Bestsellers
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Hostage
- By: Eli Sharabi
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Cantor
- Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall626
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Performance612
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Story612
In a raw and unflinching memoir, Eli Sharabi, a survivor of 491 days in Hamas captivity, recounts the harrowing ordeal of his abduction from Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7th, 2023, the loss of his wife and daughters, and his unyielding resolve to survive. Narrated by award winning actor, Geoffrey...
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Best book I have read in many years
- By Amazon Customer on 10-12-25
By: Eli Sharabi
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The Reluctant Spy
- My Secret Life in the CIA's War on Terror
- By: John Kiriakou, Michael Ruby
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall302
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Performance226
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Story226
Long before the waterboarding controversy exploded in the media, one CIA agent had already gone public. In a groundbreaking 2007 interview with ABC News, John Kiriakou called waterboarding torture - but admitted that it probably worked. This book, at once a confessional, an adventure story, and...
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Fascinating Read about the CIA
- By Nancy on 05-13-10
By: John Kiriakou, and others
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The Infernal Machine
- A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective
- By: Steven Johnson
- Narrated by: Steven Johnson
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall78
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Performance70
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Story70
“A fast-burning fuse of a book, every page bursting with revelatory detail.”—ERIK LARSON A sweeping account of the anarchists who terrorized the streets of New York and the detective duo who transformed policing to meet the threat—a tale of fanaticism, forensic science, and dynamite from...
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Really Emma Goldman bio
- By Richard G. on 09-09-24
By: Steven Johnson
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Targeted: Beirut
- The 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing and the Untold Origin Story of the War on Terror
- By: Jack Carr, James M. Scott
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 14 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall968
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Performance868
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Story868
A Marine Corps Commandant’s Professional Reading List Selection The first in a new “authoritative, shocking” (Brad Meltzer, #1 New York Times bestselling author) nonfiction series examining the devastating terrorist attacks that changed the course of history from #1 New York Times...
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History We All Should Know
- By Lesli L. Wright-Bobholz on 10-27-24
By: Jack Carr, and others
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The Only Plane in the Sky
- An Oral History of September 11, 2001
- By: Garrett M. Graff, Holter Graham
- Narrated by: A Full 45-Person Cast
- Length: 15 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3,003
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Performance2,601
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Story2,592
2020 AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR AUDIE AWARD WINNER! 2020 MULTI-VOICED PERFORMANCE AUDIE AWARD WINNER! Audio bonus! The audio edition includes an exclusive interview with Garrett Graff and Holter Graham as well as archival audio from United States Presidential addresses, In-Flight Communications, and...
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This should be required listening
- By LManc on 09-13-19
By: Garrett M. Graff, and others
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The Day the World Came to Town
- 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
- By: Jim DeFede
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3,275
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Performance2,870
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Story2,854
Perfect for fans of the musical Come From Away! When 38 jetliners bound for the United States were forced to land at Gander International Airport in Canada by the closing of U.S. airspace on September 11, the population of this small town on Newfoundland Island swelled from 10,300 to nearly 17...
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👍👍 From one of the Plane People
- By Timothy on 12-30-19
By: Jim DeFede
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Hostage
- By: Eli Sharabi
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Cantor
- Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall626
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Performance612
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Story612
In a raw and unflinching memoir, Eli Sharabi, a survivor of 491 days in Hamas captivity, recounts the harrowing ordeal of his abduction from Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7th, 2023, the loss of his wife and daughters, and his unyielding resolve to survive. Narrated by award winning actor, Geoffrey...
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Best book I have read in many years
- By Amazon Customer on 10-12-25
By: Eli Sharabi
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The Reluctant Spy
- My Secret Life in the CIA's War on Terror
- By: John Kiriakou, Michael Ruby
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall302
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Performance226
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Story226
Long before the waterboarding controversy exploded in the media, one CIA agent had already gone public. In a groundbreaking 2007 interview with ABC News, John Kiriakou called waterboarding torture - but admitted that it probably worked. This book, at once a confessional, an adventure story, and...
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Fascinating Read about the CIA
- By Nancy on 05-13-10
By: John Kiriakou, and others
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The Infernal Machine
- A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective
- By: Steven Johnson
- Narrated by: Steven Johnson
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall78
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Performance70
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Story70
“A fast-burning fuse of a book, every page bursting with revelatory detail.”—ERIK LARSON A sweeping account of the anarchists who terrorized the streets of New York and the detective duo who transformed policing to meet the threat—a tale of fanaticism, forensic science, and dynamite from...
