The Incredible World War II Story of the Olympian Who Inspired Chariots of Fire
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 03-04-18
- Language: English
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Race Against Terror
- Chasing an Al Qaeda Killer at the Dawn of the Forever War
- By: Jake Tapper
- Narrated by: Jake Tapper
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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“Not only riveting to read but also shines an essential light on the quest for justice in the modern age of terrorism.” —David Grann, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon In this thrilling true story, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jake Tapper uncovers...
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Race Against Terror
- Chasing an Al Qaeda Killer at the Dawn of the Forever War
- Narrated by: Jake Tapper
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 07-10-25
- Language: English
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The Impossible Bomb
- The Hidden History of British Scientists and the Race to Create an Atomic Weapon
- By: Gareth Williams
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Atomic weaponry is widely understood as a story of American scientific achievement—but scientists working in Britain played a vital role in its development. Including Nobel Prize winners and Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany, these scientists have long since been forgotten. But without their expertise, Robert Oppenheimer's research at Los Alamos would never have succeeded. Gareth Williams unearths the true story of the top-secret British atomic program, codenamed "Tube Alloys," established in 1940.
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The Impossible Bomb
- The Hidden History of British Scientists and the Race to Create an Atomic Weapon
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 04-11-25
- Language: English
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The Book Smugglers
- Partisans, Poets, and the Race to Save Jewish Treasures from the Nazis
- By: David E. Fishman
- Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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The Book Smugglers is the nearly unbelievable story of ghetto residents who rescued thousands of rare books and manuscripts - first from the Nazis and then from the Soviets - by hiding them on their bodies, burying them in bunkers, and smuggling them across borders. It is a tale of heroism and resistance, of friendship and romance, and of unwavering devotion-including the readiness to risk one's life - to literature and art. And it is entirely true.
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The Book Smugglers
- Partisans, Poets, and the Race to Save Jewish Treasures from the Nazis
- Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 03-10-17
- Language: English
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The Button
- The New Nuclear Arms Race and Presidential Power from Truman to Trump
- By: William J. Perry, Tom Z. Collina
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Written in an accessible and authoritative voice, The Button reveals the shocking tales and sobering facts of nuclear executive authority throughout the atomic age, delivering a powerful condemnation against ever leaving explosive power this devastating under any one person's thumb.
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History or Trump Bashing?
- By Holly Ruston on 25-02-23
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The Button
- The New Nuclear Arms Race and Presidential Power from Truman to Trump
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 25-08-20
- Language: English
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Wings Over Water: The Story of the World’s Greatest Air Race and the Birth of the Spitfire
- By: Jonathan Glancey
- Narrated by: Andrew Cullum
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Announced in 1912, the Schneider Trophy was a series of glamorous air contests, popularly known as races, that captivated both sides of the Atlantic. While there were many other aviation competitions, the Schneider proved to be, after a rocky start, by far the most memorable attracting a hugely popular and glamorous following whether Trophy races were held in Monaco, the Venice Lido, the Solent or Chesapeake Bay.
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Not just about the Schneider Trophy!
- By G. E. Downie on 02-04-26
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Wings Over Water: The Story of the World’s Greatest Air Race and the Birth of the Spitfire
- Narrated by: Andrew Cullum
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 16-03-21
- Language: English
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The Spy Who Changed History
- The Untold Story of How the Soviet Union Won the Race for America’s Top Secrets
- By: Svetlana Lokhova
- Narrated by: Richard Trinder
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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‘A superbly researched and groundbreaking account of Soviet espionage in the Thirties … remarkable’ 5* review, Telegraph On the trail of Soviet infiltrator Agent Blériot, in this bestseller, Svetlana Lokhova takes the reader on a thrilling journey through Stalin’s most audacious...
