Best Sellers
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Rampage
- MacArthur, Yamashita, and the Battle of Manila
- Written by: James M. Scott
- Narrated by: Jesse Einstein
- Length: 21 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Based on extensive research in the United States and the Philippines, including war-crimes testimony, after-action reports, and survivor interviews, Rampage recounts one of the most heartbreaking chapters of Pacific War history....
Written by: James M. Scott
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Lee Kuan Yew
- The Grand Master’s Insights on China, United States, and the World
- Written by: Graham Allison, Robert D. Blackwill, Ali Wyne
- Narrated by: Michael McConnohie, Francis Chau
- Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Lee, the founding father of modern Singapore and its prime minister from 1959 to 1990, has honed his wisdom during more than fifty years on the world stage....
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Excellent audio book
- By M on 21-12-21
Written by: Graham Allison,
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The Jakarta Method
- Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World
- Written by: Vincent Bevins
- Narrated by: Tim Paige
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1965, the US government helped the Indonesian military kill approximately one million innocent civilians. This was one of the most important turning points of the 20th century, eliminating the largest communist party outside China and the USSR and inspiring copycat terror programs....
Written by: Vincent Bevins
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A War of Empires
- Japan, India, Burma & Britain: 1941-45
- Written by: Robert Lyman
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 25 hrs and 21 mins
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In 1941 and 1942, the British and Indian armies were brutally defeated and Japan reigned supreme in its newly conquered territories throughout Asia. But change was coming....
Written by: Robert Lyman
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Asia's Cauldron
- The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific
- Written by: Robert D. Kaplan
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
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Over the last decade, the center of world power has been quietly shifting from Europe to Asia....
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Steamy Cauldron
- By A on 28-02-20
Written by: Robert D. Kaplan
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The Vietnam War
- An Intimate History
- Written by: Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns
- Narrated by: Ken Burns
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Abridged
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More than 40 years after it ended, the Vietnam War continues to haunt our country....
Written by: Geoffrey C. Ward,
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Rampage
- MacArthur, Yamashita, and the Battle of Manila
- Written by: James M. Scott
- Narrated by: Jesse Einstein
- Length: 21 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Based on extensive research in the United States and the Philippines, including war-crimes testimony, after-action reports, and survivor interviews, Rampage recounts one of the most heartbreaking chapters of Pacific War history....
Written by: James M. Scott
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Lee Kuan Yew
- The Grand Master’s Insights on China, United States, and the World
- Written by: Graham Allison, Robert D. Blackwill, Ali Wyne
- Narrated by: Michael McConnohie, Francis Chau
- Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Lee, the founding father of modern Singapore and its prime minister from 1959 to 1990, has honed his wisdom during more than fifty years on the world stage....
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Excellent audio book
- By M on 21-12-21
Written by: Graham Allison,
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The Jakarta Method
- Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World
- Written by: Vincent Bevins
- Narrated by: Tim Paige
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1965, the US government helped the Indonesian military kill approximately one million innocent civilians. This was one of the most important turning points of the 20th century, eliminating the largest communist party outside China and the USSR and inspiring copycat terror programs....
Written by: Vincent Bevins
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A War of Empires
- Japan, India, Burma & Britain: 1941-45
- Written by: Robert Lyman
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 25 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1941 and 1942, the British and Indian armies were brutally defeated and Japan reigned supreme in its newly conquered territories throughout Asia. But change was coming....
Written by: Robert Lyman
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Asia's Cauldron
- The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific
- Written by: Robert D. Kaplan
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Over the last decade, the center of world power has been quietly shifting from Europe to Asia....
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Steamy Cauldron
- By A on 28-02-20
Written by: Robert D. Kaplan
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The Vietnam War
- An Intimate History
- Written by: Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns
- Narrated by: Ken Burns
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
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More than 40 years after it ended, the Vietnam War continues to haunt our country....
Written by: Geoffrey C. Ward,
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Midnight's Borders
- A People's History of Modern India
- Written by: Suchitra Vijayan
- Narrated by: Sunny Patel
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
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Sharing borders with six countries and spanning a geography that extends from Pakistan to Myanmar, India is the world's largest democracy and second most populous country....
Written by: Suchitra Vijayan
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The Vietnam War
- An Intimate History
- Written by: Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders, Ken Burns, Brian Corrigan
- Length: 31 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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A vivid, uniquely powerful history of the conflict that tore America apart....
Written by: Geoffrey C. Ward,
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Embers of War
- The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam
- Written by: Fredrik Logevall
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 32 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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An epic story of wasted opportunities and deadly miscalculations, Embers of War delves deep into the historical record to provide hard answers to the unanswered questions surrounding the demise of one Western power in Vietnam and the arrival of another....
