The Mighty Moo: The USS Cowpens and Her Epic World War II Journey from Jinx Ship to the Navy’s First Carrier into Tokyo Bay
By: Nathan Canestaro
4.06
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
THE MIGHTY MOO is the tale of how a scrappy little World War II aircraft carrier and its untested c…
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1. In the Electric Mist With Confederate Dead (Dave Robicheaux, #6)
By: James Lee Burke
4.16
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
Hunting a sadistic killer who targets young prostitutes, Detective Dave Robicheaux has no mind to b… read more
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"When people make a contract with the devil and give him an air-conditioned office to work in, he doesn't go back home easily."-James Lee Burke, In the Electric Mist With Confederate Dead (Dave Robicheaux, #6)
"I don't like to bust drunk drivers. I don't like to listen to their explanations, watch their pitiful attempts to affect sobriety, or see the sheen of fear break out in their eyes when they realize t…"-James Lee Burke, In the Electric Mist With Confederate Dead (Dave Robicheaux, #6)
2. Jolie Blon's Bounce (Dave Robicheaux, #12)
By: James Lee Burke
4.18
Format: 480 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The Barnes & Noble Review James Lee Burke's fiction is haunted, sometimes quite literally, by the … read more
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"The best moments in life are not the kind many historians record."-James Lee Burke, Jolie Blon's Bounce (Dave Robicheaux, #12)
"...and I wonder if there is any way to adequately describe the folly that causes us to undo all the great gifts of both Earth and Heaven."-James Lee Burke, Jolie Blon's Bounce (Dave Robicheaux, #12)
"But no one could say he hadn't gotten even. He could not count the field women whom he had sexually degraded and demoralized and in whom he had left his seed so their bastard children would be a dail…"-James Lee Burke, Jolie Blon's Bounce (Dave Robicheaux, #12)
"This was not an ordinary AA group. The failed, the aberrant, the doubly addicted, and the totally brain-fried whose neurosis didn't even have a name found their way to the Work the Steps or Die, Moth…"-James Lee Burke, Jolie Blon's Bounce (Dave Robicheaux, #12)
3. The Blessing Way (Leaphorn & Chee, #1)
By: Tony Hillerman
2.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Homicide is always an abomination, but there is something exceptionally disturbing about the victim… read more
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4. Road Dogs
By: Elmore Leonard
3.89
Format: 32 pages,
Legendary New York Times bestselling author Elmore Leonard returns with three of his favorite chara… read more
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5. 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
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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
6. First Frost (Walt Longmire, #20)
By: Craig Johnson
4.37
Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition
Following the events of The Longmire Defense, we return to find Walt and our familiar cast of chara… read more
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7. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
By: Adam Higginbotham
4.60
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more
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"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
8. What This Comedian Said Will Shock You
By: Bill Maher
4.27
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The hilarious and controversial host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher has written his funniest, m… read more
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9. Sailing the Graveyard Sea: The Deathly Voyage of the Somers, the U.S. Navy's Only Mutiny, and the Trial That Gripped the Nation
By: Richard Snow
3.68
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A riveting account of the only mutiny in the history of the United States Navy—a little-known event… read more
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10. Patton's Prayer: A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Victory in World War II
By: Alex Kershaw
4.38
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From Alex Kershaw, author of the New York Times bestseller Against All Odds, comes an epic story of… read more
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11. To the Uttermost Ends of the Earth: The Epic Hunt for the South's Most Feared Ship—and the Greatest Sea Battle of the Civil War
By: Phil Keith
3.98
Format: None pages, ebook
The enthralling story of the greatest Civil War battle at sea by the award-winning and bestselling … read more
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12. The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free
By: Pete Hegseth
4.48
Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition
Real men fought for our freedoms. It’s time we fought for theirs. Pete Hegseth joined the Army t… read more
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"Rights are not rights when they are contingent on the favor of government or political leaders."-Pete Hegseth, The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free
13. The Pope of Palm Beach (Serge Storms, #21)
By: Tim Dorsey
4.11
Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition
From Florida’s king of mayhem—"compulsively irreverent and shockingly funny" (Boston Globe) New Yor… read more
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"One of the side effects of good psychedelics is you can't remember how much you took."-Tim Dorsey, The Pope of Palm Beach (Serge Storms, #21)
"Why read a book? If you read books you'd understand that question is like 'Why Breathe?"-Tim Dorsey, The Pope of Palm Beach (Serge Storms, #21)
14. Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions
By: John Grisham
4.49
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
In his first work of nonfiction since The Innocent Man, #1 bestselling author John Grisham and Cent… read more
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15. The Mighty Moo: The USS Cowpens and Her Epic World War II Journey from Jinx Ship to the Navy’s First Carrier into Tokyo Bay
By: Nathan Canestaro
4.06
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
THE MIGHTY MOO is the tale of how a scrappy little World War II aircraft carrier and its untested c… read more
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16. Clive Cussler Ghost Soldier (The Oregon Files Book #18)
By: Mike Maden
4.58
Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition
A deadly war game. An adversary as hard to find as he is to kill. Weapons so sophisticated, none ha… read more
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17. Henry V: The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King
By: Dan Jones
4.61
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author returns with a biography examining the dramatic life and unpa… read more
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18. Tom Clancy Shadow State (A Jack Ryan Jr. Novel Book 12)
By: M.P. Woodward
4.57
Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition
Surviving a helicopter crash in the Vietnamese Highlands is only the start of the challenges facing… read more
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19. In Too Deep (Jack Reacher, #29)
By: Lee Child
4.09
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The gripping new Jack Reacher thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling authors Lee Child and… read more
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20. Never Call Me a Hero: A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway
By: N. Jack "Dusty" Kleiss
4.45
Format: 451 pages, Kindle Edition
Hailed as "the single most effective pilot at Midway" (World War II magazine), Dusty Kleiss struck … read more
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21. The Highest Calling: Conversations on the American Presidency
By: David M. Rubenstein
4.29
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The American Story and How to Lead and host of PBS’s … read more
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