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The Taking of K-129

How the CIA Used Howard Hughes to Steal a Russian Sub in the Most Daring Covert Operation in History

by Josh Dean ...

Narrated by Neil Hellegers ...

Unabridged

15 hours 47 min

**An incredible true tale of espionage and engineering set at the height of the Cold War—a mix between The Hunt for Red October and Argo—about how the CIA, the U.S. Navy, and America’s most eccentric mogul spent six years and nearly a billion dollars to steal the nuclear-armed Soviet submarine K-129 after it had sunk to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean; all while the Russians were watching.In the ... Read more

$25.00 USD

**An incredible true tale of espionage and engineering set at the height of the Cold War—a mix between The Hunt for Red October and Argo—about how the CIA, the U.S. Navy, and America’s most eccentric mogul spent six years and nearly a billion dollars to steal the nuclear-armed Soviet submarine K-129 after it had sunk to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean; all while the Russians were watching.In the
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Nuclear War

A Scenario

by Annie Jacobsen ...

Narrated by Annie Jacobsen ...

Unabridged

11 hours 19 min

The INSTANT New York Times bestsellerInstant Los Angeles Times **bestsellerFinalist, Dayton Literary Peace PrizeOne of NPR's Books We LoveOne of Newsweek Staffers' Favorite Books of the YearShortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize**“In Nuclear War: A Scenario, Annie Jacobsen gives us a vivid picture of what could happen if our nuclear guardians fail…Terrif... ... Read more

$22.50 USD

The INSTANT New York Times bestsellerInstant Los Angeles Times **bestsellerFinalist, Dayton Literary Peace PrizeOne of NPR's Books We LoveOne of Newsweek Staffers' Favorite Books of the YearShortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize**“In Nuclear War: A Scenario, Annie Jacobsen gives us a vivid picture of what could happen if our nuclear guardians fail…Terrif...
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Making of the Atomic Bomb

25th Anniversary Edition

by Richard Rhodes ...

Narrated by Holter Graham ...

Unabridged

37 hours 16 min

**Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award****The definitive history of nuclear weapons—**from the turn-of-the-century discovery of nuclear energy to J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project—this epic work details the science, the people, and the sociopolitical realities that led to the development of the atomic bomb.This sweeping ... Read more

$49.99 USD

**Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award****The definitive history of nuclear weapons—**from the turn-of-the-century discovery of nuclear energy to J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project—this epic work details the science, the people, and the sociopolitical realities that led to the development of the atomic bomb.This sweeping
... Read more
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Area 51

An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base

by Annie Jacobsen ...

Narrated by Annie Jacobsen ...

Unabridged

16 hours 11 min

This bestseller from a Pulitzer Prize finalist gives readers the complete untold story of the top-secret military base for the first time.**"Compellingly hard-hitting." —**New York TimesIt is the most famous military installation in the world. And it doesn't exist. Located a mere seventy-five miles outside of Las Vegas in Nevada's desert, the base has never been acknowledged by the U.S. government ... Read more

$38.99 USD

This bestseller from a Pulitzer Prize finalist gives readers the complete untold story of the top-secret military base for the first time.**"Compellingly hard-hitting." —**New York TimesIt is the most famous military installation in the world. And it doesn't exist. Located a mere seventy-five miles outside of Las Vegas in Nevada's desert, the base has never been acknowledged by the U.S. government
... Read more
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Hiroshima

The Last Witnesses

by M. G. Sheftall ...

Narrated by Brian Nishii ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Embers
Unabridged

17 hours 6 min

**One of Washington Post's 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction From 2024The first volume in a two-book series about each of the atomic bomb drops that ended the Pacific War based on years of irreplicable personal interviews with survivors to tell a story of devastation and resilience**In this vividly rendered historical narrative, M. G. Sheftall layers the stories of hibakusha—the Japanese word for ... Read more

$25.00 USD

**One of Washington Post's 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction From 2024The first volume in a two-book series about each of the atomic bomb drops that ended the Pacific War based on years of irreplicable personal interviews with survivors to tell a story of devastation and resilience**In this vividly rendered historical narrative, M. G. Sheftall layers the stories of hibakusha—the Japanese word for
... Read more
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To Hell And Back

The Last Train From Hiroshima

by Charles Pellegrino ...

