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    Fallen Astronauts: Heroes Who Died Reaching for the Moon , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 936min
    Near the end of the Apollo 15 mission, David Scott and fellow moonwalker James Irwin conducted a secret ceremony unsanctioned by NASA: they placed on the lunar soil a small tin figurine called The Fallen Astronaut, along with a plaque bearing a list of names. By telling the stories of those sixteen astronauts and cosmonauts who died in the quest to reach the moon between 1962 and 1972, this book enriches the saga of humankind's greatest scientific undertaking, Project Apollo, and conveys the human cost of the space race. Many people are aware of the first manned Apollo mission, in which Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee lost their lives in a fire during a ground test, but few know of the other five fallen astronauts whose stories this book tells as well, including Ted Freeman and C.C. Williams, who died in the crashes of their T-38 jets, the "Gemini Twins," Charlie Bassett and Elliot See, killed when their jet slammed into the building where their Gemini capsule was undergoing final construction, and Ed Givens, whose fatal car crash has until now been obscured by rumors. Supported by extensive interviews and archival material, the extraordinary lives and accomplishments of these and other fallen astronauts - including eight Russian cosmonauts who lost their lives during training - unfold here in intimate and compelling detail. Their stories return us to a stirring time in the history of our nation and remind us of the cost of fulfilling our dreams. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mark Sando. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/092121/bk_acx0_092121_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Haunted Stories: True Tales of Weird, Scary, & Downright Spooky Hauntings...: Bizarre Horror Stories, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 401min
    We live in a world full of mystery, every single aspect of our lives is steeped in it. Even though human civilization and our mastery of science has allowed us to spread to every corner of the physical world, much remains unexplored and unexplained. The realm of science yet has no explanation for these events. Though the small community of paranormal investigators does continue to break new ground, they too remain in the dark. Like the rest of us, waiting in the dark for something to jump out and grab us. We wait for dawn to break and give us respite from the things that go bump in the night. But what really do these unexplained phenomena mean? Are ghosts and other entities really lurking around every corner? Or is the human mind simply just that powerful; so powerful that we can unknowingly project the strangest of imaginations onto desolate environments with stunning results? This book will help you unravel different depths of the phenomena you might not have even known to exist. Has the thought of other entities out there crossed your mind? Do you believe you're not alone? Do you believe they are living amongst us? Regardless of your previous beliefs; prepare yourself to challenge logic. These incredible occurrences are bound to puzzle your mind with the definite possibility of the existence of mythical creatures. This book will be discussing all that you possibly fathom from alien sightings to dinosaurs in these modern times. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mark Sando. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/095283/bk_acx0_095283_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Graham Park: A Twisted Timbers Thriller (Twisted Timbers Series, Volume 1) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 282min
    Located among the rolling hills and forests of Oregon, Twisted Timbers is normally a quiet place. The serenity of the area, along with the amazing views and endless hiking trails, has made the town a popular tourist destination for years. People come from all over the Pacific Northwest to marvel at the natural beauty of the area. For the last three years, Mitch Thompson has been working with his father, Bill, the town sheriff. While preparing the town for the upcoming tourist season, Mitch drives past Graham Park and sees that the iconic Ferris Wheel is lit up and spinning. With the amusement park still weeks away from welcoming guests, Mitch knows something strange is happening in his town. With the help of Fred Donovan and Stuart Johnson, his fellow officers, Mitch must investigate any strange happenings that are going on inside of Graham Park. When they quickly realize that six trained assassins have gathered and turned the park into their own personal murderous playground, the mood of the night turns much more intense. These trained killers have come to Twisted Timbers with one goal in mind: to make money by killing each other. Is the inexperienced team of officers brave enough to put a stop to anything out of the ordinary that is happening at the park? Will the Twisted Timbers police force have what it takes to make it out alive? Graham Park is a thrill ride from start to finish with enough twists along the way to have you wondering what is going to happen next. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mark Sando. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/141243/bk_acx0_141243_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Town on Fire: A Twisted Timbers Thriller: Twisted Timbers, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 371min
    Sheriff Mitch Thompson returns in the third installment in the Twisted Timbers series from author Kevin M. Moehring.As the end of the tourist season draws near, the sheriff is eagerly anticipating the peace and quiet that comes along with the winter months. He is also looking forward to spending more time with his new girlfriend, Deputy Sloane Nichols. Unfortunately, the busiest weekend of the year, Labor Day weekend, has brought some unexpected visitors to town.A familiar face, a man wanted by every law enforcement agency in the country, gives the sheriff a tip that he has seen a pair of brothers in town who are linked to a Mexican crime boss. El Carnicero, or The Butcher, is well-known for being ruthless and violent to anyone that double crosses him. Feeling that he was wronged by Mayor Billings, The Butcher and his men show up in town. The trio are set on getting revenge the only way they know, through violence.The small town cops must do all they can to prevent the foreigners from killing the mayor and blowing up the town during the annual Labor Day parade. The often underused small-town police force has endured the increased activity in recent months, but that doesn't make them better prepared for this new threat. Will Sheriff Thompson and his deputies be able to survive the assault from the Mexican trio? Will Mitch and Sloane be able to continue their romance after the tourists leave?Follow along on this thrill ride and see why Kevin M. Moehring is quickly climbing the ranks of the best writers in the genre. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mark Sando. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/155109/bk_acx0_155109_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Engaging the Evil Empire: Washington, Moscow, and the Beginning of the End of the Cold War , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 450min
