Bestsellers
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The Rape of Nanking
- By: Iris Chang
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4,655
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Performance4,004
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Story3,988
In December 1937, in the capital of China, one of the most brutal massacres in the long annals of wartime barbarity occurred.
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Powerful
- By Douglas on 09-05-09
By: Iris Chang
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The Conquering Tide
- War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944
- By: Ian W. Toll
- Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
- Length: 27 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,965
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Performance2,598
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Story2,587
The devastation of Pearl Harbor and the American victory at Midway were prelude to a greater challenge: rolling back the vast Japanese Pacific empire island by island....
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You want to listen to all volumes
- By David on 10-14-15
By: Ian W. Toll
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The Accidental President
- Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World
- By: A. J. Baime
- Narrated by: Tony Messano
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,362
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Performance2,052
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Story2,044
The dramatic, pulse-pounding story of Harry Truman's first four months in office, when this unlikely president had to take on Germany, Japan, Stalin, and the atomic bomb....
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Exceptional
- By Jean on 11-14-17
By: A. J. Baime
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Ghosts of Hiroshima
- By: Charles Pellegrino
- Narrated by: Martin Sheen
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall58
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Performance54
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Story54
From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Her Name and Titanic, this masterpiece of nonfiction arrives in time to honor the eightieth anniversary of the bomb dropping on Hiroshima.
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History and Humanity
- By Ethan on 08-28-25
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A Brief History of Japan
- Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun
- By: Jonathan Clements
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall385
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Performance338
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Story338
This fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens to teeming hordes of salarymen, a nation that once sought to conquer China, yet also shut itself away for two centuries in self-imposed seclusion....
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A Brief Review of the Book
- By Than on 12-07-19
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The Rising Sun
- The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945
- By: John Toland
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 41 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3,109
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Performance2,749
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Story2,744
This Pulitzer Prize-winning history of World War II chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of the Japanese empire....
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A political as well as military history
- By Mike From Mesa on 07-30-15
By: John Toland
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The Rape of Nanking
- By: Iris Chang
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4,655
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Performance4,004
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Story3,988
In December 1937, in the capital of China, one of the most brutal massacres in the long annals of wartime barbarity occurred.
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Powerful
- By Douglas on 09-05-09
By: Iris Chang
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The Conquering Tide
- War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944
- By: Ian W. Toll
- Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
- Length: 27 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,965
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Performance2,598
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Story2,587
The devastation of Pearl Harbor and the American victory at Midway were prelude to a greater challenge: rolling back the vast Japanese Pacific empire island by island....
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You want to listen to all volumes
- By David on 10-14-15
By: Ian W. Toll
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The Accidental President
- Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World
- By: A. J. Baime
- Narrated by: Tony Messano
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,362
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Performance2,052
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Story2,044
The dramatic, pulse-pounding story of Harry Truman's first four months in office, when this unlikely president had to take on Germany, Japan, Stalin, and the atomic bomb....
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Exceptional
- By Jean on 11-14-17
By: A. J. Baime
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Ghosts of Hiroshima
- By: Charles Pellegrino
- Narrated by: Martin Sheen
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall58
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Performance54
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Story54
From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Her Name and Titanic, this masterpiece of nonfiction arrives in time to honor the eightieth anniversary of the bomb dropping on Hiroshima.
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History and Humanity
- By Ethan on 08-28-25
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A Brief History of Japan
- Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun
- By: Jonathan Clements
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall385
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Performance338
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Story338
This fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens to teeming hordes of salarymen, a nation that once sought to conquer China, yet also shut itself away for two centuries in self-imposed seclusion....
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A Brief Review of the Book
- By Than on 12-07-19
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The Rising Sun
- The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945
- By: John Toland
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 41 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3,109
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Performance2,749
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Story2,744
This Pulitzer Prize-winning history of World War II chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of the Japanese empire....
