The Emperor's Codes
By: Michael Smith
3.61
Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition
In this gripping, previously untold story from World War II, Michael Smith examines how code breake…
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1. D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches
By: Stephen E. Ambrose
4.30
Format: 656 pages, Paperback
It is the young men born into the false prosperity of the 1920s and brought up in the bitter realit… read more
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- history
- historical
- military fiction
- war
- military history
- world war ii
- nonfiction
"No matter how bad things got, no matter how anxious the staff became, the commander had to “preserve optimism in himself and in his command. Without confidence, enthusiasm and optimism in the command…"-Stephen E. Ambrose, D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches
2. Chaos: Making a New Science
By: James Gleick
4.04
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A work of popular science in the tradition of Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan, this 20th-anniversary… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
"IN THE MIND’S EYE, a fractal is a way of seeing infinity."-James Gleick, Chaos: Making a New Science
"Of all the possible pathways of disorder, nature favors just a few."-James Gleick, Chaos: Making a New Science
"Revolutions do not come piecemeal. One account of nature replaces another."-James Gleick, Chaos: Making a New Science
"The only things that can ever be universal, in a sense, are scaling things."-James Gleick, Chaos: Making a New Science
3. Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
By: Erik Larson
4.05
Format: 323 pages, Paperback
September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resi… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- science
"Time lost can never be recovered...and this should be written in flaming letters everywhere."-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
"People seemed to believe that technology had stripped hurricanes of their power to kill. No hurricane expert endorsed this view."-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
"This is the story of Isaac and his time in America, the last turning of the centuries, when the hubris of men led them to believe they could disregard even nature itself."-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
"No one ever remembered a nice day. But no one ever forget the feel of paralyzed fish, the thud of walnut-sized hail against a horse's flank, or the way a superheated wind could turn your eyes to burl…"-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
4. The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
By: Steven Johnson
3.89
Format: 299 pages, Hardcover
From Steven Johnson, the dynamic thinker routinely compared to James Gleick, Dava Sobel, and Malcol… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- science
"New ideas need old buildings."-Steven Johnson, The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
"It is a great testimony to the connectedness of life on earth that the fates of the largest and the tiniest life should be so closely dependent on each other."-Steven Johnson, The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
"When the next great epidemic does come, maps will be as crucial as vaccines in our fight against the disease. But again, the scale of the observation will have broadened considerably: from a neighbor…"-Steven Johnson, The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
"It’s true enough that the Victorians were grappling with heady issues like utilitarianism and class consciousness. But the finest minds of the era were also devoted to an equally pressing question: W…"-Steven Johnson, The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
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6. The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914
By: Christopher Clark
3.79
Format: None pages,
On the morning of 6/28/1914, when Archduke Franz Ferdinand & his wife, Sophie Chotek, arrived at Sa… read more
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- military history
- nonfiction
- history
- war
7. A Suitable Vengeance (Inspector Lynley, #4)
By: Elizabeth George
4.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
'Award-winning author Elizabeth George gives us an early glimpse into the lives of Detective Inspec… read more
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8. The Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism
By: John U. Bacon
4.29
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author, a gripping narrative-nonfiction account of th… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- war
9. After the Funeral (Hercule Poirot, #29)
By: Agatha Christie
3.78
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Hercule Poirot is called on to investigate the murder of a brother and sister in this classic from … read more
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11. The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau
By: Alex Kershaw
3.97
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The riveting true story of the bloodiest and most dramatic march to victory of the Second World War… read more
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12. Nil (Nil, #1)
By: Lynne Matson
4.32
Format: 224 pages, ebook
On the mysterious island of Nil, the rules are set. You have one year. Exactly 365 days--to escape,… read more
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13. Thunderstruck
By: Erik Larson
3.77
Format: 463 pages, Hardcover
The interwoven stories of two men whose lives intersect during one of the greatest criminal cases o… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- science
