18 Top history books like Concorde: The thrilling account of history’s most extraordinary airliner by Mike Bannister

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Concorde: The thrilling account of history’s most extraordinary airliner

By: Mike Bannister

4.54

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

October 24th 2023 will mark 20 years since Concorde disappeared from our skies. Yet still Mike Bann…

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1. Vulcan 607

By: Rowland White

4.04

Format: None pages, Paperback

It was to be one of the most ambitious operations since 617 Squadron bounced their revolutionary bo… read more

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  • aviation
  • history
  • nonfiction
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2. SKYGODS: The Fall of Pan Am

By: Robert Gandt

4.82

Format: 174 pages,

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  • aviation
  • history
  • nonfiction

3. Fate Is the Hunter

By: Ernest K. Gann

3.00

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Ernest K. Gann's classic memoir is an up-close and thrilling account of the treacherous early days … read more

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4. How To Build A Car

By: Adrian Newey

4.48

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

'Adrian has a unique gift for understanding drivers and racing cars. He is ultra competitive but ne… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Newey's How To Build A Car book and Mike Bannister's Concorde: The thrilling account of history’s most extraordinary airliner

  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • science
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5. The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World

By: Tim Marshall

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Spy satellites orbiting the moon. Space metals worth more than most countries’ GDP. People on Mars … read more

Similar categories in Tim Marshall's The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World book and Mike Bannister's Concorde: The thrilling account of history’s most extraordinary airliner

  • science
  • history
  • technology
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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6. How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn't

By: Ian Dunt

4.45

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

THE NO.2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWhy do some prime ministers manage to get things done, while others… read more

Similar categories in Ian Dunt's How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn't book and Mike Bannister's Concorde: The thrilling account of history’s most extraordinary airliner

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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7. Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire

By: Michael Palin

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, H… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. Topgun: An American Story

By: Dan Pedersen

4.28

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

NATIONAL BESTSELLER"If you loved the movie, you will love the real story in the book." -- Fox & Fri… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. Attack Warning Red!

By: Julie McDowall

4.12

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The first book to tell the story of day-to-day life on the nuclear home front - from the host of #1… read more

Similar categories in Julie McDowall's Attack Warning Red! book and Mike Bannister's Concorde: The thrilling account of history’s most extraordinary airliner

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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10. The Abyss: Nuclear Crisis Cuba 1962

By: Max Hastings

4.40

Format: 538 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Max Hastings offers a welcome re-evaluation of one of the most gripping and tens… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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11. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

By: Adam Higginbotham

4.60

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more

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  • audiobook
  • science
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • technology
"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

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12. Harrier 809: The Epic Story of How a Small Band of Heroes Won Victory in the Air Against Impossible Odds

By: Rowland White

4.41

Format: 630 pages, Kindle Edition

‘A COMPELLING, FAST-PACED NARRATIVE THAT THRUSTS US INTO THE COCKPIT. A MUST-READ!’ Dan HamptonApri… read more

Similar categories in Rowland White's Harrier 809: The Epic Story of How a Small Band of Heroes Won Victory in the Air Against Impossible Odds book and Mike Bannister's Concorde: The thrilling account of history’s most extraordinary airliner

  • aviation
  • history
  • nonfiction
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13. Mosquito: The RAF's Legendary Wooden Wonder and its Most Extraordinary Mission

By: Rowland White

4.51

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Built of lightweight wood, powered by two growling Rolls-Royce Merlin engines, impossibly aerodynam… read more

Similar categories in Rowland White's Mosquito: The RAF's Legendary Wooden Wonder and its Most Extraordinary Mission book and Mike Bannister's Concorde: The thrilling account of history’s most extraordinary airliner

  • history
  • technology
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. Flying Blind: The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing

By: Peter Robison

4.19

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A fast-paced look at the corporate dysfunction--the ruthless cost-cutting, toxic workplaces, and cu… read more

Similar categories in Peter Robison's Flying Blind: The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing book and Mike Bannister's Concorde: The thrilling account of history’s most extraordinary airliner

  • audiobook
  • science
  • history
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
  • technology
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15. Space: The Human Story

By: Tim Peake

4.38

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

From bestselling author and British astronaut Tim Peake, an inspirational human history of space tr… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
Cover of Concorde: The thrilling account of history’s most extraordinary airliner by Mike Bannister

16. Concorde: The thrilling account of history’s most extraordinary airliner

By: Mike Bannister

4.54

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

October 24th 2023 will mark 20 years since Concorde disappeared from our skies. Yet still Mike Bann… read more

Similar categories in Mike Bannister's Concorde: The thrilling account of history’s most extraordinary airliner book and Mike Bannister's Concorde: The thrilling account of history’s most extraordinary airliner

  • audiobook
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • technology
  • autobiography
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
  • science
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17. Eject! Eject!

By: John Nichol

4.59

Format: None pages, Audiobook

'Eject! Eject!'   When the call is made to abandon an aircraft, it's only the beginning of the stor… read more

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  • aviation
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Harrier: How To Be a Fighter Pilot by Paul Tremelling

18. Harrier: How To Be a Fighter Pilot

By: Paul Tremelling

4.26

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This is the story of what it takes to make it in fighter combat. In the cockpit or crew room, the p… read more

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  • history
  • aviation
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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19. Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy

By: Craig Whitlock

4.39

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author Craig Whitlock’s masterful account of one of the biggest publi… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"After a decade of U.S. wars and surging defense budgets, an expectation of special treatment had taken root in the Navy. Many officers felt they were owed something extra for enduring long deployment…"

-Craig Whitlock, Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy

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20. Variable Valve Timings: Memoirs of a car tragic

By: Chris Harris

4.46

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

'What defines the car-saddo condition is not being able to recall a time when the toy-car-era of yo… read more

Similar categories in Chris Harris's Variable Valve Timings: Memoirs of a car tragic book and Mike Bannister's Concorde: The thrilling account of history’s most extraordinary airliner

  • audiobook
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21. The Disappearing Act: The Impossible Case of MH370

By: Florence de Changy

3.93

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

‘The affair was weird when seen from afar, but seen in close-up, it was Kafkaesque: it was not poss… read more

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  • history
  • travel
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

14 must-read audiobook books like Concorde: The thrilling account of history’s most extraordinary airliner by Mike Bannister

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How To Build A Car

Adrian Newey

4.48

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The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World

Tim Marshall

3.94

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How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn't

Ian Dunt

4.45

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Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire

Michael Palin

4.17

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The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

4.51

Transform Your Habits

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

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The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis

George Stephanopoulos

4.45

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Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World

Will Cockrell

4.00

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