The Fighters: Americans in Combat in Afghanistan and Iraq
By: C.J. Chivers
4.34
Format: 374 pages, Hardcover
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1. Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
By: Donald L. Miller
4.18
Format: 671 pages, Hardcover
Masters of the Air is the deeply personal story of the American bomber boys in World War II who bro… read more
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"With the Allies on the advance nearly everywhere and invasion talk in the air, London was a welcoming place for young airmen who were taking the fight to Hitler’s doorstep. The first stop for America…"-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
"In an equally fought battle of attrition both sides sometimes believe they are losing. With Overlord planned for the spring of 1944, Allied leaders became increasingly worried that their air forces w…"-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
2. The Finish: The Killing of Osama Bin Laden
By: Mark Bowden
3.84
Format: 266 pages, Hardcover
From Mark Bowden, the preeminent chronicler of our military and special forces, comes The Finish , … read more
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"The United States had a long bipartisan tradition of negotiating with even its worst enemies, from John Kennedy--'Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate"--to Richard N…"-Mark Bowden, The Finish: The Killing of Osama Bin Laden
3. Kook: What Surfing Taught Me About Love, Life, and Catching the Perfect Wave
By: Peter Heller
3.81
Format: 336 pages, ebook
With grit, poetry, and humor, Peter Heller, acclaimed author of The River and The Whale Warriors re… read more
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"Is it possible to love by simply not being an ass? I don't think so. But it goes a long way to clearing a space where love can happen."-Peter Heller, Kook: What Surfing Taught Me About Love, Life, and Catching the Perfect Wave
"Sometimes I catch myself being a person I wouldn't tolerate for five minutes at my own kitchen table. Being a thoughtless, self-centered jerk."-Peter Heller, Kook: What Surfing Taught Me About Love, Life, and Catching the Perfect Wave
4. Not A Good Day To Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda
By: Sean Naylor
4.15
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
At dawn on March 2, 2002, the first major battle of the 21st Century began. Over 200 soldiers of th… read more
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5. An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)
By: Rick Atkinson
4.29
Format: 681 pages, Hardcover
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn the first volume of his monumental tri… read more
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"In battle, topography is fate."-Rick Atkinson, An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)
"Troops caught nibbling their emergency D- ration chocolate bars were dubbed Chocolate Soldiers and punished by forfeiting two meals. This was a happy penance. The galleys served so much fatty mutton …"-Rick Atkinson, An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)
6. Flight of the Old Dog (Patrick McLanahan, #1)
By: Dale Brown
1.50
Format: None pages,
Flight of the Old Dogis the runaway bestseller that launched the phenomenal career of Dale Brown. I… read more
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7. Captains Courageous
By: Rudyard Kipling
3.73
Format: 256 pages,
Timeless Classics--designed for the struggling reader and adapted to retain the integrity of the or… read more
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8. Matterhorn
By: Karl Marlantes
3.30
Format: 107 pages,
A big, powerful saga of men in combat, written over the course of thirty-five years by a highly dec… read more
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9. Team of Teams: The Power of Small Groups in a Fragmented World
By: Stanley McChrystal , Chris Fussell
3.76
Format: 6 pages, Hardcover
The retired four-star general and and bestselling author ofMy Share of the Taskshares a powerful ne… read more
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10. Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
By: Marcus Luttrell , Patrick Robinson
3.67
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
On a clear night in late June 2005, four U.S. Navy SEALs left their base in northern Afghanistan fo… read more
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- war
- military history
- nonfiction
11. Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin
By: Hampton Sides
3.17
Format: None pages,
On April 23, 1967, Prisoner #416J, an inmate at the notorious Missouri State Penitentiary, escaped … read more
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12. The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor
By: Jake Tapper
2.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
At 6:00 a.m. on the morning of October 3, 2009, Combat Outpost Keating was viciously attacked by Ta… read more
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13. War
By: Sebastian Junger
4.01
Format: 217 pages, Hardcover
In his breakout bestseller, The Perfect Storm,Sebastian Junger created "a wild ride that brilliantl… read more
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14. World Order
By: Henry Kissinger
3.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Henry Kissinger offers in World Ordera deep meditation on the roots of international harmony and gl… read more
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15. With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
By: Paul Fussell , Eugene B. Sledge
4.47
Format: 326 pages, Paperback
In his own book, Wartime, Paul Fussell called With the Old Breed "one of the finest memoirs to emer… read more
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"Kick him in the balls before he kicks you in yours"-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
"Your soul may belong to Jesus, but your ass belongs to the marines."-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
"War is such self-defeating, organized madness the way it destroys a nation's best."-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
"Would the war dehumanize me so that I, too, could "field trip" enemy dead with such nonchalance?"-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
