Merlin: The Story of the Engine That Won the Battle of Britain and WWII
By: Graham Hoyland
4.35
Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. Waterloo: The True Story of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles
By: Bernard Cornwell
4.23
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
‘Some battles change nothing. Waterloo changed almost everything.’ Bestselling author Bernard Co… read more
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2. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
By: Peter Biskind
4.12
Format: None pages,
This down-and-dirty romp through Hollywood in the 1970s introduces the young filmmakers--Coppola, S… read more
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3. Crete: The Battle And The Resistance
By: Antony Beevor
4.32
Format: 210 pages, Paperback
A riveting account of the fall of Greece, the Battle of Crete, and the Cretan Resistance, from the … read more
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4. Berlin Game (Bernard Samson, #1)
By: Len Deighton
1.00
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
When a valuable agent behind the Iron Curtain signals he wants out, it's up to Bernard Samson, once… read more
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5. Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche
By: Haruki Murakami , Philip Gabriel , Alfred Birnbaum
4.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
Alternate cover edition . In spite of the perpetrators' intentions, the Tokyo gas attack left only… read more
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6. Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed
By: None , Ben R. Rich
3.83
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
From the development of the U-2 to the Stealth fighter, the never-before-told story behind the high… read more
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7. The Right Stuff
By: Tom Wolfe
4.08
Format: 432 pages,
Tom Wolfe began The Right Stuffat a time when it was unfashionable to contemplate American heroism.… read more
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8. Act of Oblivion
By: Robert Harris
4.07
Format: 463 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Fatherland, The Ghostwriter, Munich, and Conclave comes this spellbi… read more
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"He had no idea where they would go, or what they would do, or what dangers lay ahead. But with their love, and their Bible, with their absolute certainty in the power of the Lord and the protection o…"-Robert Harris, Act of Oblivion
9. Nuclear War: A Scenario
By: Annie Jacobsen
4.47
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more
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"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
10. Essex Dogs (Essex Dogs, #1)
By: Dan Jones
3.92
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling historian makes his historical fiction debut with an explosive novel… read more
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"What matters is that you did not know the story. And the reason you did not...is that our ancestor William - through his deeds of arms, his force of personality and his vast conquests - had achieved …"-Dan Jones, Essex Dogs (Essex Dogs, #1)
11. The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World
By: Tim Marshall
3.94
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Spy satellites orbiting the moon. Space metals worth more than most countries’ GDP. People on Mars … read more
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12. 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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13. Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison
By: Ben Macintyre
4.26
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The definitive and surprising true story of one of history’s most notorious prisons—and the remarka… read more
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14. Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta, 1942
By: Max Hastings
4.25
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Renowned historian Max Hastings recreates one of the most thrilling events of World War II: Operati… read more
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- aviation
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15. Low Attack: The Story of Two Mosquito Squadrons in World War Two (Memoirs of World War Two in the Air Book 4)
By: John Wooldridge
4.08
Format: 140 pages, Kindle Edition
A vivid account of two Mosquito squadrons which revolutionised aerial warfare.Perfect for people wh… read more
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16. Into the Silk: The Dramatic True Stories of Airmen Who Baled Out — And Lived (Developments in Aviation Book 1)
By: Ian Mackersey
4.24
Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition
From World War Two to the Jet Age, Ian Mackersey charts the thrilling and personal accounts of airm… read more
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- aviation
- nonfiction
- history
17. Duel of Eagles: The Classic Pilot's Account of the Battle of Britain (Peter Townsend's Air War Collection Book 1)
By: Peter Townsend
4.55
Format: 577 pages, Kindle Edition
'REMARKABLE' Sunday Times -- 'A FINE BOOK' Len Deighton 'The greatest book on the Battle of Britai… read more
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18. Erebus: The Story of a Ship
By: Michael Palin
4.29
Format: 334 pages, Hardcover
In the early years of Queen Victoria’s reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval … read more
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19. Night Intruder: A Personal Account of the Radar War Between the RAF and Luftwaffe Night-Fighter Forces (Memoirs of World War Two in the Air Book 1)
By: Jeremy Howard-Williams
4.24
Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition
An engrossing memoir of one RAF fighter pilot’s battle against the Luftwaffe in the dead of night.I… read more
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20. Chums: How A Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over The UK
By: Simon Kuper
3.98
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, David Cameron, George Osborne, Theresa May, Dominic Cummings, Daniel H… read more
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21. Walker, R.N.: The Greatest U-Boat Hunter of the Battle of the Atlantic (Submarine Warfare in World War Two)
By: Terence Robertson
4.61
Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition
The astounding biography of the most successful anti-submarine commander of the Second World War.Pe… read more
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22. Spitfire: A Very British Love Story
By: John Nichol
4.50
Format: 574 pages, Kindle Edition
THE SUNDAY TIMES NON FICTION BESTSELLER WHSmith NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018'The best book you… read more
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23. The Big Show: The Classic Account of WWII Aerial Combat (Pierre Clostermann's Air War Collection Book 1)
By: Pierre Clostermann
4.57
Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition
'THE BIG SHOW is as close as you'll ever get to fighting for your life from the cockpit of a Spitfi… read more
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24. Flame Thrower: Memoir of a Crocodile Tank Commander, D-Day to the Rhine
By: Andrew Wilson
4.41
Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition
Normandy, June 1944. Tank commander Andrew Wilson, a twenty-year-old lieutenant, is in charge of a … read more
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25. Concorde: The thrilling account of history’s most extraordinary airliner
By: Mike Bannister
4.54
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
October 24th 2023 will mark 20 years since Concorde disappeared from our skies. Yet still Mike Bann… read more
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26. Mosquito: The Original Multi-Role Combat Aircraft
By: Graham M. Simons
4.21
Format: 517 pages, Kindle Edition
The "Wooden Wonder" - as the de Havilland Mosquito was affectionately known - entered the 1939-1945… read more
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27. Bomb Aimer Over Berlin: The Wartime Memoirs of Les Bartlett DFM
By: Les Bartlett
4.43
Format: 275 pages, Kindle Edition
The English pharmacist-turned-RAF-aircrew-member recounts his missions fighting against the Third R… read more
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28. Jet Man: The Making and Breaking of Frank Whittle, Genius of the Jet Revolution
By: Duncan Campbell-Smith
4.40
Format: 618 pages, Kindle Edition
The story of Frank Whittle – RAF pilot, mathematician of genius, inventor of the jet engine and Bri… read more
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29. Merlin: The Story of the Engine That Won the Battle of Britain and WWII
By: Graham Hoyland
4.35
Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition
The most iconic planes of WWII, the Supermarine Spitfire, Hawker Hurricane, DeHavilland Mosquito an… read more
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30. The Armed Rovers: Beauforts and Beaufighters Over the Mediterranean
By: Roy Conyers Nesbit
3.99
Format: 291 pages, Kindle Edition
The little-known story of how the Royal Air Force kept supplies from reaching Rommel’s Afrika Korps… read more
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31. Sydney Camm: Hurricane and Harrier Designer, Saviour of Britain
By: John Sweetman
4.07
Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition
‘This Man Saved Britain’ ran a headline in the News Chronicle on 18 February 1941, in a reference t… read more
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