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Nuclear War

A Scenario

by Annie Jacobsen ...

Narrated by Annie Jacobsen ...

Unabridged

11 hours 19 min

The INSTANT New York Times bestsellerInstant Los Angeles Times **bestsellerFinalist, Dayton Literary Peace PrizeOne of NPR's Books We LoveOne of Newsweek Staffers' Favorite Books of the YearShortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize**“In Nuclear War: A Scenario, Annie Jacobsen gives us a vivid picture of what could happen if our nuclear guardians fail…Terrif... ... Read more

$26.99 CAD

The INSTANT New York Times bestsellerInstant Los Angeles Times **bestsellerFinalist, Dayton Literary Peace PrizeOne of NPR's Books We LoveOne of Newsweek Staffers' Favorite Books of the YearShortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize**“In Nuclear War: A Scenario, Annie Jacobsen gives us a vivid picture of what could happen if our nuclear guardians fail…Terrif...
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Hiroshima

The Last Witnesses

by M. G. Sheftall ...

Narrated by Brian Nishii ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Embers
Unabridged

17 hours 6 min

**One of Washington Post's 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction From 2024The first volume in a two-book series about each of the atomic bomb drops that ended the Pacific War based on years of irreplicable personal interviews with survivors to tell a story of devastation and resilience**In this vividly rendered historical narrative, M. G. Sheftall layers the stories of hibakusha—the Japanese word for ... Read more

$30.60 CAD

**One of Washington Post's 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction From 2024The first volume in a two-book series about each of the atomic bomb drops that ended the Pacific War based on years of irreplicable personal interviews with survivors to tell a story of devastation and resilience**In this vividly rendered historical narrative, M. G. Sheftall layers the stories of hibakusha—the Japanese word for
... Read more
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Making of the Atomic Bomb

25th Anniversary Edition

by Richard Rhodes ...

Narrated by Holter Graham ...

Unabridged

37 hours 16 min

**Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award****The definitive history of nuclear weapons—**from the turn-of-the-century discovery of nuclear energy to J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project—this epic work details the science, the people, and the sociopolitical realities that led to the development of the atomic bomb.This sweeping ... Read more

$58.49 CAD

**Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award****The definitive history of nuclear weapons—**from the turn-of-the-century discovery of nuclear energy to J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project—this epic work details the science, the people, and the sociopolitical realities that led to the development of the atomic bomb.This sweeping
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Area 51

An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base

by Annie Jacobsen ...

Narrated by Annie Jacobsen ...

Unabridged

16 hours 11 min

This bestseller from a Pulitzer Prize finalist gives readers the complete untold story of the top-secret military base for the first time.**"Compellingly hard-hitting." —**New York TimesIt is the most famous military installation in the world. And it doesn't exist. Located a mere seventy-five miles outside of Las Vegas in Nevada's desert, the base has never been acknowledged by the U.S. government ... Read more

$45.89 CAD

This bestseller from a Pulitzer Prize finalist gives readers the complete untold story of the top-secret military base for the first time.**"Compellingly hard-hitting." —**New York TimesIt is the most famous military installation in the world. And it doesn't exist. Located a mere seventy-five miles outside of Las Vegas in Nevada's desert, the base has never been acknowledged by the U.S. government
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Den fjerde protokol

by Frederick Forsyth ...

Narrated by Torben Sekov ...

Unabridged

16 hours 50 min

Den professionelle tyv Jim Rawlings kender normalt ikke til skrupler eller samvittighedsnag. Men da han under et indbrud hos en højtstående embedsmand tilfældigvis opdager nogle stjålne dokumenter, beslutter han sig alligevel for at sende dem anonymt til den britiske efterretningstjeneste. Imens er en tophemmelig og dødsensfarlig plan ved at tage form i Sovjetunionen. En plan, der går ud på at ... Read more

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Den professionelle tyv Jim Rawlings kender normalt ikke til skrupler eller samvittighedsnag. Men da han under et indbrud hos en højtstående embedsmand tilfældigvis opdager nogle stjålne dokumenter, beslutter han sig alligevel for at sende dem anonymt til den britiske efterretningstjeneste. Imens er en tophemmelig og dødsensfarlig plan ved at tage form i Sovjetunionen. En plan, der går ud på at
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Gambling with Armageddon

Nuclear Roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis

by Martin J. Sherwin ...

