Churchill's Shadow: The Life and Afterlife of Winston Churchill
By: Geoffrey Wheatcroft
3.68
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
Churchill is generally considered one of the greatest leaders of the twentieth century, if not the …
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1. Truman
By: David McCullough
3.31
Format: 267 pages, Paperback
The Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Harry S. Truman, whose presidency included momentous events… read more
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- politics
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2. In Search of the Dark Ages
By: Michael Wood
3.78
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
This edition of Michael Wood's groundbreaking first book explores the fascinating and mysterious ce… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
3. 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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- history
- biography
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- world war ii
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4. Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945
By: Max Hastings
3.40
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From one of our finest military historians, a monumental work that shows us at once the truly globa… read more
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5. The Generals: Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, and the Winning of World War II
By: Winston Groom
3.43
Format: 232 pages, ebook
Celebrated historian Winston Groom tells the intertwined and uniquely American tales of George Patt… read more
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6. The Surgeon's Mate (Aubrey & Maturin, #7)
By: Patrick O'Brian
4.40
Format: 382 pages, Paperback
"Vividly detailed 19th-century settings and dramatic tension punctuated with flashes of wry humor m… read more
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- war
- audiobook
"(She) threw Stephen a quick, apologetic glance and ran into the house. She might be in a strange hurry of spirits, but she moved with the perfect, unconscious grace that had always touched him, and h…"-Patrick O'Brian, The Surgeon's Mate (Aubrey & Maturin, #7)
7. Sovereign (Matthew Shardlake, #3)
By: C.J. Sansom
3.71
Format: 364 pages,
Autumn, 1541. King Henry VIII has set out on a spectacular Progress to the North to attend an extra… read more
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8. Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World
By: Niall Ferguson
3.93
Format: 422 pages, Paperback
Once vast swathes of the globe were coloured imperial red and Britannia ruled not just the waves, b… read more
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- european history
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"The British Empire was the nearest thing there has ever been to a world government. Yet its mode of operation was a triumph of minimalism."-Niall Ferguson, Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World
"In the end, the British sacrificed her Empire to stop the Germans, Japanese and Italians from keeping theirs. Did not that sacrifice alone expunge all the Empire's other sins?"-Niall Ferguson, Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World
"Between the early 1600s and the 1950s, more than 20 million people left the British Isles to begin new lives across the seas. Only a minority ever returned. No other country in the world came close t…"-Niall Ferguson, Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World
"Sir Richard Turnbull, the penultimate Governor of Aden, once told Labour politician Denis Healey that 'when the British Empire finally sank beneath the waves of history, it would leave behind it only…"-Niall Ferguson, Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World
9. JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956
By: Fredrik Logevall
4.55
Format: 792 pages, Hardcover
A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian takes us as close as we have ever been to the real John F. Kenne… read more
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10. The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021
By: Peter Baker
4.46
Format: 725 pages, Kindle Edition
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "The most comprehensive and detailed account of the Trump presidency ye… read more
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- government
- audiobook
11. Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber
By: Andy Borowitz
4.35
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Andy Borowitz, “one of the funniest people in America” (CBS Sunday Morning), brilliantly examines t… read more
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- history
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"Imagine a hypothetical job applicant. He can't spell the simplest words, such as "heal" and "tap". Confused by geography, he thinks there's an African country called "Nambia". As for American history…"-Andy Borowitz, Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber
12. The Lock-Up (Quirke, #9)
By: John Banville
3.70
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Booker Prize winner and “Irish master” (The New Yorker) John Banville’s most ambitious crime novel … read more
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13. Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921
By: Antony Beevor
3.90
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
An epic new account of the conflict that reshaped Eastern Europe and set the stage for the rest of … read more
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- war
- nonfiction
- european history
14. Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
By: Katja Hoyer
4.23
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For o… read more
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- audiobook
"Some of the “songs"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart,"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"From 1971, the rates paid were means-tested, allowing working class families with children privileged access. A four-person household in West Germany spent around 21 percent of their net income on re…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"In other fields too, female ambition had become the norm. By 1988, over 90% of East German women fought their own battles in the workplace. The GDR had reached the highest rate of female employment i…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
15. 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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- politics
- war
- nonfiction
- audiobook
16. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
By: Jon Meacham
4.46
Format: 676 pages, Hardcover
The life and moral evolution of Abraham Lincoln, exploring why and how Lincoln confronted secession… read more
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- biography
- politics
- nonfiction
- audiobook
17. The Tower
By: Flora Carr
3.70
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A bold, feminist debut novel, reimagining Mary, Queen of Scots’s darkest hour, when she was held ho… read more
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18. Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor
By: Andrew Lownie
3.82
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
Traitor King, by Sunday Times bestselling author Andrew Lownie, looks at the years following the ab… read more
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- biography
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- war
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"The problem was that the Duke wanted status not a job, to be recognised rather than to contribute."-Andrew Lownie, Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor
19. I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year
By: Carol Leonnig
4.39
Format: 476 pages, Kindle Edition
The instant #1 New York Times bestseller | A Washington Post Notable Book | One of NPR's Best Books… read more
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20. The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars and Caliphs
By: Marc David Baer
3.95
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
This major new history of the Ottoman dynasty reveals a diverse empire that straddled East and West… read more
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21. Churchill: Walking with Destiny
By: Andrew Roberts
4.36
Format: 1105 pages, Hardcover
A landmark reconsideration of the iconoclastic war leader, based on extensive new material, from pr… read more
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22. Out of the Blue: The Inside Story of Liz Truss and Her Astonishing Rise to Power
By: Harry Cole
3.74
Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition
Liz Truss’s journey from schoolgirl revolutionary to Britain’s new prime minister. She is the lo… read more
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- nonfiction
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23. The Story of China: The Epic History of a World Power from the Middle Kingdom to Mao and the China Dream
By: Michael Wood
4.16
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
A single volume history of China, offering a look into the past of the global superpower and its si… read more
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24. Unhinged: An Insider's Account of the Trump White House
By: Omarosa Manigault Newman
3.33
Format: 320 pages, Audio CD
The former Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the Office of Public Liais… read more
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25. The Counterfeit Candidate (The Reich Trilogy, #1)
By: Brian Klein
4.29
Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition
Berlin, 30th April, 1945As the Russian Army closes in on the war-torn City, Adolf Hitler and Eva Br… read more
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26. Churchill's Shadow: The Life and Afterlife of Winston Churchill
By: Geoffrey Wheatcroft
3.68
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
Churchill is generally considered one of the greatest leaders of the twentieth century, if not the … read more
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- european history
- government
- audiobook
27. Retracing the Iron Curtain: A 3,000-Mile Journey Through the End and Afterlife of the Cold War
By: Timothy Phillips
4.22
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Across 3,000 miles and over eight decades, this epic new people's history of the Cold War makes eye… read more
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- audiobook
28. Little Englanders: Britain in the Edwardian Era
By: Alwyn Turner
4.10
Format: 399 pages, Kindle Edition
When Queen Victoria died in 1901 it was the end of an era. Britain's dominance stretched across sev… read more
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29. Britain Is Better Than This: Why a Great Country is Failing Us All
By: Gavin Esler
4.37
Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition
An urgent and timely exploration of a British political system in peril – and what we must do to sa… read more
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30. Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great
By: Rachel Kousser
4.10
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A riveting biography of Alexander the Great’s final years, when the leader’s insatiable desire to c… read more
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