In June 2005, four U.S. Navy SEALs left their base in Afghanistan for the Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a notorious al Qaeda leader. Less then twenty-four hours later, only one of those Navy SEALs remained alive.
This is the story of how team leader Marcus Luttrell, the sole survivor of Operation Redwing, and the desperate battle that led to the largest loss of life in Navy SEAL history. More than anything this is the story of how his teammates stood beside him until he was the last one left; blasted unconscious by a rocket grenade, blown over a cliff, but still armed and breathing.
Over the next four days, badly injured and presumed dead, Luttrell fought off six al Qaeda assassins who were sent to finish him, then crawled for seven miles through the mountains before he was taken in by a Pashtun tribe, who risked everything to protect him from the Taliban.
In this moving chronicle of courage Marcus Luttrell delivers one of the most powerful narratives ever written about modern warfare-as a tribute to his teammates, who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.
Written By : Rick Atkinson
Narrated By : Rick Atkinson
Published By : Simon & Schuster
Length : 7 hours
Categories : 20th Century World Military
Price : $26.00 $15.95
In the first volume of a remarkable trilogy, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson provides the definitive history of the war in North Africa. See full description...
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Written By : Slavomir Rawicz
Narrated By : John Lee
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Length : 9 hours 30 minutes
Categories : Military
Price : $19.95
In 1941, seven escapees of a Soviet labor camp in Siberia spent a year walking to freedom over four thousand miles of the most forbidding terrain on earth, always a step away from death. They had no map and no compass but only a fierce determination to survive. See full description...
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Written By : Burke Davis
Narrated By : Christopher Hurt
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Length : 14 hours 30 minutes
Categories : Military
Price : $26.95
Stonewall Jackson was a military genius at once peculiar and perfect, a fearless soldier in battle but a God-fearing man who hesitated to kill on Sunday. He broke the rules of war to win, and yet his tactics are studied in military academies the world over. Burke Davis brings the color, vivid... See full description...
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Written By : Not Known
Narrated By : Full Cast Production
Published By : Appleseed Audio
Length : 2 hours
Categories : Biographical American Military
Price : $19.95 $13.00
Exciting biographies of three of America's greatest men: George Washington, Daniel Boone and Benjamin Franklin. Full cast production. See full description...
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Written By : John Keegan
Narrated By : Simon Vance
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Length : 8 hours
Categories : Military 21st Century
Price : $44.95 $16.95
Through exclusive interviews, Keegan probes the war's causes, complications, costs, and consequences. The Iraq War is authoritative, timely, and vitally important to our understanding of a conflict... See full description...
Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography Biographical Travel
Price : $16.75
The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.
McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.
Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.
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