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A political as well as military history
- By Mike From Mesa on 07-30-15
By: John Toland
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Killing the Rising Sun
- How America Vanquished World War II Japan
- By: Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff, Bill O'Reilly
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall10,305
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Performance9,161
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Story9,120
The powerful and riveting new audiobook in the multimillion-selling Killing series by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat. The...
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Skimming the surface
- By Mike From Mesa on 10-25-16
By: Bill O'Reilly, and others
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Shattered Sword
- The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway
- By: Jonathan Parshall, Anthony Tully
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 24 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,139
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Performance1,841
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Story1,829
Many consider the Battle of Midway to have turned the tide of the Pacific War. It is without question one of the most famous battles in history....
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Shattered Myths - These authors got it right?
- By Ol'BlueEyes on 05-13-19
By: Jonathan Parshall, and others
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Tin Can Titans
- The Heroic Men and Ships of World War II's Most Decorated Navy Destroyer Squadron
- By: John Wukovits
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,475
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Performance1,332
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Story1,328
Through diaries, personal interviews, and letters, preeminent historian John Wukovits brings to life the human story of the WWII Pacific theater's victorious Destroyer Squadron 21 and its men....
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Captivating
- By Jean on 09-23-17
By: John Wukovits
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Hiroshima
- By: John Hersey
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall429
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Performance362
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Story361
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author John Hersey's seminal work of narrative nonfiction which has defined the way we think about nuclear warfare. “One of the great classics of the war" (The New Republic) that tells what happened in Hiroshima during World War II through...
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Must read book
- By Kindle Customer on 08-06-20
By: John Hersey
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A History of Japan
- Revised Edition
- By: R. H. P. Mason, J. G. Caiger
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall298
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Performance265
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Story262
A classic of Japanese history, this audiobook is the preeminent work on the history of Japan. Newly revised and updated, A History of Japan is a single-volume complete history of the nation of Japan....
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Content great - pronunciation not so much
- By A. Weber on 03-08-19
By: R. H. P. Mason, and others
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Devil’s Fire, Southern Cross
- The Conclusion of the Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign, October 1943–February 1944
- By: Jeffrey Cox
- Narrated by: John Chancer
- Length: 28 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall18
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Performance17
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Story17
This compelling history examines the closing months of the vital campaign which ultimately determined the successful conclusion of the Pacific War for the Allies. But it had not been a smooth process.
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Vella Lavella
- By Eric Patton on 02-17-26
By: Jeffrey Cox
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The Battle of Midway (Pivotal Moments in American History)
- By: Craig L. Symonds
- Narrated by: James Lurie
- Length: 14 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,846
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Performance1,635
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Story1,625
There are few moments in American history in which the course of events tipped so suddenly and so dramatically as at the Battle of Midway....
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You may knock US down, but you can't knock US out
- By Matthew on 12-04-13
By: Craig L. Symonds
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The Pillow Book
- By: Sei Shōnagon
- Narrated by: Georgina Sutton
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall50
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Performance44
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Story44
The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon is a fascinating, detailed account of Japanese court life in the closing years of the 10th century....
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Exquisite. Truly!
- By Erick DuPree on 01-10-23
By: Sei Shōnagon
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Tokyo Noir
- In and out of Japan's Underworld
- By: Jake Adelstein
- Narrated by: Jake Adelstein, Shoko Plambeck
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall65
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Performance63
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Story63
A darkly comic sequel to Tokyo Vice that is equal parts history lesson, true-crime exposé, and memoir. It’s 2008, and it’s been a while since Jake Adelstein was the only gaijin crime reporter for the Yomiuri Shimbun. The global economy is in shambles, Jake is off the police beat but still...
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Excellent Follow Up
- By spoke2soon on 03-10-26
By: Jake Adelstein
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Japan's Infamous Unit 731
- Firsthand Accounts of Japan's Wartime Human Experimentation Program
- By: Hal Gold, Yuma Totani - foreword
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall328
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Performance294
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Story293
Some of the cruelest deeds of Japan's war in Asia did not occur on the battlefield, but in quiet, antiseptic medical wards in obscure parts of China. Far from front lines and prying eyes, Japanese doctors and their assistants subjected human guinea pigs to gruesome medical experiments....