Narrated by Mark Bramhall ...

Unabridged

18 hours 50 min

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Prometheus comes the first effort to set the Cuban Missile Crisis, with its potential for nuclear holocaust, in a wider historical narrative of the Cold War—how such a crisis arose, and why at the very last possible moment it didn't happen.In this groundbreaking look at the Cuban Missile Crisis, Martin Sherwin not only gives us a riveting ... Read more

$32.85 CAD

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Prometheus comes the first effort to set the Cuban Missile Crisis, with its potential for nuclear holocaust, in a wider historical narrative of the Cold War—how such a crisis arose, and why at the very last possible moment it didn't happen.In this groundbreaking look at the Cuban Missile Crisis, Martin Sherwin not only gives us a riveting
... Read more
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Strange Stability

How Cold War Scientists Set Out to Control the Arms Race and Ended Up Serving the Military-Industrial Complex

by Benjamin Wilson ...

Narrated by Tom Parks ...

Unabridged

17 hours 16 min

Do scientists speak truth to power? During the Cold War, a group of American strategists and science advisors claimed to do precisely that. Styling themselves as figures of rationality and restraint, they insisted that mutual assured destruction was the natural logic of the atomic age: as long as nuclear deterrence was credible, no one would ever shoot first. This doctrine, known as "strategic ... Read more

$34.21 CAD

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Do scientists speak truth to power? During the Cold War, a group of American strategists and science advisors claimed to do precisely that. Styling themselves as figures of rationality and restraint, they insisted that mutual assured destruction was the natural logic of the atomic age: as long as nuclear deterrence was credible, no one would ever shoot first. This doctrine, known as "strategic
... Read more
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Nuclear Weapons

A Very Short Introduction

by Joseph M. Siracusa ...

Narrated by Shawn Compton ...

Unabridged

4 hours 29 min

Nuclear weapons have not been used in anger since the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Yet even after the Cold War, the Bomb is still the greatest threat facing humankind. As President Bill Clinton's first secretary of defense, Les Aspin, put it: "The Cold War is over, the Soviet Union is no more. But the post–Cold War world is decidedly not post-nuclear ... Read more

$16.00 CAD

Nuclear weapons have not been used in anger since the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Yet even after the Cold War, the Bomb is still the greatest threat facing humankind. As President Bill Clinton's first secretary of defense, Les Aspin, put it: "The Cold War is over, the Soviet Union is no more. But the post–Cold War world is decidedly not post-nuclear
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The Uranium Club

Unearthing Lost Relics of the Nazi Nuclear Program

by Miriam E. Hiebert ...

Narrated by Wendy Tremont King ...

Unabridged

10 hours 12 min

Tim Koeth peered into the crumpled brown paper lunch bag; inside was a surprisingly heavy black metal cube. He recognized the mysterious object instantly—he had one just like it sitting on his desk at home. It was uranium metal, taken from the nuclear reactor that Nazi scientists had tried—and failed—to build at the end of World War II. This unexpected gift, wrapped in a piece of paper inscribed ... Read more

$24.63 CAD

Tim Koeth peered into the crumpled brown paper lunch bag; inside was a surprisingly heavy black metal cube. He recognized the mysterious object instantly—he had one just like it sitting on his desk at home. It was uranium metal, taken from the nuclear reactor that Nazi scientists had tried—and failed—to build at the end of World War II. This unexpected gift, wrapped in a piece of paper inscribed
... Read more
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Abyss

The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962

by Max Hastings ...

Narrated by John Hopkins ...

Unabridged

19 hours 12 min

A Times History Book of the Year 2022 From the #1 bestselling historian Max Hastings ‘the heart-stopping story of the missile crisis’ Daily TelegraphThe 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was the most perilous event in history, when mankind faced a looming nuclear collision between the United States and Soviet Union. During those weeks, the world gazed into the abyss of potential annihilation.Max Hastings ... Read more

$43.19 CAD

A Times History Book of the Year 2022 From the #1 bestselling historian Max Hastings ‘the heart-stopping story of the missile crisis’ Daily TelegraphThe 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was the most perilous event in history, when mankind faced a looming nuclear collision between the United States and Soviet Union. During those weeks, the world gazed into the abyss of potential annihilation.Max Hastings
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Countdown

The Blinding Future of Nuclear Weapons

by Sarah Scoles ...

