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Never Quit
From Alaskan Wilderness Rescues to Afghanistan Firefights as an Elite Special Ops PJ
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
“That Others May Live” is a mantra that defines the fearless men of Alaska’s 212th Pararescue Unit, the PJs, one of the most elite military forces on the planet. Whether they are rescuing citizens injured and freezing in the Alaskan wilderness or saving wounded Rangers and SEALS in blazing firefights...
Dagger 22
U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
The sequel to New York Times bestseller Level Zero Heroes
Level Zero Heroes, Michael Golembesky's bestselling account of Marine Special Operations Team 8222 in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan, was just the beginning for these now battle-hardened special operations warriors.
The unforgiving Afghan...
I'm Staying with My Boys
The Heroic Life of Sgt. John Basilone, USMC
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2010
I'm Staying with My Boys is a firsthand look inside the life of one of the greatest heroes of the Greatest Generation. Sgt. John Basilone held off 3,000 Japanese troops at Guadalcanal after his 15-member unit was reduced to three men. At Iwo Jima he single-handedly destroyed an enemy blockhouse, allowing...
Palace Cobra
A Fighter Pilot in the Vietnam Air War
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2007
Palace Cobra picks up where Ed Rasimus's critically acclaimed When Thunder Rolled left off. Now he's flying the F-4 Phantom and the attitude is still there.
In the waning days of the Vietnam War, Rasimus and his fellow pilots were determined that they were not going be the last to die in a conflict...
The Killing School
Inside the World's Deadliest Sniper Program
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
As a SEAL sniper and combat veteran, Webb was tapped to revamp the U.S. Naval Special Warfare (SEAL) Scout/Sniper School, incorporating the latest advances in technology and ballistics software to create an entirely new course that continues to test the skills and even the best warriors. In this revealing...
The Double Life of Fidel Castro
My 17 Years as Personal Bodyguard to El Lider Maximo
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
In The Double Life of Fidel Castro, one of Castro's soldiers of 17 years breaks his silence and shares his memoir of years of service, and eventual imprisonment and torture for displeasing the notorious dictator, and his dramatic escape from Cuba.
Responsible for protecting the Lider maximo...
The Lady in Red
An Eighteenth-Century Tale of Sex, Scandal, and Divorce
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2010
She was a spirited young heiress. He was a handsome baronet with a promising career in government. The marriage of Lady Seymour Dorothy Fleming and Sir Richard Worsley had the makings of a fairy tale—but ended as one of the most scandalous and highly publicized divorces in history.
In February...
Battle Ready
Memoir of a SEAL Warrior Medic
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
The gripping memoir of Navy Cross, Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart recipient SEAL Lieutenant Mark L. Donald
As A SEAL and combat medic, Mark served his country with valorous distinction for almost twenty-five years and survived some of the most dangerous combat actions imaginable.
From...
George Washington's Secret Spy War
The Making of America's First Spymaster
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
George Washington was America’s first spymaster, and his skill as a spymaster won the war for independence.
George Washington’s Secret Spy War is the untold story of how George Washington took a disorderly, ill-equipped rabble and defeated the best trained and best equipped army of its...
by Lucy Worsley
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
The story of the queen who defied convention and defined an era
A passionate princess, an astute and clever queen, and a cunning widow, Victoria played many roles throughout her life. In Queen Victoria: Twenty-Four Days That Changed Her Life, Lucy Worsley introduces her as a woman leading a...
Pershing: A Biography
Lessons in Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2008
In this persuasive biography, Jim Lacey sheds light on General Pershing's legacy as the nation's first modern combat commander, setting the standard for today's four-star officers. When the U.S. entered into WWI in 1917, they did so with inadequate forces. In just over a year, Pershing built and hurled...
By Honor Bound
Two Navy SEALs, the Medal of Honor, and a Story of Extraordinary Courage
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
In April of 1972, SEAL Lieutenant Tom Norris risked his life in an unprecedented ground rescue of two American airmen who were shot down behind enemy lines in North Vietnam, a feat for which he would be awarded the Medal of Honor--an award that represents the pinnacle of heroism and courage.
Just...
Lightning Strike
The Secret Mission to Kill Admiral Yamamoto and Avenge Pearl Harbor
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
This is the story of the fighter mission that changed World War II. It is the true story of the man behind Pearl Harbor---Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto---and the courageous young American fliers who flew the million-to-one suicide mission that shot him down.
Yamamoto was a cigar-smoking, poker-playing,...
Josephine
A Life of the Empress
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2000
Josephine Tascher de la Pagerie, born a Creole on the island of Martinique in the French West Indies, became one of the best known and most envied women who ever lived. Sent to France to make an advantageous marriage to a young aristocrat, her naivete and lack of education left her ill prepared to...