The Necessary War: Canadians Fighting the Second World War, 1939-1943 (Volume One)
By: Tim Cook
4.39
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
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1. The Korean War: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)
By: Bruce Cumings
3.76
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
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- nonfiction
- military fiction
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"Those who suffer terrible wars have a finer sense of when they begin and when they end."-Bruce Cumings, The Korean War: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)
"Eventually the Korean War will be understood as one of the most destructive and one of the most important wars of the twentieth century."-Bruce Cumings, The Korean War: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)
"It was this war and not World War II which established a far-flung American base structure abroad and a national security state at home, as defence spending nearly quadrupled in the last six months o…"-Bruce Cumings, The Korean War: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)
"It was this war and not World War II which established a far-flung American base structure abroad and a national security state at home, as defence spending nearly quadrupled in the last six months o…"-Bruce Cumings, The Korean War: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)
2. 1776
By: David McCullough
4.09
Format: 386 pages, Paperback
In this masterful book, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with … read more
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- military fiction
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"I lament the want of a liberal education. I feel the mist of ignorance to surround me - Nathanael Greene"-David McCullough, 1776
"Indeed, bribery, favoritism, and corruption in a great variety of forms were rampant not only in politics, but in all levels of society."-David McCullough, 1776
"It was a day and age that saw no reason why one could not learn whatever was required - learn vitally anything - by the close study of books."-David McCullough, 1776
"as the Sword was the last resort for the preservation of our liberties, so it ought to be the first thing laid aside when those liberties are firmly established"-David McCullough, 1776
3. 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)
4. Thrawn (Star Wars: Thrawn, #1)
By: Timothy Zahn
4.31
Format: 427 pages, Hardcover
One of the most cunning and ruthless warriors in the history of the Galactic Empire, Grand Admiral … read more
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"I did not refer to the legends themselves,"-Timothy Zahn, Thrawn (Star Wars: Thrawn, #1)
"Repression and revolt feed and devour each other."-Timothy Zahn, Thrawn (Star Wars: Thrawn, #1)
"Still, even when false, legends can be most informative."-Timothy Zahn, Thrawn (Star Wars: Thrawn, #1)
"One may learn a great deal of a people by the stories they tell of others."-Timothy Zahn, Thrawn (Star Wars: Thrawn, #1)
5. 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
6. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
By: Mary Beard
3.59
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
New York TimesBestseller * National Book Critics Circle Finalist * Wall Street JournalBest Books of… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
7. The War in the West: Volume 1: The Rise of Germany, 1939-1941
By: James Holland
2.57
Format: 210 pages, Hardcover
Much of what we think we know about World War II is steeped in myth rather than fact. For seven dec… read more
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- military fiction
- war
- world war ii
- nonfiction
8. King Lear
By: William Shakespeare , William James Rolfe
3.91
Format: 338 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Shakespeare’s King Lear challenges us with the magnitude, intensity, and sheer duration of the pain… read more
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"Fortune love you."-William Shakespeare, King Lear
"She is herself a dowry."-William Shakespeare, King Lear
"All dark and comfortless."-William Shakespeare, King Lear
"Nothing can come of nothing."-William Shakespeare, King Lear
9. The First World War
By: John Keegan
3.92
Format: 98 pages, Paperback
The First World War created the modern world. A conflict of unprecedented ferocity, it abruptly end… read more
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- nonfiction
- military fiction
- history
- war
10. Sharpe's Gold (Sharpe, #9)
By: Bernard Cornwell
3.50
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
With Wellington outnumbered, the bankrupt army's only hope of avoiding, collapse is a hidden cache … read more
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- military fiction
- war
11. Deliverance Lost
By: Gav Thorpe
3.47
Format: 288 pages,
As the Horus Heresy divides the Imperium, Corax and his few remaining Raven Guard escape the massac… read more
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- war
12. Life and Fate
By: Vasily Grossman , Robert Chandler
4.09
Format: 156 pages,
Life and Fate is an epic tale of a country told through the fate of a single family, the Shaposhnik… read more
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13. Hiroshima
By: John Hersey
3.50
Format: 36 pages,
On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. This book… read more
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14. And Quiet Flows the Don
By: Mikhail Sholokhov
2.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
And Quiet Flows the Don or Quietly Flows the Don (Tikhii Don, lit. "The Quiet Don") is 4-volume epi… read more
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15. Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War
By: Ben Macintyre
4.22
Format: None pages,
The incredible untold story of WWII s greatest secret fighting force, as told by our great modern m… read more
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16. Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda
By: Roméo Dallaire , Samantha Power
3.27
Format: None pages, Paperback
On the 10th anniversary of when UN peacekeepers landed in Rwanda, Random House Canada proudly publi… read more
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17. World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2)
