This Great Harbour: Scapa Flow
By: W.S. Hewison
4.13
Format: 671 pages, Kindle Edition
From the days of the Vikings to World War II, a history of the famous Scottish seaway.Known by mari…
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1. Mirage: Napoleon's Scientists and the Unveiling of Egypt
By: Nina Burleigh
3.77
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
Little more than two hundred years ago, only the most reckless or eccentric Europeans had dared tra… read more
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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
"of their passions in the same object at that particular time."-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
"Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition."-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
"There is no art which one government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people."-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
3. The Sinking of the Bismarck: The Deadly Hunt
By: William L. Shirer
4.29
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
The Bismarck was the greatest warship ever built. But the Allies had to sink it - or risk losing th… read more
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4. The Twelve Caesars
By: Robert Graves , Michael Grant , Suetonius
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
As private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, Suetonius gained access to the imperial archives and u… read more
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5. The Drive on Moscow, 1941
By: Niklas Zetterling , Anders Frankson
3.84
Format: 179 pages,
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6. Seizing The Enigma: The Race To Break The German U-boat Codes, 1939-1943
By: David Kahn
4.67
Format: 48 pages,
Among the famous battles of World War II, the longest and most critical was the Battle of the Atlan… read more
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7. George B. McClellan: The Young Napoleon
By: Stephen W. Sears
4.06
Format: None pages, Paperback
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8. In Nelson's Wake: The Navy and the Napoleonic Wars
By: None
4.28
Format: 364 pages, Hardcover
Horatio Nelson's celebrated victory over the French at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 presented Br… read more
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9. Cascadia's Fault: The Coming Earthquake and Tsunami That Could Devastate North America
By: Simon Winchester , None
3.55
Format: None pages,
There's a crack in the earth's crust that runs roughly 31 miles offshore, approximately 683 miles f… read more
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10. The Rise and Fall of the Second Largest Empire in History: How Genghis Khan's Mongols Almost Conquered the World
By: Thomas J. Craughwell
4.28
Format: None pages, Paperback
Emerging out of the vast steppe grasslands of Central Asia in the early 1200s, the Mongols, under t… read more
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11. The Other Side of the Night: The Carpathia, the Californian and the Night the Titanic Was Lost
By: Daniel Allen Butler
4.00
Format: None pages,
After every disaster, someone has something to hide. . . Butler spent years of research to document… read more
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12. Servant of Death (A Bradecote and Catchpoll Investigation #1)
By: Sarah Hawkswood
3.96
Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition
The much-feared and hated Eudo - the Lord Bishop of Winchester's clerk - is bludgeoned to death in … read more
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13. Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta, 1942
By: Max Hastings
4.25
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Renowned historian Max Hastings recreates one of the most thrilling events of World War II: Operati… read more
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14. Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942
By: Ian W. Toll
4.59
Format: 656 pages, Paperback
Winner of the Northern California Book Award for Nonfiction "Both a serious work of history…and a … read more
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15. Watergate: A New History
By: Garrett M. Graff
4.49
Format: 832 pages, Hardcover
From Garrett Graff, comes the first definitive narrative history of Watergate, exploring the full … read more
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16. The Auschwitz Protocol (The Sikora Files #1)
By: Jack Carnegie
4.48
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Alternate cover edition of ASIN B086H33G7X Retired US Detective Emil Janowitz lied to his wife f… read more
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17. Crown & Sceptre: A New History of the British Monarchy, from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II
By: Tracy Borman
4.30
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
Since William the Conqueror, duke of Normandy, crossed the English Channel in 1066 to defeat King H… read more
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18. Enola Gay: Mission to Hiroshima
By: Gordon Thomas
4.37
Format: 473 pages, Kindle Edition
From theNew York Times-bestselling A "fascinating . . . unrivaled" history of the B-29 and its fat… read more
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19. A Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II
By: Harry H. Crosby
4.58
Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition
"Written from the unusual perspective of a navigator, this is a compelling account of the air war a… read more
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20. 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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21. Emperor: A New Life of Charles V
By: Geoffrey Parker
4.13
Format: 737 pages, Hardcover
Drawing on vital new evidence, a top historian dramatically reinterprets the ruler of the world’s f… read more
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22. Bletchley Park and D-Day: The Untold Story of How the Battle for Normandy Was Won
By: David Kenyon
3.82
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Since the secret of Bletchley Park was revealed in the 1970s, the work of its codebreakers has beco… read more
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23. The Indispensables: The Diverse Soldier-Mariners Who Shaped the Country, Formed the Navy, and Rowed Washington Across the Delaware
By: Patrick K. O'Donnell
4.32
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
On the stormy night of August 29th, 1776, the Continental Army faced annihilation. After losing the… read more
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24. Winds of the Steppe: Walking the Great Silk Road from Central Asia to China
By: Bernard Ollivier
4.32
Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition
Des neiges du Pamir aux ruelles de Kashgar, seule métropole d'Asie centrale à vivre encore à l'heur… read more
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25. Stone Cold (Rob Stone, #4)
By: A.P. Bateman
4.42
Format: 379 pages, Kindle Edition
People go to Alaska to escape something. Rob Stone is escaping his past and the FBI. Until he can c… read more
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26. Surface with Daring
By: Douglas Reeman
4.13
Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition
Hiding, lying in wait on the sea bed, is EX16, one of the most important ships in the Royal Navy. S… read more
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27. The King's Return (Thomas Hill, #3)
By: Andrew Swanston
4.19
Format: 450 pages, Kindle Edition
The king’s coronation brings hope. Until a murderer strikes. Spring 1661: After years of civil w… read more
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28. Route 66 Still Kicks: Driving America's Main Street
By: Rick Antonson
3.74
Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition
“You’ll never understand America until you’ve driven Route 66—that’s old Route 66—all the way,” a t… read more
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29. This Great Harbour: Scapa Flow
By: W.S. Hewison
4.13
Format: 671 pages, Kindle Edition
From the days of the Vikings to World War II, a history of the famous Scottish seaway.Known by mari… read more
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30. Waterloo: Wellington's Victory and Napoleon's Last Campaign
By: Christopher Hibbert
3.94
Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition
THE GREATEST OF BATTLESThe defining military engagement of the nineteenth century. The epic battle … read more
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31. The Goths (Conquerors of the Roman Empire)
By: Simon MacDowall
3.88
Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition
The fascinating history of “a race that simply would not accept defeat” (Books Monthly). In the l… read more
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