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Really Emma Goldman bio
- By Richard G. on 09-09-24
By: Steven Johnson
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Targeted: Beirut
- The 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing and the Untold Origin Story of the War on Terror
- By: Jack Carr, James M. Scott
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 14 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall968
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Performance868
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Story868
A Marine Corps Commandant’s Professional Reading List Selection The first in a new “authoritative, shocking” (Brad Meltzer, #1 New York Times bestselling author) nonfiction series examining the devastating terrorist attacks that changed the course of history from #1 New York Times...
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History We All Should Know
- By Lesli L. Wright-Bobholz on 10-27-24
By: Jack Carr, and others
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The Only Plane in the Sky
- An Oral History of September 11, 2001
- By: Garrett M. Graff, Holter Graham
- Narrated by: A Full 45-Person Cast
- Length: 15 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3,003
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Performance2,601
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Story2,592
2020 AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR AUDIE AWARD WINNER! 2020 MULTI-VOICED PERFORMANCE AUDIE AWARD WINNER! Audio bonus! The audio edition includes an exclusive interview with Garrett Graff and Holter Graham as well as archival audio from United States Presidential addresses, In-Flight Communications, and...
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This should be required listening
- By LManc on 09-13-19
By: Garrett M. Graff, and others
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The Day the World Came to Town
- 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
- By: Jim DeFede
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3,275
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Performance2,870
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Story2,854
Perfect for fans of the musical Come From Away! When 38 jetliners bound for the United States were forced to land at Gander International Airport in Canada by the closing of U.S. airspace on September 11, the population of this small town on Newfoundland Island swelled from 10,300 to nearly 17...
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👍👍 From one of the Plane People
- By Timothy on 12-30-19
By: Jim DeFede
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Ghost Wars
- The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
- By: Steve Coll
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 26 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,324
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Performance2,003
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Story1,995
The explosive first-hand account of America's secret history in Afghanistan With the publication of Ghost Wars, Steve Coll became not only a Pulitzer Prize winner, but also the expert on the rise of the Taliban, the emergence of Bin Laden, and the secret efforts by CIA officers and their agents...
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An Exceptional Accomplishment
- By Joe on 11-08-13
By: Steve Coll
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Hunting the Jackal
- A Special Forces and CIA Soldier's Fifty Years on the Frontlines of the War Against Terrorism
- By: Billy Waugh, Tim Keown
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,949
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Performance1,725
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Story1,715
For more than half a century, Special Forces and CIA legend Billy Waugh dedicated his life to tracking down and eliminating America's most virulent enemies....
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Hunting the Jackal - epic accounting of SOF/SOG and CIA IV
- By Eric on 01-08-18
By: Billy Waugh, and others
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The Looming Tower
- Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
- By: Lawrence Wright
- Narrated by: Lawrence Wright
- Length: 16 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,276
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Performance1,976
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Story1,962
NATIONAL BESTSELLER PULITZER PRIZE WINNER A “heart-stopping account of the events leading up to 9/11” (The New York Times Book Review), this definitive history explains in gripping detail the growth of Islamic fundamentalism, the rise of al-Qaeda, and the intelligence failures that...
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Supremely thorough and interesting
- By Josh on 10-05-17
By: Lawrence Wright
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They Want to Kill Americans
- The Militias, Terrorists, and Deranged Ideology of the Trump Insurgency
- By: Malcolm Nance
- Narrated by: Ari Fliakos
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,288
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Performance1,154
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Story1,150
This program includes a bonus epilogue from the author. New York Times bestselling author Malcolm Nance offers a chilling warning on a clear, present and existential threat to our democracy… our fellow Americans To varying degrees, as many as 74 million Americans have expressed hostility...
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It's informative and frightening
- By Amazon Customer on 07-17-22
By: Malcolm Nance
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Inside Delta Force
- The Story of America’s Elite Counterterrorist Unit
- By: Command Sergeant Major Eric L. Haney
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall6,989
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Performance6,237
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Story6,230
Delta Force—the US Army’s most elite top-secret strike force. They dominate the modern battlefield, but you won’t hear about their heroics on CNN.....