Narrated by David Colacci ...

Unabridged

18 hours 16 min

To Hell and Back offers listeners a stunning, "you are there" time capsule, wrapped in elegant prose. Charles Pellegrino's scientific authority and close relationship with the A-bomb survivors make his account the most gripping and authoritative ever written.At the narrative's core are eyewitness accounts of those who experienced the atomic explosions firsthand—the Japanese civilians on the ground ... Read more

$29.99 USD

To Hell and Back offers listeners a stunning, "you are there" time capsule, wrapped in elegant prose. Charles Pellegrino's scientific authority and close relationship with the A-bomb survivors make his account the most gripping and authoritative ever written.At the narrative's core are eyewitness accounts of those who experienced the atomic explosions firsthand—the Japanese civilians on the ground
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Empire of Ashes

Truman, Hirohito, and the Descent into Total War

by James M. Scott ...

Narrated by Jonathan Yen ...

Unabridged

16 hours 59 min

At 9:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, an American bomber pierced the skies over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The single bomb it dropped unleashed an atomic hurricane that toppled homes, vaporized birds in flight, and carbonized humans. Three days later, a second bomb flattened the port city of Nagasaki. In the span of a mere seventy-five hours, the United States―a nation once morally opposed to the ... Read more

$25.99 USD

At 9:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, an American bomber pierced the skies over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The single bomb it dropped unleashed an atomic hurricane that toppled homes, vaporized birds in flight, and carbonized humans. Three days later, a second bomb flattened the port city of Nagasaki. In the span of a mere seventy-five hours, the United States―a nation once morally opposed to the
... Read more
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Hunting the Nazi Bomb

The Special Forces Mission to Sabotage Hitler's Deadliest Weapon

by Damien Lewis ...

Narrated by Chris MacDonnell ...

Unabridged

13 hours

In the Spring of 1940, as Britain reeled from defeats on all fronts and America seemed frozen in isolation, one fear united the British and American leaders like no other: the Nazis had stolen a march on the Allies towards building the atomic bomb. So began the hunt for Hitler's nuclear weapons. It was to be the most secret war of those wars fought amongst the shadows. The highest stakes. The ... Read more

$24.99 USD

In the Spring of 1940, as Britain reeled from defeats on all fronts and America seemed frozen in isolation, one fear united the British and American leaders like no other: the Nazis had stolen a march on the Allies towards building the atomic bomb. So began the hunt for Hitler's nuclear weapons. It was to be the most secret war of those wars fought amongst the shadows. The highest stakes. The
... Read more
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Uranium

War, Energy, and the Rock That Shaped the World

by Tom Zoellner ...

Narrated by Patrick Lawlor ...

Unabridged

12 hours 58 min

Uranium is a common element in the earth's crust and the only naturally occurring mineral with the power to end all life on the planet. After World War II, it reshaped the global order—whoever could master uranium could master the world.Marie Curie gave us hope that uranium would be a miracle panacea, but the Manhattan Project gave us reason to believe that civilization would end with apocalypse. ... Read more

$20.99 USD

Uranium is a common element in the earth's crust and the only naturally occurring mineral with the power to end all life on the planet. After World War II, it reshaped the global order—whoever could master uranium could master the world.Marie Curie gave us hope that uranium would be a miracle panacea, but the Manhattan Project gave us reason to believe that civilization would end with apocalypse.
... Read more
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Truman and the Bomb

The Untold Story

by D. M. Giangreco ...

Narrated by Mitch Crawford ...

