Combat and Other Shenanigans
By: Piers Platt
3.94
Format: 114 pages, Kindle Edition
War is hell…but sometimes it’s also funny as hell. Combat and Other Shenanigans is Lieutenant Piers…
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1. Combat and Other Shenanigans
By: Piers Platt
3.94
Format: 114 pages, Kindle Edition
War is hell…but sometimes it’s also funny as hell. Combat and Other Shenanigans is Lieutenant Piers… read more
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- history
- memoir
- humor
- war
- military fiction
- nonfiction
2. No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
By: Mark Owen , Kevin Maurer
4.02
Format: 316 pages, Hardcover
From the streets of Iraq to the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips in the Indian Ocean, and from th… read more
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- history
- memoir
- military fiction
- war
- nonfiction
"Just get to lunch,"-Mark Owen, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
"There is no honor in sending men to die for something you won't even fight for yourself"-Mark Owen, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
"I had no idea if the photos [of Osama bin Laden's dead body] would ever be made public, and I didn't care."-Mark Owen, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
"Before I left, I noticed a shelf that ran above the door. It was just above where he [bin Laden] was standing when we got to the third deck. I slid my hand up and felt two guns, which urned out to be…"-Mark Owen, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
3. Flight of Passage: A Memoir
By: Rinker Buck
4.40
Format: 351 pages, Paperback
Writer Rinker Buck looks back more than 30 years to a summer when he and his brother, at ages 15 an… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- memoir
"All the heroes had crew cuts, platinum-blond wives and drove Corvettes. The media was devoted to this cult of innocence."-Rinker Buck, Flight of Passage: A Memoir
4. The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 (The Pacific War Trilogy, 2)
By: Ian W. Toll
4.61
Format: 688 pages, Paperback
The devastation of Pearl Harbor and the American victory at Midway were prelude to a greater challe… read more
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- nonfiction
- military fiction
- history
- war
5. The Cartel (Power of the Dog, #2)
By: Don Winslow
4.35
Format: 616 pages, Hardcover
From the internationally best-selling author of the acclaimed novel The Power of the Dog comes The … read more
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- war
"He tells his guys, you change the oil in a Nissan, you just can't kill it. You'll die before that car will."-Don Winslow, The Cartel (Power of the Dog, #2)
6. American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
By: Chris Kyle , Scott McEwen , Jim DeFelice
4.03
Format: 502 pages, Paperback
From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States… read more
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- history
- memoir
- military fiction
- war
- nonfiction
"But real life doesn't travel in a perfect straight line; it doesn't necessarily have that 'all lived happily ever after' bit. You have to work on where you're going."-Chris Kyle, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
"In my experience, Marines are gung ho no matter what. They will all fight to the death. Everyone of them just wants to get out there and kill. They are bad-ass, hard-charging mothers."-Chris Kyle, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
"The joke was that President Bush only declared war when Starbucks was hit. You can mess with the U.N. all you want, but when you start interfering with the right to get caffeinated, someone has to pa…"-Chris Kyle, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
7. 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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- history
- memoir
- military fiction
- war
- nonfiction
"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
8. The Power of the Dog (Power of the Dog, #1)
By: Don Winslow
4.36
Format: 542 pages, Paperback
From the bestselling author of Savages (now an Oliver Stone film). This novel of the drug trade… read more
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"They got the absolute freedom to choose what we want them to."-Don Winslow, The Power of the Dog (Power of the Dog, #1)
"Adán fell asleep to these stories and slept like the dead until the sun struck him in the eyes and the whole long, wonderful summer day started again with the smell of fresh tortillas, manchaca, chor…"-Don Winslow, The Power of the Dog (Power of the Dog, #1)
"All this and the wine's coming in and out, and by the time the waiters set the espressos down Callan’s about half in the bag. He watches Calabrese take a long sip from an espresso cup. Then the boss …"-Don Winslow, The Power of the Dog (Power of the Dog, #1)
"All this and the wines coming in and out, and by the time the waiters set the espressos down Callan’s about half in the bag. He watches Calabrese take a long sip from an espresso cup. Then the boss s…"-Don Winslow, The Power of the Dog (Power of the Dog, #1)
9. Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1)
By: Neal Stephenson
3.93
Format: 927 pages, Paperback
Quicksilver is the story of Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and conflicted Puritan, pursuing kn… read more
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"he's surprised your tits come wi' a head attached"-Neal Stephenson, Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1)
"Your diligence is setting an example for all of us—stop it!"-Neal Stephenson, Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1)
"Most men would rather be shot through with a broad-headed arrow than be described by you."-Neal Stephenson, Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1)
"If money is a science, then it is a dark science...it has gone on developing...by its own rules"-Neal Stephenson, Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1)
10. Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War
By: Dakota Meyer , None
4.19
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
“The story of what Dakota did . . . will be told for generations.” — President Barack Obama, from r… read more
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- history
- memoir
- military fiction
- war
- nonfiction
11. The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War
By: John "Chick" Donohue
3.92
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
“Chickie takes us thousands of miles on a hilarious quest laced with sorrow, but never dull. You wi… read more
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- history
- memoir
- military fiction
- war
- nonfiction
12. Brave New Dawn (Sentenced to War Book 15)
By: J.N. Chaney
4.71
Format: 502 pages, Kindle Edition
Live for today. Prepare for tomorrow. The unknown reaches of the galaxy still offer danger for Serg… read more