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Finally I get the low down on Delta Force
- By Amazon Customer on 08-15-13
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Enough Already
- Time to End the War on Terrorism
- By: Scott Horton
- Narrated by: Scott Horton
- Length: 14 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall387
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Performance354
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Story353
Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism is a masterly history of these chaotic, tragic and above all futile conflicts, ranging with his usual excoriating accuracy from Mali to Pakistan, from Iraq to Yemen by way of Syria and Libya....
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Complete take down of American foreign policy
- By Denise Fisher on 12-22-21
By: Scott Horton
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Son of Hamas
- A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices
- By: Mosab Hassan Yousef, Ron Brackin - contributor
- Narrated by: Mosab Hassan Yousef
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,339
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Performance2,156
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Story2,150
Since he was a small boy, Mosab Hassan Yousef has had an inside view of the deadly terrorist group Hamas.....
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Very insightful look at the underbelly of Hamas.
- By C,L, Richey on 05-05-14
By: Mosab Hassan Yousef, and others
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The Cuckoo's Egg
- Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
- By: Cliff Stoll
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,873
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Performance1,556
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Story1,551
Before the internet became widely known as a global tool for terrorists, one perceptive US citizen recognized its ominous potential. Armed with clear evidence of computer espionage, he began a highly personal quest to expose a hidden network of spies that threatened national security....
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A story that stands the test of time
- By Todd on 08-11-20
By: Cliff Stoll
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Zero Footprint
- The True Story of a Private Military Contractor¿s Covert Assignments in Syria, Libya, And the World¿s Most Dangerous Places
- By: Ralph Pezzullo, Simon Chase
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,132
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Performance1,028
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Story1,032
This national bestseller is a dramatic insider account of the world of private military contracting. Armored cars, burner phones, top-notch weaponry and top-secret missions -- this is the life of today's private military contractor. Like author Simon Chase, many PMCs were once the world's top...
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Read Amazon reviews, not Audible reviews
- By Andrew M on 02-22-16
By: Ralph Pezzullo, and others
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The Gates of Gaza
- A Story of Betrayal, Survival, and Hope in Israel's Borderlands
- By: Amir Tibon
- Narrated by: Amir Tibon
- Length: 12 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall108
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Performance103
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Story103
The gripping true story of how leading Israeli journalist Amir Tibon, along with his wife and their two young children, were rescued from Kibbutz Nahal Oz on October 7, 2023 by Tibon’s own father—an incredible tale of survival that also reveals the deep tensions and systemic failures that...
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Fascinating and enlightening
- By A little purple on 11-05-24
By: Amir Tibon
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Killing the Killers
- The Secret War Against Terrorists (Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series)
- By: Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3,327
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Performance2,945
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Story2,928
In the 11th audiobook in the multimillion-selling Killing series, Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard reveal the startling, dramatic story of the global war against terrorists. In Killing the Killers, number one best-selling authors Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard take listeners deep inside the...
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Oreilly Kills it, in Killing the Killers
- By northstar on 05-05-22
By: Bill O'Reilly, and others
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The Convenient Terrorist
- Two Whistleblowers’ Stories of Torture, Terror, Secret Wars, and CIA Lies
- By: John Kiriakou, Joseph Hickman
- Narrated by: Eric Martin
- Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall32
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Performance27
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Story27
The Convenient Terrorist is the definitive inside account of the capture, torture, and detention of Abu Zubaydah, the first “high-value target” captured by the CIA after 9/11....
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Basically a biography of a terrorist.
- By CypherDaimon on 06-26-24
By: John Kiriakou, and others
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The Revolutionists
- The Story of the Extremists Who Hijacked the 1970s
- By: Jason Burke
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 25 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall14
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Performance14
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Story14
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE An epic, authoritative, gripping account of the years when a new wave of revolutionaries seized the skies and the streets to hold the world for ransom In the 1970s, an unprecedented wave of international terrorism broke out around the world. More...
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insightful retrospective of some history I witnessed myself, but now with new eyes.
- By Anonymous on 02-08-26
By: Jason Burke
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Days of Rage
- America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence
- By: Bryan Burrough
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 22 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall650
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Performance576
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Story575
From the bestselling author of Public Enemies and The Big Rich, an explosive account of the decade-long battle between the FBI and the homegrown revolutionary movements of the 1970s The Weathermen. The Symbionese Liberation Army. The FALN. The Black Liberation Army. The names seem quaint now...
