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Wayward Galaxy
- By: Jason Anspach, J. N. Chaney
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
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A company of Army Rangers is sent on an interstellar colony ship to secure a foothold on a dangerous, alien planet through violence of action. Leaving behind a warring Earth flung headfirst into a conflict of mutual assured destruction, the Rangers and the accompanying crew of first colonists are guided on a 40-year journey by an unprecedented artificial intelligence. But when they emerge from the frigid embrace of cryosleep, they awake to a nightmare, finding themselves greeted by the same ruthless enemy that brought about the ruin of Earth.
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A breath of fresh air
- By Anonymous User on 09-29-20
- Wayward Galaxy
- By: Jason Anspach, J. N. Chaney
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
Brody
Reviewed: 12-09-23
I enjoyed this book from beginning to end. Author paints a fantastic picture & RC Bray is the best at what he does IMO.
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Wayward Galaxy 5
- Wayward Galaxy, Book 5
- By: Jason Anspach, J.N. Chaney
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
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Peace and a secure future are within the grasp of the Rangers and Osay colonists…if they can withstand the coming Reclamation Fleet. But first, they must deal with old enemies and the mysterious RUPAC research stations that will finally allow Reach, Brody, and company understand just where all of Amir’s various factions truly stand.
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A fantastic series as operas go
- By Vipage on 01-10-23
- Wayward Galaxy 5
- Wayward Galaxy, Book 5
- By: Jason Anspach, J.N. Chaney
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
M4D1 Pulse rifles
Reviewed: 11-24-23
The neural links and genetic upgrades that made communication problems go away instantly and the main character all but superhuman.
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Black Squadron
- By: Michael Stephen Fuchs
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
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One troop of beyond-Tier-1 operators gone completely off the reservation. One platoon of stalwart Army Rangers, pledged to protect them, but now pushed too far. A thousand tribes of enemy fighters who just want them all gone.
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Awesome
- By T.G. on 02-10-22
- Black Squadron
- By: Michael Stephen Fuchs
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
Huge Fuchs fan, but
Reviewed: 06-16-23
Yep, I am, aside from Michael's mom, one of his biggest fans. I've read every Arisen he's put out and loved it all. That said... Brother, I would consider your demographic a little more carefully. I'm not a huge Trump supporter personally, but I am a member of the military community who are, for the most part, pretty Republican... and then you throw SEALs under the bus like last week's trash. I just gotta say, you didn't make a whole lot of friends with this one.
RC Bray is fantastic as usual.
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Blood Spring
- Blood Spring: A Black Autumn Saga (The Black Autumn Series Book 9
- By: Jeff Kirkham, Jason Ross
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
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Special Forces veteran Jeff Kirkham and survivalist Jason Ross hurdle toward their final confrontation after Kirkham seizes control of the Homestead and stands between Ross, his wife and his land. But the two men's personal vendetta may cost them everything as the Mexican cartel bears down in an armored thrust to subjugate the Rocky Mountain West. Only Jenna Ross, estranged wife of Jason Ross, sees the full measure of all that is at stake, and she struggles between dark treason and the iron anvil of tyranny.
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Nice work, Jeff and jason.
- By JUSTIN on 05-22-24
- Blood Spring
- Blood Spring: A Black Autumn Saga (The Black Autumn Series Book 9
- By: Jeff Kirkham, Jason Ross
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
Good to the last drop
Reviewed: 06-05-23
Okay Kevin, it's taken me a while to get used to your way of telling a story, the complete 299 Days series as well as all the Black Autumn books, but I'm on board now. Keep up the good work. I still find it odd that Jason Ross, a real person, would cast himself as a bad guy in spite of any retribution. It took some serious balls to write yourself in like that, Jason. You get top marks and a lot of respect from me for doing that. I bet your left arm itches every time you strap a Longines Hydroconquest to it.
I'm a little disappointed that no artillery was recovered and used against the armor. A 13F would have fit right in with the other hooah, hooah 3 bags full guys. We are often the bridge between SF types and Big Army in more ways than just the obvious. Adjust fire, Jeff, and write one of us into your next novel, pretty please, with a cherry on top. SFC. Galen Fries, US Army & Army National Guard (Ret) reporting as ordered.