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Excellent read. Bad narration.
- By Jason on 04-01-22
By: Hal Gold, and others
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The Complete Musashi: The Book of Five Rings and Other Works
- Definitive New Translations of the Writings of Miyamoto Musashi - Japan's Greatest Samurai
- By: Miyamoto Musashi, Alexander Bennett - translator, Graham Sayer - foreword
- Narrated by: Richard Trapp
- Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall35
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Performance32
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Story32
This piece of writing by famed samurai Musashi (1584–1645) is the single-most influential work on samurai swordsmanship, offering insights into samurai history, the Zen Buddhist state of "no-mind" that enables warriors to triumph and the philosophical meaning of Bushido....
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Like the translation but I feel it don’t do it justice
- By Anonymous on 03-29-23
By: Miyamoto Musashi, and others
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Tojo
- The Rise and Fall of Japan's Most Controversial World War II General
- By: Peter Mauch
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 20 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
The military general who became Emperor Hirohito’s prime minister, Tojo Hideki is most often remembered as an iron-fisted leader who dragged Japan into World War II and—after spectacular losses—was eventually executed as a war criminal. Yet Tojo was far more than his ignominious end. In...
By: Peter Mauch
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The Japanese Mind
- Understanding Contemporary Japanese Culture
- By: Roger J. Davies, Osamu Ikeno
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall94
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Performance75
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Story75
Listeners of this book will gain a clear understanding of what makes the Japanese, and their society, tick....
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Bad Pronunciation of Japanese terms
- By Joseph O'Donnell on 05-19-20
By: Roger J. Davies, and others
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Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
- By: Herbert P. Bix
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 29 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall152
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Performance137
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Story138
In this groundbreaking biography of the Japanese emperor Hirohito, Herbert P. Bix offers the first complete, unvarnished look at the enigmatic leader whose 63-year reign ushered Japan into the modern world....
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Not what I bargained for
- By Alexander Crowell on 08-21-20
By: Herbert P. Bix
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Midway
- The Pacific War’s Most Famous Battle
- By: Mark Stille
- Narrated by: John Chancer
- Length: 15 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall22
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Performance20
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Story20
In April 1942, the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy was at the zenith of its power. It had struck a severe blow against the US Navy at Pearl Harbor in December 1941, before spearheading the Japanese advance through Southeast Asia and rampaging across the South Pacific.
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Authors need to leave personal opinions out of history books
- By Roberto G on 12-28-24
By: Mark Stille
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The Devil Reached Toward the Sky
- An Oral History of the Making and Unleashing of the Atomic Bomb
- By: Garrett M. Graff
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, A Full Cast, Garrett M. Graff
- Length: 20 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall116
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Performance102
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Story102
A 2026 Audie Award Finalist for Audiobook of the Year NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Magisterial…A stunning account that brings to the fore the nuclear saga’s surreal combination of ingenuity, fate, and terror.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “If you are an intelligent...
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An Audiobook Masterpiece
- By Mark on 08-11-25
By: Garrett M. Graff
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Shinto
- The Kami Way
- By: Sokyo Ono Ph.D., William P. Woodard - contributor
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall13
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Performance11
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Story11
Shinto, the indigenous faith of the Japanese people, continues to fascinate and mystify both the casual visitor to Japan and the long-time resident. Relatively unknown among the religions of the world, Shinto: The Kami Way provides an enlightening window into this Japanese faith.
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A good beginning
- By Carlos Ramirez on 09-29-25
By: Sokyo Ono Ph.D., and others
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Okinawa
- A Decorated Marine’s Account of the Last Battle of World War II
- By: Robert Leckie
- Narrated by: Preston Geer
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall26
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Performance21
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Story21
Okinawa delivers you to the front lines of The Pacific Theater with the real-life stories behind the HBO miniseries. Former Marine and Pacific War veteran Robert Leckie tells the story of the invasion of Okinawa, the closing battle of World War II. Leckie is a skilled military historian, mixing...
