Robert Lion
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To Besiege a City
- Leningrad 1941–42
- By: Prit Buttar
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 20 hrs and 1 min
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At a huge cost, the Red Army and the civilian population of Leningrad ultimately endured a bitter 900-day siege, struggling against constant bombing, shelling, and starvation. Throughout the siege, Soviet forces tried to break the German lines and restore contact with the garrison. To Besiege a City charts the first of these offensives which began in January 1942 and was followed by repeated assaults.
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Outstanding
- By E. Ronakov on 09-30-23
- To Besiege a City
- Leningrad 1941–42
- By: Prit Buttar
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
Excellent Historical and Analysis!
Reviewed: 10-26-24
Engrossing, well researched, and well told insight into the eastern front and the implications of the siege of St Petersburg.
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Chickenhawk
- By: Robert Mason
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 14 hrs and 56 mins
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With more than half a million copies sold, Robert Mason's Chickenhawk is one of the best-selling books ever written about the Vietnam War. Fascinated with flying from a young age, Mason earned his private pilot's license even before graduating high school. He enlisted in the army in 1964 and endured an extremely challenging "weeding out" process in an effort to fly helicopters. Sent to Vietnam, he survived more than 1,000 air combat missions despite the violence and brutality exploding all around him.
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Best
- By richard olson on 08-21-15
- Chickenhawk
- By: Robert Mason
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
A Best Book about Helicopter Aviation in Vietnam!
Reviewed: 07-12-24
Robert Mason was an amazing helicopter combat pilot. The history he recounts lends a first person experience of a sobering nostalgia to a war where the average life expectancy of a helicopter pilot was four weeks in-country.
He honors all those who have gone down range. This is a must read for anyone interested in helicopter aviation during the Vietnam war.
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Only the Dead
- A Thriller (Terminal List, Book 6)
- By: Jack Carr
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
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In 1980, a freshman congressman was gunned down in Rhode Island, sending shockwaves through Washington that are still reverberating over four decades later. Now, with the world on the brink of war and a weakened United States facing rampant inflation, political division, and shocking assassinations, a secret cabal of global elites is ready to assume control. And with the world’s most dangerous man locked in solitary confinement, the conspirators believe the final obstacle to complete domination has been eliminated. They’re wrong.
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UNPUTDOWNABLE!!!!
- By shelley on 05-17-23
- Only the Dead
- A Thriller (Terminal List, Book 6)
- By: Jack Carr
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
Book Six Gets Back On Track
Reviewed: 06-02-23
After reading the sometimes wandering and often loosely threaded together vignettes of book five I was reluctant to invest time in book six. But Jack Carr did not disappoint. He did another amazing job in line with the first four novels.
Perhaps Hollywood did not take up so much of his time last year?
Looking forward to book seven!!
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Topgun
- An American Story
- By: Dan Pedersen
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
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Dan Pedersen takes listeners on a colorful and thrilling ride - from Miramar to Area 51 to the decks of aircraft carriers in war and peace - through a historic moment in air warfare. He helped establish a legacy that was built by him and his "Original Eight" - the best of the best - and carried on for six decades by some of America's greatest leaders. Topgun is a heartfelt and personal testimonial to patriotism, sacrifice, and American innovation and daring.
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I loved it!
- By "airplane_cfii" on 10-09-19
- Topgun
- An American Story
- By: Dan Pedersen
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
Dan Pedersen is a great American
Reviewed: 09-23-22
The evolution of the Top Gun academy is an important historical artifact and an interesting story. Dan Pedersen provides some extraordinary insights into the culture of naval aviation. However this book reads more like a philosophical treaty rather than a technical account of military aviation at war.
In fact, it more resembles a military recruitment presentation. Was that the author’s mission?
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In the Blood
- A Thriller (Terminal List, Book 5)
- By: Jack Carr
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
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The #1 New York Times bestselling Terminal List series continues as James Reece embarks on a global journey of vengeance. A woman boards a plane in the African country of Burkina Faso having just completed a targeted assassination for the state of Israel. Two minutes later, her plane is blown out of the sky.
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Excellent addition to the series…
- By shelley on 05-17-22
- In the Blood
- A Thriller (Terminal List, Book 5)
- By: Jack Carr
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
Hard to match the brilliance of his first four novels.
Reviewed: 09-09-22
Obviously Mr. Carr has been devoting more time to his podcasts, television adaptations, and researching new ways to get freebies through his excessive product placement plugs. Disappointed to say that after four of the absolute best and brilliant authored military adventure fiction novels Mr. Carr has fed us a novel featuring mostly reiterations of his past novels, and repeating historical and rhetorical filler in the place of thrilling adventure.
Too many plot complications, not tied together as in his past novels.
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Punk's War
- The Punk Series, Book 1
- By: Ward Carroll
- Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
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Punk’s War reveals the inner workings of the US Navy as only an insider can. An authentic and riveting thriller, it is a highly acclaimed novel of a fighter pilot’s experience in the era just before 9/11. As the US military enters another postconflict period, the themes of leadership during crisis and accomplishing the mission make Punk’s War more relevant than ever.