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13. The Electric State
By: Simon Stålenhag
4.43
Format: 143 pages, Hardcover
In 1997, a runaway teenager and her yellow toy robot travel west through a strange USA. The ruins o… read more
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"To, čo robíme, nie je civilizované, viem to. Ale viem i to, že aj tebe sa to muselo prihodiť - presne ako ja si sa zobudil a zrazu si si uvedomil niečo nezvratné: nežijeme už v civilizovaných časoch."-Simon Stålenhag, The Electric State
14. Constant Sorrow (Backyard Starship, #15)
By: J.N. Chaney
4.68
Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition
Humans have been in the stars far longer than Van originally thought, and they’ve been busy.But not… read more
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15. The Bad Weather Friend
By: Dean Koontz
3.89
Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition
Benny is so nice they feel compelled to destroy him, but he has a friend who should scare the hell … read more
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- humor
16. Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1)
By: David McCloskey
4.21
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
CIA case officer Sam Joseph is dispatched to Paris to recruit Syrian Palace official Mariam Haddad.… read more
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17. Killing the Killers: The Secret War Against Terrorists
By: Bill O'Reilly
4.19
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In the eleventh book in the multimillion-selling Killing series, Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard re… read more
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- nonfiction
- military fiction
- history
- war
18. Marines Never Die (Sentenced to War #11)
By: J.N. Chaney
4.58
Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition
The war continues...and the body count rises. With humanity joining the alliance to fight the Na… read more
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- military fiction
19. Gods of War (Sentenced to War #9)
By: J.N. Chaney
4.57
Format: 486 pages, Kindle Edition
As the flames of the Human/Naxli war are fanned into a blaze, the Second Combined Assault Brigade i… read more
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- military fiction
20. Backyard Starship (Backyard Starship, #1)
By: J.N. Chaney
4.22
Format: 510 pages, Kindle Edition
When Van Tudor returns to his childhood home, he inherits more than the family farm. His grandfa… read more
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- military fiction
21. Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
By: Mary Roach
3.84
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
What’s to be done about a jaywalking moose? A bear caught breaking and entering? A murderous tree? … read more
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- nonfiction
- humor
- history
"The black bear is a ridiculously lovable species. There's a reason kids have teddy bears, not teddy goats or teddy eels."-Mary Roach, Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
"Californians are like, 'Lions are everywhere now!'" What's on the rise are home security cameras. Doorbell cameras are the mammograms of wildlife biology."-Mary Roach, Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
"So I’m curious, how far does the Pope think we should go in the direction of respecting and correcting the natural world and it’s wild inhabitants. Before I arrived the PIL media manager sent me a co…"-Mary Roach, Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
"We are irrational in our species-specific devotions. I know a man who won’t eat octopus because of its intelligence. Yet he eats pork and buys glue traps for rats, though rats and pigs are highly in…"-Mary Roach, Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
22. Armageddon (Holy War, #4)
By: Rick Partlow
4.49
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
BThe End is nigh… The war with the Tahni has dragged on for over two years, taking its toll on t… read more
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23. Revelation (Holy War, #3)
By: Rick Partlow
4.39
Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition
Ryan Hendrix is dead... ...Or so his family, his girlfriend, and his fellow Marines think. Terr… read more
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24. Blue Shift (Backyard Starship, #5)
By: J.N. Chaney
4.59
Format: 442 pages, Kindle Edition
When Van gains rank as a Peacemaker, he becomes a bigger target for the criminals scattered among t… read more
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- military fiction
25. An Alliance Reforged (Sentenced to War #6)
By: J.N. Chaney
4.51
Format: 602 pages, Kindle Edition
This is a new kind of war. The MDS and allies have withdrawn from the CoH, and they now want to … read more
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- military fiction
- war
26. Dark Peace (Slip Runner #2)
By: J.N. Chaney
4.45
Format: 311 pages, Kindle Edition
Cole Riker is a free man. Or close enough. He no longer has the weight of his past hanging over … read more
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- military fiction
27. Distant Horizon (Backyard Starship, #6)
By: J.N. Chaney
4.60
Format: 490 pages, Kindle Edition
The Universe is a bloody mess. Time to put on your cleaning gloves. During a routine arrest, Van… read more
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28. Silverview
By: John Le Carré
3.66
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
In Silverview, John le Carré turns his focus to the world that occupied his writing for the past s… read more
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"Sometimes the whole of marriage was a cover story."-John Le Carré, Silverview
"Een radicaal is een radicaal. Het maakt niet uit of het een ex-communist is of een ex-wat dan ook. Het is en blijft dezelfde man. Je manier van denken verandert niet omdat die tot een andere conclusi…"-John Le Carré, Silverview
29. How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them
By: Barbara F. Walter
4.25
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Civil wars are the biggest danger to world peace today - this book shows us why they happen, and ho… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- war
"For a society to fracture along identity lines, you need mouthpieces - people who are willing to make discriminatory appeals and pursue discriminatory policies in the name of a particular group. They…"-Barbara F. Walter, How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them
30. Release Point (Drop Trooper, #8)
By: Rick Partlow
4.40
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
It's the final showdown between Cam and a rogue Tahni general... And it might be the end of everyth… read more
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