Nelson's Trafalgar: The Battle That Changed the World
By: Roy A. Adkins
3.63
Format: None pages,
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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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- nonfiction
2. 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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"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
3. The Virginian (Scribner Classics)
By: Owen Wister , Gary Scharnhorst
3.91
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In the untamed West, pioneers came to test their fortunes -- and their wills. The Wyoming territory… read more
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"Stand on your laigs you polecat, and admit you're a liar!"-Owen Wister, The Virginian (Scribner Classics)
"For out of the eyes of every stranger looks either a friend or an enemy, waiting to be known."-Owen Wister, The Virginian (Scribner Classics)
"Dr. MacBride had a manner of saying "pardon me," which rendered forgiveness well-nigh impossible."-Owen Wister, The Virginian (Scribner Classics)
"Forgive my asking you to use your mind. It is a thing which no novelist should expect of his reader..."-Owen Wister, The Virginian (Scribner Classics)
4. In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
By: Hampton Sides
4.27
Format: 454 pages, Hardcover
On July 8, 1879, Captain George Washington De Long and his team of thirty-two men set sail from San… read more
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"We live in weary suspense," DeLong wrote. "Wintering in the pack may be a thrilling thing to read about alongside a warm fire, but the actual thing is sufficient to make any man prematurely old."-Hampton Sides, In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
"When De Long arrived in California with Emma that May, he went straight down to the yard and feasted his eyes upon his new ship. He was smitten by the transformation that had taken place during his a…"-Hampton Sides, In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
5. Hondo
By: Louis L'Amour
4.06
Format: 194 pages, Hardcover
He was etched by the desert’s howling winds, a big, broad-shouldered man who knew the ways of the A… read more
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"The Apache don't have a word for love," he said. "Know what they both say at the marriage? The squaw-taking ceremony?" "Tell me." "Varlebena. It means forever. That's all they say."-Louis L'Amour, Hondo
6. Sharpe's Rifles (Sharpe, #6)
By: Bernard Cornwell
4.26
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
In 1809, Napoleon's army sweeps across Spain. Lieutenant Richard Sharpe is newly in command of the… read more
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"I could tell you tales of priestly behavior that would make you shudder."-Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe's Rifles (Sharpe, #6)
"– Помните ту ночь, в крепости? – В голосе Луизы звучала мольба, словно для девушки было чрезвычайно важно, чтобы Шарп ее понял. – Помните? Когда дон Блас показал нам хоругвь и рассказал легенду о пос…"-Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe's Rifles (Sharpe, #6)
7. An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)
By: Rick Atkinson
4.29
Format: 681 pages, Hardcover
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn the first volume of his monumental tri… read more
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"In battle, topography is fate."-Rick Atkinson, An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)
"Troops caught nibbling their emergency D- ration chocolate bars were dubbed Chocolate Soldiers and punished by forfeiting two meals. This was a happy penance. The galleys served so much fatty mutton …"-Rick Atkinson, An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)
8. Napoleon: A Life
By: Andrew Roberts
4.23
Format: 976 pages, Paperback
The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the New York Times bestselling author of… read more
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"I am very happy to see the enemy wish to avoid our coming to him. – Napoleon"-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life
"I have beaten the Russian and Austrian army commanded by the two emperors. I am a little tired."-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life
"His constant references to the ancient world have the effect of giving ordinary soldiers a sense of their lives."-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life
9. Hornblower and the Atropos
By: C.S. Forester
3.13
Format: 111 pages, Paperback
In the wake of a humbling incident aboard a canal boat in the Cotswolds, young Captain Horatio Horn… read more
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- military fiction
- war
10. The Longest Afternoon: The 400 Men Who Decided the Battle of Waterloo
By: Brendan Simms
3.60
Format: 316 pages, Hardcover
In 1815, the deposed emperor Napoleon returned to France and threatened the already devastated and … read more
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11. Nelson's Trafalgar: The Battle That Changed the World
By: Roy A. Adkins
3.63
Format: None pages,
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12. A Short History of England
By: Simon Jenkins
3.79
Format: None pages, Paperback
England's history is the most exciting of any nation on Earth. Its triumphs and disasters are insta… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
13. Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy
By: Ian W. Toll
4.40
Format: None pages, Hardcover
How "a handful of bastards and outlaws fighting under a piece of striped bunting" humbled the omnip… read more
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14. The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #3)
By: Rick Atkinson
4.67
Format: 121 pages, Hardcover
The magnificent conclusion to Rick Atkinson's acclaimed Liberation Trilogy about the Allied triumph… read more
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- military fiction
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15. The Outfit (Parker, #3)
By: Richard Stark
3.80
Format: None pages, Paperback
When the Outfit tries to kill him, Parker declares war. Ripping off the syndicate is easy, but goin… read more
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16. The Man With The Getaway Face (Parker, #2)
By: Richard Stark
3.72
Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback
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17. The Zimmermann Telegram
By: Barbara W. Tuchman
3.53
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Proud Tower, the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Guns of August, andThe Zimmermann Telegramcomprise … read more