16. A Thousand Naked Strangers: A Paramedic’s Wild Ride to the Edge and Back
By: Kevin Hazzard
4.04
Format: 156 pages, Hardcover
A former paramedic's visceral, poignant, and mordantly funny account of a decade spent on Atlanta's… read more
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17. Lions of Kandahar: The Story of a Fight Against All Odds
By: Kevin Maurer , None
4.36
Format: 209 pages, Hardcover
One of the most critical battles of the Afghan War is now revealed as never before.Lions of Kandaha… read more
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18. Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War
By: Evan Wright
4.28
Format: 354 pages, Paperback
Another nameless town, another target for First Recon. It's only five in the afternoon, but a sandt… read more
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"Gentlemen, we just siezed an airfield. That was pretty ninja."-Evan Wright, Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War
"You find surprising things about the privite life of a country when you invide it"-Evan Wright, Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War
"You know what happens when you get out of the Marine Corps," Person continues. "you get you brains back."-Evan Wright, Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War
"We're like America's little pit bull. They beat it, starve it, mistreat it, and once in a while they let it out to attack somebody."-Evan Wright, Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War
19. Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill
By: Candice Millard
3.55
Format: None pages, Paperback
From New York Timesbestselling author of Destiny of the Republicand The River of Doubt, a thrilling… read more
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20. Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
By: Jon Krakauer
4.08
Format: 383 pages, Hardcover
The bestselling author of Into the Wild, Into Thin Air, and Under the Banner of Heaven delivers a s… read more
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21. Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II
By: Alex Kershaw
4.32
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The national bestselling author of The First Wave tells the untold story of four of the most decora… read more
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- audiobook
22. Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific
By: Robert Leckie
4.22
Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition
Now the inspiration behind the HBO series THE PACIFIC Here is one of the most riveting first-per… read more
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"It was a darkness without time. It was an impenetrable darkness. To the right and left of me rose those terrible formless things of my imagination, which I could not see because there was no light. I…"-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific
"And now to that Victim whose Sign rose above the world two thousand years ago, to be menaced now by that other sign now rising, I say a prayer of contrition. I, whom you have seen as irreverent and i…"-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific
"There was no feeling of dedication because it was absolutely involuntary. I do not doubt that if the Marines had asked for volunteers for an impossible campaign such as Guadalcanal, almost everyone n…"-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific
23. America Fantastica
By: Tim O'Brien
3.45
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
At 11:34 a.m. one Saturday in August 2019, Boyd Halverson strode into Community National Bank in No… read more
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24. The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years (The ParentData Series)
By: Emily Oster
3.74
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The instant New York Times bestseller! “Emily Oster dives into the data on parenting issues, cuts … read more
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25. The Fighters: Americans in Combat in Afghanistan and Iraq
By: C.J. Chivers
4.34
Format: 374 pages, Hardcover
“A classic of war reporting...The author’s stories give heart-rending meaning to the lives and deat… read more
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- military history
- nonfiction
- journalism
- audiobook
26. I Love Russia: Reporting from a Lost Country
By: Elena Kostyuchenko
4.41
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An unprecedented and intimate portrait of Russia and a fearless cri de coeur for journalism in oppo… read more
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27. We Are Bellingcat: Global Crime, Online Sleuths, and the Bold Future of News
By: Eliot Higgins
4.12
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The page-turning inside account of the organization solving international mysteries and wielding th… read more
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28. We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops and Corruption in an American City
By: Justin Fenton
4.26
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Baltimore, 2015. Riots were erupting across the city as citizens demanded justice for Freddie Gray,… read more
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29. Alpha: Eddie Gallagher and the War for the Soul of the Navy SEALs
By: David Philipps
4.48
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
An epic account of the Navy SEALs of Alpha platoon, the startling accusations against their chief, … read more
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30. In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
By: Sebastian Junger
3.92
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by t… read more
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"Everyone has a relationship with death whether they want one or not; refusing to think about death is its own kind of relationship. When we hear about another person's death, we are hearing a version…"-Sebastian Junger, In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
31. Blood Gun Money: How America Arms Gangs and Cartels
By: Ioan Grillo
4.22
Format: 386 pages, Hardcover
“An eye-opening and riveting account of how guns make it into the black market and into the hands o… read more
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