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The American Women Who Flew in the Face of Danger During World War II
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Becky Aikman
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Bloomsbury presents Spitfires by Becky Aikman, read by Laurel Lefkow.
"A bold and soaring work of history . . . whip-smart, deeply researched, and beautifully written.” —Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of King: A Life
“A soaring narrative.”—Keith O'Brien, New York Times bestselling author of Fly Girls
The heart-pounding true story of the daring American women who piloted the most dangerous aircraft of World War II through the treacherous skies of Britain.
They were crop dusters and debutantes, college girls and performers in flying circuses—all of them trained as pilots. Because they were women, they were denied the opportunity to fly for their country when the United States entered the Second World War. But Great Britain, desperately fighting for survival, would let anyone—even Americans, even women—transport warplanes. Thus, twenty-five daring young aviators bolted for England in 1942, becoming the first American women to command military aircraft.
In a faraway land, these “spitfires” lived like women decades ahead of their time. Risking their lives in one of the deadliest jobs of the war, they ferried new, barely tested fighters and bombers to air bases and returned shot-up wrecks for repair, never knowing what might go wrong until they were high in the sky. Many ferry pilots died in crashes or made spectacular saves. It was exciting, often terrifying work. The pilots broke new ground off duty as well, shocking their hosts with thoroughly modern behavior.
With cinematic sweep, Becky Aikman follows the stories of nine of the women who served, drawing on unpublished diaries, letters, and records, along with her own interviews, to bring these forgotten heroines fully to life. Spitfires is a vivid, richly detailed account of war, ambition, and a group of remarkable women whose lives were as unconventional as their dreams.
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She stole a hero's power. Now she must replace him. In Ancora, a walled city born from the Purge's ashes, superpowers are currency and secrets are wealth. Master thief Danielle Langston's made an art of invisibility. Until now. When a routine job goes nuclear, Danielle ends up with more than she bargained for—the powers of Eternal Phoenix, Ancora's greatest protector. With Eternal Phoenix out of commission, a cabal of supervillains takes control. Their endgame? Another Purge—with humans as the target. Thrust into a role she never wanted, Danielle reluctantly steps up. Her only ally is ...
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The Nazi Mind
- Twelve Warnings from History
- De: Laurence Rees
- Narrado por: John Sackville
- Duración: 14 h y 20 m
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How could the SS have committed the crimes they did? How were the killers who shot Jews at close quarters able to perpetrate this horror? Why did commandants of concentration and death camps willingly—often enthusiastically—oversee mass murder? How could ordinary Germans have tolerated the removal of the Jews? In The Nazi Mind, bestselling historian Laurence Rees seeks answers to some of the most perplexing questions surrounding the Second World War and the Holocaust.
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Average men are capable of anything
- De Michael V McKenney en 07-06-25
De: Laurence Rees
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Fly Girls
- How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History
- De: Keith O'Brien
- Narrado por: Erin Bennett
- Duración: 12 h y 13 m
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Between the world wars, no sport was more popular, or more dangerous, than airplane racing. Thousands of fans flocked to multi-day events, and cities vied with one another to host them. The pilots themselves were hailed as dashing heroes who cheerfully stared death in the face. Fly Girls recounts how a cadre of women banded together to break the original glass ceiling: the entrenched prejudice that conspired to keep them out of the sky.
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For women, and dads
- De Cecilia Avanelle en 08-08-18
De: Keith O'Brien
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The Fate of the Generals
- MacArthur, Wainwright, and the Epic Battle for the Philippines
- De: Jonathan Horn
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 13 h y 21 m
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For the doomed stand American forces made in the Philippines at the start of World War II, two generals received their country’s highest military award, the Medal of Honor. One was the charismatic and controversial Douglas MacArthur, whose orders forced him to leave his soldiers on the islands to starvation and surrender but whose vow to return echoed around the globe. The other was the gritty Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, who became a hero to the troops whose fate he insisted on sharing even when it meant becoming the highest-ranking American prisoner of the Japanese.
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Wonderful book
- De Scott Brimer en 06-09-25
De: Jonathan Horn
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Phantom Fleet
- The Hunt for Nazi Submarine U-505 and World War II's Most Daring Heist
- De: Alexander Rose
- Narrado por: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Duración: 9 h y 40 m
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In this swashbuckling adventure story, bestselling historian Alexander Rose draws on long-classified encrypted documents and intercepted German transmissions to unravel, for the first time, the astounding tale of a daring heist cooked up by an owlish egghead and a glory-seeking buccaneer to score the richest prize on the high seas.
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Naval Warfare at its Finest
- De Rebecca Hill en 07-07-25
De: Alexander Rose
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Fly Girl
- A Memoir
- De: Ann Hood
- Narrado por: Ann Hood
- Duración: 8 h y 11 m
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In 1978, in the tailwind of the golden age of air travel, flight attendants were the epitome of glamor and sophistication. Fresh out of college and hungry to experience the world―and maybe, one day, write about it―Ann Hood joined their ranks. After a grueling job search, Hood survived TWA’s rigorous Breech Training Academy and learned to evacuate seven kinds of aircraft, deliver a baby, mix proper cocktails, administer oxygen, and stay calm no matter what the situation.