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The 21st-Century Sniper
- A Complete Practical Guide
- By: Brandon Webb, Glen Doherty
- Narrated by: Allen O'Reilly
- Length: 4 hrs and 12 mins
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The 21st century sniper is a mature, intelligent shooter who leverages technology to his deadly advantage. He has spent thousands of hours honing his skills. He is a master of concealment in all environments, from the mountains of Afghanistan to the crowded streets of Iraq. He is trained in science and left alone to create the unique art of the kill. To the sniper, the battlefield is like a painter’s blank canvas. It is his job to simultaneously utilize tools, training, and creativity to deliver devastating psychological impact upon the battlefield. And it is he alone who is left with the intimacy of the kill.
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READ it, Don't Listen
- By Nathan on 02-28-13
- The 21st-Century Sniper
- A Complete Practical Guide
- By: Brandon Webb, Glen Doherty
- Narrated by: Allen O'Reilly
Didn't make me a better shooter
Reviewed: 05-13-23
Hey, I have nothing but respect for the guys this book is talking about. I was military but not in this capacity or even in the same league with these guys. hearing about what they go through to be that level of shooter is interesting and time well spent. That said, I am just now trying to enter this long-range world, and I wanted to hear a few of the tips and tricks that these guys have learned while being deployed all over the world. Brandon starts the book by saying that he's not going to share any sensitive information and, of course, as a fellow military member who's versed in OPSEC, I sure as hell am not asking him to. Does that mean all tips and tricks are sensitive information? You can't go over your tips for mounting a scope to obtaining a tight zero?
After that, the narrator was distracting. He obviously didn't take any time to get to know the material. We all know what BUDs is, but this dude spells it out. Calibers like the 30.06 are said completely wrong. He says the ex in 7.62 x 51.
Come on, bro. Are you a word program, or are you a human. If you're the latter, understand that there's a vernacular within this community, a way some of these things are said. If you read it wrong, you throw off the vibe of the whole book.
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Black Hearts
- One Platoon's Descent into Madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death
- By: Jim Frederick
- Narrated by: Corey Snow
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
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This is the story of a small group of soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division's fabled 502nd Infantry Regiment - a unit known as the Black Heart Brigade. Deployed in late 2005 to Iraq's so-called Triangle of Death, a veritable meat grinder just south of Baghdad, the Black Hearts found themselves in arguably the country's most dangerous location at its most dangerous time.
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Sadness
- By Richard on 04-02-19
- Black Hearts
- One Platoon's Descent into Madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death
- By: Jim Frederick
- Narrated by: Corey Snow
Severe Lack of Ownership
Reviewed: 05-12-23
Was I there? Yes and no. I was in Iraq during that time frame, so yes. But I was with the 3rd ID, so no. This changes nothing. Like mentioned in the book, a unit's or a soldier's success or failure falls squarely on the shoulders of leadership. I hold the senior leadership as responsible for this atrocity as the troops themselves. in my eyes, they couldn't be more guilty if they were in the room with these guys when they did it. Even if this book doesn't depict events as they actually were, that still means nothing. Every military leader knows that joes get into mischief if left idle or unsupervised. Mentorship, esprit de corps, motivation have always been the mark of great leadership. Suicide, crime, depression, the mark of piss poor leadership. If any of you who are responsible for this action are reading this, understand that your fellow military members hold you in the deepest contempt. 8 the F up doesn't even begin to describe you.
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Last of the Amazons
- By: Steven Pressfield
- Narrated by: Christine McMurdo Wallis, Alyssa Brensnahan, George Guidall
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
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Steven Pressfield is the internationally best-selling author of Gates of Fire and Tides of War. An epic of love and war, Last of the Amazons is a gripping, imaginative novel of the ancient world filled with Pressfield’s trademark extraordinary attention to detail. In the time before Homer, the legendary Theseus, king of Athens, journeys to the nation of proud female warriors whom the Greeks called Amazons.
