7 Top biography books like Born A Soldier: The Times And Life Of Larry Thorne by J. Michael Cleverley

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Born A Soldier: The Times And Life Of Larry Thorne

By: J. Michael Cleverley

3.96

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

Born a Soldier is a tour of the mid-20th century's conflicts with the remarkable Larry Thorne. Capt…

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1. Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny

By: Holly Madison

3.55

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A former girlfriend of Hugh Hefner describes how her years inside the Playboy Mansion went from a f… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"Marriage and family are certainly beautiful parts of life, but I believe those things can truly be appreciated only when we find, love, and respect ourselves first."

-Holly Madison, Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny

"But let that not be the moral of my story. True happiness doesn't come from simply getting married. I don't believe a woman's worth should be measured by whether or not she's married."

-Holly Madison, Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny

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2. Storm of Steel

By: Michael Hofmann , Ernst Jünger

3.50

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

A memoir of astonishing power, savagery, and ashen lyricism, 'Storm of Steel' illuminates not only … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • war
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3. A Prayer for Owen Meany

By: John Irving

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

Eleven-year-old Owen Meany, playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend, New Hampshire, h… read more

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4. The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea

By: Sebastian Junger

3.50

Format: 31 pages,

"Takes readers into the maelstrom and shows nature's splendid and dangerous havoc at its utmost". O… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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5. The Unknown Soldier

By: Väinö Linna

3.83

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The Unknown Soldieris a story about the Continuation War between Finland and Soviet Union, told fro… read more

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  • world war ii
  • war

6. How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale

By: Neil Strauss , Jenna Jameson

3.89

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Jenna Jameson's unforgettable memoir is many things at once: a shocking sexual history; an insider … read more

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7. Uusi Jerusalem (Pohjanmaa, #4)

By: Antti Tuuri

3.61

Format: 130 pages, Hardcover

Kun Johannes Hakala ja muut uuteen maahan matkanneet suomalaiset siirtolaiset nousevat laivasta Hal… read more

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8. Koneen ruhtinas: Pekka Herlinin elämä

By: John Simon

3.36

Format: None pages, Hardcover

KONE Oyj:n pitkaaikainen toimitusjohtaja oli liikemies, maanviljelija ja purjehtija; monisyinen ja … read more

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9. Ikitie (Äitini suku, #7)

By: Antti Tuuri

3.67

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Jussi Ketola on tuonut Amerikasta mukanaan Matti Kurikan sosialismia. Kesalla 1930 lapuanliikkeen m… read more

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10. The Silk Roads: A New History of the World

By: Peter Frankopan

3.77

Format: None pages,

From the rise and fall of empires in China, Persia, and Rome itself to the spread of Buddhism and a… read more

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11. The Brain: The Story of You

By: David Eagleman

4.01

Format: 0 pages, Hardcover

Locked in the silence and darkness of your skull, your brain fashions the rich narratives of your r… read more

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12. Internet

By: Mikko Hyppönen

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Internet on parasta ja pahinta mitä meille on tapahtunut. Suomen tunnetuin tietoturva-asiantunti… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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13. Cinema Speculation

By: Quentin Tarantino

4.06

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"Elvis movies weren't real movies, they were "Elvis Presley movies"

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"Who wants to spend three months making a fucked-up version of their movie?"

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"I don't know how he died, where he died, or where he's buried. But I do know I should've thanked him."

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"Then the movie started playing like a real movie. But frankly, a more real movie than we were used to."

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

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14. Hildur (Hildur, #1)

By: Satu Rämö

3.58

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Satu Rämö vie lukijansa Islannin vuonojen hämärään - eikä ruumiilta vältytä. Hildur aloittaa Isl… read more

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15. Rósa & Björk (Hildur, #2)

By: Satu Rämö

3.63

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

Kun vallanhimo iskee, tulee ruumiita! Rósa & Björk on toinen osa nordic noirille uskollista Hild… read more

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16. The Nineties

By: Chuck Klosterman

3.87

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

The Nineties: a wise and funny reckoning with the decade that gave us slacker/grunge irony about th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"The nineties were a fertile period for the self-indulgent genius."

-Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties

"In the nineties, doing nothing on purpose was a valid option, and a specific brand of cool became more important than almost anything else. The key to that coolness was disinterest in conventional su…"

-Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties

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17. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

By: David Graeber

4.20

Format: 692 pages, Hardcover

A dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions abo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"Humans - from this other perspective, which is just as extreme in its own way - are at best an arbitrary constellation of cultural elements, perhaps assembled according to some prevailing spirit, cod…"

-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

"One might ask, how could that most basic element of all human freedoms, the freedom to make promises and commitments and thus build relationships, be turned into its very opposite: into peonage, serf…"

-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

"There is an obvious objection to evolutionary models which assume that our strongest social ties are based on close biological kinship: many humans just don’t like their families very much. And this …"

-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

"In the Middle Ages, most people in other parts of the world who actually knew anything about northern Europe at all considered it an obscure and uninviting backwater full of religious fanatics who, a…"

-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

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18. How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future

By: Vaclav Smil

3.97

Format: 326 pages, Paperback

* THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 'Another masterpiece from one of my favorite authors . . . If … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"Найліпше нашу пасивність і надзвичайну складність проблеми глобального потепління можна проілюструвати таким фактом: тридцять років масштабних міжнародних кліматичних конференцій ніяк не вплинули на …"

-Vaclav Smil, How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future

"У 2010-х роках саме джипи стали другою найбільшою причиною зростання викидів CO2, лишивши позаду важку промисловість, вантажоперевезення й авіацію. Обігнала їх тільки електроенергетика. Якщо народна …"

-Vaclav Smil, How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future

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19. Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

By: Arnold Schwarzenegger

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The seven rules to follow to realize your true purpose in life—di… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"The fact that I had such vivid impressions and expectations at all is the reason I got there in the first place."

-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

"The beauty of pain, not only is it temporary...is it tells you when you begin to give enough of yourself in pursuit of your dreams. If the work hasn't hurt or cost you anything, or at least made you …"

-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

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20. Elämän tarkoitus: Suuntana merkityksellinen elämä

By: Frank Martela

3.67

Format: 5 pages, Audiobook

Elämän päämääräksi tarjotaan yleensä materialismia, menestystä ja onnen tavoittelua. Elämän tarkoit… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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21. Saving Bravo: The Greatest Rescue Mission in Navy SEAL History

By: Stephan Talty

4.31

Format: 427 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of A Captain's Duty, the New York Times best-selling account of Captain Phillips, c… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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22. Avaruudesta

By: Esko Valtaoja

3.84

Format: 158 pages, Hardcover

”Tieto avaa aistimme ja ajatuksemme todellisuudelle. Se auttaa meitä näkemään yhä uutta, ennalta aa… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Viisi maailmanloppua — Maapallon historia ja ihmiskunnan tulevaisuus by J. Sakari Salonen

23. Viisi maailmanloppua — Maapallon historia ja ihmiskunnan tulevaisuus

By: J. Sakari Salonen

3.82

Format: 285 pages, Hardcover

Maata kohti kiitävät asteroidit, tulivuorenpurkaukset ja tuhotulvat ovat katastrofielokuvien vakiok… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Born A Soldier: The Times And Life Of Larry Thorne by J. Michael Cleverley

24. Born A Soldier: The Times And Life Of Larry Thorne

By: J. Michael Cleverley

3.96

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

Born a Soldier is a tour of the mid-20th century's conflicts with the remarkable Larry Thorne. Capt… read more

Similar categories in J. Michael Cleverley's Born A Soldier: The Times And Life Of Larry Thorne book and J. Michael Cleverley's Born A Soldier: The Times And Life Of Larry Thorne

  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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25. Pohjanmaa (Pohjanmaa, #1)

By: Antti Tuuri

3.64

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Hakalan veljekset näyttävät, miten vääryys oikaistaan pohjalaisittain. read more

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26. Kylmien kyytimies (Äitini suku, #6)

By: Antti Tuuri

3.74

Format: 278 pages, Hardcover

Väkevä romaani kevään 1918 tapahtumista – mestarillista jatkoa Taivaanraapijoista tutun Jussi Ketol… read more

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  • war

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Storm of Steel

Michael Hofmann , Ernst Jünger

3.50

Transform Your Habits

The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea

Sebastian Junger

3.50

Transform Your Habits

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Mikko Hyppönen

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Cinema Speculation

Quentin Tarantino

4.06

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Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

Erik Larson

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Seabiscuit: An American Legend

Laura Hillenbrand

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors

Piers Paul Read

4.13

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