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    Finding a Fallen Hero: The Death of a Ball Turret Gunner , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 495min
    To all appearances, Anthony "Tony" Korkuc was just another casualty of World War II. A gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress, Korkuc was lost on a bombing mission over Germany, and his family believed that his body had never been recovered. But when they learned in 1995 that Tony was actually buried at Arlington National Cemetery, his nephew Bob Korkuc set out on a seven-year quest to learn the true fate of an uncle he never knew. Finding a Fallen Hero is a compelling story that blends a wartime drama with a primer on specialized research. Author Bob Korkuc initially set out to learn how his Uncle Tony came to rest at Arlington. In the process, he also unraveled the mystery of what occurred over the skies of Germany half a century ago. Korkuc dug up military documents and private letters and interviewed people in both the United States and Germany. He tracked down surviving crewmembers and even found the brother of the Luftwaffe pilot who downed the B-17. A gripping chronicle of exhaustive research, Finding a Fallen Hero will strike a chord with any listener who has lost a family member to war. And it will inspire others to satisfy their own unanswered questions. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Richard Travis. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/069180/bk_acx0_069180_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Paper Wings , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 621min
    When a boat and its grisly cargo are found adrift off Fort Lauderdale, the investigation leads to more than "just" murder. In fact, the evidence points to a connection with an "accident" that downed Patriot Airlines Flight 63 in Bermuda with fatal consequences for all on board. As the accidents investigation chairman of the pilots' union, Captain Hart Lindy will find himself reluctantly drawn into the National Transportation Safety Board's inquiry only to discover that someone is going to great lengths that include murder and kidnapping to prevent the facts from being exposed. But who? And why? These are the questions Lindy will need to answer in order to get at the truth about what really happened to Flight 63. His task is complicated by his own personal demons, including the horrors of past airline crash investigations, as well as having to walk a diplomatic tightrope with an eccentric FBI special agent who is barely tolerating NTSB protocol, and an ambitious female NTSB investigator with eyes for Hart. Written by a veteran airline pilot and aviation analyst, Paper Wings will keep you up in the air and on the edge of your seat in first class. You'll want to keep your belts fastened while in flight! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stuart Gauffi. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/092389/bk_acx0_092389_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    At Close Quarters: PT Boats in the United States Navy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1121min
    Small though they were, PT boats played a key role in World War II, carrying out an astonishing variety of missions where fast, versatile, and strongly armed vessels were needed. Called "weapons of opportunity", they met the enemy at closer quarters and with greater frequency than any other type of surface craft. Among the most famous PT commanders was John F. Kennedy, whose courageous actions in the Pacific are now well known to the American public. The author of the book, another distinguished PT boat commander in the Pacific, compiled this history of PT-boat operations in World War II for the US Navy shortly after V-J Day, when memories were fresh and records easily assessable. Bulkley provides a wealth of facts about these motor torpedo boats, whose vast range of operation covered two oceans as well as the Mediterranean and the English Channel. Although their primary mission was to attack surface ships and craft close to shore, they were also used effectively to lay mines and smoke screens, to rescue downed aviators, and to carry out intelligence and raider operations. The author gives special attention to the crews, paying well-deserved tribute to their heroism, skill, and sacrifice that helped to win the war. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mike Chamberlain. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/009084/bk_tant_009084_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Castle of Water , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 453min
