Charlton Heston
1) Ben Hur
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It's the first century A.D., and following a tragic accident Hebrew prince Judah Ben-Hur is enslaved by the Romans. As a captive nation begins to revolt against an oppressive Empire and Ben-Hur attempts to find his way back home, his love for a beautiful slave girl is tested by sea and by land in this epic tale of faith and redemption that is sure to capture the imagination of children and adults alike.
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Secrets of War volume 61
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From CIA assassination attempts foiled by Cuban Intelligence agents to Castro's secret pacts with the Soviets and his survival after the Cold War.
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Secrets of War volume 27
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English
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The Kremlin operatives who were loyal to one man... a paranoid dictator who spied as intensely on his Allies as he did on his enemies.
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Secrets of War volume 37
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An inside perspective on the CIA agency and its secret missions throughout the Cold War.
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Secrets of War volume 16
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English
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The real stories of Secret Operations behind enemy lines in the Gulf War.
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Secrets of War volume 65
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English
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Saddam Hussein used cunning and deception to befriend the West.
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Secrets of War volume 18
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The hidden factors behind the first conflict of the Cold War.
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Secrets of War volume 57
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This youngest of American presidents took over in the most tense period of the Cold War.
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Secrets of War volume 7
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Hitler's lightning strike in Poland soon gave way to a strange eight month waiting game.
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Secrets of War volume 34
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Details the American President's behind the scenes use of political and military intelligence operatives.
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Secrets of War volume 49
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From brainwashing in Korea to courageous acts of heroism in Vietnam and the Gulf War, a unique examination of POWs, their families, and their secrets.
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Secrets of War volume 25
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As American units fought under rules of engagement imposed by their political leaders, unconventional Special Forces fought classified battles.
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Secrets of War volume 60
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English
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The top-secret planning behind the Coalition's victory over Iraq.
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Secrets of War volume 29
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English
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The story of America's code-breaking efforts against seemingly impenetrable secret Japanese military and diplomatic communications.
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Secrets of War volume 33
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The all-important race to develop an atomic bomb led to some of the most daring Russian spy operations in the United States.
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Secrets of War volume 24
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From Germany's Big Bertha in World War One to Iraq's top secret Project Babylon, they are the ultimate projection of force.
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Secrets of War volume 45
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Behind the Nazi war machine was a well-crafted secret propaganda campaign aimed at Germans and foreigners.
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Secrets of War volume 20
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Classified missions over the Yalu set the tenor at the onset of the Cold War.
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Secrets of War volume 40
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English
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Secrets from the electronic battlefield.
20) Proud Men
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When son of a conservative small rancher refuses to go to the Vietnam War, his father disowns him. Fifteen years later his mother asks him to return home and try one final time to make peace with his still proud and stubborn father.