Narrated by Teri Schnaubelt ...

Unabridged

7 hours 59 min

Nuclear weapons are, today, as important as they were during the Cold War, and some experts say we could be as close to a nuclear catastrophe now as we were at the height of that conflict. Despite that, conversations about these bombs generally often happen in past tense.In Countdown, science journalist Sarah Scoles uncovers a different atomic reality: the nuclear age's present. Drawing from years ... Read more

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Nuclear weapons are, today, as important as they were during the Cold War, and some experts say we could be as close to a nuclear catastrophe now as we were at the height of that conflict. Despite that, conversations about these bombs generally often happen in past tense.In Countdown, science journalist Sarah Scoles uncovers a different atomic reality: the nuclear age's present. Drawing from years
... Read more
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The New Nuclear Age

At the Precipice of Armageddon

by Ankit Panda ...

Narrated by Timothy Andrés Pabon ...

Unabridged

9 hours 2 min

The world is entering a new nuclear age. Nuclear weapons are returning to the fore of international statecraft in ways unseen since the Cold War. With major powers like Russia issuing threats of nuclear strikes, China and North Korea continuing to grow their arsenals, and new prospects for proliferation from the Middle East to East Asia, the world has been thrust into a new era of heightened ... Read more

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The world is entering a new nuclear age. Nuclear weapons are returning to the fore of international statecraft in ways unseen since the Cold War. With major powers like Russia issuing threats of nuclear strikes, China and North Korea continuing to grow their arsenals, and new prospects for proliferation from the Middle East to East Asia, the world has been thrust into a new era of heightened
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Fallout

Conspiracy, Cover-Up, and the Deceitful Case for the Atom Bomb

by Peter Watson ...

Narrated by Peter Ganim ...

Unabridged

15 hours 10 min

The justification for the atomic bomb was simple: it would defeat Hitler and end the Second World War faster, saving lives. The reality was different.Fallout dismantles the conventional story of why the atom bomb was built. Peter Watson has found new documents showing that long before the Allied bomb was operational, it was clear that Germany had no atomic weapons of its own and was not likely to. ... Read more

$37.79 CAD

The justification for the atomic bomb was simple: it would defeat Hitler and end the Second World War faster, saving lives. The reality was different.Fallout dismantles the conventional story of why the atom bomb was built. Peter Watson has found new documents showing that long before the Allied bomb was operational, it was clear that Germany had no atomic weapons of its own and was not likely to.
... Read more
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Manhattan Project, The: Inside the Race to Build the First Atomic Bomb and the Shadow It Cast on Our World

by Edward Kavanagh ...

Narrated by Edward Kavanagh ...

Unabridged

2 hours 3 min

Uncover the tense WWII race against time to master nuclear fission before a fascist regime weaponizes it first. Perfect for deep-focus learning or your daily commute, this immersive historical narrative transforms abstract twentieth-century physics into a dramatic thriller of geopolitical survival. Step inside the top-secret laboratories where brilliant minds wrestled with unimaginable destructive ... Read more

$12.31 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Uncover the tense WWII race against time to master nuclear fission before a fascist regime weaponizes it first. Perfect for deep-focus learning or your daily commute, this immersive historical narrative transforms abstract twentieth-century physics into a dramatic thriller of geopolitical survival. Step inside the top-secret laboratories where brilliant minds wrestled with unimaginable destructive
... Read more
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Brief History of Nuclear Weapons, A: The Bombs That Changed the World

by Stephen Adler ...

Narrated by Stephen Adler ...

Unabridged

1 hour 56 min

Discover the gripping military history and scientific breakthroughs that birthed the world's most destructive weapons. Perfect for a focused commute or an educational deep dive, this tense chronological journey explores the secret race to split the atom. You will navigate the harrowing geopolitical landscapes of a world constantly teetering on the brink of disaster.From the clandestine ... Read more

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Discover the gripping military history and scientific breakthroughs that birthed the world's most destructive weapons. Perfect for a focused commute or an educational deep dive, this tense chronological journey explores the secret race to split the atom. You will navigate the harrowing geopolitical landscapes of a world constantly teetering on the brink of disaster.From the clandestine
... Read more
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Concise History of the Cuban Missile Crisis, A: How the World Came Closest to Nuclear War

by Edward Falkner ...

