Men Of Air: Doomed Youth of Bomber Command's War
By: Kevin Wilson
4.25
Format: 435 pages, Hardcover
The winter of 1944 was the most dangerous time to be a combat airman in the RAF Bomber Command: the…
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1. The Unsubstantial Air: American Fliers in the First World War
By: Samuel Hynes
3.88
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The Unsubstantial Air is the gripping story of the Americans who fought and died in the aerial batt… read more
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- history
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- military history
- aviation
- nonfiction
2. Target Tirpitz: X-Craft, Agents and Dambusters - The Epic Quest to Destroy Hitler's Mightiest Warship
By: Patrick Bishop
4.15
Format: 390 pages, Hardcover
A gripping account of the epic hunt for Hitler’s most terrifying battleship – the legendary Tirpitz… read more
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3. The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 (The Pacific War Trilogy, 2)
By: Ian W. Toll
4.61
Format: 688 pages, Paperback
The devastation of Pearl Harbor and the American victory at Midway were prelude to a greater challe… read more
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- military history
- world war ii
- nonfiction
4. In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
By: Nathaniel Philbrick
4.16
Format: 302 pages, Paperback
"With its huge, scarred head halfway out of the water and its tail beating the ocean into a white-w… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"There was a saying on the island: "[I]t is a pity to spoil a good mate by making him a master."-Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
"Unable to sleep for the third night in a row, he continued to dwell obsessively on the circumstances of the ship's sinking. He could not get the creature out of his mind."-Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
"Many of the so-called American characteristics,’ a chronicler of the [WW2 University of Minnesota starvation] experiment wrote, ‘—abounding energy, generosity, optimism—become intelligible as the exp…"-Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
"How much of assumed national and personal character comes from the fact that we have never truly known need to the point of having our character tested? Willing conscientious objectors underwent cont…"-Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
5. Beowulf
By: Unknown , Seamus Heaney
3.49
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Composed toward the end of the first millennium, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the adventures… read more
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"Fate will unwind as it must!"-Unknown, Beowulf
"Fate goes ever as fate must."-Unknown, Beowulf
"Let whoever can win glory before death."-Unknown, Beowulf
"We all know a boy can't daddy until his daddy's dead."-Unknown, Beowulf
6. To Have and Have Not
By: Ernest Hemingway
3.52
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
To Have and Have Not is the dramatic story of Harry Morgan, an honest man who is forced into runnin… read more
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"He was mad and plenty brave."-Ernest Hemingway, To Have and Have Not
"In every port in the world, at least two Estonians can be found."-Ernest Hemingway, To Have and Have Not
"I don't know who made the laws; But I know there ain't no law that you got to go hungry."-Ernest Hemingway, To Have and Have Not
"Love is all the dirty little tricks you taught me that you probably got out of some book."-Ernest Hemingway, To Have and Have Not
7. The Ruins
By: Scott Smith
3.68
Format: 319 pages, Hardcover
Trapped in the Mexican jungle, a group of friends stumble upon a creeping horror unlike anything th… read more
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"The Greek pissed and pissed and pissed."-Scott Smith, The Ruins
8. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
By: John Berendt
4.27
Format: 67 pages,
A sublime and seductive reading experience. Brilliantly conceived and masterfully written, this eno… read more
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9. Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat
By: Giles Milton
3.44
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
Six gentlemen, one goal: the destruction of Hitler's war machine In the spring of 1939, a top-secre… read more
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10. History of the Peloponnesian War
By: Thucydides , Moses I. Finley , Rex Warner
3.94
Format: 648 pages, Paperback
Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the lo… read more
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"Friendship or enmity is everywhere an affair of time and circumstance"-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
11. Pacific Alamo: The Battle for Wake Island
By: John F. Wukovits
4.18
Format: 578 pages,
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12. Scars and Stripes: An Unapologetically American Story of Fighting the Taliban, UFC Warriors, and Myself
By: Tim Kennedy
4.57
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From decorated Green Beret sniper, UFC headliner, and all around… read more
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13. A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)
By: Arkady Martine
4.32
Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition
An alien armada lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with it, no one ca… read more
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"I thought you hated them,"-Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)
"On the flagship Weight of the Wheel : “You’d have to ask medical,"-Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)
"exile happened in the heart and the mind long before it happened to the body"-Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)
"Mahit couldn't decide if she was horrified, proud, or simply, deliciously, hideously intrigued."-Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)
14. A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
By: Arkady Martine
4.12
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to disco… read more
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"made in blood, acclaimed in sunlight."-Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
"Released, I am a spear in the hands of the sun."-Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
"An end to empires. An immovable object to crash an impossible force upon, and break it."-Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
"The problem with sending messages was that people responded to them, which meant one had to write more messages in reply."-Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
15. True Believer (Terminal List, #2)
By: Jack Carr
4.34
Format: 485 pages, Hardcover
In acclaimed author Jack Carr’s follow-up to The Terminal List, former Navy SEAL James Reece’s skil… read more
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"To those before us, to those amongst us, to those we'll see on the other side, Lord let me not prove unworthy of my brothers."-Jack Carr, True Believer (Terminal List, #2)
"Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimum food or water, in austere conditions, day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon, and he made his web gear…"-Jack Carr, True Believer (Terminal List, #2)
16. Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison
By: Ben Macintyre
4.26
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The definitive and surprising true story of one of history’s most notorious prisons—and the remarka… read more
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17. 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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18. Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945
By: Ian W. Toll
4.76
Format: 944 pages, Hardcover
Twilight of the Gods is a riveting account of the harrowing last year of World War II in the Pacifi… read more
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"TURKEY TROTS TO WATER GG FROM CINCPAC ACTION COM THIRD FLEET INFO COMINCH CTF SEVENTY-SEVEN X WHERE IS RPT WHERE IS TASK FORCE THIRTY FOUR RR THE WORLD WONDERS"-Ian W. Toll, Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945
19. No Surrender: A Father, a Son, and an Extraordinary Act of Heroism That Continues to Live on Today
By: Christopher Edmonds
4.31
Format: 347 pages, Hardcover
Spanning seven decades and linking a sprawling cast of heroes from every corner of the country, No… read more
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20. The Submariners: Life in British Submarines, 1901-1999 (20th Century Naval Innovations)
By: John Winton
4.33
Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition
‘The entire span of British submarine history has been carefully recorded the tragedies in both pe… read more
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21. Typhoon Pilot
By: Desmond Scott
4.33
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
A decorated WWII flying ace and Royal Air Force Group Captain recounts his experience in the air ov… read more
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22. 19 Minutes to Live: Helicopter Combat in Vietnam
By: Lew Jennings
4.42
Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition
19 Minutes to Live illustrates the incredible courage and determination of helicopter pilots and cr… read more
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23. Sky Spy, Memoirs of a U-2 Pilot
By: Jim Carter
4.08
Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition
"Sky Spy" describes the evolution of a new Air Force pilot who has a dream to reach for the stars a… read more
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24. Men Of Air: Doomed Youth of Bomber Command's War
By: Kevin Wilson
4.25
Format: 435 pages, Hardcover
The winter of 1944 was the most dangerous time to be a combat airman in the RAF Bomber Command: the… read more
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25. Night Fighter: An Insider's Story of Special Ops from Korea to SEAL Team 6
By: William H. Hamilton Jr.
4.24
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An inside look at the rise of the Special Forces by the man President JFK tasked with its creation,… read more
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