The Unreturning Army
By: Huntly Gordon
4.42
Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition
In the centenary year of the Great War, names such as Ypres, the Marne, the Somme, Passchendaele ar…
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1. Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War
By: Max Hastings
4.06
Format: 628 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed military historian, a new history of the outbreak of World War I: the dramatic s… read more
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- world war i
- nonfiction
- military fiction
- history
"Haw! Haw! Inconceivable stupidity is just what you're going to get! (Brigadier-General Henry Wilson, on being challenged in 1910 about the likelihood of a European war)"-Max Hastings, Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War
"Bethmann-Hollweg era davvero irremovibile non tanto sulle sue richieste territoriali – cercò, a un certo punto, di dissuadere il Kaiser dall’insistere sull’annessione del Belgio – quanto sull’intenzi…"-Max Hastings, Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War
2. Heretic (The Grail Quest, #3)
By: Bernard Cornwell
4.18
Format: 412 pages, Mass Market Paperback
From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the sequel to The Archer’s Tale and Vagabo… read more
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- military fiction
"Fiat voluntas tua,"-Bernard Cornwell, Heretic (The Grail Quest, #3)
"Acho que o Santo Graal é um sonho que os homens têm, um sonho de que é possível tornar o mundo perfeito. Se ele existisse, todos nós teríamos sabido que o sonho não pode se transformar em realidade."-Bernard Cornwell, Heretic (The Grail Quest, #3)
"-"I have kept the faith, Planchard." -"Then you are the only man who has" Planchard said, "and it is an heretical faith." -"They crucified Christ for heresy" Vexille said, "so to be named a heretic i…"-Bernard Cornwell, Heretic (The Grail Quest, #3)
"It would cause nothing but madness, Thomas thought. Men would fight for it, lie for it, cheat for it, betray for it and die for it. The Church would make money from it. It would cause nothing but evi…"-Bernard Cornwell, Heretic (The Grail Quest, #3)
3. 1356 (The Grail Quest, #4)
By: Bernard Cornwell
4.14
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Go with God and Fight Like the Devil. A fascinating hero and the pursuit of a sword with mythical p… read more
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4. The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916
By: Alistair Horne
4.29
Format: 388 pages, Paperback
The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916 is the second book of Alistair Horne's trilogy, which includes The … read more
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- world war i
- nonfiction
- military fiction
- history
5. The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
By: Dan Jones
4.27
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
The fifteenth century experienced the longest and bloodiest series of civil wars in British history… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"Rebels depend on willful gullibility."-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
"Extravagance was a political necessity."-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
"Much of the outward business of kingship came naturally."-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
"As with many tragedies, our story opens in a moment of triumph."-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
6. 24 Hours at the Somme: 1 July 1916
By: Robert Kershaw
4.88
Format: 242 pages, Hardcover
One hundreds years after Battle of the Somme, Robert Kershaw attempts to understand the carnage, us… read more
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- world war i
- nonfiction
- military fiction
- history
7. The American Civil War: A Military History
By: John Keegan
3.67
Format: None pages,
The American Civil War was one of the longest and bloodiest of modern wars. It is also one of the m… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
8. East West Street: On the Origins of "Genocide" and "Crimes Against Humanity"
By: Philippe Sands
3.30
Format: 215 pages, Hardcover
A profound and profoundly important book--a moving personal detective story, an uncovering of secre… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
9. The Second World War
By: Antony Beevor
4.11
Format: 98 pages, Hardcover
Over the past two decades, Antony Beevor has established himself as one of the world's premier hist… read more
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- nonfiction
- military fiction
- history
10. Lonesome Dove
By: Larry McMurtry
4.00
Format: 117 pages,
A love story, an adventure, and an epic of the frontier, Larry McMurtry's Pulitzer Prize-- winning … read more
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11. The Trial of Elizabeth Cree
By: Peter Ackroyd
3.42
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The year is 1880, the setting London's poor and dangerous Limehouse district, home to immigrants an… read more
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12. The Archer's Tale (The Grail Quest, #1)
By: Bernard Cornwell
4.30
Format: None pages, Paperback
From New York Timesbestselling author Bernard Cornwell, now available in paperback--the first book … read more
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13. Vagabond (The Grail Quest, #2)
By: Bernard Cornwell
4.30
Format: None pages, Paperback
From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the sequel to The Archer's Tale--the spell… read more
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14. 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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- nonfiction
- military fiction
- history
15. One Summer: America, 1927
By: Bill Bryson
4.09
Format: 456 pages, Hardcover
In One Summer Bill Bryson, one of our greatest and most beloved nonfiction writers, transports read… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
"It was a lot more fun to get famous than to be famous."-Bill Bryson, One Summer: America, 1927
"He [Henry Ford] seldom let facts or logic challenge the certainty of his instincts"-Bill Bryson, One Summer: America, 1927
"The romance of travel wasn't always terribly evident to those who were actually experiencing it."-Bill Bryson, One Summer: America, 1927
"Even with the benefit of steroids most modern players still couldn't hit as many home runs as Babe Ruth hit on hotdogs."-Bill Bryson, One Summer: America, 1927
16. The Great War: A Combat History of the First World War
By: Peter Hart
3.75
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Named one of the Ten Best Books of 2013 by The Economist World War I altered the landscape of the m… read more
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17. Six Weeks: The Short and Gallant Life of the British Officer in the First World War
