Lincoln's Admiral: The Civil War Campaigns of David Farragut
By: James P. Duffy
4.32
Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition
This vivid and impeccably researched book details the life and Civil War battles of Admiral David F…
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1. Alexander the Great
By: Philip Freeman
4.31
Format: 391 pages, Hardcover
In the first authoritative biography of Alexander the Great written for a general audience in a gen… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
2. The Hermit of Eyton Forest (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #14)
By: Ellis Peters
4.11
Format: 224 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Brother Cadfael’s pastoral life is upended by the disappearance of a young boy and the arrival of a… read more
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"Whatever the rights or wrongs of their affection, in the teeth of danger and despair love is entitled to speak its mind, and all others should be blind and deaf."-Ellis Peters, The Hermit of Eyton Forest (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #14)
3. The Sanctuary Sparrow (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #7)
By: Ellis Peters
4.08
Format: 271 pages, Paperback
Medieval monk Brother Cadfael races to save a young man he believes is falsely accused of robbery—i… read more
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4. John Jay: Founding Father
By: Walter Stahr
3.99
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
John Jay was a central figure in the early history of the American Republic. A New York lawyer, bor… read more
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- american history
- nonfiction
- biography
- history
5. Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)
By: Ian Fleming
3.63
Format: 229 pages, Paperback
How is this for an evocative passage from the second Bond novel? "Her hair was black and fell to… read more
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"Don't lose faith in your stars."-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)
"Hm,' said Bond. 'Bogeyman stuff."-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)
"Those who deserve to die, die the death they deserve."-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)
"You start to die the moment you are born. The whole of life is cutting through the pack with death. So take it easy."-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)
6. The Heretic's Apprentice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #16)
By: Ellis Peters
4.16
Format: 250 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In the Summer of 1143, two visitors arrive at the gates of the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul … read more
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"What are wits for unless a man uses them?"-Ellis Peters, The Heretic's Apprentice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #16)
"One century's saint is the next century's heretic ... and one century's heretic is the next century's saint. It is as well to think long and calmly before affixing either name to any man."-Ellis Peters, The Heretic's Apprentice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #16)
"They sell courage of a sort in the taverns. And another sort, though not for sale, a man can find in the confessional. Try the alehouses and the churches, Hugh. In either a man can be quiet and think."-Ellis Peters, The Heretic's Apprentice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #16)
7. The Barbarous Years: The Peopling of British North America: The Conflict of Civilizations, 1600-1675
By: Bernard Bailyn
2.86
Format: 358 pages, Hardcover
From an acclaimed historian of early America, a compelling account of the first great transit of pe… read more
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- american history
- american
- history
- nonfiction
8. The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
By: Tom Reiss
4.48
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Here is the remarkable true story of the real Count of Monte Cristo - a stunning feat of historical… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
9. The Devil's Novice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #8)
By: Ellis Peters
3.82
Format: None pages, Paperback
In the autumn of 1140 the Benedictine monastery at Shrewsbury finds its new novice Meriet Aspley a … read more
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- american history
- history
- civil war
- american civil war
- military history
- nonfiction
11. The Power House (Sir Edward Leithen, #1)
By: John Buchan
3.59
Format: 251 pages, Paperback
When his friend Charles Pitt-Heron vanishes mysteriously, Sir Edward Leithen is at first only mildl… read more
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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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- nonfiction
- history
"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. Signing Their Lives Away
By: Joseph D'Agnese , Denise Kiernan
3.80
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In the summer of 1776, fifty-six men risked their lives and livelihood to defy King George III and … read more
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14. We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam
By: Harold G. Moore , Joseph L. Galloway
3.97
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Each year, the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps selects one book that he believes is both releva… read more
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15. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
By: Erik Larson
3.86
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America's first ambassador to Hit… read more
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16. Dead Man's Ransom (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #9)
By: Ellis Peters
3.53
Format: None pages, Paperback
The year is 1141 and civil war continues to rage. When the sheriff of Shropshire is taken prisoner,… read more
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17. Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad
By: William Craig
4.25
Format: None pages,
Stalingrad, the bloodiest battle in the history of warfare, cost the lives of nearly two million me… 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 Confession of Brother Haluin (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #15)
By: Ellis Peters
4.33
Format: 226 pages, Paperback
Brother Cadfael is witness to a shocking near-death confession and accompanies a fellow Benedictine… read more
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20. Michael Collins: The Man Who Made Ireland
By: Tim Pat Coogan
4.24
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Traces the life of the man who negotiated for Irish independence and describes the political backgr… read more
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21. Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
By: Laurence Bergreen
4.67
Format: 523 pages, Paperback
Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year… read more
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22. Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45
By: Max Hastings
3.82
Format: 160 pages,
With an introduction read by Max Hastings. A companion volume to his best-selling Armageddon, Max H… read more
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23. The Good Shepherd
By: C.S. Forester
4.18
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
The Good Shepherd has been adapted into a major motion picture, Greyhound, scripted by and starring… read more
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24. Silverview
By: John Le Carré
3.66
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
In Silverview, John le Carré turns his focus to the world that occupied his writing for the past s… read more
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"Sometimes the whole of marriage was a cover story."-John Le Carré, Silverview
"Een radicaal is een radicaal. Het maakt niet uit of het een ex-communist is of een ex-wat dan ook. Het is en blijft dezelfde man. Je manier van denken verandert niet omdat die tot een andere conclusi…"-John Le Carré, Silverview
25. Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
By: Adam Higginbotham
4.37
Format: 538 pages, Hardcover
The story of Chernobyl is more complex, more human, and more terrifying than the Soviet myth. Adam … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
26. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
By: Quentin Tarantino
3.88
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Quentin Tarantino’s long-awaited first work of fiction — at once hilarious, delicious, and brutal —… read more
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"What’s the secret?"-Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
"Sharon has such a sunny presence that whenever she blocks out the sun, the effect is chilling."-Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
"Due to Cliff's good looks, he'd been manipulating women to do things against their best interests his whole life."-Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
"Foreign films, Cliff thought, were more like novels. They didn't care if you liked the main character or not. And Cliff found that intriguing."-Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
27. Churchill's Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of The Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII
By: Damien Lewis
4.41
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
In the bleak moments after defeat on mainland Europe in winter 1939, Winston Churchill knew that Br… read more
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- nonfiction
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28. The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)
By: Ellis Peters
4.17
Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition
The winter of 1139 will disrupt Brother Cadfael’s tranquil life in Shrewsbury with the most disturb… read more
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"Love shared is no sin."-Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)
"There never was, for all I could ever learn, a time when living was easy and peaceful."-Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)
29. The Leper of Saint Giles (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #5)
By: Ellis Peters
4.16
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
October 1139. A savage murder interrupts an ill-fated marriage set to take place at Brother Cadfael… read more
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"Oh, sometimes I like to put the sand of doubt into the oyster of my faith." (Br. Cadfael)"-Ellis Peters, The Leper of Saint Giles (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #5)
"I have always known that the best of the Saracens could out-Christian many of us Christians."-Ellis Peters, The Leper of Saint Giles (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #5)
30. Resolute (The Lost Fleet: Outlands #2)
By: Jack Campbell
4.37
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Admiral John "Black Jack" Geary must battle dangers both within and without the Alliance, in this e… read more
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31. Lincoln's Admiral: The Civil War Campaigns of David Farragut
By: James P. Duffy
4.32
Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition
This vivid and impeccably researched book details the life and Civil War battles of Admiral David F… read more
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- american
- biography
- history
- civil war
- american civil war
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