    Engaging the Evil Empire dramatically alters how we look at the beginning of the end of the Cold War. Tracking key events in US-Soviet relations across the years between 1980 and 1985, Simon Miles shows that covert engagement gave way to overt conversation as both superpowers determined that open diplomacy was the best means of furthering their own, primarily competitive, goals.President Ronald Reagan consistently applied a disciplined carrot-and-stick approach, reaching out to Moscow, while at the same time, excoriating the Soviet system and building up US military capabilities. The received wisdom in diplomatic circles is that the beginning of the end of the Cold War came from changing policy preferences and that President Reagan, in particular, opted for a more conciliatory and less bellicose diplomatic approach.In reality, Miles clearly demonstrates, Reagan and ranking officials in the National Security Council had determined that the United States enjoyed a strategic margin of error that permitted it to engage Moscow overtly.Engaging the Evil Empire covers five critical years of Cold War history when Soviet leaders tried to reduce tensions between the two nations in order to gain economic breathing room and to ensure domestic political stability and to prioritize expenditures on butter over those on guns.Miles' bold narrative shifts the focus of Cold War historians away from exclusive attention on Washington by focusing on the years of back-channel communiqués and internal strategy debates in Moscow as well as Prague and East Berlin.The book is published by Cornell University Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks."Well researched and brings out the complexities of US foreign-policymaking...." (Jussi Hanhimäki, Graduate Institute, Geneva, author of The Flawed Architect) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mark Sando. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/213378/bk_acx0_213378_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Blood, Guts, and Grease: George S. Patton in World War I : American Warrior Series , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 315min
    George S. Patton is one of the most controversial, celebrated, and popular military leaders in American history, and his accomplishments and victories have been greatly documented. Yet Patton spent years in the Army before garnering national attention and becoming a highly-regarded and respected military leader. This work explores Patton's beginnings as a driven and intrepid soldier and his battles leading up to the Great War - military experiences which would be influential in his development as a commander.Drawing upon Patton's papers and archival documents in the National Archives, this is an early-career biography of the eminent military leader. It begins with his exploits as a relatively junior but ambitious Army officer who, due to his family's wealth and influence, was able to join General John J. Pershing's American Expeditionary Force (AEF). This assignment would ultimately change his life in two ways: it would make Pershing the mentor Patton would emulate for the rest of his life, and it would catapult his military career as the first tanker in the US Army.This study follows Patton's trajectory, from the creation of the Tank Corps and the Light Tank School, to Patton's eventual successes and injuries during the Battle of Saint Mihiel, the attack into Pannes, and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.The book is published by Columbia University Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks."Blood, Guts, and Grease ably fills in an all-too-forgotten period in George Patton's crowded life." (Thomas Bruscino, US Army War College)"This important work is not only an origin of a legend but the account of a man who becomes a leader…." (Vincent P. Mikkelsen, American Military University)"Blood, Guts, and Grease deserves to be read."(ARMY Magazine) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mark Sando. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/231982/bk_acx0_231982_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    We Fight for Peace: Twenty-Three American Soldiers, Prisoners of War, and Turncoats in the Korean War , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 783min
    At midnight on January 24, 1954, the last step was taken in the armistice to end the war in Korea. That night, the neutral Indian guards who had overseen the prisoner of war repatriation process abandoned their posts, leaving their charges to make their own decisions. The vast majority of men allowed to choose a new nation were Chinese and North Koreans who elected the path of freedom. There were smaller groups hoping that the communist bloc would give them a better life; among these men were 21 American soldiers and prisoners of war. We Fight for Peace tells their story. During the four months prior to the armistice, news had spread throughout the United States and the world that a group of 23 Americans was refusing repatriation. In the interim, two of the 23 soldiers had escaped. Once back behind American lines, the first voluntary repatriate, Edward Dickenson, was given celebrity treatment with the hope that this positive experience would entice the others to return to the United States. Just one more American POW, Claude Batchelor, chose repatriation. In the United States, Dickenson, who was being treated at Walter Reed Medical Center, was placed under arrest and charged with a variety of collaboration related crimes. Weeks later, Batchelor was similarly arrested. Over the course of the coming months, Dickenson and Batchelor, against the backdrop of Joseph McCarthy's Army Hearings, were prosecuted, convicted, and imprisoned. In the ensuing years, Dickenson and Batchelor, both of whom had voluntarily returned to the United States, watched from their jail cells as most of the remaining 21 Americans trickled back home, protected by the dishonorable discharges they received. We Fight for Peace is the first comprehensive scholarly work on this controversial event in international history. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mark Sando. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/081760/bk_acx0_081760_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    We Were Going to Win, or Die There: With the Marines at Guadalcanal, Tarawa, and Saipan: North Texas Military Biography and Memoir Series , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 462min
