A Thousand May Fall: Life, Death, and Survival in the Union Army
By: Brian Matthew Jordan
3.78
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
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1. The Unsubstantial Air: American Fliers in the First World War
By: Samuel Hynes
3.88
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The Unsubstantial Air is the gripping story of the Americans who fought and died in the aerial batt… read more
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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. The Gettysburg Gospel: The Lincoln Speech That Nobody Knows
By: Gabor S. Boritt
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The words Abraham Lincoln spoke at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg … read more
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- civil war
- american civil war
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4. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
By: Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
"American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, "father of the ato… read more
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5. Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
By: James L. Swanson
3.78
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
A fascinating tale of murder, intrigue, and betrayal. A gripping hour-by-hour account told through … read more
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6. Based on a True Story
By: Norm Macdonald
4.51
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Wild, dangerous, and flat-out unbelievable, here is the incredible memoir of the actor, gambler, ra… read more
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7. To Antietam Creek: The Maryland Campaign of September 1862
By: D. Scott Hartwig
4.00
Format: 142 pages, Hardcover
In September 1862 the Federal army huddled within the defenses of Washington, disorganized and disc… read more
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8. The Archer's Tale (The Grail Quest, #1)
By: Bernard Cornwell
4.30
Format: None pages, Paperback
From New York Timesbestselling author Bernard Cornwell, now available in paperback--the first book … read more
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9. This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War
By: Drew Gilpin Faust
3.93
Format: 316 pages,
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10. Rifles for Watie
By: Harold Keith
4.36
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
Jeff Bussey walked briskly up the rutted wagon road toward Fort Leavenworth on his way to join the … read more
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11. Fields of Honor: Pivotal Battles of the Civil War
By: Edwin C. Bearss
4.60
Format: 431 pages, Hardcover
Few historians have ever captured the drama, excitement, and tragedy of the War Between the States … read more
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12. Battle Cry of Freedom
By: James M. McPherson
3.91
Format: None pages, Paperback
Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, B… read more
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13. Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan
By: Bill O'Reilly , Martin Dugard
4.35
Format: 323 pages, Hardcover
The powerful and riveting new book in the multimillion-selling Killing series by Bill O’Reilly and … read more
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14. The Last Hill: The Epic Story of a Ranger Battalion and the Battle That Defined WWII
By: Bob Drury
4.34
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Bob Drury and Tom Clavin's The Last Hill is the incredible untold story of one Ranger battalion's h… read more
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15. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
By: Erik Larson
4.24
Format: 565 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more
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"A house divided against itself cannot stand."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
16. 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
17. Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution
By: Eric Jay Dolin
3.89
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The heroic story of the founding of the U.S. Navy during the Revolution has been told before, yet m… read more
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18. The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War
By: Craig Whitlock
4.26
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A Washington Post Best Book of 2021 The #1 New York Times bestselling investigative story of how th… read more
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"To reinforce the message, Obama administration officials touted statistics that distorted what was really happening on the ground. The Bush administration had done the same, but Obama staffers in the…"-Craig Whitlock, The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War
"Ryan Crocker, who served as the top U.S. diplomat in Kabul under both Bush and Obama, said the gusher of contracts to support U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan virtually guaranteed that extortion, …"-Craig Whitlock, The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War
19. The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe
By: Matthew Gabriele
3.65
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
A lively and magisterial popular history that refutes common misperceptions of the European Middle … read more
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20. Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City (The Siege, #1)
By: K.J. Parker
4.08
Format: 350 pages, Paperback
This is the story of Orhan, son of Siyyah Doctus Felix Praeclarissimus, and his history of the Grea… read more
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"I have strong views about not tempting providence and, as a wise man once said, the difference between luck and a wheelbarrow is, luck doesn’t work if you push it."-K.J. Parker, Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City (The Siege, #1)
"My guess is, they couldn't sleep, and they had the kind of generous nature that reckons insomnia isn't something you hoard all for yourself, you share it with your friends and loved ones."-K.J. Parker, Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City (The Siege, #1)
"My belief is, either you understand things or you understand people. Nobody can do both. Frankly, I’m happier with things. I understand stuff like tensile strength, shearing force, ductility, work ha…"-K.J. Parker, Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City (The Siege, #1)
21. Eight Days in May: The Final Collapse of the Third Reich
By: Volker Ullrich
4.21
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
In a bunker deep below Berlin's Old Reich Chancellery, Adolf Hitler and his new bride, Eva Braun, t… read more
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22. Lightning Down: A World War II Story of Survival
By: Tom Clavin
4.30
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An American fighter pilot doomed to die in Buchenwald but determined to survive.On August 13, 1944,… read more
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23. "Lee is Trapped, and Must be Taken": Eleven Fateful Days after Gettysburg: July 4 - 14, 1863
By: Thomas J. Ryan
4.08
Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition
WINNER OF THE EDWIN C. BEARSS SCHOLARLY RESEARCH AWARDCountless books have examined the battle of G… read more
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24. Hymns of the Republic: The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil War
By: S.C. Gwynne
4.34
Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition
From the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of Empire of the Summer Moon and Rebel… read more
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25. To the Uttermost Ends of the Earth: The Epic Hunt for the South's Most Feared Ship—and the Greatest Sea Battle of the Civil War
By: Phil Keith
3.98
Format: None pages, ebook
The enthralling story of the greatest Civil War battle at sea by the award-winning and bestselling … read more
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26. Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
By: Kevin M. Kruse
3.93
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In this instant New York Times bestseller, America’s top historians set the record straight on the… read more
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"Violence meant to seize and shore up power—a claim to sovereignty through the violence of the mob—is fundamentally American."-Kevin M. Kruse, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
"Although in this case it is an understandable, emotional reaction meant to decry antidemocratic violence, the notion that January 6 is 'not who we are' is one manifestation of what has become a regul…"-Kevin M. Kruse, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
"People may hear ‘white nationalism’ and assume it to be adjacent with patriotism, or at the very least consider it as pro-American. But after 1983 the nation at the heart of white nationalism was not…"-Kevin M. Kruse, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
27. In the Waves: My Quest to Solve the Mystery of a Civil War Submarine
By: Rachel Lance
4.19
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
How a determined scientist cracked the case of the first successful--and disastrous--submarine atta… read more
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28. A Thousand May Fall: Life, Death, and Survival in the Union Army
By: Brian Matthew Jordan
3.78
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a pathbreaking history of the Civil War centered on a regiment of i… read more
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29. Under the Crescent Moon with the XI Corps in the Civil War: Volume 1 - From the Defenses of Washington to Chancellorsville, 1862-1863
By: James S. Pula
4.63
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
The XI Corps served in the Army of the Potomac for just twelve months (September 1862-August 1863),… read more
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30. Codename Nemo: The Hunt for a Nazi U-Boat and The Elusive Enigma Machine
By: Charles Lachman
4.59
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The white-knuckled war saga of the US Navy task force who achieved the impossible on June 4, 1944, … read more
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31. Under the Crescent Moon with the XI Corps in the Civil War: Volume 2 - From Gettysburg to Victory, 1863-1865
By: James S. Pula
4.25
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Winner, 2018, Unit History, Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book Award With the publicati… read more
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