5 Top history books like Best Little Stories from World War II: More than 100 true stories (History Book for Adults) by C. Brian Kelly

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Best Little Stories from World War II: More than 100 true stories (History Book for Adults)

By: C. Brian Kelly

3.80

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

The untold stories of bravery, triumph, and redemption in the depths of the darkest world war. Behi…

If you liked the history plot in Best Little Stories from World War II: More than 100 true stories (History Book for Adults) by C. Brian Kelly , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. 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
  • nonfiction
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2. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

By: Bryan Stevenson

3.93

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our bro… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction

3. Gone with the Wind

By: Margaret Mitchell

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Gone with the Windis a novel written by Margaret Mitchell, first published in 1936. The story is se… read more

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4. What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

By: Randall Munroe

4.14

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

Randall Munroe left NASA in 2005 to start up his hugely popular site XKCD 'a web comic of romance, … read more

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  • nonfiction
"A darkened Sun would liberate us from the parsnip threat."

-Randall Munroe, What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

"So Yoda sounds like our best bet as an energy source. But with world electricity consumption pushing 2 terawatts, it would take a hundred million Yodas to meet our demands. All things considered, swi…"

-Randall Munroe, What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

"But what about gender and sexual orientation? And culture? And language? We could keep using demographics to try to narrow things down further, but we would be drifting away from the idea of a random…"

-Randall Munroe, What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

5. The Poisonwood Bible

By: Barbara Kingsolver

3.78

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Poisonwood Bible is a story told by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, a fierce, evan… read more

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6. The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay, #1)

By: John Buchan

3.60

Format: 100 pages, Paperback

Adventurer Richard Hannay, just returned from South Africa, is thoroughly bored with London life—un… read more

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"By God!' he whispered, drawing his breath in sharply, 'it is all pure Rider Haggard and Conan Doyle."

-John Buchan, The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay, #1)

"If you’re going to be killed you invent some kind of flag and country to fight for, and if you survive you get to love the thing"

-John Buchan, The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay, #1)

"I am an ordinary sort of fellow, not braver than other people, but I hate to see a good man downed, and that long knife would not be the end of Scudder if I could play the game in his place."

-John Buchan, The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay, #1)

"All this was very loose guessing, and I don't pretend it was ingenious or scientific. I wasn't any kind of Sherlock Holmes. But I have always fancied I had a kind of instinct about questions like thi…"

-John Buchan, The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay, #1)

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7. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

By: Nikole Hannah-Jones

4.62

Format: 590 pages, Hardcover

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story offers a revealing vision of the American past and present. … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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8. 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

Similar categories in Malcolm Gladwell's The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War book and C. Brian Kelly's Best Little Stories from World War II: More than 100 true stories (History Book for Adults)

  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
"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

"The more you invest in a set of beliefs - the greater the sacrifice you make in the service of that conviction - the more resistant you will be to evidence that suggests that you are mistaken. You do…"

-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

Cover of Best Little Stories from World War II: More than 100 true stories (History Book for Adults) by C. Brian Kelly

9. Best Little Stories from World War II: More than 100 true stories (History Book for Adults)

By: C. Brian Kelly

3.80

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

The untold stories of bravery, triumph, and redemption in the depths of the darkest world war. Behi… read more

Similar categories in C. Brian Kelly's Best Little Stories from World War II: More than 100 true stories (History Book for Adults) book and C. Brian Kelly's Best Little Stories from World War II: More than 100 true stories (History Book for Adults)

  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction

6 Best nonfiction books like Best Little Stories from World War II: More than 100 true stories (History Book for Adults) by C. Brian Kelly

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Michael Hofmann , Ernst Jünger

3.50

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Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

Bryan Stevenson

3.93

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Randall Munroe

4.14

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Nikole Hannah-Jones

4.62

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The Grand Design

Stephen Hawking , Leonard Mlodinow

4.06

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Neil deGrasse Tyson

4.08

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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Yuval Noah Harari

4.36

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Daniel Kahneman

4.18

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