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A former captain in the Marines' First Recon Battalion, who fought in Afghanistan and Iraq, reveals how the Corps trains its elite and offers a point-blank account of twenty-first-century battle. Fick's training begins with a hellish summer at Quantico, after his junior year at Dartmouth, and advances to the pinnacle, Recon, four years later, on the eve of war with Iraq.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Book incomplete.
- De Amazon Customer en 08-06-17
De: Nathaniel Fick
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The Boat Runner
- A Novel
- De: Devin Murphy
- Narrado por: Matthew Waterson
- Duración: 11 h y 44 m
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Beginning in the summer of 1939, 14-year-old Jacob Koopman and his older brother, Edwin, enjoy lives of prosperity and quiet contentment. Many of the residents in their small Dutch town have some connection to the Koopman lightbulb factory, and the locals hold the family in high esteem. On days when they aren't playing with friends, Jacob and Edwin help their uncle Martin on his fishing boat in the North Sea, where German ships have become a common sight. When war breaks out, Jacob's world is thrown into chaos.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not a typical World War II story
- De Marsha L. Woerner en 01-31-18
De: Devin Murphy
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Liminal States
- De: Zack Parsons
- Narrado por: James Patrick Cronin
- Duración: 24 h y 8 m
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The debut novel from Zack Parsons, My Tank is Fight! is a mind-bending journey through time and genres. Beginning in 1874, with a blood-soaked western story of revenge, Liminal States follows a trio of characters through a 1950s noir detective story and 21st-century sci-fi horror. Their paths are tragically intertwined and their choices have far-reaching consequences for the course of American history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Captivating and original concept
- De desiree en 02-22-15
De: Zack Parsons
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Silent Warrior
- The Marine Sniper's Vietnam Story Continues
- De: Charles Henderson
- Narrado por: Corey M. Snow
- Duración: 9 h y 25 m
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In the U.S. Marine Corps, the most dangerous job in combat is that of the sniper. With no backup and little communication with the outside world, these men disappear for weeks on end in the wilderness with nothing but intellect and iron will to protect them - as they watch, wait, and finally strike. But of all of the snipers who ever hunted human prey, one man stands above the rest as the most legendary fighting man to ever pull a trigger. That man is Carlos Hathcock.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Just like Marine stories should be told
- De James A. en 04-16-15
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The Watchers
- De: Jon Steele
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 21 h y 44 m
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Beneath Lausanne Cathedral, in Switzerland, there is a secret buried before time began.... Marc Rochat watches over the city at night from the belfry of the cathedral. He lives in a world of shadows and "beforetimes" and imaginary beings. Katherine Taylor, call girl and daydreamer, is about to discover that her real-life fairy tale is too good to be true. Jay Harper, private detective, wakes up in a crummy hotel room with no memory. Three lives, one purpose: save what's left of paradise before all hell breaks loose.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Darker Than Anticipated.
- De Amanda en 06-02-12
De: Jon Steele
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Marine Sniper
- 93 Confirmed Kills
- De: Charles Henderson
- Narrado por: Kevin Foley
- Duración: 10 h y 52 m
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There have been many Marines. There have been many marksmen. But there has been only one Sergeant Carlos Hathcock, a legend of Marine lore. He stalked the Viet Cong behind enemy lines. His record has never been matched: 93 confirmed kills. This is his story. Powerful, chilling, and all true.
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5 out of 5 stars
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history at its best
- De sheridan en 03-27-08
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Way of the Wolf
- The Vampire Earth, Book 1
- De: E. E. Knight
- Narrado por: Christian Rummel, E. E. Knight (Introduction)
- Duración: 11 h y 42 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 955
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Louisiana, 2065. A lot has changed in the 43rd year of the Kurian Order. Possessed of an unnatural and legendary hunger, the bloodthirsty Reapers have come to Earth to establish a New Order built on the harvesting of enslaved human souls. They rule the planet. They thrive on the scent of fear. And if it is night, as sure as darkness, they will come.
On this pitiless world, the indomitable spirit of mankind still breathes in Lieutenant David Valentine.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Its what you expect, and thats not a bad thing.
