America's First Battles, 1776-1965
By: Charles E. Heller
3.85
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
This volume, a collection of eleven original essays by many of the foremost U.S. military historian…
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1. Washington: A Life
By: Ron Chernow
4.16
Format: 904 pages, Hardcover
The celebrated Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of America. With a brea… read more
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"Many mickles make a muckle."-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
"Washington grew as a leader because he engaged in searching self- criticism. “I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors,"-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
"I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors. The man who wishes to stand well in the opinion of others must do this, because he is thereby enabled to correct his faults or remove the prejudices whic…"-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
"An essential difference between the American and French revolutions was that the American version allowed a search for many truths, while French zealots tried to impose a single sacred truth that all…"-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
2. Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
By: Daniel H. Pink
3.95
Format: 242 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestseller that gives readers a paradigm-shattering new way to think about motiv… read more
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"Lawyers often face intense demands but have relatively little “decision latitude."-Daniel H. Pink, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
"Motivation is deeply personal and only you know what words or images will resonate with you."-Daniel H. Pink, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
"Dan Ariely, author of Predictably Irrational, a book that offers an entertaining and engaging overview of behavioral economics."-Daniel H. Pink, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
"Greatness and nearsightedness are incompatible. Meaningful achievement depends on lifting one's sights and pushing toward the horizon."-Daniel H. Pink, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
3. 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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- military history
- nonfiction
4. Platoon Leader: A Memoir of Command in Combat
By: James R. McDonough
4.20
Format: 256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
A remarkable memoir of small-unit leadership and the coming of age of a young soldier in combat in … read more
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- history
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- military history
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5. The Hundred-Year Marathon: China's Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower
By: Michael Pillsbury
4.21
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
One of the U.S. government's leading China experts reveals the hidden strategy fueling that country… read more
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- military fiction
- history
6. Storm of Steel
By: Michael Hofmann , Ernst Jünger
3.50
Format: 250 pages, Paperback
A memoir of astonishing power, savagery, and ashen lyricism, 'Storm of Steel' illuminates not only … read more
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- history
7. Leaders Eat Last
By: Simon Sinek
4.14
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The highly anticipated follow-up to Simon Sinek's global bestseller Start with WhySimon Sinek is an… read more
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8. Matterhorn
By: Karl Marlantes
3.30
Format: 107 pages,
A big, powerful saga of men in combat, written over the course of thirty-five years by a highly dec… read more
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9. Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1)
By: Anne McCaffrey
4.09
Format: 299 pages, Paperback
How can one girls save an entire world? To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, Lessa is nothing … read more
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"My eyes are green, my hair is silver and I freckle; the rest is subject to change without notice."-Anne McCaffrey, Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1)
"Dragon kind was no less cruel than mankind. The Dragon, at least, acted from bestial need rather than bestial greed."-Anne McCaffrey, Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1)
"Look around you, Lessa of Pern, look around the Weyr with unveiled eyes. Old and hallowed is the Weyr? Yes, but shabby and worn – and disregarded. Yes, you were elated to sit in the Weyrwoman’s great…"-Anne McCaffrey, Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1)
10. Five Years To Freedom
By: James N. Rowe
4.24
Format: 212 pages, Mass Market Paperback
When Green Beret Lieutenant James N. Rowe was captured in 1963 in Vietnam, his life became more tha… read more
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11. A Bridge Too Far
By: Cornelius Ryan , Yes
3.99
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A Bridge Too Faris Cornelius Ryan's masterly chronicle of the Battle of Arnhem, which marshalled th… read more
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- military history
12. The Defence of Duffers Drift
By: Ernest Dunlop Swinton
3.75
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
In the 100 years since The Defence of Duffers Drift was first published in Great Britain, the face … read more
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13. Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae
By: Steven Pressfield
4.32
Format: 318 pages, Paperback
In 480 B.C., two million Persian invaders come to the mountain pass of Thermopylae in eastern Greec… read more
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14. The Captain Class: The Hidden Force that Creates the World's Greatest Teams
By: Sam Walker
3.00
Format: 1118 pages,
The former global sports editor of The Wall Street Journalprofiles the greatest teams in history an… read more
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15. Starship Troopers
By: Robert A. Heinlein
4.01
Format: 264 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The historians can’t seem to settle whether to call this one "The Third Space War" (or the fourth),… read more
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"To permit irresponsible authority is to sell disaster."-Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers
"Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor."-Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers
"But, do you know, once you get used to it's rather cute. I mean, if a girl looks alright to start with, she still looks alright with her head smooth."-Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers
"When you vote, you are exercising political authority, you're using force. And force, my friends, is violence. The supreme authority from which all other authorities are derived."-Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers
16. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable
By: Patrick Lencioni
4.33
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
In The Five Dysfunctions of a TeamPatrick Lencioni once again offers a leadership fable that is as … read more
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17. Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders
By: L. David Marquet
4.05
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
"Leadership should mean giving control rather than taking control and creating leaders rather than … read more
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18. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
By: Jared Diamond
3.68
Format: 113 pages, Paperback
'Diamond has written a book of remarkable scope . . . one of the most important and readable works … read more
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19. The Longest Day
By: Cornelius Ryan
4.25
Format: 131 pages,
The classic account of the Allied invasion of Normandy. The Longest Day is Cornelius Ryan's unsurpa… read more
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20. Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century
By: P.W. Singer
4.15
Format: None pages,
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21. This Kind of War
By: T.R. Fehrenbach
3.00
Format: 107 pages, Paperback
Updated with maps, photographs, and battlefield diagrams, this special fiftieth anniversary edition… read more
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22. Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War
By: Andrew J. Bacevich
4.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The bestselling author of The Limits of Powercritically examines the Washington consensus on nation… read more
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23. 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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24. Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
By: Charles Duhigg
4.05
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780593243916. Who and what are supercommunicators? They're the … read more
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- nonfiction
"Strong leaders didn't help people align. In fact, groups with a dominant leader had the least amount of neural synchrony."-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
"To communicate with someone, we must connect with them. When we absorb what someone is saying and they comprehend what we say, it's because our brains have, to some degree, aligned."-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
25. The Overstory
By: Richard Powers
4.12
Format: 502 pages, Paperback
The Overstory is a sweeping, impassioned work of activism and resistance that is also a stunning ev… read more
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"Human history was the story of increasingly disoriented hunger."-Richard Powers, The Overstory
"The confirmation of others: a sickness the entire race will die of."-Richard Powers, The Overstory
"Civilized yards are all alike. Every wild yard is wild in its own way."-Richard Powers, The Overstory
"Trees fall with spectacular crashes. Planting is silent and growth invisible."-Richard Powers, The Overstory
26. The New Rules of War: Victory in the Age of Durable Disorder
By: Sean McFate
3.96
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
"Stunning. Sean McFate is a new Sun Tzu." -Admiral James Stavridis (retired), former Supreme Al… read more
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- history
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- military history
- nonfiction
27. Leadership: In Turbulent Times
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
4.40
Format: 473 pages, Hardcover
Are leaders born or made? Where does ambition come from? How does adversity affect the growth of le… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
28. On Operations: Operational Art and Military Disciplines
By: B.A. Friedman
3.92
Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition
On Operational Art and Military Disciplines traces the history of the development of military staf… read more
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- military fiction
- history
- military history
"Operational art is what military staffs do to support tactics and strategy."-B.A. Friedman, On Operations: Operational Art and Military Disciplines
"Intelligence is not just information--it is information that has been acquired, processed, and analyzed based on its relevance for the commander, the staff, or the mission."-B.A. Friedman, On Operations: Operational Art and Military Disciplines
"Information warfare consists of everything a military force does to accurately sense and make sense of its interactions with its environment and enemy forces, preserve its ability to do so, and preve…"-B.A. Friedman, On Operations: Operational Art and Military Disciplines
"No military organization can exist without bureaucracy, as distasteful as it may be, and no professional organization should tolerate inefficient administration of bureaucratic requirements. As menti…"-B.A. Friedman, On Operations: Operational Art and Military Disciplines
29. LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media
By: P.W. Singer
4.27
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Social media has been weaponized, as state hackers and rogue terrorists have seized upon Twitter an… read more
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- military fiction
- history
30. Burn the Boats: Toss Plan B Overboard and Unleash Your Full Potential
By: Matt Higgins
4.06
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Executive fellow at Harvard Business School, Guest Shark on Shark Tank, and famed angel investor Ma… read more
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"No visions are ever rendered to us in the dead of night that we are incapable of pursuing at the break of dawn."-Matt Higgins, Burn the Boats: Toss Plan B Overboard and Unleash Your Full Potential
"Breakout success means training your mind to pursue opportunity before the tipping point of evidence, in the interstitial space between intuition and data."-Matt Higgins, Burn the Boats: Toss Plan B Overboard and Unleash Your Full Potential
"The key to unlocking potential is to embrace your highest competitive advantage: you are the only one who has the full story of your life. YOU are the one subject about which there will never be a gr…"-Matt Higgins, Burn the Boats: Toss Plan B Overboard and Unleash Your Full Potential
"So often, data is merely insurance against self-delusion. It won’t (and it shouldn’t) provide the green light. In fact, research too often ends up serving as a reason people give up before they start…"-Matt Higgins, Burn the Boats: Toss Plan B Overboard and Unleash Your Full Potential
31. America's First Battles, 1776-1965
By: Charles E. Heller
3.85
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
This volume, a collection of eleven original essays by many of the foremost U.S. military historian… read more
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