Scram!: The Gripping First-hand Account of the Helicopter War in the Falklands
By: Harry Benson
4.48
Format: 418 pages, Kindle Edition
In April 1982 Harry Benson was a 21-year-old Royal Navy commando helicopter pilot, fresh out of tra…
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1. Wings on My Sleeve (Phoenix Press)
By: None , Eric M. Brown
4.38
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Eric Brown went to Germany in 1939 on an exchange course, and his first experience of the war came … read more
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- history
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- military history
- nonfiction
2. Chickenhawk
By: Robert Mason
3.75
Format: 271 pages, Paperback
A true story from the battlefield that faithfully portrays the horror, the madness, and the trauma … read more
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- biography
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- military history
- nonfiction
3. Logistics in the Falklands War
By: None , Kenneth L. Privratsky
4.50
Format: 290 pages,
While many books have been written on the Falklands War, this is the first to focus on the vital as… read more
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- military fiction
- history
- military history
4. The Longest Kill: The Story of Maverick 41, One of the World's Greatest Snipers
By: Craig Harrison , Craig Harrison
4.75
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
It takes a tough mindset to be a successful sniper, to be able to dig in for days on your own as yo… read more
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- history
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5. Maverick One: The True Story of a Para, Pathfinder, Renegade
By: David Blakeley
3.72
Format: 224 pages,
The explosive sequel to the bestselling PATHFINDER. For the first time ever an elite British operat… read more
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6. The Battle for the Falklands
By: Max Hastings , Simon Jenkins
4.08
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
"Must be read by all our military people and anyone who wants to find out what really happened on t… read more
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7. Sea Harrier Over The Falklands
By: Sharkey Ward
3.57
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
This volume is a controversial account of what really happened in the South Atlantic skies, by a Na… read more
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8. Joint Force Harrier
By: James Barrington , None
4.35
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Helmand Province October 2006: On itish soldiers are engaged in the most Intense Against a Tough ex… read more
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9. Hogs in the Sand: A Gulf War A-10 Pilot's Combat Journal
By: Buck Wyndham
4.28
Format: 442 pages, Kindle Edition
I am awed by my destructive power. With a small squeeze of the gun trigger under my right index fin… read more
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- history
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- military history
- nonfiction
10. This Is Your Mind on Plants
By: Michael Pollan
3.86
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In This Is Your Mind on Plants, Michael Pollan dives deep into three plant drugs--opium, caffeine, … read more
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- history
"[Taloma] offered prayers for us and for our troubled country and world. She invoked the spirit of the cactus in teaching us how to heal ourselves and how, once healed, we could better help to heal ot…"-Michael Pollan, This Is Your Mind on Plants
"The war on drugs is in truth a war on some drugs, their enemy status the result of historical accident, cultural prejudice, and institutional imperative. The taxonomy on behalf of which this war is b…"-Michael Pollan, This Is Your Mind on Plants
"How can you possibly expect to write anything when you can't concentrate? That's pretty much all writers do: take the blooming multiplicity of the world and our experience of it, literally concentrat…"-Michael Pollan, This Is Your Mind on Plants
"There's a parable here somewhere, about the difference between journalism and history. What might appear to be "the story" in the present moment may actually be a distraction from it, a shiny object …"-Michael Pollan, This Is Your Mind on Plants
11. From The Ashes (DI Nick Dixon Crime, #14)
By: Damien Boyd
4.64
Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition
Long lives are being cut short in this thriller from the bestselling DI Nick Dixon crime series. … read more
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12. The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization: The Collapse of Globalization and Its Aftermath
By: Peter Zeihan
4.18
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
2019 was the last great year for the world economy. For generations, everything has been getting… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
13. Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey
By: Wendy Joseph
4.43
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Every day in the UK lives are suddenly, brutally, wickedly taken away. Victims are shot or stabbed.… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
14. Scimitar into Stanley: One Soldier's Falklands War
By: Roger Field
4.34
Format: 207 pages, Kindle Edition
In May 1982, Captain Roger Field, The Blues and Royals, attached to HQ 5th Infantry Brigade, sailed… read more
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- military history
15. War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line
By: David Nott
4.54
Format: 355 pages, Hardcover