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Truly spellbinding
- By Lea D. Rumbolo on 09-21-15
- Last of the Amazons
- By: Steven Pressfield
- Narrated by: Christine McMurdo Wallis, Alyssa Brensnahan, George Guidall
No friend here but an epic journey
Reviewed: 12-19-22
After reading a very well written review of this book, I can't help but agree with its author in saying that you will find no friend here. This book is primarily about the Amazons, and therefore, I would ask the author of that review, would he have likely found a friend in them had he been there himself? In Pressfield's epic story, these warrioresses aren't what I would call friendly to anyone including each other. They love each other deeply, they love life deeply, but friendly they are not.
Steven Pressfield takes you back to a time 800 years before the Athens we are familiar with through its written history, to a time of legend. So have a seat and listen to this tale as the firelight bathes its teller's face. No, you won’t find any friends here, but you will be part of something historic.
I have read just about everything Pressfield has written from The Legend of Bagger Vance and Gates of Fire, to Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t and The War of Art... and a bunch in between. After Gates of Fire, this is my favorite Pressfield book.
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Think and Grow Rich
- By: Napoleon Hill
- Narrated by: Erik Synnestvedt
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
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Think and Grow Rich is the number-one inspirational and motivational classic for individuals who are interested in furthering their lives and reaching their goals by learning from important figures in history. The text read in this audiobook is the original 1937 edition written by Napoleon Hill and inspired by Andrew Carnegie - and while it has often been reproduced, no updated version has ever been able to compete with the original.
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Classic Book, 21st Century Version Better
- By Razvan Rogoz on 12-29-12
- Think and Grow Rich
- By: Napoleon Hill
- Narrated by: Erik Synnestvedt
A little bit crazy, a little bit Rock and Roll
Reviewed: 11-03-22
There are a lot of things I'm going to use from this book, yep... even some of the crazy ones. There are some fantastic thoughts expressed between these pages and I feel they can help us get what we want out of life, be that wealth or whatever else we may want. That said, it's a somewhat well known fact that many wealthy people can be somewhat eccentric and Napoleon Hill opens his overcoat to shows us his crazy in the final chapters of the book. As you're reading along thinking everything is good to go, "this guy has got some great points," and then... "wait what did he just say? Okay there Obi-Wan Kenobi." I wouldn't be at all surprised if this is where George Lucas got a lot of his ideas for the Star Wars story, and in that case it did make him rich so there's that... crazy ain't crazy if it works.
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1001 Arabian Nights
- By: Anonymous
- Narrated by: Alan Munro
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
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The stories in this collection can be traced back to Middle Eastern folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age The works were collected over many centuries by various authors, translators, and scholars across West, Central, and South Asia and North Africa. Some tales themselves trace their roots back to ancient and medieval Arabic, Persian, Greek, Indian, Jewish, and Turkish folklore and literature.
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Love the Stories
- By Heather on 03-19-20
- 1001 Arabian Nights
- By: Anonymous
- Narrated by: Alan Munro
Wait, where were we?
Reviewed: 10-17-22
A story teller telling stories about story tellers can quickly find you lost and wondering in who's story you're currently swimming. Shahrazad is the master of story tellers and an inspiration for those of us who would like to tell our own tales.
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Espionage and Covert Operations: A Global History
- By: Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius
- Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
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Step into the real world of the spy with this detailed and unforgettable tour of the millennia-long history and enduring legacy of espionage and covert operations. While most of us associate this top-secret subject with popular fiction and film, its true story is more fascinating, surprising, and important than you could possibly imagine. These 24 thrilling lectures survey how world powers have attempted to work in the shadows to gain secret information or subvert enemies behind the scenes.
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The World's Most Versatile Profession
- By Cynthia on 02-23-14
I am not a spy
Reviewed: 07-02-22
I wasn't a spy before I read this book and reading it didn't make me a spy, but it did allow me to see how espionage has shaped our world today. it was a well organized detailed look into the world of real clandestine operations from the beginning of time until now, as well as a take on some fictional characters who muck around in these murky waters.
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