Unabridged

7 hours 56 min

Many myths have grown up around President Harry S. Truman's decision to use nuclear weapons against Imperial Japan. In destroying these myths, Truman and the Bomb will discomfort both Truman's critics and his supporters, and force historians to reexamine what they think they know about the end of the Pacific War.Using previously unpublished material, D. M. Giangreco busts myths and more. An award ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Many myths have grown up around President Harry S. Truman's decision to use nuclear weapons against Imperial Japan. In destroying these myths, Truman and the Bomb will discomfort both Truman's critics and his supporters, and force historians to reexamine what they think they know about the end of the Pacific War.Using previously unpublished material, D. M. Giangreco busts myths and more. An award
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First into Nagasaki

The Censored Eyewitness Dispatches on Post-Atomic Japan and Its Prisoners of War

by George Weller, Anthony Weller ...

Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki ...

Unabridged

11 hours 40 min

On September 6, 1945, less than a month after the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, George Weller, a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter, became the first free Westerner to enter the devastated city. Going into hospitals and consulting doctors of the bomb’s victims, he was the first to document its unprecedented medical effects. He also became the first to enter the Allied POW camps, which rivaled ... Read more

$20.99 USD

On September 6, 1945, less than a month after the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, George Weller, a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter, became the first free Westerner to enter the devastated city. Going into hospitals and consulting doctors of the bomb’s victims, he was the first to document its unprecedented medical effects. He also became the first to enter the Allied POW camps, which rivaled
... Read more
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The Abyss

Nuclear Crisis Cuba 1962

by Max Hastings ...

Narrated by Max Hastings, John Hopkins ...

Unabridged

19 hours 9 min

Bestselling author Max Hastings offers a welcome re-evaluation of one of the most gripping and tense international events in modern history—the Cuban Missile Crisis—providing a people-focused narrative that explores the attitudes and conduct of Russians, Cubans, Americans, and a terrified world that followed each moment as it unfolded.In The Abyss, Max Hastings turns his focus to one of the most ... Read more

$39.99 USD

Bestselling author Max Hastings offers a welcome re-evaluation of one of the most gripping and tense international events in modern history—the Cuban Missile Crisis—providing a people-focused narrative that explores the attitudes and conduct of Russians, Cubans, Americans, and a terrified world that followed each moment as it unfolded.In The Abyss, Max Hastings turns his focus to one of the most
... Read more
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Creation of Nuclear Weapons – The Manhattan Project, The

The Secret Race to Build the Atomic Bomb and Change the Course of History

by Cristian Tyler ...

Narrated by Cristian Tyler ...

Unabridged

1 hour 8 min

The atomic bomb ended World War II, but its creation was one of the most secretive and controversial projects in human history. Behind closed doors, the world’s greatest scientists—including Albert Einstein, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and Enrico Fermi—raced to develop nuclear weapons before Nazi Germany or Imperial Japan. But what really happened in the laboratories and desert testing sites of the ... Read more

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The atomic bomb ended World War II, but its creation was one of the most secretive and controversial projects in human history. Behind closed doors, the world’s greatest scientists—including Albert Einstein, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and Enrico Fermi—raced to develop nuclear weapons before Nazi Germany or Imperial Japan. But what really happened in the laboratories and desert testing sites of the
... Read more
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V-Bombers

Britain’s Nuclear Frontline in the Cold War

by Dr. Tony Redding ...

Narrated by Michael Langan ...

Unabridged

19 hours 59 min

This is the story of a British deterrent. Much has been written about the V-bombers—the Valiant, Victor, and Vulcan—but virtually nothing has been said about their strategic nuclear strike role. How would Britain's small force of subsonic bombers have retaliated following a Soviet attack, and would they have succeeded?This book is the product of seven years of research by Dr. Tony Redding. It ... Read more

$30.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This is the story of a British deterrent. Much has been written about the V-bombers—the Valiant, Victor, and Vulcan—but virtually nothing has been said about their strategic nuclear strike role. How would Britain's small force of subsonic bombers have retaliated following a Soviet attack, and would they have succeeded?This book is the product of seven years of research by Dr. Tony Redding. It
... Read more
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Atomic Bomb History: From Scientific Breakthrough to Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the Nuclear Age

by Robert Ellison ...

Narrated by Robert Ellison ...

