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Title: American Mercenary: The Riveting, High-Risk World of an Elite SEAL Team Operator Turned Hired Gun

Author: Daniel Corbett

Narrator: Daniel Corbett

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 10 minutes

Release date: August 20, 2024

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

An elite Navy SEAL Team 6 operator trained to kill the United States’ most dangerous enemies takes readers inside the unadulterated, morally complicated and riveting post-military adventures of a lethal American mercenary. In American Mercenary, Daniel Corbett takes readers on a wild ride through the unadulterated, morally ambiguous, and riveting world of being a hired gun. From Abu Dhabi to Washington, DC, Cairo to San Diego, Belgrade to places that must remain secret, this is a world where money rules, and where adventure, danger, and absurdity often follow. A star high school athlete, Corbett passed on a Division I football career and opted for the US Navy.  He began his career at SEAL Team 5 and eventually checked into SEAL Team 6. The navy spent millions teaching him and his fellow Team members how to sneak, subvert, recruit, disappear, survive, resist, and exert. And of course, how to shoot, a discipline at which Corbett excelled. What the navy did not do was prepare these men for post-military lives beyond the usual suite of veterans’ benefits and unimaginative job-training programs. So what does Corbett do? He goes private. There are still plenty of bad men in the world, and the only sin worse than wasting talent in dead-end pursuits is not using it at all. He starts small, but quickly moves up. The work is simultaneously familiar and foreign. The command structure is shady. The clients are dubious. The equipment is subpar. But what the fuck: the pay is good. Then things change in 2017 when Corbett is arrested on a job in Belgrade, Serbia. When the authorities discover he’s a Navy SEAL, they imagine the worst: he’s in Belgrade to assassinate the Serbian president. They throw Corbett in jail, where he spends the next 18 months making international headlines and fighting for his freedom in a kangaroo court. Ultimately, American Mercenary highlights the struggle of many veterans: how to reconcile military service with civilian life. For Corbett, becoming a mercenary isn’t just the best option, it feels like the only option. It’s a lot better than drowning in a bottle or holding a pistol under your chin and pulling the trigger, but is it enough?

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Title: A Mission Without Borders: Why a Father and Son Risked it All for the People of Ukraine

Author: Chad Robichaux

Narrator: Hunter Robichaux, James R. Cheatham, Chad Robichaux

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 5 hours 17 minutes

Release date: August 13, 2024

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2

Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

USA TODAY BESTSELLER Read by the author Chad Robichaux. Author, speaker, and former Force Recon Marine Chad Robichaux offers an honest, no-holds-barred account of what has really been happening in Ukraine and shares powerful stories that are soaked in resiliency and determination, faith and sacrifice in the face of overwhelming opposition. When Russian forces invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, former Force Recon Marine Chad Robichaux knew that innocent people were about to be exposed to untold brutality. He also knew that God was inviting him to get involved. With little idea of the trials that would follow, Chad's response was simple and clear: 'yes.' As he gathered a team of elite special operations veterans, he invited his twenty-five-year-old son, Hunter--also a Marine combat veteran--to partner with him in Ukraine. Over the course of seven trips, Chad saw a change in Hunter as his confidence grew and he exceled among the team. Chad's own faith also grew as he learned to relinquish control and trust God with his son and what he witnessed in the brutality of war. A Mission Without Borders is a powerful account of the lessons we can learn whenever we say yes to God. Chad's experience will help readers - understand what the conflict in Ukraine was like for everyday citizens beyond the political fog; - discover how a bond can grow between a father and son as they face hardship together; and - realize that God doesn't just call us to go to the aid of the people we know and love, sometimes he calls us to help strangers--because it's the right thing to do.   A Mission Without Borders will take readers deep into the war in Ukraine. From Russia's use of ballistic and chemical weapons on civilians, to the inspirational story of the role that the Ukrainian church has played in the war, Chad's story of courage and hope needs to be heard. It is rich in human and spiritual truth and will connect deeply with readers of all walks. The photo gallery and more information about the podcast, Resilient, can be found in the audiobook companion PDF download.

