Max Hastings

Max Hastings

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Catastrophe 1914
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Catastrophe 1914
  • By: Max Hastings
  • Narrator: Simon Vance
  • Length: 25 hours 24 minutes
  • Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
  • Publish date: January 01, 2020
  • Language: English
From the acclaimed military historian, a new history of the outbreak of World War I: the dramatic stretch from the breakdown of diplomacy to the battles—the Marne, Ypres, Tannenberg—that marked the frenzied first year before the war bogged down... Read more
Inferno
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Inferno
  • By: Max Hastings
  • Narrator: Ralph Cosham
  • Length: 31 hours 25 minutes
  • Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
  • Publish date: January 01, 2020
  • Language: English
From one of our finest military historians, a monumental work that shows us at once the truly global reach of World War II and its deeply personal consequences. World War II involved tens of millions of soldiers and cost sixty million lives—an... Read more
Operation Chastise
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Operation Chastise
  • By: Max Hastings
  • Narrator: Max Hastings
  • Length: 11 hours 49 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperAudio
  • Publish date: February 18, 2020
  • Language: English
  • (210 ratings)
(210 ratings)
One of the most lauded historians of our time returns to the Second World War in this magnificent retelling of the awe-inspiring raid on German dams conducted by the Royal Army Force’s 617 Squadron. The attack on Nazi Germany’s dams on... Read more
Operation Pedestal
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Operation Pedestal
  • By: Max Hastings
  • Narrator: Max Hastings
  • Length: 12 hours 29 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperAudio
  • Publish date: June 01, 2021
  • Language: English
  • (365 ratings)
(365 ratings)
Renowned historian Max Hastings recreates one of the most thrilling events of World War II: Operation Pedestal, the British action to save its troops from starvation on Malta–an action-packed tale of courage, fortitude, loss, and triumph... Read more
Retribution
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Retribution
  • By: Max Hastings
  • Narrator: Simon Vance
  • Length: 27 hours 39 minutes
  • Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
  • Publish date: January 01, 2008
  • Language: English
In his critically acclaimed Armageddon, Hastings detailed the last twelve months of the struggle for Germany. Here, in what can be considered a companion volume, he covers the horrific story of the war against Japan. By the summer of 1944 it was... Read more
The Abyss
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The Abyss
  • By: Max Hastings
  • Narrator: Max Hastings
  • Length: 19 hours 9 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperAudio
  • Publish date: October 18, 2022
  • Language: English
  • (214 ratings)
(214 ratings)
Bestselling author Max Hastings offers a welcome re-evaluation of one of the most gripping and tense international events in modern history–the Cuban Missile Crisis–providing a people-focused narrative that explores the attitudes and... Read more
The Korean War
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The Korean War
  • By: Max Hastings
  • Narrator: Frederick Davidson
  • Length: 17 hours 35 minutes
  • Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
  • Publish date: January 01, 2007
  • Language: English
  • (1798 ratings)
(1798 ratings)
It was the first war we could not win. At no other time since World War II have two superpowers met in battle. In this extensive history, preeminent military historianMax Hastings takes us back to the bloody, bitter struggle to restore South Korean... Read more
The Secret War
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The Secret War
  • By: Max Hastings
  • Narrator: Steven Crossley
  • Length: 30 hours 39 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperAudio
  • Publish date: May 10, 2016
  • Language: English
  • (958 ratings)
(958 ratings)
From one of the foremost historians of the period and the acclaimed author of Inferno and Catastrophe: 1914, The Secret War is a sweeping examination of one of the most important yet underexplored aspects of World War... Read more
Vietnam
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Vietnam
  • By: Max Hastings
  • Narrator: Max Hastings
  • Length: 33 hours 33 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperAudio
  • Publish date: October 16, 2018
  • Language: English
  • (3356 ratings)
(3356 ratings)
An absorbing and definitive modern history of the Vietnam War from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Secret War. Vietnam became the Western world’s most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for... Read more
Winston’s War
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Winston’s War
  • By: Max Hastings
  • Narrator: Robin Sachs
  • Length: 25 hours 2 minutes
  • Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
  • Publish date: January 01, 2010
  • Language: English
A vivid and incisive portrait of Winston Churchill during wartime from acclaimed historian Max Hastings, Winston’s War captures the full range of Churchill’s endlessly fascinating character. At once brilliant and infuriating, self-important and... Read more