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The Spy Who Changed History
- The Untold Story of How the Soviet Union Won the Race for America’s Top Secrets
- Narrated by: Richard Trinder
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 14-06-18
- Language: English
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Riding in the Zone Rouge
- The Tour of the Battlefields 1919 – Cycling's Toughest-Ever Stage Race
- By: Tom Isitt
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
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'An evocatively thoughtful wider history of the race, the war and the peace' GUARDIAN 'Occasionally funny and regularly poignant, brilliantly focused in its research . . . His drive, wit and curiosity inform Zone Rouge . . . gently profound and genuinely moving' HERALD The Circuit des Champs de...
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6/10
- By k pius on 25-01-20
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Riding in the Zone Rouge
- The Tour of the Battlefields 1919 – Cycling's Toughest-Ever Stage Race
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 21-03-19
- Language: English
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The Last Flight
- The Untold Story of the Search for JFK Jr. and the Race Against the Atlantic
- By: W. Russell Webster, Theresa M. Webster
- Length: 7 hrs
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On a hazy July night in 1999, John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn, and her sister Lauren vanished over the waters off Martha’s Vineyard—triggering a national vigil and one of the most ambitious search operations in American history. For days, the world watched and waited. But the full...
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The Last Flight
- The Untold Story of the Search for JFK Jr. and the Race Against the Atlantic
- Length: 7 hrs
- Release date: 13-10-26
- Language: English
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Hitler's American Model
- The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law
- By: James Q. Whitman
- Narrated by: James Anderson Foster
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
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Nazism triumphed in Germany during the high era of Jim Crow laws in the United States. Did the American regime of racial oppression in any way inspire the Nazis? The unsettling answer is yes. James Whitman presents a detailed investigation of the American impact on the notorious Nuremberg Laws, the centerpiece anti-Jewish legislation of the Nazi regime.
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Everyone should read this
- By Amazon Customer on 18-12-18
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Hitler's American Model
- The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law
- Narrated by: James Anderson Foster
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 20-02-18
- Language: English
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Chasing the Moon
- How America Beat Russia in the Space Race
- By: Robert Stone, Alan Andres
- Narrated by: Eric Meyers
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
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In a world divided by the ideological struggles of the Cold War, the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement, more than one-fifth of the people on the planet paused to watch the live transmission of the Apollo 11 mission. To watch as humanity took a giant leap forward. A companion book to the...
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An incredible journey!
- By Anonymous on 23-10-20
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Chasing the Moon
- How America Beat Russia in the Space Race
- Narrated by: Eric Meyers
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 04-06-19
- Language: English
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Strange Stability
- How Cold War Scientists Set Out to Control the Arms Race and Ended Up Serving the Military-Industrial Complex
- By: Benjamin Wilson
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 17 hrs and 16 mins
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Do scientists speak truth to power? During the Cold War, a group of American strategists and science advisors claimed to do precisely that. Styling themselves as figures of rationality and restraint, they insisted that mutual assured destruction was the natural logic of the atomic age: as long as nuclear deterrence was credible, no one would ever shoot first. This doctrine, known as "strategic stability," became the foundation of the arms control movement. But in this counterhistory, Benjamin Wilson shows that we have misunderstood them and their efforts.
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Strange Stability
- How Cold War Scientists Set Out to Control the Arms Race and Ended Up Serving the Military-Industrial Complex
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 17 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 10-02-26
- Language: English
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Lexington
- The Extraordinary Life and Turbulent Times of America's Legendary Racehorse
- By: Kim Wickens
- Narrated by: Vivienne Leheny
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER “A vivid portrait of America’s greatest stallion, the larger-than-life men who raced and bred him, and the dramatic times in which they lived.”—Geraldine Brooks, author of Horse The powerful true story of the champion Thoroughbred racehorse who gained...
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The incredible detail
- By Belinda Blouin on 26-05-24
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Lexington
- The Extraordinary Life and Turbulent Times of America's Legendary Racehorse
- Narrated by: Vivienne Leheny
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 11-07-23
- Language: English
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