Surface at the Pole: The Extraordinary Voyages of the USS Skate
By: James Calvert
4.37
Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition
On 17 March 1959, the USS Skate became the first submarine to surface at the North Pole. Under the…
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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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- history
- military fiction
- nonfiction
"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. Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)
By: Ian Fleming
3.64
Format: 230 pages, Paperback
"Listen, Bond," said Tiffany Case. "It’d take more than Crabmeat Ravigotte to get me into bed with … read more
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"Ir ļoti skumji mazgāt veļu, ja tajā nav neviena vīrieša krekla."-Ian Fleming, Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)
"Most marriages don't add two people together. They subtract one from the other."-Ian Fleming, Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)
"Outside the bus the smell of sulphur hit Bond with sickening force. It was a horrible smell, from somewhere down in the stomach of the world."-Ian Fleming, Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)
"Bond sat for a moment frozen to his chair. Suddenly, there flashed unwanted into his mind that most sinister line in poetry: 'They reckon ill who leave me out. When me they fly, I am the wings."-Ian Fleming, Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)
3. Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)
By: Ian Fleming
3.63
Format: 229 pages, Paperback
How is this for an evocative passage from the second Bond novel? "Her hair was black and fell to… read more
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"Don't lose faith in your stars."-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)
"Hm,' said Bond. 'Bogeyman stuff."-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)
"Those who deserve to die, die the death they deserve."-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)
"You start to die the moment you are born. The whole of life is cutting through the pack with death. So take it easy."-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)
4. Mawson's Will: The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever Written
By: Edmund Hillary , Lennard Bickel
3.74
Format: None pages, Paperback
Mawson's Willis the dramatic story of what Sir Edmund Hillary calls "the most outstanding solo jour… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
5. The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found
By: Mary Beard
3.63
Format: 143 pages, Hardcover
Pompeii is the most famous archaeological site in the world, visited by more than two million peopl… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
6. The Men Who Killed the Luftwaffe: The U.S. Army Air Forces Against Germany in World War II
By: Jay A. Stout
1.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
- Dramatic story of World War II in the air - How the U.S. built an air force of 2.3 million men af… read more
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7. Freedom's Forge: How American Business Built the Arsenal of Democracy That Won World War II
By: Arthur Herman
3.99
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Remarkable as it may seem today, there once was a time when the president of the United States coul… read more
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8. Overboard!: A True Blue-water Odyssey of Disaster and Survival
By: Michael J. Tougias
3.87
Format: 252 pages,
A true story of disaster at sea from the author of Fatal Forecast and Finest Hours. read more
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9. Long Way Round: Chasing Shadows Across the World
By: Ewan McGregor , Charley Boorman , None
3.53
Format: None pages, Hardcover
It started as a daydream. Poring over a map of the world at home one quiet Saturday afternoon, Ewan… read more
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10. Kelly: More Than My Share of It All
By: None , None
3.57
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson led the design of such crucial aircraft as the P-38 and Constellation, … read more
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11. Moonraker (James Bond, #3)
By: Ian Fleming
3.80
Format: 247 pages, Paperback
‘For several minutes he stood speechless, his eyes dazzled by the terrible beauty of the greatest w… read more
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"Champagne and Benzedrine! Never again."-Ian Fleming, Moonraker (James Bond, #3)
"In angry protest the red telephone splintered the silence."-Ian Fleming, Moonraker (James Bond, #3)
"They want us dead,' said Bond calmly. 'So we have to stay alive."-Ian Fleming, Moonraker (James Bond, #3)
"And people with obsessions, reflected Bond, were blind to danger."-Ian Fleming, Moonraker (James Bond, #3)
12. Doctor No (James Bond, #6)
By: Ian Fleming
3.85
Format: None pages,
James Bond travels to the Caribbean to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a secret service… read more
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13. Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad
By: William Craig
4.25
Format: None pages,
Stalingrad, the bloodiest battle in the history of warfare, cost the lives of nearly two million me… read more
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14. The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
By: Ian Mortimer
4.01
Format: 319 pages, Hardcover
Imagine you could get into a time machine and travel back to the 14th century. This text sets out t… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"Justice is a relative concept in all ages. The fourteenth century is no exception."-Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
