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The Flying Tigers: The Untold Story of the American Pilots Who Waged a Secret War Against Japan , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 593min
The thrilling story behind the American pilots who were secretly recruited to defend the nation’s desperate Chinese allies before Pearl Harbor and ended up on the front lines of the war against the Japanese in the Pacific.Sam Kleiner’s The Flying Tigers uncovers the hidden story of the group of young American men and women who crossed the Pacific before Pearl Harbor to risk their lives defending China. Led by legendary army pilot Claire Chennault, these men left behind an America still at peace in the summer of 1941 using false identities to travel across the Pacific to a run-down airbase in the jungles of Burma. In the wake of the disaster at Pearl Harbor, this motley crew was the first group of Americans to take on the Japanese in combat, shooting down hundreds of Japanese aircraft in the skies over Burma, Thailand, and China. At a time when the Allies were being defeated across the globe, the Flying Tigers’ exploits gave hope to Americans and Chinese alike.Kleiner takes listeners into the cockpits of their iconic shark-nosed P-40 planes - one of the most familiar images of the war - as the Tigers perform nail-biting missions against the Japanese. He profiles the outsize personalities involved in the operation, including Chennault, whose aggressive tactics went against the prevailing wisdom of military strategy; Greg “Pappy” Boyington, the man who would become the nation’s most beloved pilot until he was shot down and became a POW; Emma Foster, one of the nurses in the unit who had a passionate romance with a pilot named John Petach; and Madame Chiang Kai-shek herself, who first brought Chennault to China and who would come to visit these young Americans. A dramatic story of a covert operation whose very existence would have scandalized an isolationist United States, The Flying Tigers is the unforgettable account of a group of Americans whose heroism changed the world, and who cemented an alliance between the United Sta ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stephen Graybill. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/003969/bk_peng_003969_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life
Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post and NPR "We come to see in FDR the magisterial, central figure in the greatest and richest political tapestry of our nation's entire history" -Nigel Hamilton, Boston Globe "Meticulously researched and authoritative" -Douglas Brinkley, The Washington Post "A workmanlike addition to the literature on Roosevelt." -David Nasaw, The New York Times "Dallek offers an FDR relevant to our sharply divided nation" -Michael Kazin "Will rank among the standard biographies of its subject" -Publishers Weekly A one-volume biography of Roosevelt by the #1 New York Times bestselling biographer of JFK, focusing on his career as an incomparable politician, uniter, and deal maker In an era of such great national divisiveness, there could be no more timely biography of one of our greatest presidents than one that focuses on his unparalleled political ability as a uniter and consensus maker. Robert Dallek's Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life takes a fresh look at the many compelling questions that have attracted all his biographers: how did a man who came from so privileged a background become the greatest presidential champion of the country's needy? How did someone who never won recognition for his intellect foster revolutionary changes in the country's economic and social institutions? How did Roosevelt work such a profound change in the country's foreign relations? For FDR, politics was a far more interesting and fulfilling pursuit than the management of family fortunes or the indulgence of personal pleasure, and by the time he became president, he had commanded the love and affection of millions of people. While all Roosevelt's biographers agree that the onset of polio at the age of thirty-nine endowed him with a much greater sense of humanity, Dallek sees the affliction as an insufficient explanation for his transformation into a masterful politician who would win an unprecedented four presidential terms, initiate landmark reforms that changed the American industrial system, and transform an isolationist country into an international superpower. Dallek attributes FDR's success to two remarkable political insights. First, unlike any other president, he understood that effectiveness in the American political system depended on building a national consensus and commanding stable long-term popular support. Second, he made the presidency the central, most influential institution in modern America's political system. In addressing the country's international and domestic problems, Roosevelt recognized the vital importance of remaining closely attentive to the full range of public sentiment around policy-making decisions-perhaps FDR's most enduring lesson in effective leadership.- Shop: buecher
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Rose of Anzio - Moonlight (Volume 1): A WWII Epic Love Story , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 523min
Tessa, I don’t know how to swing dance, and I wouldn’t be very good at it if I tried. But if you care, I’d like to do a different kind of dance with you.” Summer 1940. Fourteen-year-old Tessa Graham finds herself in a new, unfamiliar world. For her safety, she is sent from England to Chicago to live with the prominent Ardley family just before the London Blitz. Stifled by the ways of the rich, she is soon drawn to the city’s infamous South Side. A world filled with jitterbug dancing and intrigues of the powerful Irish community. But is this the escape she really wants? On the University of Chicago campus, 18-year-old Anthony Ardley has to make a choice. His country stands at the brink of war. Conscription threatens to become reality. As sole heir to the Ardley fortune, should he stand with his beloved uncle, a staunch isolationist, or join his radical classmates clamoring for American intervention? What will happen when Tessa and Anthony cross paths on the way to discovering themselves? A coming of age tale that emerges into an epic love story, this book takes you back to Chicago in the pre-war era, when two young people must find their paths in a world that is fast falling out of control. UNKNOWN N N ©2016 Alexa Kang;(P)2021 eBookPro http://www.audible.de/pd/B08VFF8ZBW?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true http://www.audible.de/pd/B08VFF8ZBW?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true Severinov Bratva: The Complete Series: A Dark Russian Mafia Romance Box Set (Unabridged) 30.95 AVAILABLE Severinov Bratva: The Complete Series: A Dark Russian Mafia Romance Box Set (Unabridged) Severinov Bratva: The Complete Series: A Dark Russian Mafia Romance Box Set (Unabridged) Kristen Luciani Join the sexy and sadistic Severinov brothers on this four-book quest to save their illicit empire from a never-ending list of enemies who want nothing more than to bring these men to their knees.... Conner Goff, Tyler Darby, Craig A. Hart for HotGhost Productions Hummingbird Media 2021-02-01 15:08:03 1384 B08VF6JC1Y English - Romance English 1.00 9.95 N http://img.audible.de/audiblewords/content/bk/acx0/234169de/lg_image.jpg http://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/234169/bk_acx0_234169_sample.mp3 Join the sexy and sadistic Severinov brothers on this four-book quest to save their illicit empire from a never-ending list of enemies who want nothing more than to bring these men to their knees. Jet set across the world from the sinful sparkle of Las Vegas to the opulence that is Monte Carlo as they claim what’s rightfully theirs...including the hearts of the bold and brazen women who dare cross their paths. Sexy, suspenseful, and so addictive! A dark romance filled with heat, passion, and drama that will keep you flipping pages until you gasp at the last words!" (USA Today and Wall Street Journal best-selling author Kristen Hope Mazzola) This box set includes four complete stand-alone novels in the Severinov Bratva series that can be enjoyed in any order. In addition, the set contains a brand-new, never-before-published novella, which is the prequel to the Marcone family Men of Mayhem series. All of the books in the Severinov Bratva series contain mature content and of course, a HEA. Five books. Pulse-pounding action. White-hot chemistry. Jaw-dropping twists and turns. If that isn’t enough to make you one-click, then keep reading! Merciless, book oneI’m a ruthless killer. A bloodthirsty beast.I always take what I want,What I’m owed,And what has been stolen from me.With a gorgeous face and a porn star body, Lindy thinks she owns Sin City.But my new obsession made a deadly choice when she walked into my casino.She trusted the wrong people, put greed before common sense, and lost everything.Now, there’s a debt to be paid.To me.But I don’t care about money.I want her as my payment.And it’s time to collect. Possessive, book twoI struck a deal with the devil…and lost.For years, I followed orders and obeyed instructions.I put the family first. Always. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jess Nahikian. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/234339/bk_acx0_234339_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Isolationist States in an Interdependent World
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