Narrated by Edward Falkner ...

Unabridged

1 hour 55 min

Step into the tense historical drama of October 1962, a gripping race against time to prevent global nuclear war. Perfect for a focused morning commute, this suspenseful narrative captures the high-stakes geopolitical chess match between the United States and the Soviet Union.Transform your daily walk into an immersive journey through secret Kremlin debates and classified White House briefings. ... Read more

$12.31 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Step into the tense historical drama of October 1962, a gripping race against time to prevent global nuclear war. Perfect for a focused morning commute, this suspenseful narrative captures the high-stakes geopolitical chess match between the United States and the Soviet Union.Transform your daily walk into an immersive journey through secret Kremlin debates and classified White House briefings.
... Read more
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Race for Nuclear Weapons during World War II, The: The History and Legacy of Both Sides’ Efforts to Build an Atomic Bomb

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Bill Caufield ...

Unabridged

3 hours 31 min

Before the Second World War, military conflicts were fought under orthodox conditions, usually termed “conventional warfare,” but several innovations had significantly changed combat, leading inextricably to the race for a nuclear weapon in the 1930s and 1940s. Conflicts had been fought by armies on horseback with guns of varying sophistication since the 16th century, but mechanized warfare and ... Read more

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Before the Second World War, military conflicts were fought under orthodox conditions, usually termed “conventional warfare,” but several innovations had significantly changed combat, leading inextricably to the race for a nuclear weapon in the 1930s and 1940s. Conflicts had been fought by armies on horseback with guns of varying sophistication since the 16th century, but mechanized warfare and
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Un demi-Siècle au bord du gouffre atomique

by Jean-François Bouchard ...

Narrated by Isidore Amos ...

Unabridged

13 hours 28 min

Depuis les années 1950, plus d’une vingtaine de crises mondiales ont failli dériver en guerres atomiques. Le livre raconte l’histoire de ces confrontations qui, par miracle, n’ont jamais abouti à l’utilisation de ces armes effrayantes. Un demi-siècle au bord du gouffre atomique est basé sur les documents de la CIA, de la Maison-Blanche et de la diplomatie américaine publiés par la N.S.A : une ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

Depuis les années 1950, plus d’une vingtaine de crises mondiales ont failli dériver en guerres atomiques. Le livre raconte l’histoire de ces confrontations qui, par miracle, n’ont jamais abouti à l’utilisation de ces armes effrayantes. Un demi-siècle au bord du gouffre atomique est basé sur les documents de la CIA, de la Maison-Blanche et de la diplomatie américaine publiés par la N.S.A : une
... Read more
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Must We Accept a Nuclear North Korea?

by Sam Harris, Sam Harris ...

Narrated by Sam Harris ...

Series Audiobook 89 - Making Sense with Sam Harris
Unabridged

1 hour 8 min

Mark Bowden is the author of thirteen books, including the #1 New York Times bestseller Black Hawk Down. He reported at the Philadelphia Inquirer for twenty years and now writes for the Atlantic, Vanity Fair, and other magazines. He is also the writer in residence at the University of Delaware. His most recent book is Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam.Article: "How to Deal ... Read more

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Mark Bowden is the author of thirteen books, including the #1 New York Times bestseller Black Hawk Down. He reported at the Philadelphia Inquirer for twenty years and now writes for the Atlantic, Vanity Fair, and other magazines. He is also the writer in residence at the University of Delaware. His most recent book is Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam.Article: "How to Deal
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Building and Stocking a Nuclear Bunker For Under $10,000

by Martin K. Ettington ...

Narrated by Martin K. Ettington ...

Unabridged

19 min

Building Shelters to protect individuals and their families from emergency situations has become extremely popular in the United States.I have my own experience of building a nuclear bomb shelter in 2002 and stocking it with supplies. I did it for less than $10,000 and thought you would all be interested in how I did it for so little money.I’m also a nuclear engineer and used my knowledge and some ... Read more

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Building Shelters to protect individuals and their families from emergency situations has become extremely popular in the United States.I have my own experience of building a nuclear bomb shelter in 2002 and stocking it with supplies. I did it for less than $10,000 and thought you would all be interested in how I did it for so little money.I’m also a nuclear engineer and used my knowledge and some
... Read more
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Hiroshima överlever

by Monica Braw ...

