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Title: Uprooted

Subtitle: The Japanese American Experience During World War II

Author: Albert Marrin

Narrator: Marc Cashman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-25-16

Publisher: Listening Library

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

On the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor comes a harrowing and enlightening look at the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, from National Book Award finalist Albert Marrin.

Just 75 years ago, the American government did something that most would consider unthinkable today: It rounded up over 100,000 of its own citizens based on nothing more than their ancestry and, suspicious of their loyalty, kept them in concentration camps for the better part of four years.

How could this have happened? Uprooted takes a close look at the history of racism in America and carefully follows the treacherous path that led one of our nation's most beloved presidents to make this decision. Meanwhile, it also illuminates the history of Japan and its own struggles with racism and xenophobia, which led to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, ultimately tying the two countries together.

Today America is still filled with racial tension, and personal liberty in wartime is as relevant a topic as ever. Moving and impactful, National Book Award finalist Albert Marrin's sobering exploration of this monumental injustice shines as bright a light on current events as it does on the past.

Critic Reviews:

"Historian Marrin (FDR and the American Crisis, 2015, etc.) writes with brutal honesty and conviction about a shameful period in American history. He constructs a detailed, well-researched narrative of horrific worldwide events leading up to the 'day of infamy.'" (Kirkus Reviews )

"As with Marrin's Flesh and Blood So Cheap (2011) and FDR and the American Crisis (2015), this is a prodigiously researched, indispensable work of history, generously illustrated with period photographs. It belongs on every library's shelves." (Booklist)

"Narrator Marc Cashman keeps the listener engaged.... Cashman's delivery is evenhanded and clear, and his steady pace allows the listener to absorb large chunks of information. His narration remains nonjudgmental as he moves to America's own history of racism, which facilitated the incarceration of American citizens of Japanese descent in internment camps." (AudioFile)

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Title: The Battle of Monte Cassino

Subtitle: The History of the Battle for Rome During World War II

Author: Charles River Editors

Narrator: David Zarbock

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-11-16

Publisher: Charles River Editors

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

Germany's North African defeat opened up the possibility of taking the war in the west to the European continent for the first time since France's lightning conquest by the Wehrmacht in 1940. The British and Americans debated the merits of landing in France directly in 1943, but they ultimately opted against it. The Soviets railed at the Westerners as "bastards of allies" - conveniently forgetting that they aided and abetted Hitler's violent expansionism in Eastern Europe for over a year starting in 1939 - but a 1943 "D-Day" style landing in France might have proven a strategic and logistical impossibility anyway.

Thus, in 1943, the theater of Allied operations shifted from North Africa to Europe - Operation Husky, a mixed victory wresting control of Sicily from the Axis. The action also caused Benito Mussolini's downfall, his imprisonment, and subsequent dramatic rescue by the scar-faced Otto Skorzeny - removing significant portions of Italy from the fascist camp, but nevertheless failing to prevent a long Italian campaign.

In fact, the lackluster Allied showing on Sicily and the escape of most of the island's garrison encouraged Hitler to alter his plans and defend Italy vigorously. With its rugged mountain ridges, deep valleys, and numerous rivers, Italy contained tens of thousands of natural defensive positions. The Wehrmacht exploited these during the ensuing campaign, bogging down the Anglo-American armies in an endless series of costly, time-consuming engagements.

Indeed, it was a tough slog, and few places were tougher on the Allies than Monte Cassino, which witnessed a series of Allied attacks along the German line that aimed to create a breakthrough to Rome. Ultimately, the attacks would force the Germans into retreat, but not before they had inflicted over 50,000 casualties at a cost of about 20,000 of their own. The battle is perhaps best remembered today for the destruction of a historic abbey that dated back to the sixth century, and the controversial decision to bomb it is still widely debated today, but regardless, Monte Cassino and other operations around Anzio made it possible for the Allies to take Rome on June 4, 1944. Two days later, the Allies would land at Normandy.

The Battle of Monte Cassino: The History of the Battle for Rome during World War II chronicles the crucial 1944 battle. You will learn about Monte Cassino like never before, in no time at all.

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Title: Operation Silver Fox

Subtitle: The History of Nazi Germany's Arctic Invasion of the Soviet Union During World War II

Author: Charles River Editors

Narrator: Colin Fluxman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-30-16

Publisher: Charles River Editors

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

In the warm predawn darkness of June 22, 1941, three million men waited along a front hundreds of miles long, stretching from the Baltic coast of Poland to the Balkans. Ahead of them in the darkness lay the Soviet Union, its border guarded by millions of Red Army troops echeloned deep throughout the huge spaces of Russia. This massive gathering of Wehrmacht soldiers from Adolf Hitler's Third Reich and his allied states - notably Hungary and Romania - stood poised to carry out Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's surprise attack against the country of his putative ally, Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.

