The Shape of Battle
By: Allan Mallinson
3.42
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
One of our most distinguished military historians tells the story of six defining battles . . . Eve…
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1. Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
By: Tom Holland
4.16
Format: 418 pages, Hardcover
In the fifth century BC, a global superpower was determined to bring truth and order to what it reg… read more
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- history
2. The Hard Way (Jack Reacher, #10)
By: Lee Child
4.19
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Jack Reacher was alone, the way he liked it, soaking up the hot, electric New York City night, watc… read more
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"You think you've been in deep shit before, and then you realise you have absolutely no conception of how deep shit can really be."-Lee Child, The Hard Way (Jack Reacher, #10)
"He liked the electric darkness and the hot dirty air and the blasts of noise and traffic and the manic barking sirens and the crush of people. It helped a lonely man feel connected and isolated both …"-Lee Child, The Hard Way (Jack Reacher, #10)
3. 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
4. Sharpe's Triumph (Sharpe, #2)
By: Bernard Cornwell
4.25
Format: 159 pages, Paperback
Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Assaye, September 1803 India, 1803. Sergeant Richard Sharpe witnes… read more
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5. Fighter: The True Story of the Battle of Britain
By: Len Deighton
3.91
Format: 736 pages,
It was the battle that proved Great Britain was a vital force in World War II. It inspired Churchil… read more
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- history
6. D-Day: The Battle for Normandy
By: Antony Beevor
4.00
Format: 10 pages, Hardcover
Making use of overlooked and new material from over 30 archives in half a dozen countries, 'D-Day' … read more
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- history
7. The Leopard
By: Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa , Archibald Colquhoun
4.01
Format: 319 pages, Paperback
The Sicilian prince Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa (1896-1957) died just after writing The Leopard, h… read more
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"While there’s death there’s hope"-Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard
"Cambiare tutto perché niente cambi."-Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard
"La eternidad amorosa dura pocos años."-Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard
"Nothing could be decently hated except eternity."-Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard
8. The First Crusade: The Call from the East
By: Peter Frankopan
4.23
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
According to tradition, the First Crusade began at the instigation of Pope Urban II and culminated … read more
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9. Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
By: Ian Fleming
3.74
Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
British Secret Service agent James Bond, a.k.a. 007, is sent to France to play in a high-stakes bac… read more
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"Mine’s Bond – James Bond."-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
"Everyone has the revolver of resignation in his pocket."-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
"In his mind he fingered the necklace of the days to come."-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
"Like all harsh, cold men, he was easily tipped over into sentiment."-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
10. 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
11. 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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- history
12. Dead of Night (A Berlin Wartime Thriller)
By: Simon Scarrow
4.25
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Germany, 1940. The world holds its breath and hopes for peace. At home, the Nazi Party’s grip on po… read more
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13. Persians: The Age of the Great Kings
By: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
4.06
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A stunning portrait of the magnificent splendor and enduring legacy of ancient Persia The Achaemen… read more
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- history
14. Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age
By: Tom Holland
4.22
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Pax is the third in a trilogy of books narrating the history of the Roman Empire. The series that b… read more
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15. The Eagle and The Lion: Rome, Persia, and an Unwinnable Conflict
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
3.95
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
The Eagle and The Lion is a story of the imperial rivalry between two of the greatest empires of th… read more
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- history
16. The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
By: Steve Brusatte
4.20
Format: 404 pages, Hardcover
The dinosaurs. Sixty-six million years ago, the Earth’s most fearsome creatures vanished. Today the… read more
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"There is a dinosaur outside my window. I'm watching it as I write this."-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
"The Great Hall of Dinosaurs at Yale's Peabody Museum may not bill itself as a place of spiritual pilgrimage, but that's sure what it feels like to me."-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
"...let's not forget about those birds--they are dinosaurs, they survived, they are still with us. The dinosaur empire may be over, but the dinosaurs remain."-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
"...another trove of spectacular fossils, found in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia...provide unprecedented insight into the lifestyles of dinosaurs and early birds."-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
17. Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness
By: Steve Magness
3.85
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From beloved performance expert, executive coach, and coauthor of Peak Performance Steve Magness co… read more
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18. Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
By: Tom Holland
4.26
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
A "marvelous" (Economist) account of how the Christian Revolution forged the Western imagination. … read more
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"To hail a religion for its compatibility with a secular society was decidedly not a neutral gesture. Secularism was no less bred of the sweep of Christian history than were Orban's barbed-wire fences…"-Tom Holland, Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
19. 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)
20. 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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21. A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City
By: Edward Chisholm
4.05
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An evocative portrait of the underbelly of contemporary Paris as seen through the eyes of a young w… read more
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22. City of Dreams (Danny Ryan #2)
By: Don Winslow
4.04
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Hollywood. The city where dreams are made. On the losing side of a bloody East Coast crime w… read more
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23. 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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- history
24. A Village in the Third Reich
By: Julia Boyd
4.25
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
New from the author of Travellers in the Third Reich—the Sunday Times Top Three bestseller and Wate… read more
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25. The Last Emperor of Mexico: The Dramatic Story of the Habsburg Archduke Who Created a Kingdom in the New World
By: Edward Shawcross
4.26
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The true operatic tragedy of Maximilian and Carlota, the European aristocrats who stumbled into pow… read more
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26. Crusaders: The Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands
By: Dan Jones
4.15
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Dan Jones, best-selling chronicler of the Middle Ages, turns his attention to the history of the Cr… read more
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27. Cold Red (Jamie Carter #2)
By: Chris Ryan
4.24
Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition
Following a controversial mission in Tajikistan, SAS loner Jamie 'Geordie' Carter has spent the pas… read more
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28. Uhtred's Feast: Inside the World of The Last Kingdom
By: Bernard Cornwell
3.81
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In this engaging social history New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, “the most proli… read more
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29. New Rome: The Empire in the East
By: Paul Stephenson
3.53
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A comprehensive new history of the Eastern Roman Empire based on the science of the human past. … read more
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30. The Shape of Battle
By: Allan Mallinson
3.42
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
One of our most distinguished military historians tells the story of six defining battles . . . Eve… read more
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31. Precipice
By: Robert Harris
4.23
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A spellbinding novel of passion, intrigue, and betrayal set in England in the months leading to the… read more
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"There were twelve deliveries a day in London in 1914. It would be in his hands by mid-afternoon. Pg5"-Robert Harris, Precipice
"The worst crises in politics always occurred, in his experience, when two unrelated problems struck at once. The difficulties weren’t doubled, or even squared, but cubed. Pg345"-Robert Harris, Precipice
"Major Hankey, secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence, was brought in by Bongie, and placed in front of him on the table the large red and blue leather-bound volume known as the War Book, he o…"-Robert Harris, Precipice