- De Kevin McLaughlin en 11-26-08
De: E. E. Knight
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Retribution
- De: Anderson Harp
- Narrado por: Michael Quinlan
- Duración: 11 h y 58 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 48
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 43
The remote and impenetrable Pakistani mountains have offered refuge to the worst enemies of civilization since the time of Alexander. Now, the world faces a new challenge. Reared from birth to harbor a seething hatred, a lone man is about to unleash a firestorm that will rage for centuries. And the window of opportunity to stop him is shutting much faster than Washington D.C. can hope to deal with. A top lethal operative, Will Parker is embedded within the terrorist's ranks to stop this catastrophic disaster.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A very interesting story line
- De J Tyler en 04-19-15
De: Anderson Harp
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Eat the Apple
- A Memoir
- De: Matt Young
- Narrado por: Charlie Thurston
- Duración: 5 h
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 118
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A gut-wrenching, beautiful memoir which explores toxic masculinity and the devastating consequences of war on one impressionable young soldier Matt Young joined the Marine Corps aged 18, after a drunken night that culminated in him crashing his car into a fire hydrant. The teenage wasteland he fled followed him to the training bases of California. Young survived training and then three deployments to Iraq as an infantryman.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Annoying and smug
- De Charlie en 01-03-19
De: Matt Young
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The Race for Paris
- De: Meg Waite Clayton
- Narrado por: Jennifer Ikeda
- Duración: 9 h y 50 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 61
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Normandy, 1944. To cover the fighting in France, Jane, a reporter for the Nashville Banner, and Liv, an Associated Press photographer, have already had to endure enormous danger and frustrating obstacles - including strict military regulations limiting what woman correspondents can do. Even so, Liv wants more. Encouraged by her husband, the editor of a New York newspaper, she's determined to be the first photographer to reach Paris with the Allies.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Breathtaking
- De Jane Wilson en 08-14-15
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The Mullah's Storm
- De: Thomas W. Young
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 8 h y 8 m
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A transport plane carrying an important Taliban detainee for interrogation is shot down in a blizzard over the Hindu Kush. The storm makes rescue impossible, and for two people -navigator Michael Parson and a woman Army interpreter, Sergeant Golda battle for survival begins across some of the most forbidding terrain on earth against not only the hazards of nature, but the treacheries of man: the Taliban stalking them; the villagers of unknown loyalties; and the prisoner who would very much like the three of them to be caught.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Mullah's Storm
- De James Hicks en 12-29-10
De: Thomas W. Young
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Empire of the Sun
- De: J. G. Ballard
- Narrado por: Jeremy Irons
- Duración: 3 h y 8 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 136
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Shanghai, 1941 -- a city aflame from the fateful torch of Pearl Harbor. In streets full of chaos and corpses, a young British boy searches in vain for his parents. Imprisoned in a Japanese concentration camp, he is witness to the fierce white flash of Nagasaki, as the bomb bellows the end of the war...and the dawn of a blighted world.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Abridged version kind of ruins it.
- De John S en 06-12-14
De: J. G. Ballard
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The Unforgiving Minute
- A Soldier's Education
- De: Craig Mullaney
- Narrado por: Todd McLaren
- Duración: 13 h y 33 m
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A fascinating account of an Army captain's unusual path through some of the most legendary seats of learning straight into a brutal fight with Al Qaeda in Afghanistan, The Unforgiving Minute is, above all, an unforgettable portrait of a young soldier grappling with the weight of his hard-earned knowledge while coming to grips with becoming a man.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The Unforgiving Son
- De John en 08-21-09
De: Craig Mullaney
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Devotion
- An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice
- De: Adam Makos
- Narrado por: Dominic Hoffman
- Duración: 14 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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Devotion tells the inspirational story of the U.S. Navy’s most famous aviation duo, Lieutenant Tom Hudner and Ensign Jesse Brown, and the Marines they fought to defend. A white New Englander from the country-club scene, Tom passed up Harvard to fly fighters for his country. An African American sharecropper’s son from Mississippi, Jesse became the navy’s first Black carrier pilot, defending a nation that wouldn’t even serve him in a bar.