By: Robert Leckie
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Hagakure
- The Secret Wisdom of the Samurai
- By: Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Alexander Bennett - Translator
- Narrated by: Tim Campbell
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall126
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Performance105
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Story106
The comprehensive and accurate edition of the Hagakure is a must-have for serious martial artists or fans of samurai and the Bushido code....
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awesome book on samurai history.
- By Christian Knight on 10-02-20
By: Yamamoto Tsunetomo, and others
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Strong Men Armed
- The United States Marines Against Japan
- By: Robert Leckie
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 17 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall563
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Performance493
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Story494
Written by Robert Leckie, whose wartime exploits are featured in the Tom Hanks/Steven Spielberg HBO miniseries The Pacific, Strong Men Armed is the perennial bestselling classic account of the U.S. Marines' relentless drive through the Pacific during World War II. As scout and machine-gunner for...
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The best book on the subject
- By j on 12-10-13
By: Robert Leckie
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Tokyo Vice
- An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
- By: Jake Adelstein
- Narrated by: Jake Adelstein
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,840
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Performance1,508
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Story1,511
From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police press club: a unique, firsthand, revelatory look at Japanese culture from the underbelly up. At nineteen, Jake Adelstein went to Japan in search of peace and tranquility. What he got was a life...
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Memoir, crime story and travelogue in one package
- By Steven on 02-07-10
By: Jake Adelstein
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No Surrender
- My Thirty-Year War
- By: Hiroo Onoda
- Narrated by: Lane Nishikawa
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall544
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Performance493
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Story493
In the Spring of 1974, 2nd Lt. Hiroo Onoda of the Japanese army made world headlines when he emerged from the Philippine jungle after a thirty-year ordeal....
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An incredible story!
- By Erik on 04-13-14
By: Hiroo Onoda
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Black Snow
- Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb
- By: James M. Scott
- Narrated by: L.J. Ganser
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall180
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Performance151
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Story150
Seven minutes past midnight on March 10, 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies over Tokyo. Their payloads of incendiaries ignited a firestorm that reached up to 2,800 degrees, liquefying asphalt and vaporizing thousands; sixteen square miles of the city were flattened and more...
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Scott nearly puts it all together here.
- By C. G. Telcontar on 05-28-24
By: James M. Scott
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China and Japan
- Facing History
- By: Ezra F. Vogel
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 22 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall100
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Performance87
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Story87
China and Japan have cultural and political connections that stretch back 1,500 years. But today, their relationship is strained. Ezra Vogel's China and Japan examines key turning points in Sino-Japanese history....
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China & Japan is first rate by a top scholar
- By Louise Stone on 06-17-20
By: Ezra F. Vogel
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As the soldiers lifted me from the floor, my father's eyes locked with my own. For just a moment, I thought I saw a shadow of sadness across his face. But it disappeared as quickly as it had arrived, replaced with my father's look of perpetual determination. "You'll find me at the hospital," I...
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開戦、退位、戦争責任、憲法、日米安保……「本音」ではどう思っていたのか?戦後80年 昭和100年いま明らかになる人間・昭和天皇の実像
By: 北野 隆一
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The Hiroshima Boy
- His Heartbreaking True Story of Survival and Hope
- By: Akiko Mikamo, Shinji Mikamo
- Narrated by: Akiko Mikamo, Joe Perrino
- Length: 6 hrs
- Unabridged
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As the soldiers lifted me from the floor, my father's eyes locked with my own. For just a moment, I thought I saw a shadow of sadness across his face. But it disappeared as quickly as it had arrived, replaced with my father's look of perpetual determination. "You'll find me at the hospital," I...
By: Akiko Mikamo, and others