For more than 25 years, surgeon David Nott has volunteered in some of the world’s most dangerous co… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
"As the Koran says in Surah 5:32: whoever saves a life, it shall be as though he had saved the lives of all mankind."-David Nott, War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line
"The boy's death turned me into a person marked by war: it was the Sarajevo equivalent of a campaign medal, although not one to wear with pride."-David Nott, War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line
"I remember the three of us – Mum, Dad and me – all being in tears as we looked at my grades and considered the consequences. I went out into the garden and tried to make sense of it all. Yes, I could…"-David Nott, War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line
16. Harrier 809: The Epic Story of How a Small Band of Heroes Won Victory in the Air Against Impossible Odds
By: Rowland White
4.41
Format: 630 pages, Kindle Edition
‘A COMPELLING, FAST-PACED NARRATIVE THAT THRUSTS US INTO THE COCKPIT. A MUST-READ!’ Dan HamptonApri… read more
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- nonfiction
- military fiction
- history
- military history
17. Falklands Gunner: A Day-by-Day Personal Account of the Royal Artillery in the Falklands War
By: Tom Martin
4.36
Format: 485 pages, Kindle Edition
The Royal Artillery played an absolutely vital, though often forgotten, part in the British armed f… read more
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18. Concorde: The thrilling account of history’s most extraordinary airliner
By: Mike Bannister
4.54
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
October 24th 2023 will mark 20 years since Concorde disappeared from our skies. Yet still Mike Bann… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
19. Harrier: How To Be a Fighter Pilot
By: Paul Tremelling
4.26
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
This is the story of what it takes to make it in fighter combat. In the cockpit or crew room, the p… read more
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- history
- military fiction
- biography
- nonfiction
20. Razor 03: A Night Stalker’s Wars
By: Alan C. Mack
4.44
Format: 437 pages, Kindle Edition
“A truly extraordinary book by a phenomenal pilot and warrior. Alan Mack was in the thick of every … read more
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- nonfiction
- military fiction
- history
- military history
21. Typhoon
By: Mike Sutton
4.40
Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition
The thrilling account of the Typhoon FGR4s in the war against ISIS, from the RAF Wing Commander who… read more
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- military fiction
- biography
22. No Picnic
By: Julian Thompson
4.08
Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition
A new edition of the classic Falklands War memoir “which many regard as the most perceptive descrip… read more
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- military fiction
- history
- military history
23. Amphibious Assault Falklands: The Battle of San Carlos Water
By: Michael Clapp
4.15
Format: 544 pages, Kindle Edition
A British Naval commander’s eyewitness account of the 1982 war in the South Atlantic. Since he wa… read more
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- military fiction
- history
24. In Foreign Fields: Heroes of Iraq and Afghanistan in Their Own Words
By: Dan Collins
4.20
Format: 438 pages, Kindle Edition
If you only read one book about our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, read this one.A searing, joltin… read more
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- nonfiction
25. Fat Albert, Shropshire Blue Volume Three (Shropshire Blue #3)
By: Ron Powell
4.38
Format: 497 pages, ebook
Ron Powell joined the C-130 Hercules fleet as a pilot just as the Falklands War started. So his ear… read more
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26. London's Armed Police: Up Close and Personal
By: Stephen Smith
4.15
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
Come on a journey with veteran firearms officer, Stephen Smith as he goes behind the scenes of the … read more
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27. Mountain Commandos at War in the Falklands: The Royal Marines Mountain and Arctic Warfare Cadre in Action During the 1982 Conflict
By: Rodney Boswell
4.21
Format: 311 pages, Kindle Edition
A former Royal Marine provides a vividly detailed, firsthand account of Mountain Commando operation… read more
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28. Scram!: The Gripping First-hand Account of the Helicopter War in the Falklands
By: Harry Benson
4.48
Format: 418 pages, Kindle Edition
In April 1982 Harry Benson was a 21-year-old Royal Navy commando helicopter pilot, fresh out of tra… read more
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- military history
- nonfiction
29. Escorting the Monarch
By: Chris Jagger
4.23
Format: 184 pages, Kindle Edition
Escorting the Monarch is as close to an official history of the Metropolitan Police's 'Special Esco… read more
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30. Apache Over Libya
By: Will Laidlaw
4.26
Format: 253 pages, Kindle Edition
In this military memoir, an Army Air Corps pilot recounts his experience flying Apache helicopters … read more
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31. Four Weeks in May: The Loss of "HMS Coventry"
By: David Hart Dyke
4.29
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In March, 1982, the guided-missile destroyer HMS Coventry was one of a small squadron of ships on e… read more
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- military history
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