Written by: Fredrik Logevall
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The Vietnam War
- A Concise International History
- Written by: Mark Atwood Lawrence
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Hailed as a "pithy and compelling account of an intensely relevant topic" ( Kirkus Reviews), this wide-ranging volume offers a superb account of a key moment in modern U.S. and world history....
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Informative and detailed!
- By Amazon Customer on 12-03-21
Written by: Mark Atwood Lawrence
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Hanoi’s War
- An International History of the War for Peace in Vietnam
- Written by: Lien-Hang T. Nguyen
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 15 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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While most historians of the Vietnam War focus on the origins of US involvement and the Americanization of the conflict, Lien-Hang T. Nguyen examines the international context....
Written by: Lien-Hang T. Nguyen
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Vietnam - Culture Smart!
- Written by: Geoffrey Murray
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
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Vietnam - Culture Smart! outlines the history, culture, and traditions of the Vietnamese. It explains certain deep-seated attitudes....
Written by: Geoffrey Murray
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Among the Braves
- Hope, Struggle, and Exile in the Battle for Hong Kong and the Future of Global Democracy
- Written by: Shibani Mahtani, Timothy McLaughlin
- Narrated by: Jason Vu
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Through the eyes of two frontline journalists comes a gripping narrative history of the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement centered around a cast of core activists, culminating in the 2019 mass protests and Beijing's brutal crackdown....
Written by: Shibani Mahtani,
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The Burma Spring
- Aung San Suu Kyi and the New Struggle for the Soul of a Nation
- Written by: Rena Pederson
- Narrated by: Karen White
- Length: 24 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's "woman of destiny" and one of the most admired voices for freedom in the world today, comes alive through this brilliant rendering of Burma's tumultuous history....
Written by: Rena Pederson
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Nothing Ever Dies
- Vietnam and the Memory of War
- Written by: Viet Thanh Nguyen
- Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
- Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
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Nothing Ever Dies, Viet Thanh Nguyen writes. All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory....
Written by: Viet Thanh Nguyen
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Nothing Is Impossible
- America's Reconciliation with Vietnam
- Written by: Ted Osius, John Kerry - foreword
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff, Henry Strozier
- Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
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With a foreword by former Secretary of State John Kerry, Nothing Is Impossible tells an inspiring story of how international diplomacy can create a better world....
Written by: Ted Osius,
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Esoteric Theravada
- The Story of the Forgotten Meditation Tradition of Southeast Asia
- Written by: Kate Crosby
- Narrated by: Kate Crosby
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
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A groundbreaking exploration of a practice tradition that was nearly lost to history....
Written by: Kate Crosby
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Hue 1968
- A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam
- Written by: Mark Bowden
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 18 hrs and 45 mins
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Huế 1968 is the story of the centerpiece of the Tet Offensive and a turning point in the American War in Vietnam....
Written by: Mark Bowden
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The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club
- Naval Aviation in the Vietnam War
- Written by: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 17 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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The 'Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club' was the tongue-in-cheek nickname of the US Seventh Fleet that was stationed off the coast of Vietnam and this book tells the full story of the US Naval air campaign in the Vietnam War from 1965 to 1975....
Written by: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
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A Thousand Places Left Behind
- One Soldier's Account of Jungle Warfare in WWII Burma
- Written by: Peter K. Lutken Jr., E. R. Lutken
- Narrated by: David Lutken
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Born and raised in Mississippi, Peter K. Lutken, Jr. (1920–2014) joined the army in 1941 and was assigned to the Coast Artillery. Originally sent to India...
Written by: Peter K. Lutken Jr.,
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The Vietnam War
- 1956-75
- Written by: Andrew Wiest
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
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America entered the Vietnam War certain of its Cold War doctrines and convinced of its moral mission to save the world from the advance of communism....
Written by: Andrew Wiest
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Tears in the Darkness
- The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath
- Written by: Michael Norman, Elizabeth Norman
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 17 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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For the first four months of 1942, U.S., Filipino, and Japanese soldiers fought what was America's first major land battle of World War II, the battle for the tiny Philippine peninsula of Bataan....
Written by: Michael Norman,
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When Broken Glass Floats
- Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge
- Written by: Chanrithy Him
- Narrated by: Kalean Ung
- Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins
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Chanrithy Him felt compelled to tell of surviving life under the Khmer Rouge in a way "worthy of the suffering which I endured as a child." In a mesmerizing story, Chanrithy Him vividly recounts her trek through the hell of the "killing fields"....
Written by: Chanrithy Him
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Even the Women Must Fight
- Memories of War from North Vietnam
- Written by: Karen Gottschang Turner
- Narrated by: Stephanie Nguyen
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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A searing chronicle of wartime experiences, Even the Women Must Fight probes the cultural legacy of North Vietnam's American War. Unflinching in its portrayal of hardship, valor, and personal sacrifice, this wrenching account is nothing short of a revelation....
Written by: Karen Gottschang Turner