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Simplicity Parenting Today’s busier, faster society is waging an undeclared war on childhood. With too much stuff, too many choices, and too little time, children can become anxious, have trouble with friends and school, or even be diagnosed with behavioral problems. Now internationally renowned family consultant Kim John Payne helps parents reclaim for their children the space and freedom that all kids need for ... Read Book
Bonnie and Clyde Bonnie and Clyde may be the most notorious–and celebrated–outlaw couple America has ever known. This is the true story of how they got that way. Bonnie and Clyde–we’ve been on a first name basis with them for almost a hundred years. Immortalized in movies, songs, and pop-culture references, they are remembered mostly for their storied romance and tragic deaths. But what was life really ... Read Book
The Shot Sergeant Bill Bee’s brush with death was broadcast on TV screens and published in newspapers around the world, but behind the cloud of dirt caused by a Taliban sniper bullet is a story of heroism, tragedy, and fighting an invisible war. Sergeant Bill Bee is the Marine in one of the defining images from the War on Terror. He responded to gunfire without protective gear when a Taliban sniper ... Read Book
Teaching Race in Perilous Times The college classroom is inevitably influenced by, and in turn influences, the world around it. In the United States, this means the complex topic of race can come into play in ways that are both explicit and implicit. Teaching Race in Perilous Times highlights and confronts the challenges of teaching race in the United States-from syllabus development and pedagogical strategies to accreditation ... Read Book
Set Fire to the Gods Avatar: The Last Airbender meets Gladiator in the first book in this epic fantasy duology in which two warriors must decide where their loyalties lie as an ancient war between immortals threatens humanity–from Sara Raasch, the New York Times bestselling author of the Snow Like Ashes series, and Kristen Simmons, acclaimed author of Pacifica and The Deceivers. Perfect for fans of An Ember in the ... Read Book
Walk Me Home A feel-good, funny second chance romance proves it’s never too late for love in the small Texas ranch town of Silverlake.Firefighter Jake Braddock is used to fixing things, and he’s never met a problem he couldn’t solve-except for his sweet ex-girlfriend Charlotte Nash.Charlie Nash has been a big-city girl ever since her family made a clean break from their small town, after the tragedy ... Read Book
Curse of the Pharaohs Under Egypt’s wind-swept sands, mummies and breathtaking treasure await those savvy and daring enough to seek them out. Intrepid archaeologist Zahi Hawass is one such adventurer, having made major discoveries in the pyramids at Giza and the Valley of the Golden Mummies. In Curse of the Pharaohs, Hawass details the secrets of ancient Egypt-and shows what it is like to be an archaeologist. From ... Read Book
The Corpse of St. James’s Dorothy Martin and her husband, retired Chief Constable Alan Nesbitt, have just visited Buckingham Palace, where Alan was awarded the George Cross, when they and a friend, retired Chief Inspector Jonathan Quinn, stumble across the body of a young girl hidden in St James’s Park. Wondering what led to the unfortunate girl’s demise, Dorothy can’t help but get involved in the case when Jonathan ... Read Book
The Widows of Champagne “History, drama, and passion as effervescent as the resilient LeBlanc women and the champagne that bears their name. I highly recommend!”–Karen White, New York Times bestselling author In this captivating story of resilience, three generations of women battle to save their family’s vineyard from the ravages of WWII. Champagne, 1939 Gabrielle Leblanc Dupree is taking her family’s future ... Read Book
Bad Kids THE PERFECT CRIME DOESN’T EXISTOne beautiful morning, Zhang Dongsheng pushes his wealthy in-laws off a remote mountain.It’s the perfect crime. Or so he thinks.For Zhang did not expect that teenager Chaoyang and his friends would catch him in the act. An opportunity for blackmail presents itself and the kids start down a dark path that will lead to the unravelling of all their lives.Dark, ... Read Book
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