Fighting in the Dark: Naval Combat at Night, 1904-1944
By: Vincent O'Hara
4.38
Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition
Before the twentieth century ships when relied upon visual signaling, vessels beyond range of sight…
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1. The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1)
By: Glen Cook
3.93
Format: 319 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Some feel the Lady, newly risen from centuries in thrall, stands between humankind and evil. Some f… read more
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"Okay, Croaker. What the hell happened?"-Glen Cook, The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1)
"One endured with humble dignity the consequences of youthful folly."-Glen Cook, The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1)
"Nevertheless, four hours after dawn they began dying for their cause."-Glen Cook, The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1)
"Evil is relative…You can’t hang a sign on it. You can’t touch it or taste it or cut it with a sword. Evil depends on where you are standing, pointing your indicting finger."-Glen Cook, The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1)
2. On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1)
By: David Weber
3.41
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Honor Harrington in trouble: Having made him look the fool, she's been exiled to Basilisk Station i… read more
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3. Children of Cambodia's Killing Fields: Memoirs by Survivors
By: Dith Pran , Kim DePaul
2.67
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
This extraordinary book contains eyewitness accounts of life in Cambodia during Pol Pot's genocidal… read more
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4. With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
By: Paul Fussell , Eugene B. Sledge
4.47
Format: 326 pages, Paperback
In his own book, Wartime, Paul Fussell called With the Old Breed "one of the finest memoirs to emer… read more
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"Kick him in the balls before he kicks you in yours"-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
"Your soul may belong to Jesus, but your ass belongs to the marines."-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
"War is such self-defeating, organized madness the way it destroys a nation's best."-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
"Would the war dehumanize me so that I, too, could "field trip" enemy dead with such nonchalance?"-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
5. The Taking of K-129: How the CIA Used Howard Hughes to Steal a Russian Sub in the Most Daring Covert Operation in History
By: Josh Dean
3.57
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
An incredible true tale of espionage and engineering set at the height of the Cold War--a mix betwe… read more
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6. Cold Comfort (Inspector Ian Rutledge #0.5)
By: Charles Todd
3.75
Format: 352 pages, ebook
It's 1915, and the Great War is barely six months old. Lieutenant Ian Rutledge has left behind his … read more
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7. Ashes of Victory (Honor Harrington, #9)
By: David Weber
4.15
Format: None pages,
The People's Republic of Haven made a tiny mistake when it announced the execution of Honor Harring… read more
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8. War of Honor (Honor Harrington, #10)
By: David Weber
4.15
Format: None pages,
Si tu veux la paix, prepare la guerre. La nouvelle Republique de Havre l'a compris : pendant les ne… read more
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9. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
By: Hampton Sides
4.51
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more
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10. 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
11. Sharpe's Command (Sharpe, #14)
By: Bernard Cornwell
4.15
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell returns to the early years of the nineteenth cen… read more
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12. 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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13. The White Lady
By: Jacqueline Winspear
4.07
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
The White Lady introduces yet another extraordinary heroine/sleuth from Jacqueline Winspear, creato… read more
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"Give me strong young womenfolk with sharp elbows, Charlotte, my dear, and they will make a good account of themselves in this world."-Jacqueline Winspear, The White Lady
"And then there's that double-barreled name a lot of them toffs have, like they have to drag their ancestors up from the grave so we all know who they're related to."-Jacqueline Winspear, The White Lady
". . . it was known German soldiers would go door-to-door to take males of working age, or boys on the cusp of manhood. They always took the men, leaving only the women, children and elderly. Women we…"-Jacqueline Winspear, The White Lady
14. Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5)
By: Martha Wells
4.34
Format: 8 pages, Kindle Edition
Murderbot—the sardonic, almost-homicidal, media-loving android created by Martha Wells—has proven t… read more
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15. Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific
By: Robert Leckie
4.22
Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition
Now the inspiration behind the HBO series THE PACIFIC Here is one of the most riveting first-per… read more