Unabridged

1 hour 58 min

Step into the tense WWII history of the Manhattan Project, as scientists race to build humanity's most deadly weapon. Perfect for your daily commute, this thought-provoking narrative transforms abstract physics into a harrowing global thriller.Experience the dramatic shift from quiet laboratories to high-stakes war rooms and the blinding light of the Trinity test. Whether you need focused learning ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Step into the tense WWII history of the Manhattan Project, as scientists race to build humanity's most deadly weapon. Perfect for your daily commute, this thought-provoking narrative transforms abstract physics into a harrowing global thriller.Experience the dramatic shift from quiet laboratories to high-stakes war rooms and the blinding light of the Trinity test. Whether you need focused learning
... Read more
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Nuclear Age: How Atomic Power, Weapons, and Risk Remade the Modern World

by Samuel Richter ...

Narrated by Samuel Richter ...

Unabridged

2 hours 4 min

Uncover the gripping history of atomic power, where brilliant science and political fear ignited a global arms race. Perfect for a thought-provoking commute, this tense narrative reveals how humanity cracked the atom and forever altered the geopolitical landscape.From the blinding flash over Hiroshima to the terrifying brinksmanship of the Cold War, experience the high-stakes decisions that pushed ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Uncover the gripping history of atomic power, where brilliant science and political fear ignited a global arms race. Perfect for a thought-provoking commute, this tense narrative reveals how humanity cracked the atom and forever altered the geopolitical landscape.From the blinding flash over Hiroshima to the terrifying brinksmanship of the Cold War, experience the high-stakes decisions that pushed
... Read more
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Saddam’s Bombmaker

The Daring Escape of the Man Who Built Iraq’s Secret Weapon

by Jeff Stein, Khidir Hamza ...

Narrated by Simon Vance ...

Unabridged

12 hours 1 min

Saddam’s Bombmaker is the true saga of one man’s journey through the circles of hell. Educated at MIT and Florida State University, dedicated to a life of peaceful teaching in America, Iraqi scientist Dr. Khidhir Hamza relates how Saddam’s regime ordered him home, seduced him into a pampered life as an atomic energy official, and forced him to design a bomb. The price of refusal was torture. With ... Read more

$22.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Saddam’s Bombmaker is the true saga of one man’s journey through the circles of hell. Educated at MIT and Florida State University, dedicated to a life of peaceful teaching in America, Iraqi scientist Dr. Khidhir Hamza relates how Saddam’s regime ordered him home, seduced him into a pampered life as an atomic energy official, and forced him to design a bomb. The price of refusal was torture. With
... Read more
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Fallout

The Hiroshima Cover-up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World

by Lesley M.M. Blume ...

Narrated by Fred Sanders ...

Unabridged

6 hours 52 min

ONE of THE NEW YORK TIMES'S 100 NOTABLE BOOKS of the YEAR * A VANITY FAIR and TOWN & COUNTRY BEST BOOK of the YEAR *New York Times bestselling author Lesley M.M. Blume reveals how one courageous American reporter uncovered one of the deadliest cover-ups of the 20th century—the true effects of the atom bomb—potentially saving millions of lives.Just days after the United States decimated Hiroshima ... Read more

$19.99 USD

ONE of THE NEW YORK TIMES'S 100 NOTABLE BOOKS of the YEAR * A VANITY FAIR and TOWN & COUNTRY BEST BOOK of the YEAR *New York Times bestselling author Lesley M.M. Blume reveals how one courageous American reporter uncovered one of the deadliest cover-ups of the 20th century—the true effects of the atom bomb—potentially saving millions of lives.Just days after the United States decimated Hiroshima
... Read more
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Waging Just Wars: The Ethical and Legal Principles of Modern Warfare

by Josh Luberisse ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Marcus G ...

