8 must-read american revolution books like Germantown: A Military History of the Battle for Philadelphia, October 4, 1777 by Michael C. Harris

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Germantown: A Military History of the Battle for Philadelphia, October 4, 1777

By: Michael C. Harris

4.46

Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition

The award–winning author of Brandywine examines a pivotal but overlooked battle of the American Rev…

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1. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

By: Neil deGrasse Tyson

4.08

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit … read more

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"….. Neptune, the outermost planet. No, it’s not Pluto. Get over it."

-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

"Bosons, by the way, are named for the Indian scientist Satyendra Nath Bose."

-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

"Nonetheless, they remind us that ignorance is the natural state of mind for a research scientist."

-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

"I don't know about you, but the planet Saturn pops into my mind with every bite of a hamburger I take."

-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

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2. John Jay: Founding Father

By: Walter Stahr

3.99

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

John Jay was a central figure in the early history of the American Republic. A New York lawyer, bor… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • american revolution
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3. The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History)

By: Andrew O'Shaughnessy

4.17

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

A unique account of the American Revolution, told from the perspective of the leaders who conducted… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • american revolution
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4. Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded

By: Simon Winchester

2.67

Format: 166 pages, Paperback

The bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and The Map That Changed the World examines … read more

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  • history
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5. The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream

By: H.W. Brands

5.00

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

"I have found it." These words, uttered by the man who first discovered gold on the American River … read more

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  • american history
  • history
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6. The Civil War: A Narrative

By: Shelby Foote

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

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  • american history
  • history
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7. A Great Civil War: A Military and Political History, 1861-1865

By: Russell F. Weigley

4.00

Format: 139 pages, Paperback

"The crowning achievement of one of America's most distinguished military historians." --Lincoln Pr… read more

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  • history
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8. Island of the Blue Foxes: Disaster and Triumph on the World's Greatest Scientific Expedition

By: Stephen R. Bown

4.11

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

The immense 18th-century scientific journey, variously known as the Second Kamchatka Expedition or … read more

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  • history
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9. Braddock's Defeat: The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution

By: David L. Preston

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

On July 9, 1755, British and colonial troops under the command of General Edward Braddock suffered … read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • american revolution
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10. Out of Order: Stories from the History of the Supreme Court

By: Sandra Day O'Connor

3.54

Format: None pages, ebook

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "I called this book Out of Orderbecause it reflects my goal, which is to … read more

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  • american history
  • history
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11. Holy Bible: New International Version

By: Anonymous

4.62

Format: 1213 pages, Hardcover

The New International Version is the world's most popular Bible in modern English and is renowned f… read more

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  • history
"Meaningless! Meaningless!"

-Anonymous, Holy Bible: New International Version

"Thou shalt not stand idly by"

-Anonymous, Holy Bible: New International Version

"A unjust law, is no law at all."

-Anonymous, Holy Bible: New International Version

"Love never fails. —I Corinthians 13:8a "

-Anonymous, Holy Bible: New International Version

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12. Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815

By: Gordon S. Wood

3.70

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

The Oxford History of the United States is by far the most respected multi-volume history of our na… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • american revolution
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13. Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)

By: C.S. Lewis

3.93

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

In the first novel of C.S. Lewis's classic science fiction trilogy, Dr Ransom, a Cambridge academic… read more

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"The love of knowledge is a kind of madness."

-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)

"A pleasure is full grown only when it is remembered."

-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)

"There I drank life because death was in the pool. That was the best of drinks save one."

-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)

"And I say also this. I do not think the forest would be so bright, nor the water so warm, nor love so sweet, if there were no danger in the lakes."

-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)

14. All But My Life: A Memoir

By: Gerda Weissmann Klein

4.03

Format: None pages,

All But My Life: A Memoir All But My Life is the unforgettable story of Gerda Weissmann Klein's six… read more

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15. The Oxford History Of The Biblical World

By: Michael D. Coogan

4.36

Format: 524 pages, Hardcover

Here, in one impressively illustrated volume, leading scholars offer compelling glimpses into the b… read more

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16. Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War

By: Robert M. Gates

3.97

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

From the former secretary of defense, a strikingly candid, vividly written account of his experienc… read more

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17. The West Point History of the Civil War

By: Earl J. Hess , Steven E. Woodworth , Clifford J. Rogers , None , None , None , Ty Seidule , None , None , None

3.45

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

The definitive military history of the Civil War, featuring the same exclusive images, tactical map… read more