Narrated by Lars Winclair ...

Unabridged

9 hours 16 min

Aldrig tidigare i människans historia har en katastrof likt atombombningen av Hiroshima och Nagasaki inträffat. Händelsen förändrade hela världen, bilderna och berättelserna från överlevarna kom att chocka både sin samtid och framtid. Det finns inga fasta siffror på hur många som dog vid bombningarna, men man tror att över 200 000 personer mötte sin död i attackerna.Mot alla odds fanns det ... Read more

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Aldrig tidigare i människans historia har en katastrof likt atombombningen av Hiroshima och Nagasaki inträffat. Händelsen förändrade hela världen, bilderna och berättelserna från överlevarna kom att chocka både sin samtid och framtid. Det finns inga fasta siffror på hur många som dog vid bombningarna, men man tror att över 200 000 personer mötte sin död i attackerna.Mot alla odds fanns det
... Read more
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Den Kolde Krig - Livet i skyggen af Den Kolde Krig

by Orage ...

Narrated by Peter Milling ...

Series series Den kolde krig
Unabridged

22 min

I fire årtier påvirkede den kolde krigs politik og frygten for atomvåben livet for ganske almindelige mennesker over hele verden. Supermagterne udkæmpede stedfortræderkrige i Korea, Vietnam og Afghanistan, i USA indledte McCarthy en heksejagt på sovjetiske spioner og også film, musik og litteratur var påvirket af truslen om atomkrig.Denne artikel fortæller om livet i skyggen af den kolde krig. DEN ... Read more

$7.28 CAD

I fire årtier påvirkede den kolde krigs politik og frygten for atomvåben livet for ganske almindelige mennesker over hele verden. Supermagterne udkæmpede stedfortræderkrige i Korea, Vietnam og Afghanistan, i USA indledte McCarthy en heksejagt på sovjetiske spioner og også film, musik og litteratur var påvirket af truslen om atomkrig.Denne artikel fortæller om livet i skyggen af den kolde krig. DEN
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Den Kolde Krig - Den sino-sovjetiske konflikt

by Orage ...

Narrated by Peter Milling ...

Series series Den kolde krig
Unabridged

15 min

I begyndelsen af marts 1969 var situationen spændt i de sovjetiske styrker. De var klar til når som helst at affyre deres atomvåben mod et mål 1.600 kilometer væk. Mens resten af verden fokuserede på magtkampen mellem øst og vest, var der opstået en bitter konflikt mellem Kina og Sovjetunionen, og selvom de to supermagter udadtil var allierede, var virkeligheden på mange punkter en helt anden ... Read more

$1.51 CAD

I begyndelsen af marts 1969 var situationen spændt i de sovjetiske styrker. De var klar til når som helst at affyre deres atomvåben mod et mål 1.600 kilometer væk. Mens resten af verden fokuserede på magtkampen mellem øst og vest, var der opstået en bitter konflikt mellem Kina og Sovjetunionen, og selvom de to supermagter udadtil var allierede, var virkeligheden på mange punkter en helt anden
... Read more
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Safe: How to stay safe in a dangerous world

Survival techniques for everyday life from an SAS hero

by Chris Ryan ...

Narrated by Michael Fenner ...

Unabridged

7 hours 2 min

How to keep you and yours safe from the perils of the modern world.In today's increasingly hostile climate people are anxious about how to keep themselves safe. Chris Ryan is an expert in dangerous situations and here he tells you how to keep yourself and your family safe from the perils of modern urban life. He leads you through a variety of situations including what to do if:- You are walking ... Read more

$39.59 CAD

How to keep you and yours safe from the perils of the modern world.In today's increasingly hostile climate people are anxious about how to keep themselves safe. Chris Ryan is an expert in dangerous situations and here he tells you how to keep yourself and your family safe from the perils of modern urban life. He leads you through a variety of situations including what to do if:- You are walking
... Read more

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