14 Results for : base's
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The Comet Seekers: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 544min
A magical, intoxicating debut novel, both intimate and epic, that intertwines the past, present, and future of two lovers bound by the passing of great comets overhead and a coterie of remarkable ancestors. Róisín and François are immediately drawn to each other when they meet at a remote research base on the frozen ice sheets of Antarctica. At first glance the pair could not be more different. Older by a few years, Róisín, a daughter of Ireland and a peripatetic astronomer, joins the science team to observe the fracturing of a comet overhead. François, the base's chef, has just left his birthplace in Bayeux, France, for only the second time in his life. Yet devastating tragedy and the longing for a fresh start, which they share, as well as an indelible but unknown bond that stretches back centuries, connect them to each other. Helen Sedgwick carefully unfolds their surprisingly intertwined paths, moving forward and back through time to reveal how these lovers' destinies have long been tied to each other by the skies - the arrival of comets great and small. In telling Róisín and François' story, Sedgwick illuminates the lives of their ancestors, showing how strangers can be connected and ghosts can be real, and how the way we choose to see the world can be as desolate or as beautiful as the comets themselves. A mesmerizing, skillfully crafted, and emotionally perceptive novel that explores the choices we make, the connections we miss, and the ties that inextricably join our fates, The Comet Seekers reflects how the shifting cosmos unite us all through life, beyond death, and across the whole of time. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Billie Fulford-Brown. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/005599/bk_harp_005599_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Lucky 666: The Impossible Mission , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 543min
From the authors of the New York Times best-selling The Heart of Everything That Is and Halsey's Typhoon comes the dramatic untold story of a daredevil bomber pilot and his misfit crew who fly their lone B-17 into the teeth of the Japanese Empire in 1943, engage in the longest dogfight in history, and change the momentum of the war in the Pacific - but not without making the ultimate sacrifice. It is 1942, the Japanese war machine has rolled up nearly all of the Pacific Theater, and American forces are clinging to what little unconquered territory remains. While US Marines claw their way across Guadalcanal, small contingents of US Army airmen make their way to the lonely, embattled Allied airbase on Papua New Guinea. Their mission: to defend Australia from invasion, harass Japanese supply lines, fly perilous bombing missions over enemy-held strongholds, and make reconnaissance runs to provide intelligence for America's nascent island-hopping campaign. Among these men are pilot Captain Jay Zeamer and bombardier Sergeant Joseph Raymond Sarnoski, whose swashbuckling reputations precede them. Zeamer, who cannot convince his superiors to give him his own plane, teams up with Sarnoski to recruit a crew of fellow misfits to rebuild a dilapidated B-17 bomber from spare parts in the base's junkyard. They christen the plane Old 666, naming it from its tail identification numbers. In June 1943, Zeamer and Sarnoski and their crew volunteer for a 1,200 mile suicide mission into the heart of the Japanese Empire that may well change the course of the war - but that only one of the two friends will survive. In Lucky 666, Drury and Clavin bring to vivid life one of the last great untold stories of World War II. Featuring personal letters, diaries, US Army Air Force after-action reports, even the translated Japanese Imperial Air Force's official account of the longest dogfight in history, Lucky 666 is a tale of frie ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jeremy Bobb. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/007685/bk_sans_007685_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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400 Bullets
On the run from traitorous former comrades-in-arms and a Taliban cell, Capt. Noah Brandt (Andrew Lee Potts) seeks safety at a British military base in Afghanistan. Now, with only 400 bullets between them, Brandt and the base's lone guard-Gurkha soldier Rana Rae (Jean-Paul Ly)-will stand together as they fight to keep valuable missile guidance tech out of enemy hands. Taut action saga also stars James Warren, Adesuwa Oni, Steven Blades. 90 min. Widescreen (Enhanced), Soundtrack: English, Subtitles: English, audio commentary, featurette.- Shop: odax
- Price: 30.64 EUR excl. shipping
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400 Bullets
On the run from traitorous former comrades-in-arms and a Taliban cell, Capt. Noah Brandt (Andrew Lee Potts) seeks safety at a British military base in Afghanistan. Now, with only 400 bullets between them, Brandt and the base's lone guard-Gurkha soldier Rana Rae (Jean-Paul Ly)-will stand together as they fight to keep valuable missile guidance tech out of enemy hands. Taut action saga also stars James Warren, Adesuwa Oni, Steven Blades. 90 min. Widescreen, Soundtrack: English, Subtitles: English, audio commentary, featurette.- Shop: odax
- Price: 35.28 EUR excl. shipping
