A Military History of the Western World (From the Defeat of the Spanish Armada to the Battle of Waterloo)
By: J.F.C. Fuller
4.09
Format: 572 pages, Paperback
Major General J. F. C. Fuller, a pioneer of mechanized warfare in Great Britain, was one of this ce…
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1. The Twilight War: The Secret History of America's Thirty-Year Conflict with Iran
By: David Crist
4.17
Format: 656 pages, Hardcover
The dramatic secret history of our undeclared thirty-year conflict with Iran, revealing newsbreakin… read more
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2. 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
3. A History of the Jews
By: Paul Johnson
4.16
Format: 644 pages, Paperback
This historical magnum opus covers 4,000 years of the extraordinary history of the Jews as a people… read more
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4. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
By: Lew Wallace
4.03
Format: 620 pages, Hardcover
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880) by Lew Wallace is one of the most popular and beloved 19th cen… read more
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"In warning there is strength."-Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
"The enemy of man is man, my brother."-Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
"Knowledge leaves no room for chances."-Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
"Pride is never so loud as when in chains."-Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
5. The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade
By: Susan Wise Bauer
4.00
Format: 4 pages, Hardcover
A masterful narrative of the Middle Ages, when religion became a weapon for kings all over the worl… read more
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6. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
By: Mary Beard
3.59
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
New York TimesBestseller * National Book Critics Circle Finalist * Wall Street JournalBest Books of… read more
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7. Leviathan and Its Enemies: Mass Organization and Managerial Power in Twentieth-Century America
By: Paul Edward Gottfried , Samuel T. Francis , None , None
3.75
Format: 132 pages,
*Leviathan and Its Enemies* is Samuel T. Francis's magnum opus on political theory and the history … read more
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8. Sicily: An Island at the Crossroads of History
By: John Julius Norwich
3.81
Format: 362 pages, Hardcover
Critically acclaimed author John Julius Norwich weaves the turbulent story of Sicily into a spellbi… read more
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9. The Ancient City: A Study of the Religion, Laws, and Institutions of Greece and Rome
By: Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges , Willard Small
4.48
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
With this influential study, French historian Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges initiated a new approa… read more
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10. Lee's Lieutenants: A Study In Command (Volume I: Manassas to Malvern Hill)
By: Douglas Southall Freeman
4.30
Format: None pages,
Douglas Southall Freeman. Lee's Lieutenants. 3 Volume Set. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1970… read more
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11. Moneyball
By: Michael Lewis
4.26
Format: 317 pages, Paperback
Billy Beane, general manager of MLB's Oakland A's and protagonist of Michael Lewis's Moneyball, had… read more
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"Every form of strength is also a form of weakness,"-Michael Lewis, Moneyball
"If you’ve got a dozen pitchers, you need to speak 12 different languages."-Michael Lewis, Moneyball
"Baseball is a soap opera that lends itself to probabilistic thinking. [Dick Cramer]"-Michael Lewis, Moneyball
"That's what happens when you're thirty-seven years old: you do the things you always did but the result is somehow different."-Michael Lewis, Moneyball
12. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
By: William L. Shirer
4.21
Format: 1147 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Hitler boasted that The Third Reich would last a thousand years. It lasted only 12. But those 12 ye… read more
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- history
- war
"One of them was Fritz Thyssen, one of the earliest and biggest contributors to the party. Fleeing the "Nazi regime has ruined German industry." And to all he met abroad he proclaimed, "What a fool ( …"-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
"To some Germans and, no doubt, to most foreigners it appeared that a charlatan had come to power in Berlin. To the majority of Germans Hitler had — or would shortly assume — the aura of a truly chari…"-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
"In our new age of terrifying, lethal gadgets, which supplanted so swiftly the old one, the first great aggressive war, if it should come, will be launched by suicidal little madmen pressing an electr…"-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
"Adolf Hitler is probably the last of the great adventurer-conquerors in the tradition of Alexander, Caesar and Napoleon, and the Third Reich the last of the empires which set out on the path taken ea…"-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
13. The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England
By: Dan Jones
3.25
Format: 198 pages, Hardcover
The first Plantagenet king inherited a blood-soaked kingdom from the Normans and transformed it int… read more
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14. The Decline of the West
By: Oswald Spengler , None
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
