5 must-read nonfiction books like Patton (Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II: War Leader book No. 1) by Charles Whiting

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Patton (Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II: War Leader book No. 1)

By: Charles Whiting

3.80

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

One of the many Ballentine WWII series, this volume deals with General George Patton.

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Patton (Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II: War Leader book No. 1) by Charles Whiting , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. Panzer Division: The Mailed Fist (Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II: Weapons Book No. 2)

By: Kenneth John Macksey

3.80

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

"Confident in the knowledge that they had beaten the German Army to a standstill in 1918, the armie… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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2. Armageddon in Retrospect

By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

3.95

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

To be published on the first anniversary of Kurt Vonnegut's death, Armageddon in Retrospect is a co… read more

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  • war
"The wreckers against the builders!"

-Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Armageddon in Retrospect

"Writing was a spiritual exercise for my father, the only thing he really believed in."

-Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Armageddon in Retrospect

"And somebody might now want to ask me, "Can't you ever be serious?" The answer is, "No."

-Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Armageddon in Retrospect

"The most radical, audacious thing to think is that there might be some point to working hard and thinking hard and reading hard and writing hard and trying to be of service"

-Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Armageddon in Retrospect

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3. The Gathering Storm (The Second World War, #1)

By: Winston S. Churchill

3.66

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

Winston Churchill was not only a statesman and leader of historic proportions, he also possessed su… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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4. Treasure Island

By: Robert Louis Stevenson , N.C. Wyeth

3.85

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

"For sheer storytelling delight and pure adventure, Treasure Island has never been surpassed. From … read more

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"Doctors is all swabs."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

"Thems that die'll be the lucky ones."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

"... Bear up until you see you're gaining."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

"We must go on, because we can't turn back."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

5. Atonement

By: Ian McEwan

4.06

Format: 663 pages,

Ian McEwan's symphonic novel of love and war, childhood and class, guilt and forgiveness provides a… read more

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6. The Right to Be Lazy

By: Paul Lafargue , None

4.28

Format: None pages,

Paul Lafargue's masterpiece, The Right To Be Lazy, at once funny and serious, witty and profound, e… read more

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7. Afrika Korps

By: Kenneth John Macksey

3.00

Format: 9 pages,

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8. Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)

By: Patrick O'Brian

4.07

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Ardent, gregarious British naval officer Jack Aubrey is elated to be given his first appointment as… read more

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  • military fiction
  • war
"Most men find [peace] entirely unlike what they had expected - like love..."

-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)

"The Navy speaks in symbols and you may suit what meaning you choose to the words."

-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)

"How wonderfully strange,' he thought, 'to be upset by this trifle; yet I am upset."

-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)

"What's wrong with (Captain) Jack Aubrey?" "Everything, since he has a command and I have not."

-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)

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9. Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)

By: Patrick O'Brian

4.26

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

“If Jane Austen had written rousing sea yarns, she would have produced something very close to the … read more

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  • military fiction
  • war
"Compulsion is the death of friendship."

-Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)

"I sew his ears on from time to time, sure."

-Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)

"I should send my bees ashore for you, upon my sacred honour."

-Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)

"Rested, shaved, coffee’d, steaked, you will be a different man."

-Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)

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10. The Object

By: Joshua T. Calvert

4.19

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

Deep space holds secrets……and one astronomer for NASA has found a big one.But it’s not what she thi… read more

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11. Quantum Radio

By: A.G. Riddle

4.12

Format: 562 pages, Kindle Edition

At CERN, a scientist has just made an incredible discovery – a breakthrough that may answer the dee… read more

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12. Commando (Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II: Weapons book No.7)

By: Peter Young

3.96

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Softcover book read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
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13. U-Boat: The Secret Menace (Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II: weapons book No. 1)

By: David Mason

3.93

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Weapons book No. 1 read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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14. Nelson's War (Peter Padfield Naval History)

By: Peter Padfield

4.31

Format: 203 pages, Kindle Edition

In a series of major victories at sea against the French, the Spanish and the Dutch during the Revo… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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15. Patton (Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II: War Leader book No. 1)

By: Charles Whiting

3.80

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

One of the many Ballentine WWII series, this volume deals with General George Patton. read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction

6 Top history books like Patton (Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II: War Leader book No. 1) by Charles Whiting

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Panzer Division: The Mailed Fist (Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II: Weapons Book No. 2)

Kenneth John Macksey

3.80

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The Gathering Storm (The Second World War, #1)

Winston S. Churchill

3.66

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Commando (Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II: Weapons book No.7)

Peter Young

3.96

Transform Your Habits

U-Boat: The Secret Menace (Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II: weapons book No. 1)

David Mason

3.93

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19 Top fiction books like Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2) by Patrick O'Brian

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Bernard Cornwell

4.13

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Sharpe's Escape (Sharpe, #10)

Bernard Cornwell

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Sharpe's Rifles (Sharpe, #6)

Bernard Cornwell

4.26

Transform Your Habits

Commodore Hornblower

C.S. Forester

4.25

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