Resultados Editorial "Audible Studios" en Militar

Mezcla entre ficción y realidad, Un día de guerra en Ayacucho cuenta la historia de tres icónicas batallas que cambiaron el rumbo de la guerra de emancipación que, en el siglo XIX, Perú libró en contra de España, originada de un ferviente deseo de libertad.

The Story of My Experiments with Truth is the compelling autobiography of Mohandas Karam Chand Gandhi, who inspired millions with the sheer strength of his personal actions and steadfast upholding of the twin principles of truth and non-violence in the face of the most adverse circumstances. Starting from his birth, this autobiography traces the extraordinary journey of an ordinary man who went on to become a Mahatma. Divided into five sections, the listener is moved by the stark honesty with which Gandhi has written his autobiography

Tre anni di combattimenti, centinaia di migliaia di perdite tra i militari dei Paesi belligeranti e almeno un milione e mezzo tra i civili; un Paese devastato, il mondo sospinto a un passo da un conflitto nucleare; una pace mai firmata e dunque una crisi irrisolta, che ancora oggi, a tratti, fa salire la tensione internazionale al livello di guardia: ciò nonostante la guerra di Corea è per eccellenza "la guerra dimenticata" del XX secolo.

These are the combat experiences of the first Marine to command a special operations task force, recounted against a backdrop of his journey from raw Second Lieutenant to seasoned Colonel and Task Force Commander; from leading Marines through the streets of Mogadishu, Baghdad, Fallujah and Mosul to directing multi-national special operations forces in a dauntingly complex fight against a formidable foe.

Shakespeare famously wrote that some men are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. Part military history and part group biography, Generals in the Making tells the true story of how George Marshall, Dwight Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur, George Patton, and their peers became the greatest generation of senior commanders in military history.

As a young civil servant, Caroline Slocock became the first ever female private secretary to any British Prime Minister and was at Margaret Thatcher's side for the final 18 months of her premiership. A left-wing feminist, Slocock was no natural ally, and yet she became fascinated by the woman behind the Iron Lady façade and by how she dealt with a world dominated by men. As events inexorably led to Margaret Thatcher's downfall, Slocock observed the vulnerabilities and contradictions of the woman considered by many to be the ultimate anti-feminist.

John Nutting is nineteen years old in 1966. Raised in small-town Idaho, to a family that could trace its military roots back to the Revolutionary War, Nutting knows he’s going to fight the war as a Marine. On the day of his high school graduation, he swears into the US Marine Corps and boards the plane to boot camp.All too soon he’s in the jungle, a greenhorn member of "F" Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Division.

Nowhere in Africa is the extraordinary tale of a Jewish family who flees the Nazi regime in 1938 for a remote farm in Kenya. Abandoning their once-comfortable existence in Germany, Walter Redlich, his wife Jettel, and their five-year-old daughter, Regina, each deal with the harsh realities of their new life in different ways. Attorney Walter is resigned to working the farm as a caretaker; pampered Jettel resists adjustment at every turn; while the shy yet curious Regina immediately embraces the country - learning the local language and customs.

Somewhere in Germany is the sequel to the acclaimed Nowhere in Africa, which was turned into the Oscar-winning film of the same name. This novel traces the return of the Redlich family to Germany after their nine-year exile in Kenya during World War II. In Africa, Walter had longed for his homeland and dreamed of rebuilding his life as a lawyer, yet ultimately he and his family - wife Jettel, daughter Regina, and baby Max - realize that Germany seems as exotic and unwelcoming to them in 1947 as Kenya had seemed in 1938.

This audiobook offers the first systematic analysis of Putin's two wars, placing the Second Chechen War and the War with Georgia of 2008 in their broader historical contexts. Drawing on extensive original Russian sources, Marcel H. Van Herpen analyzes in detail how Putin's wars were prepared and conducted and why they led to allegations of war crimes and genocide.

One of the last cavalry units to ride horses into battle, the Sherwood Rangers were transformed into a “mechanized cavalry” of tanks in 1942. After winning acclaim in the North African campaign, they spearheaded one of the D-Day landings in Normandy and became the first British troops to cross into Germany. Their courage, skill, and tenacity contributed mightily to the surrender of Germany in 1945.