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18. 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

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19. Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East

By: Kim Ghattas

4.40

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Black Wave is a paradigm-shifting recasting of the modern history of the Middle East, telling the l… read more

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"Beyond the headlines about war and death, the region is alive with music, art, books, theater, social entrepreneurship, advocacy, libraries, cafes, bookshops, poetry, and so much more, as old and you…"

-Kim Ghattas, Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East

"If Beirut was the supermarket of the left in the 1970s, where Marxists, communists, Egyptians, Iraqis, and all the Palestinian factions debated and theorized, published and drank in bars arguing over…"

-Kim Ghattas, Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East

"Every king had tried to put his imprint on the city and the mosque; some were worse than others. King Faisal had been a parsimonious man and the expansion works reflected as much—measured and reasona…"

-Kim Ghattas, Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East

"Although our countries have been changed by the hegemonizing influences of both Iran and Saudi Arabia, the headlines in the Western media have always reduced matters of extraordinary depth and comple…"

-Kim Ghattas, Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East

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20. Every Man a Hero: A Memoir of D-Day, the First Wave at Omaha Beach, and a World at War

By: Ray Lambert

4.41

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Omaha Beach legend Ray Lambert's unforgettable firsthand account of D-Da… read more

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21. Ghostbusters: The Original Novelizations of Ghostbusters 1 and 2 (Ghostbusters #1)

By: Richard Mueller

3.84

Format: None pages, Audiobook

For the first time in a beautiful new edition, this omnibus will collect together the original offi… read more

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22. In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown

By: Nathaniel Philbrick

4.11

Format: 366 pages, Hardcover

The thrilling story of the Revolutionary War finale from the New York Times bestselling author of I… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • american revolution
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23. A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution

By: Jeremy D. Popkin

4.21

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

From an award-winning historian, a magisterial account of the revolution that created the modern wo… read more

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24. The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice

By: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

4.06

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The extraordinary story of the women who took on the Islamic State and… read more

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25. The Confidante: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Helped Win WWII and Shape Modern America

By: Christopher C. Gorham

4.32

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for readers of A Woman of No Importance, Three Ordinary Girls, and Eleanor: A Life comes th… read more

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Cover of The Compleat Victory: Saratoga and the American Revolution by Kevin J. Weddle

26. The Compleat Victory: Saratoga and the American Revolution

By: Kevin J. Weddle

4.53

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

In the late summer and fall of 1777, after two years of indecisive fighting on both sides, the outc… read more

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  • history
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27. Germantown: A Military History of the Battle for Philadelphia, October 4, 1777

By: Michael C. Harris

4.46

Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition

The award–winning author of Brandywine examines a pivotal but overlooked battle of the American Rev… read more

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  • history
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28. The Cherokee Trail of Tears

By: Duane H. King

3.54

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

This is a historically accurate and well researched history of the Cherokee Forced Removal. In 1838… read more

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Cover of Jamestown 1622: The Anglo-Powhatan Wars (Campaign, 401) by Cameron Colby

29. Jamestown 1622: The Anglo-Powhatan Wars (Campaign, 401)

By: Cameron Colby

4.64

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

A dramatic illustrated exploration of the infamous massacre of 1622, and the events of a pivotal co… read more

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30. With Musket & Tomahawk: The West Point-Hudson Valley Campaign in the Wilderness War of 1777

By: Michael O. Logusz

3.70

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In this third volume of Michael Logusz’s epic study of the Wilderness War of 1777, a sizable Britis… read more

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  • history
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31. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Phantom Killer: John Wesley Wable (True Crime)

By: Richard Gazarik

2.58

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Death on the Turnpike Discover the bloody story of John Wesley Wable's 1950s killing spree that roc… read more

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23 best-selling history books like Germantown: A Military History of the Battle for Philadelphia, October 4, 1777 by Michael C. Harris

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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

Neil deGrasse Tyson

4.08

Transform Your Habits

John Jay: Founding Father

Walter Stahr

3.99

Transform Your Habits

The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History)

Andrew O'Shaughnessy

4.17

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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded

Simon Winchester

2.67

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The First Wave: The D-Day Warriors Who Led the Way to Victory in World War II

Alex Kershaw

4.29

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The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Jeff Shaara

4.33

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Every Man a Hero: A Memoir of D-Day, the First Wave at Omaha Beach, and a World at War

Ray Lambert

4.41

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Lightning Down: A World War II Story of Survival

Tom Clavin

4.30

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