Trench: A History of Trench Warfare on the Western Front (General Military)
By: Stephen Bull
4.02
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
The First World War was one of the costliest conflicts in history, much of it fought over a narrow …
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1. The Somme
By: Peter Hart
4.03
Format: 589 pages, Hardcover
The definitive account of one of the bloodiest battles in world history―a military tragedy that wou… read more
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"This is what is called dying for your country, but it is actually selling your soul to a few profiteers for a shilling, and being massacred to satisfy their selfish purposes. And they call it WAR--an…"-Peter Hart, The Somme
2. Telling Tales (Vera Stanhope, #2)
By: Ann Cleeves
4.09
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
It has been ten years since Jeanie Long was charged with the murder of fifteen-year-old Abigail Man… read more
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3. 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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4. Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
By: Tom Holland
4.22
Format: 408 pages, Paperback
In 49 B.C., the seven hundred fifth year since the founding of Rome, Julius Caesar crossed a small … read more
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"Achievement was worthy of praise and honor, but excessive achievement was pernicious and a threat to the state. However great a citizen might become, however great he might wish to become, the truest…"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
"Enthusiasts for empire argued that Rome had a civilizing mission; that because her values and institutions were self-evidently superior to those of barbarians, she had a duty to propagate them; that …"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
"Honour, in the Republic, had never been a goal in itself, only a means to an infinite end. And what was true of her citizens, naturally, was also true of Rome herself. For the generation that had liv…"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
"It was an article of faith to the Romans that they were the most morally upright people in the world. How else was the size of their empire to be explained? Yet they also knew that the Republic's gre…"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
5. The Balkans: Nationalism, War and the Great Powers 1804 - 1999
By: Misha Glenny
4.09
Format: 752 pages, Paperback
This unique and lively history of Balkan geopolitics since the early nineteenth century gives reade… read more
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6. Twelve Days on the Somme: A Memoir of the Trenches, 1916
By: Sidney Rogerson
3.77
Format: 52 pages, Paperback
A joint operation between Britain and France in 1916, the Battle of the Somme was an attempt to gai… read more
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7. Archangel
By: Robert Harris
4.36
Format: None pages, Paperback
Fluke Kelso was once a scholar of promise, but like so many in the highly competitive world of acad… read more
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8. A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain
By: Marc Morris
3.95
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
This is the first major biography for a generation of a truly formidable king - a man born to rule … read more
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9. Roman Warfare
By: John Keegan , Adrian Goldsworthy
3.47
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The Romans built perhaps the greatest empire of all time, forged with an unequaled skill in warfare… read more
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10. Evil Under the Sun (Hercule Poirot, #23)
By: Agatha Christie
4.48
Format: 334 pages, Hardcover
Set at the Jolly Roger, a posh vacation resort for the rich and famous on the southern coast of Eng… read more
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11. The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine
By: Serhii Plokhy
3.87
Format: 268 pages, Hardcover
Ukraine is currently embroiled in a tense battle with Russia to preserve its economic and political… read more
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12. Passchendaele: The Sacrificial Ground
By: Peter Hart , Nigel Steel
2.83
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Based upon the archival holdings at the Imperial War Museum, London, this volume gathers together a… read more
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13. The Great War: A Combat History of the First World War
By: Peter Hart
3.75
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Named one of the Ten Best Books of 2013 by The Economist World War I altered the landscape of the m… read more
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14. The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, The Power Behind Five English Thrones
By: Thomas Asbridge
3.00
Format: 146 pages, Hardcover
A thrillingly intimate portrait of one of history's most illustrious knights - William Marshal - th… read more
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15. Battle Cry of Freedom
By: James M. McPherson
3.91
Format: None pages, Paperback
Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, B… read more
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16. 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)
17. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
By: Charles C. Mann
4.23
Format: 11 pages, Paperback
A groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival o… read more
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18. The War That Ended Peace: The Road To 1914
By: Margaret MacMillan
4.45
Format: 864 pages, Hardcover
The First World War followed a period of sustained peace in Europe during which people talked with … read more
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19. The Heron's Cry (Two Rivers, #2)
By: Ann Cleeves
4.05
Format: 382 pages, Hardcover
North Devon is enjoying a rare hot summer with tourists flocking to its coastline. Detective Matthe… read more
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20. 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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21. Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
By: Neil Price
4.18
Format: 656 pages, Hardcover
The Viking Age - between 750 and 1050 - saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples.… read more
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"The Viking mind is far away from us today, but occasionally just about tangible."-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
"Free will existed, but exercising it inevitably led to becoming the person you always, really, had been."-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
"History is nothing if not a suppositional discipline, sometimes akin to a sort of speculative fiction of the past."-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
"There is a sense in which this viewpoint is looking through the wrong end of the historical telescope, defining (and often judging) a people solely by the consequences of their actions rather than th…"-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
22. The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
By: Steve Brusatte
4.38
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
In his acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, American paleontologist Steve Brusa… read more
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23. The Anglo-Saxons A History of the Beginnings of England: 400–1066
By: Marc Morris
4.34
Format: 508 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping and original history of the Anglo-Saxons by national bestselling author Marc Morris. … read more
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24. The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses
By: Dan Carlin
3.91
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The creator of the wildly popular award-winning podcast Hardcore History looks at some of the apoca… read more
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"But it's never wise to bet against any of the four horsemen long term. Their historical track record is horrifyingly good."-Dan Carlin, The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses
"It may seem strange to suggest that high levels of illness might make human beings tougher, but the effect on a society of relatively regular and lethal epidemics and the mortality they cause certain…"-Dan Carlin, The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses
"The human ripples of pain are still heartbreaking when made visible to us now. Our friend Agnolo the Fat wrote: “Father abandoned child, wife husband, one brother another; for this illness seemed to …"-Dan Carlin, The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses
"History is filled with the sound of silken slippers going downstairs and wooden shoes coming up,' Voltaire reportedly said. The observation refers to the argument that fortunes of nations or civiliza…"-Dan Carlin, The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses
25. Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food
By: Chris van Tulleken
4.43
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A manifesto to change how you eat and how you think about the human body. It’s not you, it’s the… read more
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26. Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921
By: Antony Beevor
3.90
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
An epic new account of the conflict that reshaped Eastern Europe and set the stage for the rest of … read more
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27. A Stroke of the Pen
By: Terry Pratchett
4.03
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Far away and long ago, when dragons still existed and the only arcade game was ping-pong in black a… read more
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"Dragons Invade The Crumbling Castle Area,’ shouted the first page (this was the headline), and then he said in an ordinary voice: ‘For full details hear Page Three."-Terry Pratchett, A Stroke of the Pen
28. Lakota America: A New History of Indigenous Power (The Lamar Series in Western History)
By: Pekka Hämäläinen
4.26
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
The first comprehensive history of the Lakota Indians and their profound role in shaping America’s … read more
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29. 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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30. The Western Front: A History of the Great War, 1914-1918
By: Nick Lloyd
4.30
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR'A tour de force of scholarship, analysi… read more
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31. Trench: A History of Trench Warfare on the Western Front (General Military)
By: Stephen Bull
4.02
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
The First World War was one of the costliest conflicts in history, much of it fought over a narrow … read more
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