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    Three Days in Damascus: A Memoir , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 413min
    Three Days in Damascus is a memoir about a three-year fight for a chance at love with an Iraqi refugee the author met in Syria. While travelling to Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria to interview Iraqi refugees and hear some of their stories, Kim never expected to fall in love with one of them. But that is exactly what happened. This is the story of one American woman and one Iraqi man set against the backdrop of the Iraqi refugee crisis. Through actual Iraqi refugee interviews, a whirlwind Middle Eastern love story, and the consequently doomed, intercontinental relationship told through texts and emails with civil war, revolution, and an arranged marriage as the backdrop, we learn of culture and devastation, desperation and redemption, while still never losing hope. While there are roughly 65 million refugees worldwide, approximately five million Iraqis have been displaced from their homes since the US led invasion of their country, most of them fleeing to Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria. Since Syria is currently in the midst of a violent civil war, the Iraqis there are left in an extremely dangerous position - stuck between a rock and a hard place with nowhere to go. This timely memoir examines the lives of dozens of these Iraqi refugees trying desperately to survive in a world blind to their plight and one Iraqi in particular: Omar. Through a strong narrative and a surprisingly comedic lens, the listener travels with the author through this unknown, sandy terrain, breaking assumptions, stereotypes, and expectations - in a journey that ultimately ends in the most traditional assumption one could imagine: a Middle Eastern man agreeing to an arranged marriage. And after three years of trying to "save" Omar and salvage a life for/with him, she discovers maybe he wasn’t the one who needed saving. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kim Schultz. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/104660/bk_acx0_104660_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    With Hostile Intent , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 572min
    The Gulf War has been over for 10 years. It's up to Hornet pilots like Cmdr. Brick Maxwell and his glory-seeking commanding officer, Killer Delancey, to keep the peace by a narrow margin - a margin called the No-Fly Zone. The Iraqi MiG pilots buzz the borders - just close enough to shake up the U.S. Hornets' nest. And the rules of engagement require the Hornets to hold their fire unless the Iraqis show hostile intent. When an Iraqi MiG penetrates the invisible wall of the No-Fly Zone, all hell breaks out - on both sides of the border. And for Brick Maxwell, it becomes impossible to tell WHO is the enemy.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Thomas Block. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/014334/bk_acx0_014334_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Occupational Hazards: My Time Governing in Iraq , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 764min
    At the age of 30, Rory Stewart was appointed coalition deputy governor of two provinces in the Marsh region of southern Iraq. He kept a journal of his experiences struggling to control assassinations and tribal conflict, rebuild the region's infrastructure, and establish a new Iraqi government before the hand over of power in June 2004. His time in the Marsh region culminated in a terrifying siege during which he and his team were under sustained attack by insurgents. Haunted by his previous work and travels in Asia, Rory brings a unique sensitivity and perspective to the daily interactions between Iraqis and the coalition and to the perils - and even comedy - of foreign occupation. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rory Stewart. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/howe/000125/bk_howe_000125_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Nightcap at Dawn: American Soldiers' Counterinsurgency in Iraq , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1171min
    A group of US soldiers emailed their observations and experiences from Iraq and their candid opinions on fighting an insurgency. This book is the result.A group of U.S. soldiers emailed their observations and experiences from Iraq and their candid opinions on fighting an insurgency. This book is the result. This startling collection of emails is a thoughtful and compelling narrative that carries the reader from the alleys and city streets to the homes of long-suffering Iraqis, and from the soldiers’ concrete bunkers to the “majestic” army base. Along the way, the reader is asked to consider the puzzles posed for a disciplined army engaged with an enemy that hides amid - and indeed, targets - a civilian population. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Armando Duran. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/008626/bk_adbl_008626_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Eye of the Storm: Sean Dillon Series, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 546min
    Introducing Sean Dillon: terrorist. Assassin. Hero. Sean Dillon is a hired killer. The IRA, the PLO, ETA - he's worked for them all. Now, with the Gulf War raging, the Iraqis need his services for an apocalyptic strike at the heart of the West. If it succeeds, it will shake the world to its foundations. Leaders will be wiped out, terror will spread: a devastating blow against democracy. Dillon has 10 Downing Street in his sights, but British intelligence are on his trail. They have hired a killer to stalk a killer - a mortal enemy who is hell-bent on revenge. As the lightning strikes and the bullets fly, Sean Dillon will discover how it feels to be at the eye of the storm.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jonathan Oliver. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/002499/bk_hcuk_002499_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 485min
