Operation Medusa: The Furious Battle That Saved Afghanistan from the Taliban
By: David Fraser
3.75
Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia
By: Masha Gessen
4.19
Format: 515 pages, Hardcover
The essential journalist and bestselling biographer of Vladimir Putin reveals how, in the space of … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"...But reason was helpless against demagogy."-Masha Gessen, The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia
"[Hannah] Arendt wrote about the subjugation of public space - in effect the disappearance of public space, which, by depriving a person of boundaries and agency, rendered him profoundly lonely."-Masha Gessen, The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia
"Some studies actually showed that that Russian drinkers lived longer than non-drinkers. [Michelle Parsons] suggested an explanation for the apparent vodka paradox: for what it is worth, alcohol may h…"-Masha Gessen, The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia
"At the time of the October Revolution, the Russian intellectual elite had been both a part and a partner to the European conversation about God, power, and human life. After fifty years of purges, ar…"-Masha Gessen, The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia
2. Dark Force Rising (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #2)
By: Timothy Zahn
4.18
Format: 439 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The dying Empire's most cunning and ruthless warlord—Grand Admiral Thrawn—has taken command of the … read more
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- audiobook
"Yes, they’d lost. But it was just a battle, not the war."-Timothy Zahn, Dark Force Rising (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #2)
"I rule the Empire now. Not some long-dead Emperor; certainly not you. the only treason is defiance of my orders."-Timothy Zahn, Dark Force Rising (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #2)
"One of the first rules the Emperor had drummed into her [Mara Jade] so long ago was to blend in as best she could with her surroundings"-Timothy Zahn, Dark Force Rising (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #2)
"The maitrakh met her gaze steadily, her alien face unreadable. 'Are you offering me your help?' Leia asked. 'There is honor in you, Lady Vader,' the maitrakh said, her voice quiet. 'For the life and …"-Timothy Zahn, Dark Force Rising (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #2)
3. Alone Against the North: An Expedition into the Unknown
By: Adam Shoalts
3.93
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Canada's real-life Indiana Jones reminds us that the age of exploration is not over When Adam Sh… read more
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- nonfiction
- canada
- audiobook
4. The Wind in the Willows
By: Kenneth Grahame , Gillian Avery
4.02
Format: 197 pages, Paperback
“All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he… read more
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- audiobook
"...Absorbed in the new scents, the sounds, and the sunlight..."-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
"Badger hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort of thing."-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
"There’s nothing––absolutely nothing––half so much worth doing as messing about in boats."-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
"After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working."-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
5. Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine, 1921-1933
By: Anne Applebaum
3.32
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gulagand the National Book Award finalist Iron Curtai… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- war
6. Black Hawk Down
By: Mark Bowden
3.75
Format: 148 pages, Hardcover
On October 3, 1993, about a hundred U.S. soldiers were dropped by helicopter into a teeming market … read more
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- nonfiction
- military fiction
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- war
7. The Last Command (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #3)
By: Timothy Zahn
3.50
Format: 142 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The embattled Republic reels from the attacks of Grand Admiral Thrawn, who has marshaled the remnan… read more
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- audiobook
8. Fifteen Days: Stories of Bravery, Friendship, Life and Death from Inside the New Canadian Army
By: Christie Blatchford
3.82
Format: None pages, Paperback
Long before she made her first trip to Afghanistan as an embedded reporter for The Globe and Mail, … read more
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9. War
By: Sebastian Junger
4.01
Format: 217 pages, Hardcover
In his breakout bestseller, The Perfect Storm,Sebastian Junger created "a wild ride that brilliantl… read more
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10. Unflinching: The Making of a Canadian Sniper
By: Jody Mitic
3.80
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From retired elite sniper Jody Mitic, who lost both of his legs below the knees in Afghanistan, Unf… read more
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11. With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
By: Paul Fussell , Eugene B. Sledge
4.47
Format: 326 pages, Paperback
In his own book, Wartime, Paul Fussell called With the Old Breed "one of the finest memoirs to emer… read more
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- nonfiction
- military fiction
- history
- war
"Kick him in the balls before he kicks you in yours"-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
"Your soul may belong to Jesus, but your ass belongs to the marines."-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
"War is such self-defeating, organized madness the way it destroys a nation's best."-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
"Would the war dehumanize me so that I, too, could "field trip" enemy dead with such nonchalance?"-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
12. 3 Para
By: Patrick Bishop
3.64
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Afghanistan, Summer 2006. This is war. Afghanistan in the summer of 2006. In blazing heat in remote… read more
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13. American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
By: Chris Kyle , Scott McEwen , Jim DeFelice
4.03
Format: 502 pages, Paperback
From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States… read more
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- history
- military fiction
- war
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"But real life doesn't travel in a perfect straight line; it doesn't necessarily have that 'all lived happily ever after' bit. You have to work on where you're going."-Chris Kyle, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