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2 out of 5 stars
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BUY A HIGHER CALL FIRST - IS MUCH BETTER
- De Count B en 06-29-18
De: Adam Makos
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Going After Cacciato
- De: Tim O'Brien
- Narrado por: Kevin T. Collins
- Duración: 12 h y 8 m
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Winner of the 1979 National Book Award, Going After Cacciato, a classic novel of Vietnam, captures the peculiar mixture of horror and hallucination that marked that strangest of wars. In a blend of reality and fantasy, this novel tells the story of a young soldier who one day lays down his rifle and sets off on a quixotic journey from the jungles of Indochina to the streets of Paris.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Shadow Sculpture Built out of War's Debris
- De Darwin8u en 05-16-14
De: Tim O'Brien
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In the Company of Heroes
- The True Story of Black Hawk Pilot Michael Durant and the Men Who Fought and Fell at Mogadishu
- De: Michael Durant, Steven Hartov
- Narrado por: Michael Durant
- Duración: 5 h y 31 m
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Durant's experience as a prisoner in Somalia grew increasingly bizarre, crystallizing a clash of cultures by turns frightening, melancholy, hilarious, and strangely familiar. Revealing never-before-told stories with the incisive thought and emotion of one who was there, In the Company of Heroes is one man's unforgettable, true story of going to hell and making it back alive.
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5 out of 5 stars
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27 years after the fact, I finally listened.
- De Michael en 06-30-21
De: Michael Durant, y otros
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Gravity's Rainbow
- De: Thomas Pynchon, Frank Miller - cover design
- Narrado por: George Guidall
- Duración: 37 h y 21 m
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Winner of the 1973 National Book Award, Gravity's Rainbow is a postmodern epic, a work as exhaustively significant to the second half of the 20th century as Joyce's Ulysses was to the first. Its sprawling, encyclopedic narrative and penetrating analysis of the impact of technology on society make it an intellectual tour de force.
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4 out of 5 stars
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"Time to touch the person next to you"
- De Jefferson en 07-04-16
De: Thomas Pynchon, y otros
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre My Life as a Foreign Country
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- Gregory
- 03-26-15
An amazing book!
Very well written account of what goes on during a time of war. Definitely recommend!
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- Kindle Customer
- 02-12-19
short stories
anippets of experience. Free association. ramblins. you just have to let it wash over you.
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- chetyarbrough.blog
- 06-24-15
BOMBASTIC FAILURE
“My Life as A Foreign Country” is a bombastic failure as an audio book. Brian Turner is an ex-soldier and current author/poet. He is poorly served by Kevin Collins’ narration of an insightful contrast of soldiers fighting past and present wars. Turner’s meaning is mangled by the narrative actor. The listener hears a narrator’s acting voice more than the literal confusion, frustration, and terror of an American soldier fighting a war in a foreign country. The author’s words describing post-traumatic stress are inadvertently trivialized because meaning is lost in the narrator’s bluster.
Turner is a multi-generational soldier. He contrasts what he believes is his grandfather’s, father’s and uncle’s experiences, in earlier wars, with his experience in Kosovo and Iraq. The remote killing of drones is revealed as a technological advance that carries the same psychological damage as being a pilot in WWII or Vietnam. “My Life as A Foreign Country” needs to be re-produced as an audio book to fulfill its promise as a memoir of modern war. Kevin Collins’ audio book version of "My Life as A Foreign Country" is disappointing.
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- susan hallford
- 12-05-17
Gawd Awful Narration
What would have made My Life as a Foreign Country better?
This narration is atrocious. Think breathless eunuch in a poetry slam for 5 HOURS!
Who was your favorite character and why?
Do not know; couldn't get past chapter 4
Would you be willing to try another one of Kevin T. Collins’s performances?
No no no no no
What character would you cut from My Life as a Foreign Country?
The narrator
Any additional comments?
Please re-record this
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- Rita
- 09-29-18
Could not finish--awful narrator
This powerful story is totally ruined by a histrionic narrator who overemphasizes every word, even chapter numbers. Exhausted me trying to listen and I gave up. Returning and reading it instead.
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