Admiral Hyman Rickover: Engineer of Power (Jewish Lives)
By: Marc Wortman
4.50
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
Known as the “Father of the Nuclear Navy,” Admiral Hyman George Rickover (1899–1986) remains an alm…
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1. The Lessons of History
By: Will Durant , Ariel Durant
4.07
Format: 119 pages, Hardcover
In this illuminating and thoughtful book, Will and Ariel Durant have succeeded in distilling for th… read more
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"We must operate with partial knowledge, and be provisionally content with probabilities."-Will Durant, The Lessons of History
"The present is the past rolled up for action, and the past is the present unrolled for understanding."-Will Durant, The Lessons of History
"Democracy is the most difficult of all forms of government, since it requires the widest spread of intelligence, and we forgot to make ourselves intelligent when we made ourselves sovereign."-Will Durant, The Lessons of History
"We conclude that the concentration of wealth is natural and inevitable, and is periodically alleviated by violent or peaceable partial redistribution. In this view all economic history is the slow he…"-Will Durant, The Lessons of History
2. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
By: Adam Smith
3.88
Format: 1076 pages, Paperback
Adam Smith's masterpiece, first published in 1776, is the foundation of modern economic thought and… read more
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"Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production"-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
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3. The Making of the Atomic Bomb
By: Richard Rhodes
4.39
Format: 886 pages, Paperback
Here for the first time, in rich, human, political, and scientific detail, is the complete story of… read more
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"Before it is science and career, before it is livelihood, before even it is family or love, freedom is sound sleep and safety to notice the play of morning sun."-Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb
"Any account of science which does not explicitly describe it as something we believe in is essentially incomplete and a false pretense. It amounts to a claim that science is essentially different fro…"-Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb
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"[Chemist Michael] Polanyi found one other necessary requirement for full initiation into science: Belief. If science has become the orthodoxy of the West, individuals are nevertheless still free to t…"-Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb
4. The Conquest of Gaul
By: S.A. Handford , Gaius Julius Caesar , Jane F. Gardner , Aulus Hirtius
4.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
The earliest eye-witness account of Britain and its inhabitants appears in these famous memoirs. Be… read more
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5. The Wright Brothers
By: David McCullough
2.60
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic story-behind-the-story ab… read more
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6. The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945
By: James D. Hornfischer
4.33
Format: 308 pages, ebook
The extraordinary story of the World War II air, land, and sea campaign that brought the U.S. Navy … read more
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7. How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking - for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers
By: Sönke Ahrens
3.42
Format: 320 pages,
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8. Out of the Crisis
By: W. Edwards Deming
3.75
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"Long-term commitment to new learning and new philosophy is required of any management that seeks t… read more
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By: None , Ben R. Rich
3.83
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
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10. The Right Stuff
By: Tom Wolfe
4.08
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11. Elon Musk
By: Walter Isaacson
4.40
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate… read more
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"[Musk] concluded that Trump as president was no different than he was as a candidate. The buffoonery was not just an act. "Trump might be one of the world’s best bullshitters ever," he says. "Like my…"-Walter Isaacson, Elon Musk
12. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
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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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13. The Wealth of Shadows
By: Graham Moore
4.17
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An ordinary man joins a secret mission to bring down the Nazi war machine by crashing their economy… read more
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14. Patton's Prayer: A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Victory in World War II
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4.38
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15. Who Can Hold the Sea: The U.S. Navy in the Cold War 1945-1960
By: James D. Hornfischer
4.17
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
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16. Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay
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4.65
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
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17. Surface at the Pole: The Extraordinary Voyages of the USS Skate
By: James Calvert
4.37
Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition
On 17 March 1959, the USS Skate became the first submarine to surface at the North Pole. Under the… read more
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18. Hawkeye: The Enthralling Autobiography of the Top-Scoring Israel Air Force Ace of Aces
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4.35
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19. Admiral Hyman Rickover: Engineer of Power (Jewish Lives)
By: Marc Wortman
4.50
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
Known as the “Father of the Nuclear Navy,” Admiral Hyman George Rickover (1899–1986) remains an alm… read more
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20. Against the Tide: Rickover's Leadership Principles and the Rise of the Nuclear Navy
By: Dave Oliver
4.11
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
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21. Reentry: SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age
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4.70
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
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