14. I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank the Irishman Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa
By: Charles Brandt
4.12
Format: 309 pages, Paperback
The first words Jimmy Hoffa ever spoke to Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran were, "I heard you paint hou… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
15. Blackout (Dark Iceland, #3)
By: Quentin Bates , Ragnar Jónasson
3.66
Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition
On the shores of a tranquil fjord in Northern Iceland, a man is brutally beaten to death on a brigh… read more
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17. The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom
By: Graham Farmelo
3.00
Format: 9 pages,
Paul Dirac was among the great scientific geniuses of the modern age. One of the discoverers of qua… read more
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18. Vacuuming in the Nude: And Other Ways to Get Attention
By: Peggy Rowe
4.25
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Peggy Rowe is at it again—this time giving a hilarious inside look at her writing career. Peggy Ro… read more
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- nonfiction
19. A Thousand Recipes for Revenge (Chefs of the Five Gods, #1)
By: Beth Cato
3.88
Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition
A world on the brink of war and a mother and daughter on the run, in a thrilling novel of swashbuck… read more
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- historical
20. The Darkness (Hidden Iceland #1)
By: Ragnar Jónasson
3.53
Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition
Spanning the icy streets of Reykjavik, the Icelandic highlands and cold, isolated fjords, The Darkn… read more
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"It was as if her life had been brought to a full stop: she couldn't look forward, couldn't picture what tomorrow night bring."-Ragnar Jónasson, The Darkness (Hidden Iceland #1)
21. America's Forgotten Army: The True Story of the U.S. Seventh Army in WWII - And An Unknown Battle that Changed History (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two)
By: Charles Whiting
4.25
Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition
An enthralling account of the World War Two exploits of the U.S. Seventh Army, from Sicily to Franc… read more
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- history
- war
- military history
- world war ii
- nonfiction
22. Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb
By: James M. Scott
4.40
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Seven minutes past midnight on March 10, 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies o… read more
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- history
- military fiction
- war
- military history
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- japan
23. Churchill's Band of Brothers: WWII's Most Daring D-Day Mission and the Hunt to Take Down Hitler's Fugitive War Criminals
By: Damien Lewis
4.39
Format: 420 pages, Kindle Edition
On the night of June 13th, 1944, a twelve-man SAS unit parachuted into occupied France. Their objec… read more
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- history
- historical
- military fiction
- war
- military history
- world war ii
- nonfiction
24. The Hobo Woods: A Vietnam War Novel
By: Douglas L. Edwards
4.62
Format: 390 pages, Kindle Edition
This is a continuation of my first novel, “The Iron Triangle”. It is meant to be read as a stand al… read more
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25. The Iron Triangle: A Novel of the Vietnam War
By: Douglas L. Edwards
4.59
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
The Iron Triangle, tells the story of a ill conceived mission that goes horribly wrong. It is a cha… read more
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26. Abandoned: A Novel of the Vietnam War
By: Douglas L. Edwards
4.54
Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition
The 1970 Cambodia Campaign know as the Cambodia Incursion was a series of military operations condu… read more
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27. About My Mother: True Stories of a Horse-Crazy Daughter and Her Baseball-Obsessed Mother
By: Peggy Rowe
4.26
Format: 171 pages, Hardcover
There’s a Thelma Knobel in everyone’s life. She’s the person taking charge– the one who knows insti… read more
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- nonfiction
28. Morning Star, Midnight Sun: The Guadalcanal-Solomons Naval Campaign of World War II
By: Jeffrey R. Cox
4.37
Format: 468 pages, Hardcover
Following the disastrous Java Sea campaign, the Allies went on the offensive in the Pacific in a de… read more
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- history
- military fiction
- military history
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- japan
29. Vanishing Point (The Miss Silver Mysteries Book 24)
By: Patricia Wentworth
4.02
Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition
Nothing much ever seemed to happen in the sleepy village of Hazel Green apart from the occasional t… read more
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30. The Emperor's Codes
By: Michael Smith
3.61
Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition
In this gripping, previously untold story from World War II, Michael Smith examines how code breake… read more
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- espionage
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- japan
- science
31. The Rose Arbor
By: Rhys Bowen
4.30
Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition
An investigation into a girl’s disappearance uncovers a mystery dating back to World War II in a ha… read more
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