Unabridged

8 hours 24 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice."Waging Just Wars: The Ethical and Legal Principles of Modern Warfare" provides a comprehensive examination of the moral and legal dimensions of contemporary conflict. Authored by an expert in military ethics and international law, this book delves into the foundational principles of Just War Theory, including jus ad bellum, jus in bello, and jus post ... Read more

$14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice."Waging Just Wars: The Ethical and Legal Principles of Modern Warfare" provides a comprehensive examination of the moral and legal dimensions of contemporary conflict. Authored by an expert in military ethics and international law, this book delves into the foundational principles of Just War Theory, including jus ad bellum, jus in bello, and jus post
... Read more
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Six Minute War

Reagan, Russia, and the Terrifying Race to Accelerate Armageddon

by Michael Dobbs ...

Narrated by Robert Fass ...

Unabridged

11 hours 52 min

The New York Times bestselling author of One Minute to Midnight Michael Dobbs reconstructs the thrilling inside story of the climactic nuclear crisis of the Cold War, revealing the tension between “the human in the loop” and the algorithms that could trigger World War III.The year is 1983. Ronald Reagan is obsessed by biblical prophecies of Armageddon. A computer revolution is changing everything ... Read more

$27.99 USD

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The New York Times bestselling author of One Minute to Midnight Michael Dobbs reconstructs the thrilling inside story of the climactic nuclear crisis of the Cold War, revealing the tension between “the human in the loop” and the algorithms that could trigger World War III.The year is 1983. Ronald Reagan is obsessed by biblical prophecies of Armageddon. A computer revolution is changing everything
... Read more
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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 ...

Unabridged

17 hours 16 min

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 ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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
... Read more
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Nagasaki

by John Willis ...

Narrated by James Lailey ...

Unabridged

11 hours 13 min

At 11.02 am on an August morning in 1945 America dropped the world's most powerful atomic bomb on the Japanese port city of Nagasaki. The city was flattened, and more than 70,000 Japanese citizens were killed. Among the horrific scenes were also hundreds of Allied British, Australian, American and Dutch prisoners of war, working as forced labourers in the shipyards and factories of Nagasaki. This ... Read more

$31.99 USD

At 11.02 am on an August morning in 1945 America dropped the world's most powerful atomic bomb on the Japanese port city of Nagasaki. The city was flattened, and more than 70,000 Japanese citizens were killed. Among the horrific scenes were also hundreds of Allied British, Australian, American and Dutch prisoners of war, working as forced labourers in the shipyards and factories of Nagasaki. This
... Read more
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Blood Rites

Origins and History of the Passions of War

by Barbara Ehrenreich ...

Narrated by Amy Landon ...

Unabridged

9 hours 56 min

A New York Times Notable BookAn ALA Notable Book"Original and illuminating." --The Washington PostWhat draws our species to war? What makes us see violence as a kind of sacred duty, or a ritual that boys must undergo to "become" men? Newly reissued in paperback, Blood Rites takes readers on an original journey from the elaborate human sacrifices of the ancient world to the carnage and holo... ... Read more

$27.99 USD

A New York Times Notable BookAn ALA Notable Book"Original and illuminating." --The Washington PostWhat draws our species to war? What makes us see violence as a kind of sacred duty, or a ritual that boys must undergo to "become" men? Newly reissued in paperback, Blood Rites takes readers on an original journey from the elaborate human sacrifices of the ancient world to the carnage and holo...
... Read more
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Gambling with Armageddon

Nuclear Roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis

by Martin J. Sherwin ...

Narrated by Mark Bramhall ...

Unabridged

18 hours 50 min

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Prometheus comes the first effort to set the Cuban Missile Crisis, with its potential for nuclear holocaust, in a wider historical narrative of the Cold War—how such a crisis arose, and why at the very last possible moment it didn't happen.In this groundbreaking look at the Cuban Missile Crisis, Martin Sherwin not only gives us a riveting ... Read more

$27.50 USD

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Prometheus comes the first effort to set the Cuban Missile Crisis, with its potential for nuclear holocaust, in a wider historical narrative of the Cold War—how such a crisis arose, and why at the very last possible moment it didn't happen.In this groundbreaking look at the Cuban Missile Crisis, Martin Sherwin not only gives us a riveting
... Read more

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