Rakuten Kobo

Skip side bar filters

Audiobook

The Apache Wars

The Hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History

by Paul Amdrew Hutton ...

Narrated by Jonathan Yen ...

Unabridged

17 hours 50 min

They called him Mickey Free. His kidnapping started the longest war in American history, and both sides blamed him for it. A mixed-blood warrior who moved uneasily between the worlds of the Apaches and the American soldiers, he was never trusted by either but desperately needed by both. Free was the only man Geronimo ever feared. He played a pivotal role in this long war for the Southwest with his ... Read more

$49.99 CAD

They called him Mickey Free. His kidnapping started the longest war in American history, and both sides blamed him for it. A mixed-blood warrior who moved uneasily between the worlds of the Apaches and the American soldiers, he was never trusted by either but desperately needed by both. Free was the only man Geronimo ever feared. He played a pivotal role in this long war for the Southwest with his
... Read more

Audiobook

The Korean War

A History

by Bruce Cumings ...

Narrated by David de Vries ...

Unabridged

8 hours

A bracing account of a war that lingers in our collective memory as both ambiguous and unjustly ignored.For Americans, it was a discrete conflict lasting from 1950 to 1953 that has long been overshadowed by World War II, Vietnam, and the War on Terror. But as Bruce Cumings eloquently explains, for the Asian world the Korean War was a generations-long fight that still haunts contemporary events. ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

Also available as: eBook

A bracing account of a war that lingers in our collective memory as both ambiguous and unjustly ignored.For Americans, it was a discrete conflict lasting from 1950 to 1953 that has long been overshadowed by World War II, Vietnam, and the War on Terror. But as Bruce Cumings eloquently explains, for the Asian world the Korean War was a generations-long fight that still haunts contemporary events.
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

D-Days in the Pacific With the U.S. Coast Guard

The Story of Lucky Thirteen

by Ken Wiley ...

Narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright ...

Unabridged

10 hours 49 min

Winner of the 2008 Foundation for Coast Guard History Book AwardThe images of soldiers and marines coming ashore on hostile shores are embedded in our collective memory of World War II. But what of the sailors who manned the landing craft, going back and forth under fire with nowhere to take cover, their craft the special targets of enemy gunners?In this book, Ken Wiley, a Coast Guardsman on an ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

Also available as: eBook

Winner of the 2008 Foundation for Coast Guard History Book AwardThe images of soldiers and marines coming ashore on hostile shores are embedded in our collective memory of World War II. But what of the sailors who manned the landing craft, going back and forth under fire with nowhere to take cover, their craft the special targets of enemy gunners?In this book, Ken Wiley, a Coast Guardsman on an
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Our Man in Charleston

Britain's Secret Agent in the Civil War South

by Christopher Dickey ...

Narrated by Antony Ferguson ...

Unabridged

10 hours 49 min

As tension over slavery and western expansion threatened to break the US into civil war, the Southern states found themselves squeezed between two nearly irreconcilable realities: the survival of the Confederate economy would require the importation of more slaves—a practice banned in America since 1807—but the existence of the Confederacy itself could not be secured without official recognition ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

Also available as: eBook

As tension over slavery and western expansion threatened to break the US into civil war, the Southern states found themselves squeezed between two nearly irreconcilable realities: the survival of the Confederate economy would require the importation of more slaves—a practice banned in America since 1807—but the existence of the Confederacy itself could not be secured without official recognition
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

American Ulysses

A Life of Ulysses S. Grant

by Ronald C. White ...

Narrated by Arthur Morey ...

Unabridged

27 hours 35 min

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of A. Lincoln, a major new biography of one of America’s greatest generals—and most misunderstood presidentsFinalist for the Gilder-Lehrman Military History Book PrizeIn his time, Ulysses S. Grant was routinely grouped with George Washington and Abraham Lincoln in the “Trinity of Great American Leaders.” But the battlefield commander–turned–commander-in ... Read more

$20.60 CAD

Also available as: eBook

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of A. Lincoln, a major new biography of one of America’s greatest generals—and most misunderstood presidentsFinalist for the Gilder-Lehrman Military History Book PrizeIn his time, Ulysses S. Grant was routinely grouped with George Washington and Abraham Lincoln in the “Trinity of Great American Leaders.” But the battlefield commander–turned–commander-in
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Here Is Where

Discovering America's Great Forgotten History

by Andrew Carroll ...

Narrated by Andrew Carroll ...

Unabridged

14 hours 2 min

The centerpiece of a major national campaign to indentify and preserve forgotten history, Here Is Where is acclaimed historian Andrew Carroll’s fascinating journey of discovery in which he travels to each of America’s fifty states and explores locations where remarkable individuals once lived or where the incredible or momentous occurred.Sparking the idea for this audiobook was Carroll’s visit to ... Read more

$26.99 CAD

Also available as: eBook

The centerpiece of a major national campaign to indentify and preserve forgotten history, Here Is Where is acclaimed historian Andrew Carroll’s fascinating journey of discovery in which he travels to each of America’s fifty states and explores locations where remarkable individuals once lived or where the incredible or momentous occurred.Sparking the idea for this audiobook was Carroll’s visit to
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Those Angry Days

Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America's Fight over World War II, 1939-1941

by Lynne Olson ...

Narrated by Robert Fass ...

