The Second World War: An Illustrated History
By: James Holland
4.58
Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. Sharpe's Fury (Sharpe, #11)
By: Bernard Cornwell
4.13
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Richard Sharpe, the former private in His Majesty's army who now commands a company of riflemen, fi… read more
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2. Sharpe's Escape (Sharpe, #10)
By: Bernard Cornwell
4.17
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the tenth installment in the world-renowne… read more
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3. God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
By: Christopher Hitchens
3.96
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
God Is Not Great makes the ultimate case against religion. In a series of acute readings of the maj… read more
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"Actually, the “leap of faith"-Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
"Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it."-Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
"What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence."-Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
"The essential principle of totalitarianism is to make laws that are impossible to obey."-Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
4. The Making of the Atomic Bomb
By: Richard Rhodes
4.39
Format: 886 pages, Paperback
Here for the first time, in rich, human, political, and scientific detail, is the complete story of… read more
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"Before it is science and career, before it is livelihood, before even it is family or love, freedom is sound sleep and safety to notice the play of morning sun."-Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb
"Any account of science which does not explicitly describe it as something we believe in is essentially incomplete and a false pretense. It amounts to a claim that science is essentially different fro…"-Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb
"For the scientist, at exactly the moment of discovery—that most unstable existential moment—the external world, nature itself, deeply confirms his innermost fantastic convictions. Anchored abruptly i…"-Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb
"[Chemist Michael] Polanyi found one other necessary requirement for full initiation into science: Belief. If science has become the orthodoxy of the West, individuals are nevertheless still free to t…"-Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb
5. Sharpe's Havoc (Sharpe, #7)
By: Bernard Cornwell
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The new Richard Sharpe adventure It is the spring of 1809 and a small British army is stranded when… read more
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6. Into the Black: The Extraordinary Untold Story of the First Flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the Astronauts Who Flew Her
By: Rowland White , Richard Truly
3.41
Format: 94 pages, Hardcover
The real-life techno-thriller from a bestselling author and aviation expert that recaptures the his… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
7. Fighter: The True Story of the Battle of Britain
By: Len Deighton
3.91
Format: 736 pages,
It was the battle that proved Great Britain was a vital force in World War II. It inspired Churchil… read more
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8. The Eagle Has Flown (Liam Devlin, #4)
By: Jack Higgins
3.91
Format: 337 pages, Hardcover
As an increasingly isolated and insane Hitler pursues his hopeless war, betrayal and treachery reac… read more
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9. Pompeii
By: Robert Harris
3.56
Format: None pages, Paperback
With his trademark elegance and intelligence Robert Harris recreates a world on the brink of disast… read more
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10. 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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11. Sharpe's Gold (Sharpe, #9)
By: Bernard Cornwell
3.50
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
With Wellington outnumbered, the bankrupt army's only hope of avoiding, collapse is a hidden cache … read more
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12. Sharpe's Eagle (Sharpe, #8)
By: Bernard Cornwell
3.95
Format: 315 pages, Paperback
After the cowardly incompetence of two officers besmirches their name, Captain Richard Sharpe must … read more
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14. The Hundred Days
By: Patrick O'Brian
4.04
Format: 226 pages, Paperback
Napoleon, escaped from Elba, pursues his enemies across Europe like a vengeful phoenix. If he can c… read more
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15. Tales from the Perilous Realm
By: J.R.R. Tolkien
4.03
Format: 178 pages, Paperback
'Four classic tales from the author of The Hobbit The fat and unheroic Farmer Giles of Ham is calle… read more
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"God is the Lord, of angels, and of men... and of elves. Legend and History have met and fused"-J.R.R. Tolkien, Tales from the Perilous Realm
"Bet visą tą laiką Makaliukas Klajūnas laukė pasirodant paštininkės Klyksnės su naujienomis iš žemės (net maži šuniukai žino, kad tai dažniausiai žmogžudystės ir futbolo rungtynių rezultatai, bet kart…"-J.R.R. Tolkien, Tales from the Perilous Realm
"He was kindhearted, in a way. You know the sort of kind heart: it made him uncomfortable more often than it made him do anything; and even when he did anything, it did not prevent him from grumbling,…"-J.R.R. Tolkien, Tales from the Perilous Realm
"Fantasy is a natural human activity. It certainly does not destroy or even insult Reason; and it does not either blunt the appetite for, nor obscure the perception of, scientific veracity. On the con…"-J.R.R. Tolkien, Tales from the Perilous Realm
16. A Room with a View
By: E.M. Forster
5.00
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
'"But you do," he went on, not waiting for contradiction. "You love the boy body and soul, plainly,… read more
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17. The Stars, Like Dust (Galactic Empire, #1)
By: Isaac Asimov
4.33
Format: 300 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Biron Farrell was young and naive, but he was growing up fast. A radiation bomb planted in his dorm… read more
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18. On His Majesty’s Secret Service
By: Charlie Higson
3.49
Format: 161 pages, Hardcover
It's just two days before the Coronation of King Charles Ill and Bond must stop an attempt at disru… read more
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19. Sharpe's Command (Sharpe, #14)
By: Bernard Cornwell
4.15
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell returns to the early years of the nineteenth cen… read more
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20. 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
21. From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (From a Certain Point of View, #3)
By: Elizabeth Schaefer
3.93
Format: 573 pages, Hardcover
Celebrate the lasting impact of Return of the Jedi with this exciting reimagining of the timeless S… read more
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22. Surviving to Drive
By: Guenther Steiner
4.17
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
People talk about football managers being under pressure. Trust me, that's nothing. Pressure is wat… read more
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"Then again, could you imagine me walking on to the balcony in St Peter’s Square in Rome and delivering the Urbi et Orbi. ‘OK, I’m finished now. Get to foking work!’ Pope Guenther the first would be P…"-Guenther Steiner, Surviving to Drive
23. Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta, 1942
By: Max Hastings
4.25
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Renowned historian Max Hastings recreates one of the most thrilling events of World War II: Operati… read more
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24. Clive Cussler's Condor's Fury (NUMA Files #20)
By: Graham Brown
4.42
Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition
A freighter carrying top-secret computers of unparalleled capability disappears in the Western Paci… read more
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25. Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975
By: Max Hastings
4.30
Format: 896 pages, Hardcover
An absorbing and definitive modern history of the Vietnam War from the acclaimed New York Times bes… read more
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"The merits of rival causes are never absolute. Even in the Second World War, the Western allied struggle against fascism was compromised by its reliance upon the tyranny of Stalin to pay most of the …"-Max Hastings, Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975
26. Command: How the Allies Learned to Win the Second World War
By: Al Murray
4.10
Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition
Al Murray's passion for military history and the Second World War in particular has always run para… read more
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27. Mosquito: The RAF's Legendary Wooden Wonder and its Most Extraordinary Mission
By: Rowland White
4.51
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Built of lightweight wood, powered by two growling Rolls-Royce Merlin engines, impossibly aerodynam… read more
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28. 1945: Victory in the West
By: Peter Caddick-Adams
4.55
Format: 651 pages, Kindle Edition
'Magisterial . . . [a] fine, balanced and superb account. It deserves to be read for many years to … read more
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29. The Battle of the Beams
By: Tom Whipple
4.47
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
'Deeply researched and engagingly written' The Times'Has the pace and style of a well-crafted thril… read more
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30. The Pathfinders: The Elite RAF Force that Turned the Tide of WWII
By: Will Iredale
4.39
Format: 430 pages, Kindle Edition
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!Military History Matters Book of the Year Bronze Award Winner'Compellin… read more
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31. The Second World War: An Illustrated History
By: James Holland
4.58
Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition
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