Gettysburg's Peach Orchard: Longstreet, Sickles, and the Bloody Fight for the "Commanding Ground" Along the Emmitsburg Road
By: James A. Hessler
4.52
Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
By: Michael Shaara
4.33
Format: 345 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation's history, two armies fought for two drea… read more
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"Never let them see you run."-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
"Southern women like their men religious and a little mad."-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
"He was one of those, like Stuart, who looked on war as God's greatest game."-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
"…[W]e have a country here where the past cannot keep a good man in chains, and that's the nature of the war."-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
2. 1000 Things You Might Not Have Known
By: John Brown
4.09
Format: 84 pages, Kindle Edition
Written for those with a curious mind. An easy and quick read that will leave your mind in wonder a… read more
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3. Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage
By: Noah Andre Trudeau
4.20
Format: 720 pages, Paperback
America's Civil War raged for more than four years, but it is the three days of fighting in the Pen… read more
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4. The War in the West: Volume 1: The Rise of Germany, 1939-1941
By: James Holland
2.57
Format: 210 pages, Hardcover
Much of what we think we know about World War II is steeped in myth rather than fact. For seven dec… read more
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5. 1000 Random Things You Always Believed That Are Not True
By: John Brown
4.16
Format: 84 pages,
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6. Gettysburg--Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hill
By: Harry W. Pfanz
4.09
Format: 148 pages, Hardcover
In this companion to his celebrated earlier book, Gettysburg--The Second Day, Harry Pfanz provides … read more
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7. Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
3.84
Format: 212 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The stark naked body was lying in the tub. Not unusual for a proper bath, but highly irregular for … read more
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"But if you were investigating a crime,"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
"Well, it’s no good jumping at conclusions."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
"Oh damn!' said Lord Peter Wimsey at Piccadilly Circus."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
"I trust you told her I had succumbed to lethargic encephalitis suddenly, no flowers by request."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
8. Plenty of Blame to Go Around: Jeb Stuart's Controversial Ride to Gettysburg
By: Eric J. Wittenberg , J. David Petruzzi
5.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
June 1863. The Gettysburg Campaign is in its opening hours. Harness jingles and hoofs pound as Conf… read more
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9. The Myth of the Lost Cause: Why the South Fought the Civil War and Why the North Won
By: Edward H. Bonekemper III
4.32
Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition
The former Confederate states have continually mythologized the South's defeat to the North, depict… read more
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10. The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East
By: Eugene Rogan
3.60
Format: 212 pages, Hardcover
In 1914 the Ottoman Empire was depleted of men and resources after years of war against Balkan nati… read more
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11. Gettysburg: The Last Invasion
By: Allen C. Guelzo
3.60
Format: 137 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed Civil War historian, and coinciding with the 150th anniversary of the legendary … read more
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12. Burma '44: The Battle That Turned Britain's War in the East
By: James Holland
3.89
Format: 440 pages, Paperback
'A thrilling blow-by-blow account' The Times In February 1944, a rag-tag collection of clerks, driv… read more
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13. Gettysburg
By: Stephen W. Sears
4.08
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A masterful, single-volume history of the Civil War's greatest campaign. Drawing on original sourc… read more
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15. The Battle of Brandy Station: North America's Largest Cavalry Battle
By: Eric J. Wittenberg , None
3.75
Format: 289 pages, Paperback
Just before dawn on June 9, 1863, Union soldiers materialized from a thick fog near the banks of Vi… read more
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16. Battle Cry of Freedom
By: James M. McPherson
3.91
Format: None pages, Paperback
Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, B… read more
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17. Bloody Hill: The Civil War Battle of Wilson's Creek
By: None
3.86
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
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18. The Good Shepherd
By: C.S. Forester
4.18
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
The Good Shepherd has been adapted into a major motion picture, Greyhound, scripted by and starring… read more
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19. The Old Lion
By: Jeff Shaara
4.24
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara, The Old Lion a brilliant novel tracing the life… read more
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20. America's Forgotten Army: The True Story of the U.S. Seventh Army in WWII - And An Unknown Battle that Changed History (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two)
By: Charles Whiting
4.25
Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition
An enthralling account of the World War Two exploits of the U.S. Seventh Army, from Sicily to Franc… read more
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21. "Lee is Trapped, and Must be Taken": Eleven Fateful Days after Gettysburg: July 4 - 14, 1863
By: Thomas J. Ryan
4.08
Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition
WINNER OF THE EDWIN C. BEARSS SCHOLARLY RESEARCH AWARDCountless books have examined the battle of G… read more
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22. The Iron Dice of Battle: Albert Sidney Johnston and the Civil War in the West
By: Timothy B. Smith
4.48
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
Killed in action at the bloody Battle of Shiloh, Confederate general Albert Sidney Johnston stands … read more
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23. Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command
By: Kent Masterson Brown
4.57
Format: 475 pages, Hardcover
Although he took command of the Army of the Potomac only three days before the first shots were fir… read more
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24. Longstreet at Gettysburg: A Critical Reassessment
By: Cory M. Pfarr
4.50
Format: 424 pages, Kindle Edition
Winner, 2019, Gettysburg Civil War Roundtable's Distinguished Book Award, best book published on th… read more
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25. The Stone Age: A History from Beginning to End (Prehistory)
By: Hourly History
4.22
Format: 64 pages, Kindle Edition
Discover the remarkable history of the Stone Age...Free BONUS Inside!The cave dwellers of the Stone… read more
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26. Vicksburg: Grant's Campaign That Broke the Confederacy
By: Donald L. Miller
4.41
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
The astonishing story of the longest and most decisive military campaign of the Civil War in Vicksb… read more
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27. The Saracen Storm: A Novel of the Moorish Invasion of Spain
By: J.M. Nunez
4.37
Format: 511 pages, Kindle Edition
"An intense, action-packed story that will have you hooked from the moment you start reading it." -… read more
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28. Gettysburg's Peach Orchard: Longstreet, Sickles, and the Bloody Fight for the "Commanding Ground" Along the Emmitsburg Road
By: James A. Hessler
4.52
Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition
A “fascinating illumination of little-known accounts and personalities” by two experts on the Battl… read more
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29. The Real Horse Soldiers: Benjamin Grierson's Epic 1863 Civil War Raid Through Mississippi
By: Timothy B. Smith
4.51
Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition
Benjamin Grierson's Union cavalry thrust through Mississippi is one of the most well-known operatio… read more
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30. We Dared to Win: The SAS in Rhodesia
By: Hannes Wessels
4.28
Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition
A memoir from a Special Forces fighter about his experiences in the Rhodesian War and how combat ha… read more
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31. Outwitting Forrest: The Tupelo Campaign in Mississippi, June 22 - July 23, 1864 (Savas Beatie Battles & Leaders Series)
By: Edwin C Bearss
4.00
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Published here for the first time, this is the classic study on the little-known but significant Tu… read more
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