Today, everyone remembers the most famous consequences of Hitler's choice, particularly the fighting at Leningrad and Stalingrad, but the invasion was so comprehensive that it also involved fighting in the barren lands near the Arctic Circle, bringing fierce combat to the taiga and tundra. In fact, Arctic combat occurred in both the Pacific and European theaters of the war, and in both cases the operations were related in some measure to external lines of supply to the USSR.

In the Pacific Theater, the Americans and Japanese met in the little-known but savagely contested Aleutian Islands campaign. During this campaign IJA troops invaded North American territory for the only time in the war, setting off a months-long struggle on the remote island chain and in the frigid seas around it, culminating in a desperate tundra banzai charge in the harsh subarctic landscape of the distant north.

Meanwhile, the Wehrmacht and the Red Army also met in the boreal pine forests, bogs, and tundra of Lapland and far northern Russia during the Barbarossa campaign of 1941. Fighting separately from the other Army Groups of the Third Reich, elite German Gebirgs (mountain) division soldiers and tough, resourceful Finns clashed with determined and experienced Red Army soldiers in the forbidding terrain east of Finland's border. This campaign bore the elegant operational tile of Silberfuchs, or "Silver Fox". Aiming for Murmansk, a key Soviet port, or at least to sever the rail lines connecting it to points south and east, the Germans found themselves contending with the rugged, unfamiliar landscape, tough Soviet resistance, and as all too frequently occurred, the half-baked strategic meddling of Adolf Hitler, Fuhrer of the Third Reich.

The Finns, for their part, had joined the Third Reich as military but not political allies to counterbalance the looming threat of the Soviet Union. The Soviets had already attacked Finland in late 1939 to early 1940, wresting the province of Karelia from their Scandinavian neighbor. Only the dauntless martial skill of the heavily outnumbered but indomitable Finns, coupled with Stalin's shift to securing his conquests in Poland, dissuaded the Soviets from attempting a full conquest of Finland.

The Finns participated in Operation Silver Fox, albeit as a separate, independent command. The menace of the Soviets still loomed on Finland's eastern border, and the Finnish people wanted to win Karelia back in any case.

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Title: World War II in 50 Events

Subtitle: From the Very Beginning to the Fall of the Axis Powers

Author: James Weber

Narrator: Kevin Theis

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-05-16

Publisher: James Weber

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

Do you want to learn how the bloodiest military conflict of all time began, was fought and ultimately won by the Allies? Learn about the 50 most important events of World War II, from the very beginning to the fall of the Axis Powers. This book is perfect for history lovers. Author James Weber did the research and compiled this huge list of events and battles that changed the course of history forever.

Some of them include:

The book takes you through the most important events of WWII from before the beginning of the war in 1939 until its end in 1945. It contains all the major battles and fights. You will find explanations of every event, making this the perfect resource for students and anyone wanting to broaden their knowledge of history.

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Title: Cold Days in Hell: American POWs in Korea

Author: William Clark Latham Jr.

Narrator: Capt. Kevin F. Spalding USNR-Ret.

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-12-16

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 14 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

Following the North Korean assault on the Republic of Korea in June of 1950, the invaders captured more than a thousand American soldiers and brutally executed hundreds more. American prisoners who survived their initial moments of captivity faced months of neglect, starvation, and brutal treatment as their captors marched them north toward prison camps in the Yalu River Valley. Cold Days in Hell provides a detailed account of their captivity and offers valuable insights into an ongoing issue: the conduct of prisoners in the hands of enemy captors and the rules that should govern their treatment.

The book is published by Texas A&M University Press.

Critic Reviews:

"Intelligently conceived and exhaustively researched, it is an important and interesting addition to the field." (Journal of Military History)

"Cold Days in Hell is destined to become a classic on this difficult topic." (Pacific Historical Review)

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Title: Auschwitz and the Holocaust

Subtitle: The Disturbing and Amazing Stories and Accounts from Survivors and Victims of Auschwitz

Author: Wilbur Chindler

Narrator: Kevin Theis

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 27 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-25-16

Publisher: Wilbur Chindler

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

You're about to discover the acts of Auschwitz and the Holocaust, and the effects it had on people of the generation. Every war waged, every triggered gun, every nuclear bomb dropped, and every genocide committed stand testimony to the statement that man brings about the destruction of his own race, whatever the underlying reason be behind such atrocious acts of violence.

We hardly find the need to study it, either because the gruesome details would be too disturbing or because we are of the opinion that the knowledge of these horrifying acts does not matter anymore. Nevertheless, it is important to know our roots. Roots that make us question the essence of humanity. This is why it is important to know more about the Holocaust, especially the role played by the Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust.