By: John Lewis-Stempel
4.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
During the Great War, many boys went straight from the classroom to the most dangerous job in the w… read more
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18. The Devil's Broker: Seeking Gold, God, and Glory in Fourteenth- Century Italy
By: Frances Stonor Saunders
3.25
Format: 40 pages, Paperback
A vibrant history of Italy in the cataclysmic fourteenth century as seen through the life of a bril… read more
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19. All Quiet on the Western Front
By: Erich Maria Remarque , A.W. Wheen
5.00
Format: 172 pages, Mass Market Paperback
This is the testament of Paul Baumer, who enlists with his classmates in the German army of World W… read more
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20. Dreadnought
By: Robert K. Massie
3.50
Format: 424 pages, Paperback
"A classic [that] covers superbly a whole era...Engrossing in its glittering gallery of characters.… read more
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21. Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket
By: Richard Holmes
4.15
Format: None pages, Paperback
A history of the common British soldier, from c.1760 to c.1860, this text filled with anecdote and … read more
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22. The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
By: Anna Keay
4.39
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
‘The execution of the king took place on a bleak, bitterly cold afternoon in January. As the execut… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"This book was born of ignorance."-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
"... he was not one to let other people's feelings get in the way when he knew he was right."-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
"He warned his pious daughter Bridget of the dangers of self-criticism and the overwhelming importance of love."-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
"As in many parts of the country, people's desire for peace and prosperity was stronger than their loyalty to one regime or another."-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
23. Essex Dogs (Essex Dogs, #1)
By: Dan Jones
3.92
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling historian makes his historical fiction debut with an explosive novel… read more
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"What matters is that you did not know the story. And the reason you did not...is that our ancestor William - through his deeds of arms, his force of personality and his vast conquests - had achieved …"-Dan Jones, Essex Dogs (Essex Dogs, #1)
24. Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944
By: Antony Beevor
4.21
Format: 459 pages, Hardcover
The great airborne battle for the bridges in 1944 by Britain's Number One bestselling historian … read more
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- nonfiction
- military fiction
- history
"It is only when one faces death, observed one of the men there, that one realises the great value of life."-Antony Beevor, Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944
"The smell of roasted flesh permeated the air for hours afterwards with the stench of oily-black smoke from the blazing vehicles . Gräbner's body was never identified among all the other carbonized co…"-Antony Beevor, Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944
"Many historians, with an ‘if only’ approach to the British defeat, have focused so much on different aspects of Operation Market Garden which went wrong that they have tended to overlook the central …"-Antony Beevor, Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944
25. Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921
By: Antony Beevor
3.90
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
An epic new account of the conflict that reshaped Eastern Europe and set the stage for the rest of … read more
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- world war i
- nonfiction
- military fiction
- history
26. The Abyss: Nuclear Crisis Cuba 1962
By: Max Hastings
4.40
Format: 538 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling author Max Hastings offers a welcome re-evaluation of one of the most gripping and tens… read more
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- military fiction
- history
27. The Auschwitz Photographer: The Forgotten Story of the WWII Prisoner Who Documented Thousands of Lost Souls
By: Luca Crippa
4.36
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
The Nazis asked him to swear allegiance to Hitler, betraying his country, his friends, and everythi… read more
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- biography
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28. Travellers in the Third Reich
By: Julia Boyd
4.05
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Without the benefit of hindsight, how do you interpret what’s right in front of your eyes? The e… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"One odd thing Yencken noticed was how much blonder the nation had become. According to official statistics over 10 million packets of hair dye were sold in 1934"-Julia Boyd, Travellers in the Third Reich
"One odd thing Yencken noticed was how much blonder the nation had become since he was last there. According to official statistics over 10 million packets of hair dye were sold in 1934"-Julia Boyd, Travellers in the Third Reich
"In Dresden, Sylvia Morris witnessed the ransacking of the Jewish department store - Etam's [on Kristallnacht, 9 November 1938]. 'Dresden had been peaceful and not pro-Nazi so this was a major event,'…"-Julia Boyd, Travellers in the Third Reich
"[William Edward Burghardt] Du Bois saw things rather differently. He argued that it was entirely because of Hitler that Germany had in fact already ‘lapsed into Bolshevism’. In his view, the Nazi gov…"-Julia Boyd, Travellers in the Third Reich
29. Inside Job: Treating Murderers and Sex Offenders. The Life of a Prison Psychologist.
By: Rebecca Myers
3.97
Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition
And here I am. Totally alone in a cell with a convicted sex offender who is free to do what he want… read more
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- biography
30. The Unreturning Army
By: Huntly Gordon
4.42
Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition
In the centenary year of the Great War, names such as Ypres, the Marne, the Somme, Passchendaele ar… read more
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31. Johnny Get Your Gun: A Personal Narrative of the Somme, Ypres & Arras
By: John F. Tucker
4.36
Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition
At the age of seventeen-and-a-half, full of idealism and patriotism, John Tucker enlisted as an Inf… read more
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