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Amazing treatment of tough history
- By Steven on 05-13-15
By: Bryan Burrough
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City of Death
- Humanitarian Warriors in the Battle of Mosul
- By: Ephraim Mattos, Scott McEwen
- Narrated by: Ephraim Mattos
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall621
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Performance561
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Story562
A frontline witness account of the deadly urban combat of the Battle of Mosul told by former Navy SEAL and frontline combat medic Ephraim Mattos. After leaving the US Navy SEAL teams in spring of 2017, Ephraim Mattos, age twenty-four, flew to Iraq to join a small group of volunteer humanitarians...
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An inspirational tour de force
- By TN760USER on 10-25-18
By: Ephraim Mattos, and others
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Blowback
- The Untold Story of the FBI and the Oklahoma City Bombing
- By: Margaret Roberts
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall113
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Performance105
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Story105
Tragedy unfolded on April 19, 1995, when a massive bomb exploded in America's Heartland, killing 168 people, including fifteen children. History says the Oklahoma City bombing was lone wolf terrorism.
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A must read!
- By Amazon Customer on 08-10-25
By: Margaret Roberts
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While Israel Slept
- How Hamas Surprised the Most Powerful Military in the Middle East
- By: Yaakov Katz, Amir Bohbot
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall66
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Performance63
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Story63
A powerful indictment of the political and military decisions that led to October 7.
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Detailed analysis knit with thoughtfulness
- By Geology Maven on 10-05-25
By: Yaakov Katz, and others
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Mossad
- The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service
- By: Michael Bar-Zohar, Nissim Mishal
- Narrated by: Benjamin Isaac
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,332
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Performance1,162
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Story1,155
Authors MichaelBar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal take us behind the closed curtain with riveting, eye-opening, boots-on-the-ground accounts of the most dangerous, most crucial missions....
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maybe with a different reader.
- By Andrew on 04-30-16
By: Michael Bar-Zohar, and others
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Not a Good Day to Die
- The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda
- By: Sean Naylor
- Narrated by: John Henry Cox
- Length: 19 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall734
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Performance658
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Story656
On March 2, 2002, America's first major battle of the 21st century began. Over 200 soldiers flew into Afghanistan's Shah-i-Kotvalley - and into the mouth of a buzz saw....
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50/50
- By Kindle Customer on 11-14-16
By: Sean Naylor
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Plan Red
- China's Project to Destroy America
- By: Gordon G. Chang
- Narrated by: Keith David Murray
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall125
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Performance119
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Story119
China has a plan to destroy America. Does America have a plan to defend itself?
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Must listen
- By Tammy Griffith on 10-31-24
By: Gordon G. Chang
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No Easy Answers
- The Truth Behind Death at Columbine High School (20th Anniversary Edition)
- By: Brooks Brown
- Narrated by: Tyler Christos
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall51
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Performance47
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Story47
On April 20, 1999, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, two seniors at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, walked into their school and shot to death twelve students and one teacher, and wounded many others. It was the worst single act of murder at a school in U.S. history....
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Interesting perspective
- By Anonymous on 05-09-24
By: Brooks Brown
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The Threat Matrix
- Inside Robert Mueller's FBI and the War on Global Terror
- By: Garrett M. Graff
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 28 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall102
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Performance91
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Story90
An intimate look at Robert Mueller, the sixth Director of the FBI, who oversaw the investigation into ties between President Trump's campaign and Russian officials. Covering more than 30 years of history, from the 1980s through Obama's presidency, The Threat Matrix explores the transformation of...
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Best Bob Mueller book; still not worth your time
- By D. Martin on 01-24-18
By: Garrett M. Graff
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Lessons From the Rhodesian Bush War
- A Study in Survival, Rural Defense, and Collapse
- By: Don Shift
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 19 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11
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Performance10
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Story10
Lessons From the Rhodesian Bush War is not a conventional history—it’s a focused, hard-edged study of what happens when a nation is cut off, ...
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Much to learn from the past
- By philipbergen on 09-27-25
By: Don Shift
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Mission Iran
- Special Forces Berlin & Operation Eagle Claw, JTF 1-79
- By: James Stejskal
- Narrated by: Jim Seybert
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance8
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Story8
On November 4, 1979, "student" supporters of the Ayatollah seized the U.S. Embassy with over sixty hostages. Although the Cold War was in full swing, the Iran hostage crisis was a watershed for the United States.
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Shoulda been a podcast
- By Amazon Customer on 12-02-25
By: James Stejskal