On Wave and Wing: The 100 Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier
By: Barrett Tillman
3.59
Format: 332 pages, Hardcover
What defended the U.S. after the attack on Pearl Harbor, defeated the Soviet Union in the Cold War,…
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1. The Politically Incorrect Guide to the British Empire
By: H.W. Crocker III
4.34
Format: 345 pages,
Nothing offends liberals more than western imperialismit is racism, sexism, and chauvinism all in o… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
2. The Great Escape
By: Paul Brickhill
4.03
Format: 320 pages,
One of the most famous true stories from the last war, The GREAT ESCAPE tells how more than six hun… read more
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- history
- military fiction
- war
- military history
- world war ii
- nonfiction
3. The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945
By: James D. Hornfischer
4.33
Format: 308 pages, ebook
The extraordinary story of the World War II air, land, and sea campaign that brought the U.S. Navy … read more
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- history
- military fiction
- war
- military history
- world war ii
- nonfiction
4. Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon
By: Jay Barbree , Alan Shepard , Deke Slayton , None
4.01
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The never-before-told story of the courage, dedication, and teamwork that made the journey to the m… read more
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- aviation
- history
- nonfiction
5. Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters
By: Cole C. Kingseed , Dick Winters
3.95
Format: 288 pages,
They were called Easy Company--but their mission was never easy.Immortalized as the Band of Brother… read more
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- history
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- nonfiction
6. The Concrete Blonde (Harry Bosch, #3; Harry Bosch Universe, #3)
By: Michael Connelly
4.10
Format: None pages, Paperback
In this classic from a #1 "New York Times" bestselling author, Detective Harry Bosch thought he'd s… read more
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7. Fighter Pilot: The Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds
By: Robin Olds , Ed Rasimus , Christina Olds
3.41
Format: 32 pages,
The widely anticipated memoir of legendary ace American fighter pilot, Robin Olds Robin Olds was a… read more
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- history
- military fiction
- war
- military history
- aviation
- nonfiction
8. No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah
By: None
3.79
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
"This is the face of war as only those who have fought it can describe it."-Senator John McCain Fal… read more
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9. Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War
By: Fred Kaplan
3.00
Format: 285 pages, Hardcover
The never-before-told story of the computer scientists and the NSA, Pentagon, and White House polic… read more
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10. 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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- history
- military fiction
- war
- military history
- world war ii
- nonfiction
"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
11. Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
By: Eric Metaxas
4.16
Format: 293 pages, Hardcover
As Adolf Hitler and the Nazis seduced a nation, bullied a continent, and attempted to exterminate t… read more
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12. Killing the Bismarck: Destroying the Pride of Hitler's Fleet
By: Iain Ballantyne
4.23
Format: None pages,
In May 1941, the German battleship Bismarck, accompanied by heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, broke out in… read more
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13. A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II
By: Larry Alexander , Adam Makos
4.36
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
Four days before Christmas 1943, a badly damaged American bomber struggled to fly over wartime Germ… read more
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- history
- military fiction
- war
- military history
- world war ii
- aviation
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"You fight by rules to keep your humanity"-Larry Alexander, A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II
14. The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride
By: Daniel James Brown
3.59
Format: 464 pages,
In April of 1846, twenty-one-year-old Sarah Graves, intent on a better future, set out west from Il… read more
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15. Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed
By: None , Ben R. Rich
3.83
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
From the development of the U-2 to the Stealth fighter, the never-before-told story behind the high… read more
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16. Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
By: David Graeber
4.03
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling writer David Graeber, a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfi… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Economies around the world have, increasingly, become vast engines for producing nonsense."-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
"Bullshit jobs regularly induce feelings of hopelessness, depression, and self-loathing. They are forms of spiritual violence directed at the essence of what it means to be a human being."-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
"What we are witnessing is the rise of those forms of popular culture that office workers can produce and consume during the scattered, furtive shards of time they have at their disposal in workplaces…"-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
"A fact-finding commission is a way of telling the public that the government is doing something it is not. But a large corporations will behave exactly the same way, if, say, there are revealed to be…"-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
17. Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
By: David Epstein
4.14
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
What's the most effective path to success in any domain? It's not what you think. Plenty of experts… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"We learn who we are only by living, and not before."-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
"Repetition, it turned out, was less important than struggle."-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
"If we treated careers more like dating, nobody would settle down so quickly."-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
"mental meandering and personal experimentation are sources of power, and head starts are overrated"-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
18. Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park
By: Conor Knighton
4.26
Format: 323 pages, Hardcover
From the Emmy-winning CBS Sunday Morning correspondent, an entertaining chronicle of his year spent… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Shelton Johnson may just be the best park ranger who ever lived."-Conor Knighton, Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park
"...tell me again about how you used to watch movies in a car. It sounded so cool to me. And so, on one of the last nights of that summer, my parents decided to re-create a drive-in movie in our drive…"-Conor Knighton, Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park
"In letter after letter, misfortunes great and small are blamed on the wood. "I don't know how much I buy that," Matt [Smith] said.."If you're the kinda person who would take something from a national…"-Conor Knighton, Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park
19. Only the Dead (Terminal List #6)
By: Jack Carr
4.55
Format: 562 pages, Kindle Edition
Navy SEAL James Reece faces a devastating global conspiracy in this high-adrenaline thriller that i… read more
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- audiobook
20. Code Red (Mitch Rapp #22)
By: Kyle Mills
4.42
Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition
Mitch Rapp makes a mortal enemy of Russia in this high-octane and “ripped straight from next week’s… read more
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- audiobook
21. Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins
By: Annie Jacobsen
4.30
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
The definitive, character-driven history of CIA covert operations and U.S. government-sponsored ass… read more
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- history
- military fiction
- war
- military history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
22. Agent 355
By: Marie Benedict
3.73
Format: 84 pages, Kindle Edition
A novella A fictional portrayal of a real-life Revolutionary spy and her daring deeds, from the … read more
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23. Hellburner (Oregon Files #16)
By: Mike Maden
4.40
Format: 624 pages, Kindle Edition
When Juan Cabrillo fails to capture the leader of Mexico’s most dangerous drug cartel and loses an … read more
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24. Delta-v (Delta-v, #1)
By: Daniel Suarez
4.16
Format: 437 pages, Hardcover
When itinerant cave diver James Tighe receives an invitation to billionaire Nathan Joyce's private … read more
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- audiobook
"Sorry. Just paralyzed by the indescribable beauty of the cosmos. We'll get to work."-Daniel Suarez, Delta-v (Delta-v, #1)
"Well, for once in my life, I not only know why I’m here, at this place, I finally know why I exist. I’ve always wondered why I was so odd. What possible evolutionary purpose could a person like me se…"-Daniel Suarez, Delta-v (Delta-v, #1)
25. 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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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"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
26. Always Faithful: A Story of the War in Afghanistan, the Fall of Kabul, and the Unshakable Bond Between a Marine and an Interpreter
By: Thomas Schueman
4.53
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Band of Brothers meets Argo in this dramatic and heartfelt dual memoir of the war in Afghanistan… read more
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- nonfiction
- military fiction
- history
- war
27. Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
By: Mark Harmon
3.75
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account.… read more
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- history
- military fiction
- war
- military history
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- audiobook
28. Three Dangerous Men: Russia, China, Iran and the Rise of Irregular Warfare
By: Seth G. Jones
3.96
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
How three key figures in Moscow, Beijing, and Tehran built ruthless irregular warfare campaigns tha… read more
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- military fiction
- history
- war
29. Wings of War: The World War II Fighter Plane that Saved the Allies and the Believers Who Made It Fly
By: David Fairbank White
4.25
Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition
The incredible, untold story behind the rise of the P-51 Mustang, the World War II fighter plane th… read more
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- world war ii
- history
- military fiction
- nonfiction
30. Pacific Thunder: The US Navy's Central Pacific Campaign, August 1943–October 1944
By: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
4.16
Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition
On 27 October 1942, four "Long Lance†? torpedoes fired by the Japanese destroyers Makigumo and Akig… read more
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- military fiction
- naval history
- military history
- world war ii
- aviation
- nonfiction
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31. On Wave and Wing: The 100 Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier
By: Barrett Tillman
3.59
Format: 332 pages, Hardcover
What defended the U.S. after the attack on Pearl Harbor, defeated the Soviet Union in the Cold War,… read more
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