War & Military
U.S. Marine Operations in Korea, 1950-1953, Volume 1: The Pusan Perimeter
Read by Aaron Bennett
Lynn Montross
It meant little to most Americans on 25 June 1950 to read in their Sunday newspapers that civil strife had broken out in Korea. They could h…
Canada's Hundred Days: With the Canadian Corps from Amiens to Mons, Aug. 8 - No…
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John Frederick Bligh Livesay
This is Part Four of the incredible story of the actions of the men and women of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Canada's contribution to …
The Confessions of Nat Turner, The Leader of the Late Insurrection in Southampt…
Read by Joel Kindrick
Thomas R. Gray
This is a detailed description of the massacre that took place on August 21-23, 1831 that became known as Nat Turner's Rebellion. Nat Turner…
Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi
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William C. Everhart
In the American Civil War, the Vicksburg campaign (December 1862-July 1863) was a pivotal victory for the Union under the generalship of Uly…
The Political History of France, 1789-1910
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Muriel O. Davis
This little book opens on the eve of the French Revolution. The government is crippled by financial mismanagement, ruled by a King who, in t…
Six Women and the Invasion
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Gabrielle Yerta and Gabrielle Yertaandmarguerite Yerta Méléra
A true tale of the wartime resilience of six Frenchwomen whose country town was invaded by the Germans during World War I. - Summary by Jael…
In Italy with the 332nd Infantry
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Joseph L. Lettau
A brief, personal recounting of the 332nd Infantry in World War I, including training in America, a brief billet in France, activities in It…
Rome and Carthage: The Punic Wars
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Reginald Bosworth Smith
The Punic Wars (264-146 B.C.) were a series of conflicts between the rapidly expanding Roman Republic and the Phoenician Sea empire, Carthag…
History of Henry the Fourth King of France and Navarre
Read by Pamela Nagami
John Stevens Cabot Abbott
Henry IV, King of France and Navarre (1553-1610) was the first monarch of France from the House of Bourbon. He was raised in the Protestant …
Across the Reef: The Marine Assault of Tarawa
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Joseph H. Alexander
"Tarawa Atoll is 2085 miles southwest of Pearl Harbor and 540 miles southeast of Kwajalein in the Marshalls. Betio is the principal isl…
Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War
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George Francis Robert Henderson
Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War is a book combining a biography and military history of Confederate Lt. General Thomas Jonathan…
Closing In: Marines in the Seizure of Iwo Jima
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Joseph H. Alexander
Sunday, 4 March 1945, marked the end of the second week of the U.S. invasion of Iwo Jima. By this point the assault elements of the 3d, 4th,…
A Minor War History
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Martin Alonzo Haynes
A personal history of the American Civil War taken from the author's own letters to 'the girl he left behind', who later became his wife. Th…
Captain Bill McDonald, Texas Ranger: A Story of Frontier Reform
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Albert Bigelow Paine
"William Jesse "Bill" McDonald (1852 - 1918) in the 1880s served as a deputy sheriff in Wood County. After moving to Hardeman…
Selected Essays of Michel de Montaigne
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Michel Eyquem De Montaigne and Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne was a contemporary of Shakespeare who, after having played his part in France's terrible wars of religion, retired to hi…
Infamous Day: Marines At Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941
Read by David Wales
Robert James Cressman and Robert J. Cressman
Historical overview and personal reminiscences published in 1992. Pearl Harbor attack 7 December 1941. Part of U.S. Government U.S. Marine…