Tag: True

Into the Silk The Dramatic True Stories of Airmen Who Baled Out – and Lived [Audiobook]


Free Download Into the Silk: The Dramatic True Stories of Airmen Who Baled Out – and Lived (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CCW9JF94 | 2023 | 8 hours and 54 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 261 MB
Author: Ian Mackersey
Narrator: Jay Aaseng

From World War Two to the Jet Age, Ian Mackersey charts the thrilling and personal accounts of airmen who have jumped from their planes and survived. Since the test pilot Harold Harris became the first man to save his life with a parachute in 1922 there have been over 120,000 air force pilots and crew who owe their lives to their parachutes. Into the Silk is full of astounding tales of people who against the odds bailed out of their planes and were therefore able to enter the annals of the Caterpillar Club, a society open only to men and women who survive aviation disaster with the aid of a parachute.

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Finland True Crime – Harrowing Short Stories About Murder, Robbery, Kidnapping, Abuse, and Theft


Free Download Finland True Crime – Harrowing Short Stories About Murder, Robbery, Kidnapping, Abuse, and Theft: True Crime International English 7 by Adrian Langenscheid, Lisa Bielec
English | 2023 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0C8JP97B3 | MP3@64 Kbps | Duration: 6:40 h | 184 Mb
FINLAND TRUE CRIME – TRUE CRIMES – REAL CRIME CASES.
In this sixth volume of his True Crime series, Germany’s bestselling True Crime author Adrian Langenscheid once again unleashes heart-pounding, addictive reading. This breathtaking and deeply harrowing portrait of the human abyss arouses powerful emotions due to its cool, factually neutral descriptions.

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Chasing Shadows A True Story of Drugs, War and the Secret World of International Crime by Miles Johnson


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488 to 494 MB | Unabridged | Retail
Narrators: Ahmed Hamad, Miles Johnson
Three very different men battle to control their destinies as they hurtle through the hall of mirrors of the global shadow economy.
Jack Kelly, a veteran US Drug Enforcement Administration agent, is tasked with following a trail of dirty money across continents from a top-secret investigative unit based in Virginia.

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Cave of Bones A True Story of Discovery, Adventure, and Human Origins [Audiobook]


Free Download Cave of Bones: A True Story of Discovery, Adventure, and Human Origins (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CC2YXYQX | 2023 | 5 hours and 43 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 319 MB
Author: Lee Berger, John Hawks
Narrator: Lee Berger

In the summer of 2022, Lee Berger lost 50 pounds in order to wriggle though impossibly small openings in the Rising Star cave complex in South Africa-spaces where his team has been unearthing the remains of Homo naledi, a proto-human likely to have coexisted with Homo sapiens some 250,000 years ago. The lead researcher on the site, still Berger had never made his way into the dark, cramped, dangerous underground spaces where many of the naledi fossils had been found. Now he was ready to do so.

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Bay Curious Exploring the Hidden True Stories of the San Francisco Bay Area [Audiobook]


Free Download Bay Curious: Exploring the Hidden True Stories of the San Francisco Bay Area (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CCF6DRDP | 2023 | 6 hours and 37 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 348 MB
Author: Olivia Allen-Price
Narrator: Olivia Allen-Price

Curious about the San Francisco Bay Area? With explorations into unique local legends, interesting landmarks, and uncovered histories, Bay Curious is a fun, quirky guide to the secret stories of the Bay Area for visitors, newcomers, and California natives alike. Who was America’s first and only Emperor? Why are there ships buried under the streets of San Francisco? Was the word "hella" really created in the East Bay? Bay Curious brings you the answers to these questions and much more through fun and fascinating deep-dives into hidden gems of Bay Area trivia, history, and culture. Based on the award-winning KQED podcast of the same name, Bay Curious brings a fresh eye to some of its most popular pieces and expands to cover stories unique to this book. With subjects ranging from Marin’s redwood forests to the Winchester Mystery House, from the Black Panther Party’s school program to the invention of the Mai Tai, Bay Curious gives you the entertaining and informative, weird and wonderful true stories of the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Accountable The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed [Audiobook]


Free Download Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BK33DYFH | 2023 | 9 hours and 12 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 264 MB
Author: Dashka Slater
Narrator: Ariel Blake

From the New York Times-bestselling author comes Accountable, a propulsive and thought-provoking new young adult narrative nonfiction book about the revelation of a racist social media account that changes everything for a group of high school students and begs the question: What does it mean to be held accountable for harm that takes place behind a screen? When a high school student started a private Instagram account that used racist and sexist memes to make his friends laugh, he thought of it as "edgy" humor. Over time, the edge got sharper. Then a few other kids found out about the account. Pretty soon, everyone knew.

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