Unabridged

18 hours 4 min

At the center of the debate over American intervention in World War II stood the two most famous men in America: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who championed the interventionist cause, and aviator Charles Lindbergh, who as unofficial leader and spokesman for America's isolationists emerged as the president's most formidable adversary. Their contest of wills personified the divisions within the ... Read more

$33.99 CAD

Also available as: eBook

At the center of the debate over American intervention in World War II stood the two most famous men in America: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who championed the interventionist cause, and aviator Charles Lindbergh, who as unofficial leader and spokesman for America's isolationists emerged as the president's most formidable adversary. Their contest of wills personified the divisions within the
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Intrepid

The Epic Story of America’s Most Legendary Warship

by Bill White, Robert Gandt ...

Narrated by Tom Weiner ...

Unabridged

9 hours 20 min

The USS Intrepid is a warship unlike any other. The 27,000-ton, Essex-class aircraft carrier has sailed into harm’s way around the globe. At Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle in history, she sank Japanese warships and endured kamikaze and torpedo attacks. She fought at Okinawa and other Pacific battles, surviving to be the recovery ship for America’s first astronauts and later returning to ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

Also available as: eBook

The USS Intrepid is a warship unlike any other. The 27,000-ton, Essex-class aircraft carrier has sailed into harm’s way around the globe. At Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle in history, she sank Japanese warships and endured kamikaze and torpedo attacks. She fought at Okinawa and other Pacific battles, surviving to be the recovery ship for America’s first astronauts and later returning to
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Fierce Patriot

The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh Sherman

by Robert L. O'Connell ...

Narrated by Andrew Garman ...

Unabridged

14 hours 59 min

With a unique, witty, and conversational voice historian Robert O'Connell breaks down the often paradoxical, easily caricatured character of General William T. Sherman for the most well-rounded portrait of the man yet written. There were many Shermans, according to O'Connell. Most prominently was Sherman the military strategist (indeed, one of the greatest strategists of all time), who gained an ... Read more

$35.72 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBook

With a unique, witty, and conversational voice historian Robert O'Connell breaks down the often paradoxical, easily caricatured character of General William T. Sherman for the most well-rounded portrait of the man yet written. There were many Shermans, according to O'Connell. Most prominently was Sherman the military strategist (indeed, one of the greatest strategists of all time), who gained an
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Embers of War

The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam

by Fredrik Logevall ...

Narrated by Fred Sanders ...

Unabridged

32 hours 15 min

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEWritten with the style of a great novelist and the intrigue of a Cold War thriller, Embers of War is a landmark work that will forever change your understanding of how and why America went to war in Vietnam. Tapping newly accessible diplomatic archives in several nations, Fredrik Logevall traces the path that led two Western nations to tragically lose their way in the ... Read more

$47.99 CAD

Also available as: eBook

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEWritten with the style of a great novelist and the intrigue of a Cold War thriller, Embers of War is a landmark work that will forever change your understanding of how and why America went to war in Vietnam. Tapping newly accessible diplomatic archives in several nations, Fredrik Logevall traces the path that led two Western nations to tragically lose their way in the
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Mr. Wilson's War

From the Assassination of McKinley to the Defeat of the League of Nations

by John Dos Passos ...

Narrated by David Drummond ...

Unabridged

23 hours 22 min

Beginning with the assassination of McKinley and ending with the defeat of the League of Nations by the United States Senate, the twenty-year period covered by John Dos Passos in this lucid and fascinating narrative changed the whole destiny of America. This is the story of the war we won and the peace we lost, told with a clear historical perspective and a warm interest in the remarkable people ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

Beginning with the assassination of McKinley and ending with the defeat of the League of Nations by the United States Senate, the twenty-year period covered by John Dos Passos in this lucid and fascinating narrative changed the whole destiny of America. This is the story of the war we won and the peace we lost, told with a clear historical perspective and a warm interest in the remarkable people
... Read more
Audiobook

Captain McCrea's War

The World War II Memoir of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Naval Aide and USS Iowa’s First Commanding Officer

by Vice Admiral John L. McCrea, Craig L. Symonds ...

Narrated by Jonathan Davis ...

Unabridged

8 hours 48 min

World War II from a Leader Who Saw the War from Both the White House and the Bridge of a BattleshipVice Admiral John L. McCrea worked with the president of the United States on difficult and unusual assignments, associated with royalty and world-famous political and military leaders, and he commanded the USS Iowa and a task force in the Pacific. Over the years, many urged him to write a book, and ... Read more

$20.60 CAD

Also available as: eBook

World War II from a Leader Who Saw the War from Both the White House and the Bridge of a BattleshipVice Admiral John L. McCrea worked with the president of the United States on difficult and unusual assignments, associated with royalty and world-famous political and military leaders, and he commanded the USS Iowa and a task force in the Pacific. Over the years, many urged him to write a book, and
... Read more

Also available as: eBook

Rakuten Kobo

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

What is Kobo Super Points?

Reward Yourself

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

“paul amdrew hutton”

The Apache Wars

People who read this also enjoyed

The Korean War

D-Days in the Pacific With the U.S. Coast Guard

Our Man in Charleston

American Ulysses

Here Is Where

Those Angry Days

Intrepid

Fierce Patriot

Embers of War

Mr. Wilson's War

Captain McCrea's War

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

“paul amdrew hutton”

Show:

People who read this also enjoyed