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"It was a darkness without time. It was an impenetrable darkness. To the right and left of me rose those terrible formless things of my imagination, which I could not see because there was no light. I…"-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific
"And now to that Victim whose Sign rose above the world two thousand years ago, to be menaced now by that other sign now rising, I say a prayer of contrition. I, whom you have seen as irreverent and i…"-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific
"There was no feeling of dedication because it was absolutely involuntary. I do not doubt that if the Marines had asked for volunteers for an impossible campaign such as Guadalcanal, almost everyone n…"-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific
16. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
By: Mary Beard
4.11
Format: 493 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more
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17. Dead Man's Hand (The Unorthodox Chronicles, #1)
By: James J. Butcher
3.94
Format: 373 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of his renowned father, James J. Butcher’s debut novel is a brilliant urban fantas… read more
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18. Citadel (The Palladium Wars #3)
By: Marko Kloos
4.45
Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition
An interplanetary battle is renewed in an epic novel of a warring solar system by the author of Bal… read more
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19. Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
By: Mark Harmon
3.75
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account.… read more
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20. White Sun War: The Campaign for Taiwan
By: Mick Ryan
3.92
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
This book "is entertaining, thought-provoking and quite possibly prescient. Not just an engaging ta… read more
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21. The Origins of Victory: How Disruptive Military Innovation Determines the Fates of Great Powers
By: Andrew F. Krepinevich
4.23
Format: 568 pages, Hardcover
How the character of war is changing and how militaries can successfully adapt to meet the challeng… read more
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22. Governor (Ascent to Empire #1)
By: David Weber
4.53
Format: 476 pages, Kindle Edition
For more than fifty years, the Terran Republic and the Terran League have been killing one another.… read more
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23. Chinook Crew 'Chick': Highs and Lows of Forces Life from the Longest Serving Female RAF Chinook Force Crewmember
By: Liz McConaghy
4.61
Format: 184 pages, Kindle Edition
Liz McConaghy, from a small town in County Down, spent a total of seventeen years flying with the R… read more
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24. Flesh and Steel (Warhammer Crime)
By: Guy Haley
4.22
Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition
A Warhammer Crime novel Murder in the neutral zone between Imperial and Adeptus Mechanicus terri… read more
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"Blessed be those of single purpose."-Guy Haley, Flesh and Steel (Warhammer Crime)
"Everyone is a kind of story that they tell themselves."-Guy Haley, Flesh and Steel (Warhammer Crime)
"A lot of people hate me for my family’s money, so I like to use it for the good of others."-Guy Haley, Flesh and Steel (Warhammer Crime)
"It was the first time I ever said her name. Momentous things pass unnoticed. It’s funny how life works."-Guy Haley, Flesh and Steel (Warhammer Crime)
25. The Cactus Air Force: Air War over Guadalcanal
By: Eric Hammel
4.29
Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition
Using diary entries, interviews and first-hand accounts, this vivid narrative brings to life the st… read more
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26. Three Down and Locked: Memoir of a Naval Aviator
By: Larry C. Turner
4.22
Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition
Every year the U.S. Navy designates some 1,200 Naval Officers as Naval Aviators once they have succ… read more
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27. Armada: The Spanish Enterprise and England’s Deliverance in 1588
By: Colin Martin
4.17
Format: 718 pages, Hardcover
The definitive history of the Spanish Armada, lavishly illustrated and fully revised In July 1588 t… read more
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28. Fighting in the Dark: Naval Combat at Night, 1904-1944
By: Vincent O'Hara
4.38
Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition
Before the twentieth century ships when relied upon visual signaling, vessels beyond range of sight… read more
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29. Sustaining the Carrier War: The Deployment of U.S. Naval Air Power to the Pacific (Studies in Naval History and Sea Power)
By: Stan Fisher
4.44
Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition
The ability of the United States Navy to fight and win a protracted war in the Pacific was not sole… read more
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30. Never Call Me a Hero: A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway
By: N. Jack "Dusty" Kleiss
4.45
Format: 451 pages, Kindle Edition
Hailed as "the single most effective pilot at Midway" (World War II magazine), Dusty Kleiss struck … read more
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31. Avenging Pearl Harbor: The Saga of America’s Battleships in the Pacific War
By: Keith Warren Lloyd
4.29
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
It was a miracle three years in the making, a testimony to American fortitude and ingenuity—and per… read more
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