Since its first publication in two volumes between 1918-1923, The Decline of the Westhas ranked as … read more
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15. The Sorrows of the Ancient Romans: The Gladiator and the Monster
By: Carlin A. Barton
4.25
Format: None pages, Paperback
This inquiry into the collective psychology of the ancient Romans speaks not about military conques… read more
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16. The History of Modern France: From the Revolution to the Present Day
By: Jonathan Fenby
3.45
Format: None pages, Hardcover
With the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815, the next two centurie… read more
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17. Mao: The Unknown Story
By: Jung Chang , Jon Halliday
3.68
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
The most authoritative life of the Chinese leader every written, Mao: The Unknown Story is based on… read more
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18. Grant
By: Ron Chernow
4.40
Format: 80 pages, Hardcover
Pulitzer Prize-winner and biographer of Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and John D. Rockefel… read more
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19. The Pursuit of Power
By: William H. McNeill
3.42
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
s/t: Technology, Armed Force & Society since AD 1000 In this magnificent synthesis of military, tec… read more
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20. The Complete Stories and Poems
By: Edgar Allan Poe
3.72
Format: 294 pages,
The life of American writer Edgar Allan Poe was characterized by a dramatic series of successes and… read more
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21. The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
By: Kevin Simler
3.98
Format: 408 pages, ebook
Human beings are primates, and primates are political animals. Our brains, therefore, are designed … read more
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"In Debt, the anthropologist David Graeber tells the story of Tei Reinga, a Maori villager and “notorious glutton"-Kevin Simler, The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
"Take school, for instance. We say that the function of school is to teach valuable skills and knowledge. Yet students don't remember most of what they're taught, and most of what they do remember isn…"-Kevin Simler, The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
"Social status among humans actually comes in two flavors: dominance and prestige.12 Dominance is the kind of status we get from being able to intimidate others (think Joseph Stalin), and on the low-s…"-Kevin Simler, The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
"The point is, our minds aren't as private as we like to imagine. Other people have partial visibility into what we're thinking. Faced with the translucency of our own minds, then, self-deception is o…"-Kevin Simler, The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
22. The Managerial Revolution: What is Happening in the World
By: James Burnham
3.74
Format: 285 pages, Hardcover
Burnham’s claim was that capitalism was dead, but that it was being replaced not by socialism, but … read more
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"Within the huge trade unions, a similar managerial officialdom, the “labor bureaucracy"-James Burnham, The Managerial Revolution: What is Happening in the World
"Just as we seldom realize that we are growing old until we are already old, so do the contemporary actors in a major social change seldom realize that society is changing until the change has already…"-James Burnham, The Managerial Revolution: What is Happening in the World
"Managerial activity tends to become inbred and self-justifying. The enterprise comes to be thought of as existing for the sake of its managers – not the managers for the enterprise. A high percentage…"-James Burnham, The Managerial Revolution: What is Happening in the World
"Once the managers consoldiate their position within an institution, their objective interests no longer fully correspond to the interests of the other groups involved – voters, owners, members, teach…"-James Burnham, The Managerial Revolution: What is Happening in the World
23. A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life
By: Heather E. Heying
3.77
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
A bold, provocative exploration of the tension between our evolutionary history and our modern woes… read more
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"Love develops for every evolutionary pairing that requires devotion."-Heather E. Heying, A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life
"Our differences are fascinating, but our similarities make us human."-Heather E. Heying, A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life
"Pain is information about the environment, and how your body is responding to it."-Heather E. Heying, A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life
"Male and female are complementary states, and there is a healthy natural tension between them."-Heather E. Heying, A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life
24. End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration
By: Peter Turchin
4.04
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
“Peter Turchin brings science to history. Some like it and some prefer their history plain. But eve… read more
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25. A Military History of the Western World (From the Defeat of the Spanish Armada to the Battle of Waterloo)
By: J.F.C. Fuller
4.09
Format: 572 pages, Paperback
Major General J. F. C. Fuller, a pioneer of mechanized warfare in Great Britain, was one of this ce… read more
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