"In my experience, Marines are gung ho no matter what. They will all fight to the death. Everyone of them just wants to get out there and kill. They are bad-ass, hard-charging mothers."-Chris Kyle, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
"The joke was that President Bush only declared war when Starbucks was hit. You can mess with the U.N. all you want, but when you start interfering with the right to get caffeinated, someone has to pa…"-Chris Kyle, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
14. القرآن الكريم
By: Anonymous
4.38
Format: 604 pages, Hardcover
The Quran (English pronunciation: /kɔrˈɑːn/; Arabic: القرآن al-qurʾān, IPA: [qurˈʔaːn], literally … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"We are nearer to him than his jugular vein."-Anonymous, القرآن الكريم
"إن المؤمن ليدرك بحسن الخلق درجة الصائم والقائم"-Anonymous, القرآن الكريم
"The freshness of my eyes is given to me in prayer."-Anonymous, القرآن الكريم
"There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah."-Anonymous, القرآن الكريم
15. Our Harsh Logic: Israeli Soldiers' Testimonies from the Occupied Territories, 2000-2010
By: None
4.19
Format: 168 pages,
Israeli soldiers speak out for the first time about the truth of the Palestinian occupation, in "on… read more
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16. Heart of Darkness
By: Joseph Conrad
3.99
Format: 284 pages, Paperback
Marlow, a seaman and wanderer, recounts his physical and psychological journey in search of the inf… read more
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17. Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda
By: Roméo Dallaire , Samantha Power
3.27
Format: None pages, Paperback
On the 10th anniversary of when UN peacekeepers landed in Rwanda, Random House Canada proudly publi… read more
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18. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently #1)
By: Douglas Adams
3.69
Format: 47 pages, Mass Market Paperback
What do a dead cat, a computer whiz-kid, an Electric Monk who believes the world is pink, quantum m… read more
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19. The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
By: Douglas Adams
3.00
Format: 9 pages,
At last in paperback in one complete volume, here are the five novels from Douglas Adams's Hitchhik… read more
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20. War: How Conflict Shaped Us
By: Margaret MacMillan
3.57
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
Is peace an aberration? The bestselling author of Paris 1919 offers a provocative view of war as an… read more
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- military fiction
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21. Moon of the Crusted Snow (Moon, #1)
By: Waubgeshig Rice
3.85
Format: 213 pages, Paperback
A daring post-apocalyptic thriller from a powerful rising literary voice. With winter looming, … read more
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- audiobook
"Yes, apocalypse. We've had that over and over. But we always survived. We're still here. And we'll still be here, even if the power and the radios don't come back on and we never see any white people…"-Waubgeshig Rice, Moon of the Crusted Snow (Moon, #1)
22. Rising Tiger (Scot Harvath #21)
By: Brad Thor
4.33
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
Deadly operative Scot Harvath faces down the country’s most powerful enemy in #1 New York Times and… read more
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23. 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
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- history
- military fiction
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"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
24. Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
By: Adam Higginbotham
4.37
Format: 538 pages, Hardcover
The story of Chernobyl is more complex, more human, and more terrifying than the Soviet myth. Adam … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
25. Heir to the Empire (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #1)
By: Timothy Zahn
4.17
Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition
Alternate Cover Edition can be found here. It is a time of renewal, five years after the destruc… read more
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- audiobook
"If you don't want to be noticed, you don't use a Star Destroyer."-Timothy Zahn, Heir to the Empire (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #1)
"Estudie arte, Capitán. Si entiende el arte de una especie, entiende a esa especie."-Timothy Zahn, Heir to the Empire (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #1)
"Governments and entire planets are important, Threepio. But when you sift everything down, they're all just made of people."-Timothy Zahn, Heir to the Empire (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #1)
"Fear and anger, Yoda had often warned him, were slaves to the dark side. Vaguely, Luke wondered which side curiosity served."-Timothy Zahn, Heir to the Empire (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #1)
26. Beyond the Trees: A Journey Alone Across Canada's Arctic
By: Adam Shoalts
3.95
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
National bestseller A thrilling odyssey through an unforgiving landscape, from "Canada's greate… read more
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27. Blackout (Berlin Wartime Thriller #1)
By: Simon Scarrow
4.20
Format: 451 pages, Kindle Edition
Berlin, December 1939 As Germany goes to war, the Nazis tighten their terrifying grip. Paranoia … read more
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- war
- audiobook
28. MeatEater's American History: The Long Hunters (1761-1775)
By: Steven Rinella
4.34
Format: None pages, Audiobook
Listening time = 6 hours and 3 minutes From the creators of the New York Times bestselling serie… read more
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- history
- audiobook
29. Where the Falcon Flies: A 3,400 Kilometre Odyssey From My Doorstep to the Arctic
By: Adam Shoalts
4.32
Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition
From Canada’s most accomplished adventurer and storyteller comes a gripping journey into the vastne… read more
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- history
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- audiobook
30. The Patrol: Seven Days In The Life Of A Canadian Soldier In Afghanistan
By: Ryan Flavelle
4.19
Format: 251 pages, Hardcover
"Nothing can prepare a person for the reality of bloody, concussive warfare. . . . Those who like w… read more
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- nonfiction
31. Operation Medusa: The Furious Battle That Saved Afghanistan from the Taliban
By: David Fraser
3.75
Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition
From the Canadian in charge of the joint military command in Kandahar Province in Afghanistan, this… read more
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