"You might find it alarming to think that your doctor will not actually need to see you in person but might make a diagnosis based on the position of the stars, the colour and smell of your urine, and…"-Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
"So, as long as you can get enough to eat, and can avoid all the various lethal infections, the dangers of childbirth, lead poisoning, and the extreme violence, you should live a long time. All you ha…"-Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
"Collectively they remind us that history is much more than an education process. Understanding the past is a matter of experience as well as knowledge, a striving to make spiritual, emotional, poetic…"-Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
15. Coming Back Alive: The True Story of the Most Harrowing Search and Rescue Mission Ever Attempted on Alaska's High Seas
By: Spike Walker
3.68
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
When the fishing vessel La Conte sinks suddenly at night in one-hundred-mile-per-hour winds and rec… read more
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16. Impeached: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln's Legacy
By: David O. Stewart
3.60
Format: None pages,
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17. Failure is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
By: Gene Kranz
4.60
Format: 200 pages,
Gene Kranz was present at the creation of America's manned space program and was a key player in it… read more
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18. The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
By: Douglas Brunt
4.23
Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition
This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"But the prevailing and indelible lesson, learned through traumatic personal experience, was his understanding of the family’s security. War and industrial innovation could destroy the life a family h…"-Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
19. Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It
By: Adam Savage
4.18
Format: 320 pages, ebook
In this New York Times bestselling “imperative how-to for creativity” (Nick Offerman), Adam Savage—… read more
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- nonfiction
"When we say we need to teach kids how to “fail,"-Adam Savage, Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It
"The completeness in me would not let this [missing of the lunchbox] stand. Once I caught the bug to fill out the frame of the 2001 Heywood Floyd tabloid that I have in my head, I couldn't shake off m…"-Adam Savage, Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It
20. Drafted!: My Year in Vietnam
By: Morgan Miller
4.56
Format: 543 pages, Kindle Edition
2024 IBPA Gold Ben Franklin Award Winner • 2024 Foreword Review INDIES FinalistMorgan and I both se… read more
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21. 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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22. Fire in the Hole: Tales of Combat with the 1st Engineer Battalion in Vietnam
By: Mike Guardia
4.22
Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition
Combat Engineers. The Unsung Heroes of Vietnam.August 25, 1966. Specialist Dan Crowley was among t… read more
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23. TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH
By: W. R. Shepherd
4.52
Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition
A classic and favorite of aviation enthusiasts for many decades. And a well liked television series… read more
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24. Burning the Sky: Operation Argus and the Untold Story of the Cold War Nuclear Tests in Outer Space
By: Mark Wolverton
3.65
Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition
The unbelievable true story of an American Cold War scheme to detonate nuclear bombs in space is re… read more
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25. Wonderlands (Star Trek: Discovery #8)
By: Una McCormack
4.18
Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition
An all-new novel based upon the explosive Star Trek TV series! In a desperate attempt to prevent th… read more
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26. The Ice Diaries: The Untold Story of the USS Nautilus and the Cold War's Most Daring Mission
By: William R. Anderson
4.10
Format: 466 pages, Kindle Edition
The greatest undersea adventure of the 20th century.The Ice Diaries tells the incredible true story… read more
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27. Surface at the Pole: The Extraordinary Voyages of the USS Skate
By: James Calvert
4.37
Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition
On 17 March 1959, the USS Skate became the first submarine to surface at the North Pole. Under the… read more
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28. The Dive: The Untold Story of the World's Deepest Submarine Rescue
By: Stephen McGinty
3.96
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An undersea adventure narrated from the suffocating depths of the ocean floor—as time and oxygen ar… read more
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29. Fighter Group: The 352nd "Blue-Nosed Bastards" in World War II
By: Jay A. Stout
4.32
Format: 469 pages, Kindle Edition
Jay Stout breaks new ground in World War II aviation history with this gripping account of one of t… read more
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30. A Cold War Sailor: A Military Memoir
By: JOHN J COYNE
4.43
Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition
“I looked up from the instrument panel in my Huey helicopter to see the main rotor blade strike a t… read more
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