How Carriers Fought: Carrier Operations in World War II
By: Lars Celander
3.88
Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition
An in-depth analysis of aircraft carrier battles in WWII and the evolution of carrier operations—fr…
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1. Executive Orders (Jack Ryan, #8)
By: Tom Clancy
4.11
Format: 1273 pages, Paperback
The President is dead—and the weight, literally, of the world falls on Jack Ryan's shoulders, in To… read more
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"He had to grow his own NCOs."-Tom Clancy, Executive Orders (Jack Ryan, #8)
"A commander's pride got his soldiers dead."-Tom Clancy, Executive Orders (Jack Ryan, #8)
"The extraneous duties, in a sense, were the job."-Tom Clancy, Executive Orders (Jack Ryan, #8)
"Not every story started off big enough to notice."-Tom Clancy, Executive Orders (Jack Ryan, #8)
2. The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History)
By: Andrew O'Shaughnessy
4.17
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
A unique account of the American Revolution, told from the perspective of the leaders who conducted… read more
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3. The Cardinal of the Kremlin (Jack Ryan Universe, #5)
By: Tom Clancy
3.94
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Two men possess vital data on Russia's Star Wars missile defense system. One of them is CARDINAL--A… read more
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4. The Maltese Falcon
By: Dashiell Hammett
3.93
Format: None pages, Paperback
Sam Spade is hired by the fragrant Miss Wonderley to track down her sister, who has eloped with a l… read more
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5. Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
By: Stephen E. Ambrose
4.43
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
As good a rifle company as any, Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, US Army, kept getting tough … read more
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"We know how to win wars. We must learn now to win peace..."-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
"We can't make you do anything, but we can make you wish you had. - Army saying"-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
"Chickenshit is so called - instead of horse- or bull- or elephant shit - because it is small-minded and ignoble and takes the trivial seriously."-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
"Within Easy Company they had made the best friends they had ever had, or would ever have. They were prepared to die for each other; more important, they were prepared to kill for each other."-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
6. Seizing The Enigma: The Race To Break The German U-boat Codes, 1939-1943
By: David Kahn
4.67
Format: 48 pages,
Among the famous battles of World War II, the longest and most critical was the Battle of the Atlan… read more
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7. Invasion Rabaul: The True Story of Lark Force at Rabaul - Australia's Worst Military Disaster of World War II (Rabaul Trilogy, #1)
By: Bruce Gamble
3.83
Format: None pages, Paperback
The riveting first book in Bruce Gamble's critically acclaimed Rabaul trilogy, which chronicles the… read more
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8. D-Day: The Battle for Normandy
By: Antony Beevor
4.00
Format: 10 pages, Hardcover
Making use of overlooked and new material from over 30 archives in half a dozen countries, 'D-Day' … read more
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9. A History of the World in 6 Glasses
By: Tom Standage
4.40
Format: None pages, Paperback
Throughout human history, certain drinks have done much more than just quench thirst. As Tom Standa… read more
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11. The Bedford Boys: One American Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice
By: Alex Kershaw
4.00
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
June 6, 1944: Nineteen boys from Bedford, Virginia--population just 3,000 in 1944--died in the firs… read more
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12. Pacific Air: How Fearless Flyboys, Peerless Aircraft, and Fast Flattops Conquered the Skies in the War With Japan
By: David Sears
3.50
Format: 262 pages, Hardcover
The exhilarating epic story of the heroic fighter pilots whose fast-flying, hard-turning planes tur… read more
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13. Pax Romana
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
4.31
Format: 66 pages, Hardcover
For much of its thousand year history, Rome was an invincible power protected by the most formidabl… read more
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14. Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages
By: Dan Jones
4.41
Format: 636 pages, Hardcover
An epic reappraisal of the medieval world--and the rich and complicated legacy left to us by the ri… read more
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15. The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World
By: Marie Favereau
3.84
Format: 377 pages, Hardcover
An epic history of the Mongols as we have never seen them―not just conquerors but also city builder… read more
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16. How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures
By: Sabrina Imbler
4.12
Format: 263 pages, Hardcover
A queer, mixed race writer working in a largely white, male field, science and conservation journal… read more
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"But when I think about ponds infested with gallon-big goldfish, I feel a kind of triumph. I see something that no one expected to live not just alive but impossibly flourishing, and no longer alone. …"-Sabrina Imbler, How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures
17. 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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- 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
18. Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942
By: Ian W. Toll
4.59
Format: 656 pages, Paperback
Winner of the Northern California Book Award for Nonfiction "Both a serious work of history…and a … read more
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19. A Short History of Ireland, 1500-2000
By: John Gibney
3.73
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
A brisk, concise, and readable overview of Irish history from the Protestant Reformation to the daw… read more
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20. Trafalgar
By: Nicholas Best
4.51
Format: 401 pages, Kindle Edition
Two hundred years ago Napoleon Bonaparte planned to lead his Grande Armée to Britain, the only coun… read more
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21. The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689
By: Jonathan Healey
4.20
Format: 492 pages, Hardcover
A fresh, exciting, “readable and informative ” history ( The New York Times ) of seventeenth-centur… read more
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22. George Marshall: Defender of the Republic
By: David L. Roll
4.45
Format: 704 pages, Hardcover
The extraordinary career of George Catlett Marshall—America’s most distinguished soldier–statesman … read more
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23. Apollo 1: The Tragedy That Put Us on the Moon
By: Ryan S. Walters
4.20
Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition
On January 27, 1967, astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee climbed into a new spacecr… read more
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24. Hunt the Bismarck: The Pursuit of Germany's Most Famous Battleship
By: Angus Konstam
4.29
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Hunt the Bismarck tells the story of Operation Rheinübung, the Atlantic sortie of the Nazi Germany'… read more
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- audiobook
25. Coral Sea 1942: Turning the Tide
By: Richard Freeman
4.14
Format: 104 pages, Kindle Edition
In May 1942, the Americans discovered the Japanese planned to take Port Moresby in New Guinea. Aft… read more
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26. War in the Pacific: Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay (World War Two at Sea)
By: John Winton
4.29
Format: 189 pages, Kindle Edition
Pearl Harbor, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima; the War in the Pacific was one … read more
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27. Bradley (Americans Fighting to Free Europe)
By: Charles Whiting
4.03
Format: 132 pages, Kindle Edition
An enthralling biography of the tireless WWII infantry leader who became popularly known as ‘the G.… read more
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28. Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew
By: Michael D. Leinbach
4.23
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
Mike Leinbach was the launch director of the space shuttle program when Columbia disintegrated on r… read more
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29. Find, Fix and Strike!: The Fleet Air Arm at War, 1939-45 (World War Two at Sea)
By: John Winton
4.17
Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition
A full examination of the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm from the beginning of World War Two until fina… read more
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30. How Carriers Fought: Carrier Operations in World War II
By: Lars Celander
3.88
Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition
An in-depth analysis of aircraft carrier battles in WWII and the evolution of carrier operations—fr… read more
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31. I Was Just a Radioman: The Memoirs of a WW2, Pearl Harbor Survivor
By: Pamela Ackerson
3.82
Format: 79 pages, Kindle Edition
Their hearts were strong, and their courage endless. Pearl Harbor survivor, Black Cat radioman, and… read more
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