    In 1940, native West Texan Roy H. Elrod joined the Marine Corps. By the time his unit, the 8th Marine Regiment, went into the fight at Guadalcanal, he was commanding a platoon of 37 mm gunners. They endured Japanese attacks, malarial tropical weather, and starvation rations. His combat leadership earned him a Silver Star and a battlefield promotion.On D-Day, his platoon waded their 37 mm cannons ashore, each weighing nearly 1,000 pounds, through half a mile of bullet-laced surf to get to an island where the killing never stopped. His was the only platoon to get its guns ashore and into action that first day. Saipan was not as intense, but just as deadly. Here Elrod commanded a platoon of 75 mm halftracks. Again, he kept his platoon in front-line combat, blasting enemy caves and pillboxes. It was a dangerous place to be - Elrod was riddled with shrapnel from an enemy artillery shell that ended the war for him. The book is based on more than 50 hours of interviews conducted by Marine Corps historian Fred H. Allison, who also drew upon Elrod’s wartime letters home and provided annotations to the narrative. It is a view of the war from the perspective of a young Marine infantry officer, a job that had an extremely low survival potential.The book is published by University of North Texas Press.“Fascinating, true-life story of duty, service, and battles with a horrifically high mortality rate. Highly recommended." (Midwest Book Review)"This exceptional work by Dr. Fred Allison ensures Elrod's sacrifices and experiences as a United States Marine will be remembered." (Leatherneck Magazine)“Remarkable story of one marine's combat experience in three of the most iconic Marine Corps operations in World War II. Highly recommended...." (Military Review) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mark Sando. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/123305/bk_acx0_123305_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Worth a Second Look , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 384min
    In 2009, people were introduced to stories of hit men, specters, crooks, playful spirits, and empowered heroes. Now, a new batch of stories have come alive. Come to a place where mice gain the ability to speak, where super humans work middle-class jobs, where a mythical man grants chances to feeble victims, and where science has created murder rooms or genetically mutated monsters. Discover worm holes, the supernatural, and a bit of lunacy. Encounter the unexpected. Contents include: "Mr. Goodly" - a story about a murderer who uses cement to preserve his victims "Emergency Hold" - suspense story about a woman who has a break in "The Dinner Pit" - a horror story about a strange nightclub's policies "Richard, the Garbage Man" - a drama about a man standing up to his own mother "The Hole in My Room" - a sci-fi thriller about a man finding a wormhole "High Technology, Low Tolerance" - a comedic tale about a man taking his reluctant son on a camping trip "The Murder One Room" - sci-fi thriller about two technicians fixing a room designed to dispatch burglars "Working Class Hero" - sci-fi fantasy about a man who exhibits his superpowers at work "The Million Man" - a horror novella about a young man finding a painting in his room that unlocks a terrifying genie "The Man Who Quit on Clark Street" - a short story about a man who sheds his corporate job for a little fun "Readily Restricted" - a story about life's restrictions and how they may be getting the better of us "Squatter's Rights" - a sci-fi horror about two scientists who hold up in a shack, trying to escape a mutated beast "The House Edge" - suspense story about a young couple who encounter a corrupt pit boss "The Damage Sacrifice" - suspense story about a married couple who grapple with premonitions "The Nightmare Ta ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mark Sando. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/103383/bk_acx0_103383_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Invent Wow: Create Wealth: A Proven 3-Step System for Turning Your Wow Ideas into Profitable Products , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 246min
    When I was growing up, I always thought there were only two ways to get rich. Number one: You were born rich. Number two: Some family member left you a bunch of money when they kicked the bucket. As much as people love to talk up the American dream, I grew up inside the American reality - raised inside a trailer in New Jersey, born to a 14-year-old mother. But now, things are a little different. I've done lots of cool things with my life, but most people know me as "the ab roller guy". There's one now in nearly every garage, basement, weight room, and exercise facility around the world.It was a journey from being a butcher, working for low wages at a gym, making the invention that would change my life to finding a path to freedom and stability. Today, I'm sharing that path with anybody struggling with money, curious about the world, or looking to take themselves to the next level. It's called Invent Wow. Inside this book, I share my story and my tactics for reaching the top of the invention world. You don't have to be a Leonardo DaVinci to be a good inventor, and no, everything hasn't "been invented already". You won't just learn about the business end of inventing. I'll also share with you the exact methods that allow me to have better ideas with blockbuster value, years ahead of my competitors.Here's what you'll find in the audiobook:My first brilliant idea and why "the rule of five" meant it was doomed to fail The one family member who saved my entire career by helping me say no to a corporate powerhouseReasons why signing an NDA didn't protect me from a dogfight with people all over the world stealing my first ideaThe steps I took to develop the ab roller into a knockout product. I did them by accident, but when you listen to this book, you'll have a systemWays how I stayed afloat when the patent office lost my patent and exposed me to every ripoff under the sun/ul ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mark Sando. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/185240/bk_acx0_185240_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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