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18. Waterloo: Four Days that Changed Europe's Destiny
By: Tim Clayton
3.56
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
An epic page-turner about Waterloo, one of the greatest land battles in British history, rich in dr… read more
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19. Royal Flash (The Flashman Papers, #2)
By: George MacDonald Fraser
5.00
Format: 30 pages, Paperback
In volume 2 of The Flashman Papers, Flashman tangles with femme fatale Lola Montez and the dastardl… read more
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20. The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #2)
By: Rick Atkinson
4.90
Format: None pages,
NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLERIn the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in … read more
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21. Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket
By: Richard Holmes
4.15
Format: None pages, Paperback
A history of the common British soldier, from c.1760 to c.1860, this text filled with anecdote and … read more
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22. Mr. Midshipman Hornblower
By: C.S. Forester
3.84
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Here we meet Horatio Hornblower, a young man of 17, in this Volume #1 of what becomes the 11 volume… read more
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23. The Guns of August
By: Barbara W. Tuchman
4.18
Format: 658 pages, Kindle Edition
The Proud Tower, the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Guns of August, and The Zimmerman Telegram comprise… read more
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"Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general."-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
"Now according to German logic, a declaration of war was found to be unnecessary because of imaginary bombings"-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
"Human beings, like plans, prove fallible in the presence of those ingredients that are missing in maneuvers - danger, death, and live ammunition."-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
"To think meant to give room for freedom of initiative, for the imponderable to win over the material, for will to demonstrate its power over circumstance."-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
24. Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
By: Patrick O'Brian
4.07
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Ardent, gregarious British naval officer Jack Aubrey is elated to be given his first appointment as… read more
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"Most men find [peace] entirely unlike what they had expected - like love..."-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
"The Navy speaks in symbols and you may suit what meaning you choose to the words."-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
"How wonderfully strange,' he thought, 'to be upset by this trifle; yet I am upset."-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
"What's wrong with (Captain) Jack Aubrey?" "Everything, since he has a command and I have not."-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
25. Napoleon's Spy
By: Ben Kane
4.04
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
'An epic tale that never loses sight of the raw experience of the hero. I loved Napoleon's Spy' Sim… read more
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26. Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
By: Patrick O'Brian
4.26
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
“If Jane Austen had written rousing sea yarns, she would have produced something very close to the … read more
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"Compulsion is the death of friendship."-Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
"I sew his ears on from time to time, sure."-Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
"I should send my bees ashore for you, upon my sacred honour."-Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
"Rested, shaved, coffee’d, steaked, you will be a different man."-Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
27. H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)
By: Patrick O'Brian
4.42
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
In H.M.S. Surprise, British naval officer Jack Aubrey and surgeon Stephen Maturin face near-death a… read more
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- war
"Jack, you've debauched my sloth."-Patrick O'Brian, H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)
"Stephen had spared no expense in making himself more unhappy, his own position as a rejected lover clearer."-Patrick O'Brian, H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)
"Of course I do know it is the French who are so wicked; but there are all these people who keep coming and going - the Austrians, the Spaniards, the Russians. Pray, are the Russians good now? It woul…"-Patrick O'Brian, H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)
"Authority is a solvent of humanity: look at any husband, any father of a family, and note the absorption of the person by the persona, the individual by the role. Then multiply the family, and the au…"-Patrick O'Brian, H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)
28. Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945
By: Ian W. Toll
4.76
Format: 944 pages, Hardcover
Twilight of the Gods is a riveting account of the harrowing last year of World War II in the Pacifi… read more
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"TURKEY TROTS TO WATER GG FROM CINCPAC ACTION COM THIRD FLEET INFO COMINCH CTF SEVENTY-SEVEN X WHERE IS RPT WHERE IS TASK FORCE THIRTY FOUR RR THE WORLD WONDERS"-Ian W. Toll, Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945
29. The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
By: Rick Atkinson
4.43
Format: 776 pages, Hardcover
In the initial volume of the Revolution Trilogy Rick Atkinson recounts the first twenty-one months … read more
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- military fiction
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30. 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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31. Counter Strike (Command and Control Book 2)
By: David Bruns
4.59
Format: 492 pages, Kindle Edition
When China launches a blitz attack on the island of Taiwan, the world order hangs in the balance an… read more
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