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Eddie Gallagher and the War for the Soul of the Navy SEALs
2021
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An “infuriating, fast-paced” (The Washington Post) account of the Navy SEALs of Alpha platoon, the startling accusations against their chief, Eddie Gallagher, and the courtroom battle that exposed the dark underbelly of America’s special forces—from a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporterWINNER OF THE COLORADO BOOK AWARD • “Nearly impossible to put down.”—Jon Krakauer, New York Times bestselling author of Where Men Win Glory and Int...
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Wild Horse Country
The History, Myth, and Future of the Mustang, America's Horse
2017
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The “insightful [and] even-handed” (Outside) story of a heroic animal whose existence is in danger.The wild horse, popularly known as the mustang, is so ingrained in the American imagination that even those who have never seen one know what it stands for: freedom, independence, the bedrock ideals of the nation. But in modern times it has become entangled in controversy and bureaucratic mismanagement, and now its future is imperiled. In Wild Horse Count...
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Lethal Warriors
When the New Band of Brothers Came Home
2010
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Pulitzer Prize finalist David Philipps brings to life the chilling story of how today's American heroes are slipping through the fingers of society—with multiple tours of duty and inadequate mental-health support creating a crisis of PTSD and a large-scale failure of veterans to reintegrate into society.Following the frightening narrative of the 506th Infantry Regiment—who had rebranded themselves as the Lethal Warriors after decades as the Band of Brother...
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Wild Horse Country
The History, Myth, and Future of the Mustang
- Narrated by
- David Colacci
Unabridged
11 hours 58 min
2017
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Wild horses—also known as mustangs—live in a strange twilight. They are deeply American but not native; they are free-born symbols of liberty but tightly managed, thriving yet persecuted. Today, the wild horse is a ward of the state, with tens of thousands held in captivity by the federal government?nearly as many are left in the wild.In a powerful blend of history and contemporary reporting, New York Times reporter David Philipps traces the rich history of wild horses in ...
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Alpha
Eddie Gallagher and the War for the Soul of the Navy SEALs
- Narrated by
- Andrew Eiden
Unabridged
15 hours 25 min
2021
EN
An “infuriating, fast-paced” (The Washington Post) account of the Navy SEALs of Alpha platoon, the startling accusations against their chief, Eddie Gallagher, and the courtroom battle that exposed the dark underbelly of America’s special forces—from a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporterWINNER OF THE COLORADO BOOK AWARD • “Nearly impossible to put down.”—Jon Krakauer, New York Times bestselling author of Where Men Win Glory and Int...
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Redeeming Justice
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Our Man in Tokyo
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The Power of Awareness
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Code Over Country
The Tragedy and Corruption of SEAL Team Six
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Lightning Down
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An American fighter pilot doomed to die in Buchenwald but determined to survive.On August 13, 1944, Joe Moser set off on his forty-fourth combat mission over occupied France. Soon, he would join almost 170 other Allied airmen as prisoners in Buchenwald, one of the most notorious and deadly of Nazi concentration camps. Tom Clavin's Lightning Down tells this largely untold and riveting true story.Moser was just twenty-two years old, a farm boy from W...
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Facing the Mountain
An Inspiring Story of Japanese American Patriots in World War II
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**A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROne of NPR's "Books We Love" of 2021Longlisted for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for BiographyWinner of the Christopher Award“Masterly. An epic story of four Japanese-American families and their sons who volunteered for military service and displayed uncommon heroism… Propulsive and gripping, in part because of Mr. Brown’s ability to make us care deeply about the fates of these individual soldiers...a page-turner.”—...
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