Tales recounted by the survivors, the little fragments of evidence found at the camps, and the testimonies of those brought to trial have been the only source of the gory details of everyday life in the Auschwitz concentration camp. What made Auschwitz from just another humble region in Germany to death's factory is a horrifying journey - a journey that claimed the lives of numerous victims of war, mostly Jews.

If you wish to gain some perspective into what really happened in the concentration camps of the Nazis, then download this book now!

Here is a preview of what you'll learn:

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Title: Combat Veterans' Stories of the Korean War, Volume 2

Author: Norman Black

Narrator: Capt. Kevin F Spalding, USNR-Ret

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-04-16

Publisher: Norman Black

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

This volume contains 19 autobiographies and 59 photos of men that fought in the Korean War. Their stories give readers an understanding of what draftees, volunteers, and professional military men experienced in that war. They often tell information not available in U.S. military reports and government-authorized histories and sometimes counter them. This volume also contains an account of the war-prisoner experience told by a U.S. Army doctor that spent three years as a war prisoner. The first volume of Korean War Combat Veterans Stories contains 16 autobiographies, 41 photos.

©2016 Norman Black (P)2016 Norman Black

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Title: The First Space Race: Launching the World's First Satellites

Subtitle: Centennial of Flight Series

Author: Matthew A. Bille, Erika Lishock

Narrator: Kirk O. Winkler

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-20-16

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

The First Space Race reveals the inside story of an epic adventure with world-altering stakes. From 1955 to 1958, American and Soviet engineers battled to capture the world's imagination by successfully launching the world's first satellite. The race to orbit featured two American teams led by rival services - the US Army and the Navy - and a Soviet effort so secret that few even knew it existed. This race ushered in the Space Age with a saga of science, politics, technology, engineering, and human dreams. Moved by patriotism, inquisitiveness, and pride, people on both sides of the Iron Curtain put forth heroic efforts to make that first satellite possible.

Some aspects of this story, like the US Navy's NOTSNIK satellite project, are almost unknown. Even some details of well-known programs, such as the appearance of America's pioneering Explorer 1 satellite and the contributions made by its rival, Project Vanguard, are generally misremembered. In this book, authors Matt Bille and Erika Lishock tell the whole story of the first space race. They trace the tale from the origins of spaceflight theory and through the military and political events that engendered the all-out efforts needed to turn dreams into reality and thus shape the modern world.

The book is published by Texas A&M University Press.

Critic Reviews:

"The authors' enjoyment of their subject shines through....This represents the best narrative available synthesizing this story." (Dr. Roger D. Launius, Chair, Space History, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution)

This is a remarkable book indeed! (Ernst Stuhlinger)

Readers will have difficulty putting down The First Space Race before turning the last page. (Air Power History)

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Title: The Last American CEO

Author: Jason Vines, Joe Cappy

Narrator: Pete Ferrand

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-16

Publisher: Waldorf Publishing

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

Sex, lies, conflicts of interest, international intrigue, and a double-cross of thousands of union employees in the heart of America. Add to that three major companies' futures on the line and an assassination by anarchist terrorists in Paris of one of the company's chairman, in front of his screaming daughter, that almost kills a deal to save at least two of the companies. Hollywood? No. This was real.

The Last American CEO is the ultimate insider's view of one of the biggest global business deals in history: Chrysler's 1987 purchase of American Motors (AMC) from French automaker Renault. Relevant today? The jewel of the acquisition was Chrysler acquiring the Jeep brand, which almost single-handily saved Chrysler from near-bankruptcy in the early 1990s and certainly allowed Chrysler to survive a real bankruptcy in 2009. Joe Cappy was the last CEO of AMC and Jason Vines became his PR guy and later the PR chief for Nissan, then Ford and later Chrysler, all during times of turmoil.

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Title: Lost Sound

Subtitle: The Forgotten Art of Radio Storytelling

Author: Jeff Porter

Narrator: Arthur Morey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-30-16

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

From Archibald MacLeish to David Sedaris, radio storytelling has long borrowed from the world of literature, yet the narrative radio work of well-known writers and others is a story that has not been told before. And when the literary aspects of specific programs such as The War of the Worlds or Sorry, Wrong Number were considered, scrutiny was superficial.

In Lost Sound, Jeff Porter examines the vital interplay between acoustic techniques and modernist practices in the growth of radio. Concentrating on the 1930s through the 1970s, but also speaking to the rising popularity of today's narrative broadcasts such as This American Life, Radiolab, Serial, and The Organist, Porter's close readings of key radio programs show how writers adapted literary techniques to an acoustic medium with great effect. Addressing avant-garde sound poetry and experimental literature on the air alongside industry policy and network economics, Porter identifies the ways radio challenged the conventional distinctions between highbrow and lowbrow cultural content to produce a dynamic popular culture.

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