Ninety-nine elite American soldiers are trapped in the middle of a hostile city. As night falls, they are surrounded by thousands of enemy gunmen. Their wounded are bleeding to death. Their...
One of the greatest examples of war journalism ever written, Michael Herr’s clearheaded yet unsparing retellings of the day-to-day events in Vietnam take on the force of poetry, finding clarity in...
In this unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military history, James Bradley has captured the glory, the triumph, the...
From the front lines of the battle against Islamic fundamentalism, a searing, unforgettable audiobook that captures the human essence of the greatest conflict of our time. Through the eyes of Dexter...
The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II's Most Dramatic Mission
Hampton Sides
On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected troops from the elite U.S. 6th Ranger Battalion slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Their mission: march thirty miles in an attempt to rescue 513...
In 1936, George Orwell went to Spain to report on the civil war and instead joined the Worker's Party of Marxist Unity (P.O.U.M.) to fight against the Fascists. In this now justly famous account of...
America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
Stephen Kinzer
A fast-paced narrative history of the coups, revolutions, and invasions by which the United States has toppled fourteen foreign governments---not always to its own benefit.In Overthrow,...
The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II
Robert Kurson
In the tradition of Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Airand Sebastian Junger’s The Perfect Storm comes a true tale of riveting adventure in which two weekend scuba divers risk...