By: Ken Follett
3.82
Format: 287 pages,
The #1 New York Timesbestseller from the author of The Pillars of the Earthand A Column of Fire(com… read more
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18. Masters of Death: The SS-Einsatzgruppen and the Invention of the Holocaust
By: Richard Rhodes
3.86
Format: 138 pages, Paperback
In Masters of Death, Richard Rhodes gives full weight, for the first time, to the part played by th… read more
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19. The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land
By: Thomas Asbridge
4.22
Format: 784 pages, Hardcover
The Crusades is an authoritative, accessible single-volume history of the brutal struggle for the H… read more
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- history
- war
"The Lionheart had arrived."-Thomas Asbridge, The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land
"Zangi was now sixty-two and still in remarkably rude health."-Thomas Asbridge, The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land
"Time and again in the Middle Ages, warrior-kings, seen by their men in the thick of fighting, turned the tide of battle, assuring victory."-Thomas Asbridge, The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land
"The first Latin up a ladder was Aubery Clements, marshal of France, one of Philip’s leading knights. It was said later among the Christians’ forces that, before climbing the breach, Aubery had called…"-Thomas Asbridge, The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land
20. The Longest Day
By: Cornelius Ryan
4.25
Format: 131 pages,
The classic account of the Allied invasion of Normandy. The Longest Day is Cornelius Ryan's unsurpa… read more
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21. Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947
By: Christopher Clark
3.35
Format: None pages,
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22. 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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- military fiction
- history
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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
23. Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages
By: Dan Jones
4.41
Format: 636 pages, Hardcover
An epic reappraisal of the medieval world--and the rich and complicated legacy left to us by the ri… read more
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- history
24. The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
By: Malcolm Gladwell
4.03
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An exploration of how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war In The Bomber Ma… read more
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- world war ii
- nonfiction
"Revolutions are birthed in conversation, argument, validation, proximity, and the look in your listener’s eye that tells you you’re on to something."-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
"I'm drawn again and again to obsessives. I like them. I like the idea that someone could push away all the concerns and details that make up everyday life and just zero in on one thing - the thing th…"-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
"The more you invest in a set of beliefs - the greater the sacrifice you make in the service of that conviction - the more resistant you will be to evidence that suggests that you are mistaken. You do…"-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
25. Ocean Prey (Lucas Davenport #31, Virgil Flowers #13)
By: John Sandford
4.39
Format: 431 pages, Kindle Edition
An off-duty Coast Guardsman is fishing with his family in the Atlantic just off south Florida when … read more
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26. Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
By: Barbara Demick
4.45
Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition
Nothing to Envy follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years—a chaotic period that saw… read more
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- history
"...the strength of the regime came from its ability to isolate its own citizens completely."-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
"In North Korea, you don’t own your own home; you are merely awarded the right to live there."-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
"He would wait hours for her, maybe two or three. It didn’t matter. The cadence of life is slower in North Korea. Nobody owned a watch."-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
"Even in parts of the showcase capital of Pyongyang, you can stroll down the middle of a main street at night without being able to see the buildings on either side."-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
27. The Company: The Rise and Fall of the Hudson's Bay Empire
By: Stephen R. Bown
4.14
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling new telling of the story of modern Canada's origins. The story of the Hudson's Bay C… read more
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- history
- canada
28. The Duel: Diefenbaker, Pearson and the Making of Modern Canada
By: John Ibbitson
4.34
Format: 456 pages, Hardcover
One of Canada’s foremost authors and journalists, offers a gripping account of the contest between … read more
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- history
- canada
29. Off the Record
By: Peter Mansbridge
4.20
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Peter Mansbridge invites us to walk the beat with him in this entertaining and revealing look into … read more
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- history
- canada
30. Cracking the Nazi Code: The Untold Story of Canada's Greatest Spy
By: Jason Bell
3.94
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The thrilling true story of Agent A12, the earliest enemy of the Nazis In public life, Dr. Winth… read more
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- canada
- war
- world war ii
- nonfiction
31. The Necessary War: Canadians Fighting the Second World War, 1939-1943 (Volume One)
By: Tim Cook
4.39
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
Tim Cook, Canada’s leading war historian, ventures deep into World War Two in this epic two-volume … read more
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