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Title: [German] - Die Versprengten: Ostfront im Winter 1945

Author: F. John-Ferrer

Narrator: Klaus G. Förg

Format: Abridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

Release date: August 8, 2024

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

Januar 1945: Zwei Obergefreite verlieren auf dem Rückzug der deutschen Truppen vor der herannahenden Roten Armee den Anschluss an ihre Einheit. Auf sich allein gestellt, inmitten einer feindlichen Welt und geplagt vom sibirisch kalten Winter haben die beiden nur ein Ziel: Sie müssen hinter die Frontlinie gelangen, sonst sind sie verloren. Auf dem Bericht eines Soldaten basierend zeigt das Buch von F. John-Ferrer den persönlichen Überlebenskampf, der den Wahnsinn und die Schrecken dieses Krieges noch deutlicher werden lässt.

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Title: The Bravest Scout at Gallipoli

Author: Ryan Butta

Narrator: Chris Stollery

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 11 minutes

Release date: August 1, 2024

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

The many lives and tragic death of Harry Freame, the Anzac hero betrayed by his nation. Harry Freame was the first Australian to win the Distinguished Conduct Medal at Gallipoli. Raised as a samurai, he risked his life again and again to scout the beaches and hills of the battlefield, reporting invaluable intelligence back to his officers and relieving stranded soldiers who otherwise would surely have died. Some say he should have got the VC but didn't because he was half-Japanese, a fact he tried hard to conceal. After the war, Harry (real name Henry Wykeham Koba Freame) became a soldier settler and champion apple grower. But when Japan emerged as a perceived threat to Australia, Harry was recruited into Australian intelligence to spy on the Japanese community in Sydney. Before Japan's entry into World War II, Australia opened a diplomatic legation in Tokyo, and Harry was sent as a translator - but his real role was a spy. Extraordinarily, his cover was leaked by the Australian press, and the Japanese secret police tried to assassinate him not long after his arrival in Tokyo in 1941. Harry died back in Australia a few weeks later, but his sacrifice has never been acknowledged by Australia. Until now. Featuring never-before-seen material, The Bravest Scout at Gallipoli is a fascinating and immersive investigation into a grievous historical wrong.

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Title: Forged in Fire

Author: Scott Ryder

Narrator: David Tredinnick

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 12 hours 48 minutes

Release date: August 1, 2024

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

Forged in Fire takes us inside the secretive world of the Australian commandos. Garry made a report on the radio: 'I see around 200 women and children heading north up the valley.' Less than 400 metres below us, a steady stream of women and kids were hurrying away in single file. 'Where are all the men?' I asked Garry. 'Waiting for us,' he responded, with a look of concern I had not seen on his face before. My heart skipped a beat—we were on. From the age of 12, Scott Ryder knew he wanted to join the army, and he signed up as soon as he could. After serving as a paratrooper and in East Timor with 3 RAR, he wanted more. He trained all summer and took the gruelling selection course for the commandos, earning the prized green beret on his second attempt. Forged in Fire takes us inside the secretive world of the commandos. Ryder shares battlefield stories from his tours to Afghanistan, where his regiment saw some of the heaviest fighting Australian forces have experienced since the Vietnam War. After being seriously injured in a shocking Black Hawk helicopter crash in Kandahar, he was the only survivor to return to active service. Frankly written, with self-deprecating humour, it reveals the qualities of strength and mental resilience that characterise special forces operators. 'Scott is not famous; his chest is not bedecked with the grandest tin and ribbon. His voice is from among us rather than up on high. And his account of the DNA of the commando, the lesser sung super-soldier, is all the better for it.' - from the foreword by Chris Masters, author of Flawed Hero

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Title: Pride Amid Prejudice: A Soldier's Memoir

Author: Chief Warrant Officer (Ret’d) Necole E. Belanger MMM CD

Narrator: Janet Metzger

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Release date: July 30, 2024

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

Chief Warrant Officer Necole Belanger created a professional persona that was no-nonsense and highly put-together. But the truth was much more complex. Necole's story is a tale of two lives, the CWO raised in a military family, and the woman coming to terms with her sexuality, in a time where the two could not coexist. A lesbian member of the military police during the LGBTQ Purge in the Canadian Armed Forces, Necole would achieve success and promotion in her career despite a near-constant struggle. But the higher she rose in rank within the Canadian Armed Forces, the less her voice was heard. When she should have had the most influence, she had none. When she'd finally earned a seat at the table, no one listened. Her life was dedicated to an institution that didn't return her loyalty. The result? Depression and drinking and a downward spiral, all hidden behind a mask. And then the courage to be honest and put the pieces of her life back together. Pride Amid Prejudice is the story of one woman's struggle to find a voice in a world determined to silence her. A journey of self-discovery through adversity, of resilience in the face of discrimination, and pride amid prejudice.

