The Liberation of Paris: How Eisenhower, de Gaulle, and von Choltitz Saved the City of Light
By: Jean Edward Smith
4.01
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Prize-winning and bestselling historian Jean Edward Smith tells the “rousing” (Jay Winik, author of…
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1. Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944
By: Stephen E. Ambrose
4.14
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, a small detachment of British airborne troops stormed t… read more
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2. The Populist Explosion: How the Great Recession Transformed American and European Politics
By: John B. Judis
3.75
Format: 182 pages, Paperback
From the author of THE POLITICS OF OUR TIME What’s happening in global politics, and is there a th… read more
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3. Once Upon a Time in Russia: The Rise of the Oligarchs―A True Story of Ambition, Wealth, Betrayal, and Murder
By: Ben Mezrich
3.85
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The bestselling author of Bringing Down the House (sixty-three weeks on the New York Times bestsell… read more
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4. The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen
By: Jacques Pépin
2.50
Format: None pages,
In this captivating memoir, the man whom Julia Child has called "the best chef in America" tells th… read more
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5. Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945
By: David M. Kennedy
4.43
Format: 230 pages, Paperback
Between 1929 and 1945, two great travails were visited upon the American people: the Great Depressi… read more
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6. Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship
By: Jon Meacham
3.62
Format: None pages,
The most complete portrait ever drawn of the complex emotional connection between two of history's … read more
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7. The Korean War
By: Max Hastings
3.75
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
It was the first war we could not win. At no other time since World War II have two superpowers met… read more
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8. Los mitos que nos dieron traumas
By: Juan Miguel Zunzunegui
4.00
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Es que los espanoles nos conquistaron, trajeron toda la maldad y por eso somos pobres...Es que la M… read more
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9. Vizio di forma
By: Primo Levi
3.99
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
Vizio di forma e la seconda raccolta di racconti fanta-tecnologici e fanta-biologici di Primo Levi;… read more
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10. Babi Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel
By: None , David Floyd
4.07
Format: 189 pages, Paperback
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11. When Paris Went Dark: The City of Light Under German Occupation, 1940-1944
By: Ronald C. Rosbottom
3.89
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The spellbinding and revealing chronicle of Nazi-occupied Paris On June 14, 1940, German tanks ente… read more
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12. Journey to a Revolution: A Personal Memoir and History of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956
By: Michael Korda
4.00
Format: 231 pages,
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13. The Secret War: Spies, Codes and Guerrillas 1939-1945
By: Max Hastings
4.27
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Examining the espionage and intelligence stories in World War II, on a global basis, bringing toget… read more
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14. From Beirut to Jerusalem
By: Thomas L. Friedman
4.07
Format: 154 pages,
This extraordinary bestseller is still the most incisive, thought-provoking book ever written about… read more
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15. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
By: Erik Larson
4.24
Format: 565 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more
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"A house divided against itself cannot stand."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
16. 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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17. 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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18. The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis
By: Jeff Shaara
4.33
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara brings alive the heart-stopping days and nights of th… read more
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19. On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
By: Ronald C. White Jr.
4.45
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of A. Lincoln and American Ulysses comes the dramatic an… read more
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20. Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia
By: Natasha Lance Rogoff
4.15
Format: 267 pages, Hardcover
"In this thrilling debut, television producer and filmmaker Rogoff recounts her mission to bring Se… read more
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21. Eight Days in May: The Final Collapse of the Third Reich
By: Volker Ullrich
4.21
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
In a bunker deep below Berlin's Old Reich Chancellery, Adolf Hitler and his new bride, Eva Braun, t… read more
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22. Murder in Rose Hill (Gaslight Mystery, #27)
By: Victoria Thompson
4.17
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Midwife Sarah Malloy and her private detective husband Frank discover that the cure is worse than t… read more
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23. A Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II
By: Harry H. Crosby
4.58
Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition
"Written from the unusual perspective of a navigator, this is a compelling account of the air war a… read more
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24. Into Iraq
By: Michael Palin
4.00
Format: 172 pages, Hardcover
In March 2022, Michael Palin travelled the length of the River Tigris through Iraq to get a sense o… read more
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25. Three Days at the Brink
By: Bret Baier
4.21
Format: 434 pages, Hardcover
“I not put this extraordinary book down. Three Days at the Brink is a masterpiece: elegantly writt… read more
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26. Nuts and Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World in a Big Way
By: Roma Agrawal
3.63
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Shortlisted for the 2023 Royal Society Science Book Prize A structural engineer examines the sev… read more
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27. The Age of Wood: Our Most Useful Material and the Construction of Civilization
By: Roland Ennos
3.70
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking examination of the role that wood and trees have played in our global ecosystem—in… read more
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28. Big Week: The Biggest Air Battle of World War II
By: James Holland
4.30
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
During the third week of February 1944, the combined Allied air forces based in Britain and Italy l… read more
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29. V Is For Victory: Franklin Roosevelt's American Revolution and the Triumph of World War II
By: Craig Nelson
4.30
Format: 437 pages, Hardcover
“Belongs in the library alongside the histories and biographies of Martin Gilbert, Arthur Schlesing… read more
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30. The Liberation of Paris: How Eisenhower, de Gaulle, and von Choltitz Saved the City of Light
By: Jean Edward Smith
4.01
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Prize-winning and bestselling historian Jean Edward Smith tells the “rousing” (Jay Winik, author of… read more
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31. The Death of Hitler: The Final Word
By: Jean-Christophe Brisard
3.71
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
On April 30, 1945, Hitler committed suicide in his bunker as the Red Army closed in on Berlin. With… read more
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