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We’ll written, not what I expected
- De Jonathan en 07-07-22
De: Ann Hood
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Carrier Pilot
- De: Norman Hanson
- Narrado por: Chris MacDonnell
- Duración: 12 h y 47 m
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In 1942, Norman Hanson learned to fly the Royal Navy's newest fighter: the US-built Chance Vought Corsair. Fast, rugged, and demanding to fly, it was an intimidating machine. But in the hands of its young Fleet Air Arm pilots, it also proved to be a lethal weapon. Posted to the South Pacific aboard HMS Illustrious, Hanson and his squadron took the fight to the Japanese. Facing a desperate and determined enemy, Kamikaze attacks, and the ever-present dangers of flying off a pitching carrier deck, death was never far away.
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Absorbing
- De Jean en 11-26-17
De: Norman Hanson
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Voices of Victory
- Powerful eye-witness accounts of the battle to take Germany, Feb 1945 to VE Day
- De: Geraint Jones
- Narrado por: Justin Avoth, Geraint Jones
- Duración: 14 h y 13 m
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February, 1945. Eight months have passed since the D-Day landings, when the Allies gained their foothold in North-West Europe. Since then the British Army has fought near continuously against the German military. Now, they stand ready for their greatest test: the battle for the German homeland. Drawing on the archive of the Imperial War Museums, this often-overlooked period of the war is brought vividly to life in the words of British soldiers who were there, from war-weary men who have survived many months of combat to new recruits facing Hitler's fanatic Panzer divisions for the first time.
De: Geraint Jones
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The People’s War
- Unheard Stories: Life on the Battlefront and at Home in World War II
- De: John Willis
- Narrado por: John Willis, Christine Kavanagh, Rosina Aichner, y otros
- Duración: 13 h y 21 m
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In The People's War, John Willis unearths untold stories of everyday bravery, moments of terror, and tales of life-affirming community, that guide us through the years of the Second World War. From soldiers in North Africa and prisoners of war in East Asia, to evacuees in the British countryside and women in the factories, The People's War is a truly ambitious and comprehensive journey through a devastating and pivotal period of our history, as you've never read before.
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Melting Point
- Family, Memory, and the Search for a Promised Land
- De: Rachel Cockerell
- Narrado por: Henry Goodman, Rachel Cockerell
- Duración: 11 h y 23 m
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In a highly inventive style, Cockerell captures history as it unfolds, weaving together letters, diaries, memoirs, newspaper articles, and interviews into a vivid account. Melting Point follows Zangwill and the Jochelmann family through two world wars, to London, New York, and Jerusalem—as their lives intertwine with some of the most memorable figures of the twentieth century, and each chooses whether to cling to their history or melt into their new surroundings. It is a story that asks what it means to belong, and what can be salvaged from the past.
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It did be Focus too much on Galveston. I thought that was the main idea for the book.
- De John S.Fotos en 07-06-25
De: Rachel Cockerell
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Personhood
- The New Civil War over Reproduction
- De: Mary Ziegler
- Narrado por: Jesse Abeel
- Duración: 8 h y 21 m
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Personhood chronicles the internal struggles and changing ideas about race, sex, religion, war, corporate rights, and poverty that shaped the personhood struggle over half a century. The book explores how Americans came to take for granted that fetal personhood requires criminalization and suggests that other ways of valuing both fetal life and women's equality might be possible.
De: Mary Ziegler
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Masters of Mayhem
- Lawrence of Arabia and the British Military Mission to the Hejaz
- De: James Stejskal
- Narrado por: Liam Gerrard
- Duración: 7 h y 24 m
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Striking where the enemy is weakest and melting away into the darkness before he can react. Never confronting a stronger force directly, but using audacity and surprise to confound and demoralize an opponent. Operations driven by good intelligence, area knowledge, mobility, speed, firepower, and detailed planning, and executed by a few specialists with indigenous warriors—this is unconventional warfare.
De: James Stejskal
With German bombs dropping, they lived in constant danger. Some took solace in by partying and taking lovers, others liked solitude, all had “a love affair with the sky”. It was not an easy life but it was an exciting one. You could be stationed at a modest cottage or the lavish estate of an English Lord.
The British were fascinated by the Americans and had no idea where to place them in the social hierarchy. This gave them the opportunity to be whoever they wanted.
From heiresses, social climbers to abused women who reinvented themselves;
It would seem an impossible task to keep track of so many fascinating characters, but the author does it with ease and makes you care.
Would make a great movie or miniseries
Edge of your seat true adventure
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Great history!
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Beautifully Written
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Spitfires
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incredible story & research!
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Illuminating and entertaining
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