The Battle of Peach Tree Creek: Hood's First Effort to Save Atlanta (Civil War America)
By: Earl J. Hess
3.83
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
On July 20, 1864, the Civil War struggle for Atlanta reached a pivotal moment. As William T. Sherma…
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1. Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America
By: Garry Wills
3.95
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
In a masterly work, Garry Wills shows how Lincoln reached back to the Declaration of Independence t… read more
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2. 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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3. The Road to Guilford Courthouse: The American Revolution in the Carolinas
By: John Buchanan
4.08
Format: 348 pages, Paperback
A brilliant account of the proud and ferocious American fighters who stood up to the British forces… read more
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4. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
By: Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
"American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, "father of the ato… read more
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5. The Bonfire: The Siege and Burning of Atlanta
By: Marc Wortman
3.36
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The destruction of Atlanta is an iconic moment in American history--it was the centerpiece of Gone … read more
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6. Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War
By: Tony Horwitz
4.50
Format: None pages,
When prize-winning war correspondent Tony Horwitz leaves the battlefields of Bosnia and the Middle … read more
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7. The Confederacy's Last Hurrah: Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville
By: Wiley Sword
4.28
Format: 320 pages,
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8. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)
By: John Le Carré
4.06
Format: 381 pages, Paperback
A modern classic in which John le Carré expertly creates a total vision of a secret world, Tinker, … read more
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"As a good Socialist, I'm going for the money."-John Le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)
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"The monstrosity of this, reaching Smiley through a thickening wall of spiritual exhaustion, left him momentarily speechless."-John Le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)
9. Unholy Sabbath: The Battle of South Mountain in History and Memory
By: Brian Matthew Jordan
3.66
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Many readers of Civil War history have been led to believe that the battle of South Mountain (Septe… read more
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10. The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #2)
By: Rick Atkinson
4.90
Format: None pages,
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11. The House of Silk
By: Anthony Horowitz
4.01
Format: 532 pages, Hardcover
London, 1890. 221B Baker Street. A fine art dealer named Edmund Carstairs visits Sherlock Holmes an… read more
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12. 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
13. The Sentence is Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #2)
By: Anthony Horowitz
3.98
Format: 373 pages, Kindle Edition
"You shouldn’t be here. It’s too late…" These, heard over the phone, were the last recorded word… read more
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14. True Believer (Terminal List, #2)
By: Jack Carr
4.34
Format: 485 pages, Hardcover
In acclaimed author Jack Carr’s follow-up to The Terminal List, former Navy SEAL James Reece’s skil… read more
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"To those before us, to those amongst us, to those we'll see on the other side, Lord let me not prove unworthy of my brothers."-Jack Carr, True Believer (Terminal List, #2)
"Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimum food or water, in austere conditions, day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon, and he made his web gear…"-Jack Carr, True Believer (Terminal List, #2)
15. Damn Lucky: One Man's Courage During the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History
By: Kevin Maurer
4.34
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From Kevin Maurer―the #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning coauthor of No Easy Day ―comes t… read more
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16. Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison
By: Ben Macintyre
4.26
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The definitive and surprising true story of one of history’s most notorious prisons—and the remarka… read more
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17. Red Sky Mourning (Terminal List #7)
By: Jack Carr
4.54
Format: 576 pages, Kindle Edition
You think you know James Reece. Think again. A storm is on the horizon. America’s days are numbe… read more
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18. Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945
By: Ian W. Toll
4.76
Format: 944 pages, Hardcover
Twilight of the Gods is a riveting account of the harrowing last year of World War II in the Pacifi… read more
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"TURKEY TROTS TO WATER GG FROM CINCPAC ACTION COM THIRD FLEET INFO COMINCH CTF SEVENTY-SEVEN X WHERE IS RPT WHERE IS TASK FORCE THIRTY FOUR RR THE WORLD WONDERS"-Ian W. Toll, Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945
19. Savage Son (Terminal List #3)
By: Jack Carr
4.50
Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition
In this third high-octane thriller in the “seriously good” (Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestsellin… read more
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20. Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts
By: Bill O'Reilly
3.67
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
With over 19 million copies in print and a remarkable record of #1 New York Times, Wall Street Jour… read more
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21. "Lee is Trapped, and Must be Taken": Eleven Fateful Days after Gettysburg: July 4 - 14, 1863
By: Thomas J. Ryan
4.08
Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition
WINNER OF THE EDWIN C. BEARSS SCHOLARLY RESEARCH AWARDCountless books have examined the battle of G… read more
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22. In the Shadow of the Round Tops: Longstreet's Countermarch, Johnston's Reconnaissance, and the Enduring Battles for the Memory of July 2, 1863
By: Allen R. Thompson
4.00
Format: 567 pages, Kindle Edition
Exciting new research lifts much of the fog surrounding the Battle of Gettysburg and offers a glimp… read more
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23. The Lost Paratroopers of Normandy: A Story of Resistance, Courage, and Solidarity in a French Village
By: Stephen G. Rabe
4.04
Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition
The fateful days and weeks surrounding 6 June 1944 have been extensively documented in histories of… read more
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24. The Real Horse Soldiers: Benjamin Grierson's Epic 1863 Civil War Raid Through Mississippi
By: Timothy B. Smith
4.51
Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition
Benjamin Grierson's Union cavalry thrust through Mississippi is one of the most well-known operatio… read more
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25. Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita, and the Battle of Manila
By: James M. Scott
4.39
Format: 635 pages, Paperback
“Illuminating.… An eloquent testament to a doomed city and its people.” ― The Wall Street Journal I… read more
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26. One Hell of a War: General Patton's 317th Infantry Regiment in WWII
By: Dean Dominique
4.40
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
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27. Small but Important Riots: The Cavalry Battles of Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville
By: Robert F. O'Neill
4.36
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
June 1863. The American Civil War was two years old, and the U.S. Army in Virginia was in chaos. Re… read more
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28. The Great “What Ifs” of the American Civil War: Historians Tackle the Conflict’s Most Intriguing Possibilities
By: Chris Mackowski
4.30
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
“What If . . . ?” Every Civil War armchair general asks the question. Possibilities unfold. Disappo… read more
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29. 1945: Victory in the West
By: Peter Caddick-Adams
4.55
Format: 651 pages, Kindle Edition
'Magisterial . . . [a] fine, balanced and superb account. It deserves to be read for many years to … read more
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30. Dark Waters, Starry Skies: The Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign, March–October 1943
By: Jeffrey R. Cox
4.32
Format: 911 pages, Kindle Edition
Esteemed Pacific War historian Jeffrey Cox has produced a fast-paced and absorbing read of the cruc… read more
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31. The Battle of Peach Tree Creek: Hood's First Effort to Save Atlanta (Civil War America)
By: Earl J. Hess
3.83
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
On July 20, 1864, the Civil War struggle for Atlanta reached a pivotal moment. As William T. Sherma… read more
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