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Excellent glimpse into Naval aviation
- By Edward Rieck on 05-23-22
- Punk's War
- The Punk Series, Book 1
- By: Ward Carroll
- Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
Enjoyable!
Reviewed: 05-02-22
Ward Carroll is an excellent story teller.
He walks the reader through an intimate and often exiting portrayal of life as a Tomcat pilot onboard an aircraft carrier.
Ninety percent of my reading is non-fiction.
But once in a while I discover a novel that rings true to my practical and emotional sensibilities.
I am looking forward to the next book in this trilogy.
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Race of Aces
- WWII's Elite Airmen and the Epic Battle to Become the Master of the Sky
- By: John R. Bruning
- Narrated by: Brian Troxell
- Length: 16 hrs and 52 mins
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In 1942, America's deadliest fighter pilot, or "ace of aces" - the legendary Eddie Rickenbacker - offered a bottle of bourbon to the first US fighter pilot to break his record of 26 enemy planes shot down. Seizing on the challenge to motivate his men, General George Kenney promoted what they would come to call the "race of aces" as a way of boosting the spirits of his war-weary command.
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Boring, confusing storyline, some technical details wrong
- By ATM on 04-09-20
- Race of Aces
- WWII's Elite Airmen and the Epic Battle to Become the Master of the Sky
- By: John R. Bruning
- Narrated by: Brian Troxell
Unique perspectives woven together loosely.
Reviewed: 04-10-22
There is much good and comparative information presented about people, places, events. The narrator is very good.
The story does wander at times.
The author is short on certain details pertinent to the event, character, or situation that would give the reader an in-depth understanding of what is happening. For example the title of the book is “Race of Aces”, however the author does not keep a running tally of each pilot’s score. I consider myself a student of military history and this story is somewhat short on detail and heavy on prose.
But overall an interesting read.
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Vagabonds
- Tourists in the Heart of Darkness
- By: Nick Brokhausen, Jeff Miller
- Narrated by: Andrew B. Wehrlen
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
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1978 - a chance meeting on a remote military airbase between two Green Berets involved in the same operation leads to a partnership that will last over 40 years. Four years after that meeting, Nick Brokhausen and Jeff Miller leave the service within a few weeks of each other and begin an odyssey that takes them to dozens of countries on five continents.
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Wrong narrator
- By Charles Harris on 12-15-21
- Vagabonds
- Tourists in the Heart of Darkness
- By: Nick Brokhausen, Jeff Miller
- Narrated by: Andrew B. Wehrlen
Nick Brokhausen is an excellent story teller.
Reviewed: 03-18-22
Nick is a great wordsmith who’s real life experiences captivate better than any fiction. Most people would have to live a hundred lives to match the types adventures and experiences that Nick and Jeff and their cohorts have survived (and actually thrived).
Curiosity is the seductive cerebral elixir that may lead one to a life of adventure addiction.. Watch out for old men in a young man’s profession....
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Eyes Behind the Lines
- L Company Rangers in Vietnam, 1969
- By: Gary A. Linderer
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
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In mid-December 1968, after recovering from wounds sustained in a murderous mission, Gary Linderer returned to Phu Bai to complete his tour of duty as a LRP. His job was to find the enemy, observe him, or kill him - all the while behind enemy lines, where success could be as dangerous as discovery.
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Must read for anyone who enjoys Vietnam era LRRP
- By La artist on 12-22-19
- Eyes Behind the Lines
- L Company Rangers in Vietnam, 1969
- By: Gary A. Linderer
- Narrated by: David Colacci
A Revealing Insight of the Vietnam Experience
Reviewed: 02-23-22
One the top ten must reads for anyone interested in the Vietnam war.
Akin to SOG-MACV Recon Teams, the LRRP F/L Company Rangers had the most nerve racking missions of the Vietnam war.
At times the story draws you in as if you were actually there.
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Sea Stories
- My Life in Special Operations
- By: William H. McRaven
- Narrated by: William H. McRaven
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
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Admiral William H. McRaven is back with amazing stories of bravery and heroism from his career as a Navy SEAL and commander of America's Special Operations Forces.
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Behind-the-scenes look at high level military life
- By N. on 10-23-19
- Sea Stories
- My Life in Special Operations
- By: William H. McRaven
- Narrated by: William H. McRaven
Remarkable career officer who was able to support the SEAL Community
Reviewed: 01-03-22
Excellent reveal. A tough guy who balanced career politics with implementation of a practical ideas.
An account of navigating military bureaucracy while preserving and taking personal risks to ensure that the job got done. An Admiral who never forgot that he was a soldier and SEAL first and focused efforts not only for the benefit of the nation but also to benefit the welfare of the warrior community.
Political Bureaucracy is the number one reason why soldiers get injured in training and killed on the battlefield.
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