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Title: HMS Cavendish and Other Misadventures

Author: Eric Victor Rendel

Narrator: Christine Rendel, Gerard Doyle

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Release date: July 30, 2024

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

This is a memoir of a boy born in 1926 in a small seaside town on the northwest coast of England who grew up in pre-and wartime Britain and who recalls, in this account, his many adventures before, during, and after the conclusion of World War II. In the latter half of the war, our teenage author enlists in His Majesty King George VI’s Royal Navy and is assigned to serve as a naval Coder on several British warships, culminating on HMS Cavendish, a state-of-the-art Destroyer based primarily in the Southeast Asia theater of war. Throughout his service, the neophyte mariner chronicles his experiences, outrageous mishaps, and the life lessons he learns along his journey. At the conclusion of hostilities, we follow the path of the demobbed and restless young sailor upon his return to Britain as he explores a variety of careers and opportunities over the next decade in search of adventure and fulfillment. Written in a humorous and light-hearted manner, somewhat in the style of Jerome K. Jerome or P.G. Wodehouse, it is hoped this audiobook will appeal to listeners interested in the personal recollections and experiences of a sharply observant and irreverent chronicler born almost one hundred years ago.

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Title: ...And a Hard Rain Fell: A GI's True Story of the War in Vietnam

Author: John Ketwig

Narrator: Danny Campbell

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 15 hours 15 minutes

Release date: July 23, 2024

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

A classic, must-listen Vietnam war memoir The classic Vietnam war memoir, ...and a hard rain fell is the unforgettable story of a veteran's rage and the unflinching portrait of a young soldier's odyssey from the roads of upstate New York to the jungles of Vietnam. Updated for its twentieth anniversary with a new afterword on the Iraq War and its parallels to Vietnam, John Ketwig's message is as relevant today as it was twenty years ago. 'A magnetic, bloody, moving, and worm's-eye view of soldiering in Vietnam, an account that is from the first page to last a wound that can never heal. A searing gift to his country.'—Kirkus Reviews 'Solidly effective. He describes with ingenuous energy and authentic language that time and place.'—Library Journal 'Perhaps as evocative of that awful time in Vietnam as the great fictions . . . a wild surreal account, at its best as powerful as Celine's darkling writing of World War One.'—Washington Post

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Title: Operation Ark: Introduction Read by the Author

Author: Pen Farthing

Narrator: Kerry Hutchinson

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Release date: July 19, 2024

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

Operation Ark was always about people and animals. Pen Farthing’s actions were nothing short of heroic. - Ricky Gervais   67 People. 171 Animals. Getting out was only half the battle.   August 2021. The Taliban invaded Kabul.   The British Government was Missing in Action.   The evacuation was disastrous, shambolic and deadly.   Pen Farthing refused to abandon his charity’s staff or rescue animals. Operation Ark was born.   He was branded a villain who valued “pets over people”, blamed for deserting Afghans, accused of risking British soldiers – nothing could be further from the truth.

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Title: Good-Bye to All That: An Autobiography

Author: Robert Graves

Narrator: Joel Schrank

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 11 hours 56 minutes

Release date: July 14, 2024

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

'Good-Bye to All That: An Autobiography' by Robert Graves is a seminal work that vividly captures the harrowing experiences of a young British officer during World War I. Published in 1929, the book provides a candid and unflinching portrayal of life in the trenches, exploring the brutality and absurdity of war. Graves recounts his childhood, education, and early literary career, interweaving personal anecdotes with his wartime experiences. The autobiography delves into his friendships with notable figures like Siegfried Sassoon and critiques the societal norms of early 20th-century Britain. The title reflects Graves' profound disillusionment with the pre-war world and the irrevocable changes brought by the conflict. With its clarity, wit, and honesty, 'Good-Bye to All That' remains an essential work in the canon of war literature, offering insights into the personal and collective trauma of a generation.