The Cannons Roar: Fort Sumter and the Start of the Civil War―An Oral History
By: Bruce Chadwick
3.65
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The first-ever oral history of the attack that started the Civil War that combines illuminating his…
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1. In Danger's Path (The Corps, #8)
By: W.E.B. Griffin
4.40
Format: 726 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Put in charge of the OSS's Pacific operations, General Fleming Pickering is faced with two covert m… read more
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2. Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
By: Donald L. Miller
4.18
Format: 671 pages, Hardcover
Masters of the Air is the deeply personal story of the American bomber boys in World War II who bro… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"With the Allies on the advance nearly everywhere and invasion talk in the air, London was a welcoming place for young airmen who were taking the fight to Hitler’s doorstep. The first stop for America…"-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
"In an equally fought battle of attrition both sides sometimes believe they are losing. With Overlord planned for the spring of 1944, Allied leaders became increasingly worried that their air forces w…"-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
3. Frank: The Voice
By: James Kaplan
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling author James Kaplan redefines Frank Sinatra in a triumphant new biography that includes… read more
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- history
4. Line of Fire (The Corps, #5)
By: W.E.B. Griffin
4.11
Format: 188 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Line of Firebrings to life a desperate mission of World War II that captures the drama and courage … read more
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5. Dragon Teeth
By: Michael Crichton
3.50
Format: 142 pages, Hardcover
Michael Crichton's recently discovered novel--an adventure set in the Wild West during the golden a… read more
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6. Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany
By: Shaun Whiteside , Norman Ohler
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In this highly original book, a bestseller in Germany, Norman Ohler investigates the murky, chaotic… read more
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7. Empire of the Summer Moon
By: S.C. Gwynne
4.23
Format: 371 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the for… read more
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"Buffalo Hump had one of those Comanche names - there were a large number of them - that the prudish whites could not quite bring themselves to translate. His Nermernuh name, properly transliterated, …"-S.C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon
"For years after the American Revolution, the public opposed to the creation of police departments, fearing that they would become forces of repression... Only in the mid 19th century, after the growt…"-S.C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon
8. Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
By: Simon Winchester
3.84
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergart… read more
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- history
9. Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
By: Andrea Lankford
3.76
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From a former law enforcement park ranger and investigator, this female-driven true crime adventure… read more
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"A solo woman is more likely to survive a perilous incident in the outdoors than a solo man. Yet, the average female hiker fears for her safety more than the average guy does. Ironically, this phenome…"-Andrea Lankford, Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
10. How to Survive History: How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History's Deadliest Catastrophes
By: Cody Cassidy
4.06
Format: 195 pages, Paperback
A detailed guide to surviving history’s most challenging threats, from outrunning dinosaurs to maki… read more
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11. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
By: Hampton Sides
4.51
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more
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- history
12. The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
By: Douglas Brunt
4.23
Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition
This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the … read more
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- history
"But the prevailing and indelible lesson, learned through traumatic personal experience, was his understanding of the family’s security. War and industrial innovation could destroy the life a family h…"-Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
13. 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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- history
- civil war
- american civil war
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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
"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"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
14. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
By: David Grann
4.19
Format: 331 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story o… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
15. Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine
By: David H. Petraeus
4.06
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
Two leading authorities—an acclaimed historian and the outstanding battlefield commander and strate… read more
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- history
"A recurring theme of this book is that money spent on deterrence is seldom wasted, especially when considered against the costs incurred when the deterrence fails."-David H. Petraeus, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine
"Hybrid warfare particularly appeals to China and Russia, since they are much more able to control the information their populaces receive than are their Western adversaries. A 1999 book, Unrestricted…"-David H. Petraeus, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine
16. Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage
By: Jeff Guinn
4.06
Format: None pages, Audiobook
“Impressively researched and written with storytelling verve” (The Wall Street Journal), this is th… read more
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17. Follow Me to Hell: McNelly's Texas Rangers and the Rise of Frontier Justice
By: Tom Clavin
3.63
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Tom Clavin's Follow Me to Hell is the explosive true story… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
18. G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century
By: Beverly Gage
4.37
Format: 864 pages, Hardcover
A major new biography of J. Edgar Hoover that draws from never-before-seen sources to create a grou… read more
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- nonfiction
19. The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
By: Timothy Egan
4.13
Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition
On the afternoon of August 20, 1910, a battering ram of wind moved through the drought-stricken nat… read more
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"There is nothing more practical in the end than the preservation of beauty."-Timothy Egan, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
"Of all the foes which attack the woodlands of North America, no other is so terrible as fire."-Timothy Egan, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
"Ideas take on their own trajectory, but they die without people to carry them into the corridors of power."-Timothy Egan, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
"Onward and upward he pushed until rock, ground, and forest came to an end, until there was nothing but a sharp edge of blunt earth protruding in the late light of the range, where he could see well b…"-Timothy Egan, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
20. The Peking Express: The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China
By: James M Zimmerman
3.90
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The thrilling true story of train-robbing revolutionaries and passengers who got more than they pai… read more
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- history
21. Soldiers Don't Go Mad: A True Story of Friendship, Poetry, and Mental Illness During the First World War
By: Charles Glass
4.12
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant and poignant history of the friendship between two great war poets, Siegfried Sassoon a… read more
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- history
22. Iwo, 26 Charlie: A Novel (P. T. Deutermann WWII Novels)
By: P.T. Deutermann
4.61
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
P. T. Deutermann is a contemporary master of World War II military fiction: writing about the lives… read more
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23. Looking for the Good War: American Amnesia and the Violent Pursuit of Happiness
By: Elizabeth D. Samet
3.60
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
In Looking for the Good War, Elizabeth D. Samet reexamines the literature, art, and culture that em… read more
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- nonfiction
"Our national problem has not been ignoring the Civil War, but turning it into a kind of theme park in which nostalgia and mendacity have eclipsed the raw and unpleasant truth that one army fought, an…"-Elizabeth D. Samet, Looking for the Good War: American Amnesia and the Violent Pursuit of Happiness
24. Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk
By: Billy Walters
3.84
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * “An insightful read…Walters is a larger-than-life character.” — Sports … read more
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25. Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay
By: Craig L. Symonds
4.65
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
From one of our most distinguished naval historians, the first wartime biography in a half-century … read more
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26. American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15
By: Cameron McWhirter
4.29
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
The epic history of America’s most controversial weaponIn the 1950s, an obsessive firearms designer… read more
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27. The Last Honest Man: The CIA, the FBI, the Mafia, and the Kennedys―and One Senator's Fight to Save Democracy
By: James Risen
4.13
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Witnesses were mysteriously murdered. The FBI, NSA, CIA, and even the IRS were on the warpath. It w… read more
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- history
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28. "If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania": The Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac March to Gettysburg. Volume 2: June 22–30, 1863
By: Scott L. Mingus Sr.
4.46
Format: 447 pages, Kindle Edition
Award-winning authors Scott L. Mingus Sr. and Eric J. Wittenberg are back with the second and final… read more
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29. “If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania”: The Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac March to Gettysburg - Volume 1: June 3–22, 1863
By: Scott L. Mingus Sr.
4.51
Format: 469 pages, Kindle Edition
Scott L. Mingus Sr. and Eric J. Wittenberg, the authors of more than forty Civil War books, have on… read more
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- civil war
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30. The Cannons Roar: Fort Sumter and the Start of the Civil War―An Oral History
By: Bruce Chadwick
3.65
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The first-ever oral history of the attack that started the Civil War that combines illuminating his… read more
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31. The Fatal Alliance: A Century of War on Film
By: David Thomson
3.34
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
In The Fatal Alliance the acclaimed film critic David Thomson offers us one of his most provocative… read more
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