    In his New York Times best-selling chronicle of military life, Anthony Swofford weaves his experiences in war with vivid accounts of boot camp, reflections on the mythos of the marines, and remembrances of battles with lovers and family. When the U.S. Marines, or "jarheads", were sent to Saudi Arabia in 1990 for the first Gulf War, Anthony Swofford was there. He lived in sand for six months; he was punished by boredom and fear; he considered suicide, pulled a gun on a fellow marine, and was targeted by both enemy and friendly fire. As engagement with the Iraqis drew near, he was forced to consider what it means to be an American, a soldier, a son of a soldier, and a man. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Anthony Swofford. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/000617/bk_sans_000617_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Imperial Life in the Emerald City , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 618min
    In this unprecedented account, The Washington Post's former Baghdad bureau chief, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, takes us into the Green Zone, headquarters for the American occupation in Iraq. In this bubble separated from wartime realities, the task of reconstructing a devastated nation competes with the distractions of a Little America: a half-dozen bars, a disco, a shopping mall - much of it run by Halliburton. While qualified Americans willing to serve in Iraq are screened for their views on Roe v. Wade, the country is put into the hands of inexperienced 20-somethings chosen for their Republican Party loyalty. Ignoring what Iraqis say they want or need, the team pursues irrelevant neoconservative solutions and pie-in-the-sky policies instead of rebuilding looted buildings and restoring electricity. Their almost comic initiatives anger the locals and fuel the insurgency. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ray Porter. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/002048/bk_blak_002048_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Impossible Victory (eBook, ePUB)
    By 2014, the world had grown weary of Iraq and its troubles. The Americans had all but gone and the media had switched its gaze towards Syria, but Iraq's problems were far from over. That same year, ISIS put Iraq back on the map as they crossed the border from Syria and rampaged through the country, kidnapping, raping and killing, and enforcing their murderous interpretation of Sharia law. Saddam Hussein, the occupation, sectarian war, corruption and political instability had collectively laid the groundwork for further violence, and Iraqis were about to see the worst of it.It was against this backdrop that Haider al-Abadi became Prime Minister. What would likely be the most formidable task of his life lay ahead of him - to help unify his homeland's fractured military and politics and, slowly, to turn the tide on ISIS and achieve what had seemed an impossible victory.This is the definitive and fascinating true story of how Iraq took on and eventually defeated ISIS, told by the country's former Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi.
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    Sand Queen , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 533min
    Nineteen-year-old Kate Brady joined the army to bring honor to her family and democracy to the Middle East. Instead, she finds herself in a forgotten corner of the Iraq desert in 2003, guarding a makeshift American prison. There, Kate meets Naema Jassim, an Iraqi medical student whose father and little brother have been detained in the camp. Kate and Naema promise to help each other, but the war soon strains their intentions. Like any soldier, Kate must face the daily threats of combat duty, but as a woman, she is in equal danger from the predatory men in her unit. Naema suffers bombs, starvation, and the loss of her home and family. As the two women struggle to survive and hold on to the people they love, each comes to have a drastic and unforeseeable effect on the other’s life. Culled from real-life stories of female soldiers and Iraqis, Sand Queen offers a story of hope, courage, and struggle from the rare perspective of women at war. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cassandra Campbell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bbca/001484/bk_bbca_001484_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Thor's Hammer , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 933min
    When the British government turn down a revolutionary weapons system in favor of the new Euro fighter, they don't realize the wrath their decision will cause. The only radar system capable of detecting the new Thor's Hammer is the experimental Spyglass system being transported on a cruise liner commanded by ex-navy captain Eric Swanson. Martin Westfarland, designer of Thor's Hammer, decides to teach the British government a lesson by sinking the liner and destroying Spyglass before passing Thor's Hammer onto the Iraqis, who plan to use it to deliver a deadly bioweapon to the West. Through a series of action-filled events, Swanson and Squadron Leader Gerry Denton are brought together to thwart the terrorist attack while the SAS are assigned to locate and destroy the chemical lab in the Syrian Desert that created the virus. Unfortunately the virus has already been loaded onto Thor's Hammer. Thus it falls to Denton to fly the Typhoon Euro fighter against the faster and stealthier Thor's Hammer before it can deliver its deadly payload. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Steve Miller. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/144552/bk_acx0_144552_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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