The Boats of Cherbourg: The Navy That Stole Its Own Boats and Revolutionized Naval Warfare
By: Abraham Rabinovich
4.39
Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition
On Christmas eve 1969, five small boats slipped out of Cherbourg harbor after midnight into the tee…
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1. One Shot (Jack Reacher, #9)
By: Lee Child
4.24
Format: 466 pages, Paperback
Six shots. Five dead. One heartland city thrown into a state of terror. But within hours the cops h… read more
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"I went to college. West Point is technically a college."-Lee Child, One Shot (Jack Reacher, #9)
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2. My American Journey
By: Joseph E. Persico , Colin Powell , Joseph E. , Persico
4.08
Format: 688 pages, Paperback
Colin Powell is the embodiment of the American dream. He was born in Harlem to immigrant parents fr… read more
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3. The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It
By: Michael E. Gerber
3.98
Format: 269 pages, Paperback
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4. Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East
By: Michael B. Oren
4.61
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Though it lasted for only six tense days in June, the 1967 Arab-Israeli war never really ended. Eve… read more
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5. Deep Freeze (Virgil Flowers, #10)
By: John Sandford
3.82
Format: None pages,
Virgil knows the town of Trippton, Minnesota, a little too well. A few years back, with the help of… read more
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6. Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General
By: Bill O'Reilly , Martin Dugard
5.00
Format: None pages,
Readers around the world have thrilled to Killing Lincoln, Killing Kennedy, and Killing Jesus--rive… read more
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7. Mr. Mercedes (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #1)
By: Stephen King
2.88
Format: 29 pages, Hardcover
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8. Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad
By: William Craig
4.25
Format: None pages,
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9. Art Of Possibility
By: Rosamund Stone Zander , None
4.34
Format: 132 pages,
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10. The Right Stuff
By: Tom Wolfe
4.08
Format: 432 pages,
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11. 2034: A Novel of the Next World War
By: Elliot Ackerman
3.80
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Il 12 marzo 2034 il commodoro della Marina militare degli Stati Uniti – Sarah Hunt – si trova sul p… 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
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"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. No Plan B (Jack Reacher, #27)
By: Lee Child
3.98
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
In Gerrardsville, Colorado, a woman dies under the wheels of a moving bus. The death is ruled a su… read more
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14. Nuclear War: A Scenario
By: Annie Jacobsen
4.47
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more
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"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
15. Burner (Gray Man, #12)
By: Mark Greaney
4.58
Format: 527 pages, Kindle Edition
Court Gentry is caught between the Russian mafia and the CIA in this latest electrifying thriller i… read more
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16. The Apollo Murders (Apollo Murders, #1)
By: Chris Hadfield
3.92
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
An exceptional debut thriller and “exciting journey” into the dark heart of the Cold War and the sp… read more
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17. The Maze (John Corey, #8)
By: Nelson DeMille
3.76
Format: 415 pages, Hardcover
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18. Better Off Dead (Jack Reacher, #26)
By: Lee Child
3.84
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Reacher never backs down from a problem. And he's about to find a big one, on a deserted Arizona r… read more
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19. The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
By: Malcolm Gladwell
4.03
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An exploration of how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war In The Bomber Ma… read more
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"Revolutions are birthed in conversation, argument, validation, proximity, and the look in your listener’s eye that tells you you’re on to something."-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
"I'm drawn again and again to obsessives. I like them. I like the idea that someone could push away all the concerns and details that make up everyday life and just zero in on one thing - the thing th…"-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
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20. There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History
By: Rory Carroll
4.38
Format: 397 pages, Hardcover
Killing Thatcher is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margar… read more
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21. Breathe: A Life in Flow
By: Rickson Gracie
4.36
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
*An instant New York Times bestseller, USA Today bestseller, and Wall Street Journal bestseller… read more
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"Shattering disappointments require you to be radically honest with yourself, a process that can be painful but is absolutely necessary."-Rickson Gracie, Breathe: A Life in Flow
"If I'm fighting for money, I'll stop hitting you when you or the referee asks me to. If we are fighting for honor, I'll stop hitting you when I feel like it."-Rickson Gracie, Breathe: A Life in Flow
"Today, 98 percent of MMA fans have never stepped into the cage, or even onto the mat, much less felt their noses break or tendons pop. Their relationship with violence is virtual. MMA is just somethi…"-Rickson Gracie, Breathe: A Life in Flow
"Today, it is possible to get a Jiu Jitsu black belt without knowing self-defense or even getting into a real fight. This was impossible during the 1970s and 1980s. Because my father and uncle loudly …"-Rickson Gracie, Breathe: A Life in Flow
22. The Christmas Scorpion (Jack Reacher, #22.5)
By: Lee Child
3.66
Format: 26 pages, Kindle Edition
In a new short story available exclusively as an ebook, Jack Reacher’s spending the holidays in Cal… read more
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23. The Deserter (Scott Brodie & Maggie Taylor #1)
By: Nelson DeMille
4.07
Format: 544 pages, Kindle Edition
When Captain Kyle Mercer of the Army’s elite Delta Force disappeared from his post in Afghanistan, … read more
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24. Dead in the Water: A True Story of Hijacking, Murder, and a Global Maritime Conspiracy
By: Matthew Campbell
4.24
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
“A triumph of investigative journalism.” —Tom Wright, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Billio… read more
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25. Sierra Six (Gray Man, #11)
By: Mark Greaney
4.58
Format: 528 pages, Kindle Edition
It's been years since the Gray Man's first mission, but the trouble's just getting started in the l… read more
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26. 12 Notes: On Life and Creativity
By: Quincy Jones
4.25
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Wisdom and musings on creativity and life from one of the world’s most beloved musicians, producers… read more
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27. The Missing Cryptoqueen: The Billion Dollar Cryptocurrency Con and the Woman Who Got Away with It
By: Jamie Bartlett
4.22
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
175 countries, four billion dollars, one the thrilling rise and fall of the biggest cryptocurrency… read more
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28. The Greatest Raid of All: Operation Chariot and the Mission to Destroy the Normandie Dock at St Nazaire (Daring Military Operations of World War Two)
By: C.E. Lucas Phillips
4.30
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A vivid account of the famous St Nazaire Raid that demonstrates the sheer bravery of the British Co… read more
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29. The Electra Story: The Dramatic History of Aviation's Most Controversial Airliner
By: Robert J. Serling
4.17
Format: 163 pages, Kindle Edition
At 11:08 P.M. on the humid night of September 29, 1959, Braniff Flight 542 crashed on a farm near B… read more
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30. The Boats of Cherbourg: The Navy That Stole Its Own Boats and Revolutionized Naval Warfare
By: Abraham Rabinovich
4.39
Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition
On Christmas eve 1969, five small boats slipped out of Cherbourg harbor after midnight into the tee… read more
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31. Spook Street (Slough House, #4)
By: Mick Herron
4.41
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
A shakeup at MI5 and a terrorist attack on British soil set in motion clandestine machinery known t… read more
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"...What did you say?"-Mick Herron, Spook Street (Slough House, #4)
"And me, apparently I’m “irritable"-Mick Herron, Spook Street (Slough House, #4)
"So this is what springtime in London was like: the women in knee-length dresses of blue-and-white hoops; the men with dark jackets over sweaters in pastel shades."-Mick Herron, Spook Street (Slough House, #4)
"A younger listener might assume Moira to be delivering these fragments down a telephone, but in fact they are directed at the papers on her desk, papers which have accumulated in the absence of Cathe…"-Mick Herron, Spook Street (Slough House, #4)