    Told in mesmerising prose, with a charm and rhythm entirely its own, Castle of Water is more than just a classic castaway story. It is a stirring reflection on love's restorative potential as well as a poignant reminder that home - be it a flat in Paris, a New York apartment, or a desolate atoll a world away - is where the heart is.... For Sophie Ducel, her honeymoon in French Polynesia was intended as a celebration of life. The proud owner of a thriving Parisian architecture firm cofounded with her brilliant new husband, Sophie has much to look forward to - including a visit to the island home of her favourite singer, Jacques Brel. For Barry Bleecker, the same trip was meant to mark a new beginning. Turning away from his dreary existence in Manhattan finance, Barry had set his sights on fine art, seeking creative inspiration on the other side of the world - just like his idol, Paul Gauguin. But when their small plane is downed in the middle of the South Pacific, the sole survivors of the wreck are left with one common goal: to survive. Stranded on an island the size of a city block, hundreds of miles from civilization, the two castaways must reconcile their differences and learn to draw on one another's strengths if they are to have any hope of making it home. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Max Winter. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/002841/bk_hcuk_002841_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Plum Blooms in Winter: Inspired by a Gripping True Story from World War II’s Daring Doolittle Raid (Brands from the Burning) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 717min
    He made aviation history in WWII's daring Doolittle Raid. Now he's downed and on the run.She wants to bury a knife in him. Can her victim offer redemption instead?Winner, 2019 Cascade Award Finalist, 2019 Christy and Carol Awards Inspired by Actual Events1942. Pilot Dave Delham revels at the success of his historic Japanese bombing mission. Until he's caught and endures years of torture at the hands of cruel captors. Despairing that he'll survive, Dave vows if he escapes, he'll answer God's call on his life. Osaka, Japan, 1948. Miyako Matsuura longs to restore her family's shattered honor. After watching her little brother die in a horrific American air raid, she was reduced to selling her body to survive. When the pilot whose bomb stole her brother's life returns as a missionary, her thirst for revenge consumes her.Two damaged people race along a collision course that could bring eternal change. Can Dave and Miyako transform their tragic histories and surrender to forgiveness and faith?The Plum Blooms in Winter is the first book in the inspiring Brands From the Burning historical Christian fiction series. If you like pulse-pounding AND heart-warming tales of redemption drawn from life, brimming with deeply drawn characters and taut suspense, you'll love Linda Thompson's powerful novel.Immerse yourself in this award-winning story of courage and redemption today! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rachanee Lumayno. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/233971/bk_acx0_233971_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    SOG: The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 857min
    John Plaster’s riveting account of his covert activities as a member of a special operations team during the Vietnam War is “a true insider’s account, this eye-opening report will leave readers feeling as if they’ve been given a hot scoop on a highly classified project” (Publishers Weekly). Code-named the Studies and Observations Group, SOG was the most secret elite US military unit to serve in the Vietnam War - so secret that its very existence was denied by the government. Composed entirely of volunteers from such ace fighting units as the Army Green Berets, Air Force Air Commandos, and Navy SEALs, SOG took on the most dangerous covert assignments in the deadliest and most forbidding theaters of operation. In SOG, Major John L. Plaster, a three-tour SOG veteran, shares the gripping exploits of these true American warriors in a minute-by-minute, heartbeat-by-heartbeat account of the group’s stunning operations behind enemy lines - penetrating heavily defended North Vietnamese military facilities, holding off mass enemy attacks, launching daring missions to rescue downed US pilots. Some of the most extraordinary true stories of honor and heroism in the history of the US military, from sabotage to espionage to hand-to-hand combat, Plaster’s account is “a detailed history of this little-known aspect of the Vietnam War...a worthy act of historical rescue from an unjustified, willed oblivion” (The New York Times). ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Arthur Morey. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/009221/bk_sans_009221_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Waking Spero: The Spero Trilogy, Vol 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 418min
    Crashed without a clue. Stranded on a strange world. Caught in the fight of their lives.Aspiring teenaged artist Unai thought he was free from facing struggle like his father. But he’d rather be back in his family butcher shop when he wakes in a downed escape pod with a feral girl and cute-looking kid cadet on a faraway planet. And with carnage on the horizon and a gap in his memories, he’ll need more than his artistic instincts to stay alive.2045 is the last year that Space Force Academy recruit Clover can remember. And though she’s desperate to honor her father’s military legacy by surviving the massive impact, she fears her two charges are casualties waiting to happen. So she goes with the only viable option: Take the lead to guarantee all three make it through the alien jungle’s deadly night...Battling conflicting personalities and dodging close encounters with native creatures, Unai struggles to keep it together in the hostile environment. And Clover finds herself stretched to the limit keeping everybody alive when their search for answers unleashes an avalanche of peril.Can they survive the savage lands before the extraterrestrial wildlife tears them apart?Waking Spero is the engrossing first book in the Spero Trilogy YA science fiction series. If you like thrilling surprises, friendships forged under pressure, and otherworldly quests, then you’ll love IQ Malcolm’s fast-paced adventure.Buy Waking Spero to explore the extraordinary today! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Savannah Adkins. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/216682/bk_acx0_216682_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    US Navy SOG SEALs: The MACV-SOG Medal of Honor Recipients Series, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 284min