The Tragedy of American Science explores how the US economy’s addiction to military spending distorts and deforms science by making it overwhelmingly subservient to military interests. The primary motive driving American science and technology has become the search for new and more efficient ways to kill people. This transforms science from the classic ideal of a creative force for the advancement of humankind into its destructive and antihuman opposite.

Em nome do fascismo, muitos mataram e morreram, países foram destruídos e populações foram exterminadas. Este audiolivro explica o que de fato é fascismo e o que não é. Descreve o fenômeno historicamente, das origens aos seus desdobramentos mais terríveis, com perseguições, massacres e a guerra. Esclarece o que o fascismo dizia ser, mas, principalmente, o que foi e como foi vivenciado pelas pessoas e pelas sociedades que atingiu. Reconstrói o período em que o fascismo esteve no poder ou pareceu ser uma alternativa política viável na Europa.

La historia de un pueblo que a pesar de la segregación, la diáspora y el holocausto ha sabido conservar su identidad y su unión religiosa. Este audio libro nos descubre la historia de uno de los pueblos más complejos en la historia universal. Perseguidos a lo largo de la historia en todos los países en los que se asentaron, los judíos han vivido siempre en minoría con respecto a las otras grandes religiones, y aun así, han sabido conservar sus señas de identidad y mantener un poder estratégico en aquellos países en los que han habitado.

This magnificent biography of Henry VIII is set against the cultural, social and political background of his court - the most spectacular court ever seen in England - and the splendour of his many sumptuous palaces. An entertaining narrative packed with colourful description and a wealth of anecdotal evidence, but also a comprehensive analytical study of the development of both monarch and court during a crucial period in English history.

171 AD. Rome is at war with the northern tribes - and is yet to win a significant battle. The Germanic armies have crossed the Danube and have attacked the Empire, slaughtering thousands. The Emperor, Marcus Aurelius, is losing the support of the people and the Senate. Yet he has formed a plan he believes will change the balance of power in the region. Aurelius has dispatched an officer in the Praetorian Guard, the centurion Gaius Maximus, to escort the son and daughter of a powerful German tribal chief.

O rei Xerxes comanda dois milhões de homens do Império Persa para invadir e submeter a Grécia. Em uma ação suicida, uma pequena tropa de 300 temerários espartanos segue para o desfiladeiro das Termópilas para impedir o avanço inimigo. Eles conseguem conter, durante sete dias sangrentos, as tropas invasoras. No fim, com suas armas estraçalhadas, arruinadas na matança, lutam “com mãos vazias e dentes”. Relatados diretamente ao rei pelo único sobrevivente grego, os fatos são apresentados ao ouvinte de maneira vívida e envolvente.

Poucas batalhas foram tão incensadas, representadas e tomadas como exemplares das virtudes desejáveis em uma guerra como o Desembarque das Forças Aliadas na Normandia, França, no dia 6 de junho de 1944, evento conhecido como Dia D. Essa data da Segunda Guerra Mundial foi mesmo tão decisiva para o destino do planeta? Ou os Estados Unidos transformaram o Dia D em um mito de salvação do mundo?

Hailed as the most compelling biography of the German dictator yet written, Ian Kershaw's Hitler brings us closer than ever before to the heart of its subject's immense darkness. From his illegitimate birth in a small Austrian village to his fiery death in a bunker under the Reich chancellery in Berlin, Adolf Hitler left a murky trail, strewn with contradictory tales and overgrown with self-created myths. One truth prevails: the sheer scale of the evils that he unleashed on the world has made him a demonic figure without equal in the 20th century.

5 de junho de 1967. O Estado de Israel está cercado por inimigos que desejam sua completa extinção. O resto do mundo vira as costas para a jovem nação diante do perigo iminente.10 de junho de 1967. Os exércitos árabes são rechaçados, suas divisões em solo, eliminadas, suas forças aéreas, destruídas. O ministro da Defesa Moshe Dayan adentra a Cidade Velha de Jerusalém pela Porta dos Leões, para juntar-se aos paraquedistas que libertaram o local mais sagrado do judaísmo: o Muro das Lamentações.