    Based on the true stories of the two US Navy Seals operating behind enemy lines in Vietnam with the super top-secret unit MACV-SOG (Military Assistance Command Vietnam, Special Operations Group)US Navy Seal Lieutenant Tom Norris, on three separate occasions over a four-day period, with no sleep, went behind enemy lines to rescue two downed air force pilots. Using stealth tactics, he was able to get though or around hundreds of North Vietnamese to rescue one pilot. The second pilot - hungry, thirsty, and having lost 40 pounds - was disoriented and unable to help in his rescue. Norris, with the help of one Vietnamese Seal, was able to safely bring the pilot back inside US lines.Six months later, US Navy Seal Mike Thornton was on a top-secret mission with Lieutenant Norris behind enemy lines. Chinese junks dropped them off 10 miles north of their target. After swimming to shore, the team conducted a recon mission but was discovered the following morning by North Vietnamese. Fighting their way to the South China Sea, they began swimming out to sea. All were wounded, but Thornton, himself wounded and using a breast stroke, was able to tow or push the whole team out to sea until they were rescued.This was the first time in the history of the Medal of Honor that one recipient got the medal for rescuing another recipient - and each was able to witness the other's ceremonies. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Keith McKim. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/011903/bk_blak_011903_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Ghost of Hill Haven Road , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 2min
    Susie Meyers was one of the most beautiful women you ever laid eyes on. She had long wavy blonde hair and a smile that would melt any man's heart. The story begins at around midnight on October 31, 1953. Susie and her friends downed too many beers at a Halloween party. Then they decided to pile into her friend Tommy's car with his friends, Jack and Karen, who had six packs of beer. They drove down Hill Haven road. Just as they were all singing along with the radio, rain came pouring down. Tommy was having a hard time concentrating on the road, because of the loud music and laughter coming from Susie and Karen in the back seat. Jack was too busy handing out beers to notice that danger was on the way. The rain was really pouring, and Tommy should have pulled off to the shoulder of the road and waited for the rain to stop before proceeding. But he just kept driving at high speed and drinking beer. Suddenly, a driver on the other side of the road lost control, causing Tommy's car to skid off the road and hit a tree head on. Susie was the only passenger who was not wearing a seat belt. She was ejected from the car and hit the tree head first, decapitating her. Susie's unfortunate circumstances made her an urban legend of Hill Haven road. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bruce Donnelly. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/001999/bk_acx0_001999_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1050min
    The definitive history of the military's decades-long investigation into mental powers and phenomena, from the author of Pulitzer Prize finalist The Pentagon's Brain and international best seller Area 51. This is a book about a team of scientists and psychics with top secret clearances. For more than 40 years, the US government has researched extrasensory perception, using it in attempts to locate hostages, fugitives, secret bases, and downed fighter jets, to divine other nations' secrets, and even to predict future threats to national security. The intelligence agencies and military services involved include CIA, DIA, NSA, DEA, the navy, air force, and army - and even the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Now, for the first time, New York Times best-selling author Annie Jacobsen tells the story of these radical, controversial programs using never before seen declassified documents as well as exclusive interviews with, and unprecedented access to, more than 50 of the individuals involved. Speaking on the record, many for the first time, are former CIA and Defense Department scientists, analysts, and program managers as well as the government psychics themselves. Who did the US government hire for these top secret programs, and how do they explain their military and intelligence work? How do scientists approach such enigmatic subject matter? What interested the government in these supposed powers, and does the research continue? Phenomena is a riveting investigation into how far governments will go in the name of national security. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Annie Jacobsen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hach/002987/bk_hach_002987_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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