Berlin at War: Life and Death in Hitler's Capital, 1939-45
By: Roger Moorhouse
3.62
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Berlin was the city at the very center of World War II. It was the launching pad for Hitler's empir…
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1. The Fall of Berlin 1945
By: Antony Beevor
4.29
Format: 490 pages, Paperback
The Red Army had much to avenge when it finally reached the frontiers of the Reich in January 1945.… read more
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- history
- germany
- military history
- war
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- european history
"Sé practico: regala un ataúd"-Antony Beevor, The Fall of Berlin 1945
2. The Honourable Schoolboy (George Smiley, #6; Karla Trilogy, #2)
By: John Le Carré
3.99
Format: 589 pages, Paperback
John le Carré's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of inter… read more
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"Let's die of it before we're too old."-John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy (George Smiley, #6; Karla Trilogy, #2)
"Home's where you go when you run out of homes."-John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy (George Smiley, #6; Karla Trilogy, #2)
"A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world."-John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy (George Smiley, #6; Karla Trilogy, #2)
"Yet it's not for want of future that I'm here, he thought. It's for want of a present."-John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy (George Smiley, #6; Karla Trilogy, #2)
3. Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II
By: Keith Lowe
4.22
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
The Second World War might have officially ended in May 1945, but in reality it rumbled on for anot… read more
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- history
- germany
- military history
- war
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- european history
"Los británicos, al igual que los estadounidenses, recuerdan la Segunda Guerra Mundial como una época en la que su mejor generación salvó al mundo de la maldad del nazismo."-Keith Lowe, Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II
"While this has never been the mainstream view in Germany, there are still political groups there today who refuse to acknowledge the Holocaust on the grounds that what Germans in eastern Europe suffe…"-Keith Lowe, Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II
"The rationing system that was set up in Britain at the outbreak of the hostilities was as revolutionary as anything the Communists could have dreamed up. Almost every basic item of food was rationed …"-Keith Lowe, Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II
4. Koh-I-Noor: The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond
By: William Dalrymple , Anita Anand
4.04
Format: 335 pages,
The first comprehensive and authoritative history of the Koh-i Noor, arguably the most celebrated a… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
5. Little Man, What Now?
By: Hans Fallada
2.55
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
Since its first publication in 1933, this novel has become a world classic. It provides a vivid, po… read more
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- germany
6. Berlin at War: Life and Death in Hitler's Capital, 1939-45
By: Roger Moorhouse
3.62
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Berlin was the city at the very center of World War II. It was the launching pad for Hitler's empir… read more
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- history
- germany
- military history
- war
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- european history
7. Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America
By: Rick Perlstein
4.33
Format: 308 pages,
Politically insightful, Nixonland recaptures the turbulent 60s & early 70s, revealing how Dick Nixo… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
8. The Coming of the Third Reich
By: Richard J. Evans
3.44
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
From one of the world's most distinguished historians, a magisterial new reckoning with Hitler's ri… read more
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- history
- germany
- war
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- european history
9. Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
By: Tony Judt
4.37
Format: 933 pages, Paperback
Almost a decade in the making, this much-anticipated grand history of postwar Europe from one of th… read more
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- history
- war
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- european history
"Broken eggs make good omelettes. But you cannot build a better society on broken men."-Tony Judt, Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
"Far from addressing the Soviet nationalities question, the Afghan adventure had, as was by now all too clear, exacerbated it. If the USSR faced an intractable set of national minorities, this was in …"-Tony Judt, Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
"The imposition of a Russian rather than a German solution cut Europe’s vulnerable eastern half away from the body of the continent. At the time this was not a matter of great concern to western Europ…"-Tony Judt, Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
"Maastricht had three significant side-effects. One of them was the unforeseen boost it gave to NATO. Under the restrictive terms of the Treaty it was clear (as the French at least had intended) that …"-Tony Judt, Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
10. East West Street: On the Origins of "Genocide" and "Crimes Against Humanity"
By: Philippe Sands
3.30
Format: 215 pages, Hardcover
A profound and profoundly important book--a moving personal detective story, an uncovering of secre… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- war
11. The Prague Sonata
By: Bradford Morrow
3.32
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the critically acclaimed author Bradford Morrow, a literary quest novel that travels from Nazi… read more
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- world war ii
- war
12. Before 1776: Life in the American Colonies (Great Courses, #8510)
By: Robert J. Allison
4.27
Format: 67 pages, Audiobook
List of the 36 Lecture Titles 1 The World before Colonial America 2 Spain's New World Empire 3 John… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
13. Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory
By: Ben Macintyre
4.25
Format: 127 pages,
In 1943, from a windowless London basement office, two intelligence officers conceived a plan that … read more
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- world war ii
- nonfiction
- history
- war
14. Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany
By: Shaun Whiteside , Norman Ohler
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In this highly original book, a bestseller in Germany, Norman Ohler investigates the murky, chaotic… read more
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15. The German War: A Nation Under Arms
By: Nicholas Stargardt
4.34
Format: 704 pages, Hardcover
As early as 1941, Allied victory in World War II seemed all but assured. How and why, then, did the… read more
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- history
- germany
- military history
- war
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- european history
16. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)
By: John Le Carré
4.06
Format: 381 pages, Paperback
A modern classic in which John le Carré expertly creates a total vision of a secret world, Tinker, … read more
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"As a good Socialist, I'm going for the money."-John Le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)
"Treason is very much a matter of habit, Smiley decided."-John Le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)
"Good intelligence work, Control had always preached, was gradual and rested on a kind of gentleness."-John Le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)
"The monstrosity of this, reaching Smiley through a thickening wall of spiritual exhaustion, left him momentarily speechless."-John Le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)
17. The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors
By: Dan Jones
4.08
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A major new history of the knights Templar--holy warriors, bankers, priests, heretics--by the bests… read more
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18. The Hitler I Knew: Memoirs of the Third Reich's Press Chief
By: None , None
3.62
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Up to the last moment, his overwhelming, despotic authority aroused false hopes and deceived his pe… read more
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19. Goodbye to Berlin
By: Christopher Isherwood
3.95
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Here, meine Damen und Herren, is Chrisopther Isherwood's brilliant farewell to a city which was not… read more
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20. The Guns of August
By: Barbara W. Tuchman
4.18
Format: 658 pages, Kindle Edition
The Proud Tower, the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Guns of August, and The Zimmerman Telegram comprise… read more
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- history
- war
- military history
- nonfiction
- european history
"Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general."-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
"Now according to German logic, a declaration of war was found to be unnecessary because of imaginary bombings"-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
"Human beings, like plans, prove fallible in the presence of those ingredients that are missing in maneuvers - danger, death, and live ammunition."-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
"To think meant to give room for freedom of initiative, for the imponderable to win over the material, for will to demonstrate its power over circumstance."-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
21. The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill
By: Brad Meltzer
4.16
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From the authors of The First Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy comes the little-known true sto… read more
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- world war ii
- nonfiction
- history
- war
22. Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World
By: Michael Pollan
3.72
Format: 2 pages, Audible Audio
Listening time = 2h 2m Pollan takes us on a journey through the history of the drug, which was f… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
23. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
By: Mary Beard
4.11
Format: 493 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
24. Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
By: Katja Hoyer
4.23
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For o… read more
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- germany
- history
- european history
"Some of the “songs"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart,"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"From 1971, the rates paid were means-tested, allowing working class families with children privileged access. A four-person household in West Germany spent around 21 percent of their net income on re…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"In other fields too, female ambition had become the norm. By 1988, over 90% of East German women fought their own battles in the workplace. The GDR had reached the highest rate of female employment i…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
25. Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America's Empire
By: Jonathan M. Katz
4.24
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking journey tracing America’s forgotten path to global power―and how its legacies shap… read more
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- military history
- nonfiction
- history
- war
26. Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, 1945–1955
By: Harald Jähner
4.09
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Germany, 1945: a country in ruins. Cities have been reduced to rubble and more than half of the pop… read more
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- history
- germany
- war
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- european history
27. Travellers in the Third Reich
By: Julia Boyd
4.05
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Without the benefit of hindsight, how do you interpret what’s right in front of your eyes? The e… read more
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- history
- germany
- war
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- european history
"One odd thing Yencken noticed was how much blonder the nation had become. According to official statistics over 10 million packets of hair dye were sold in 1934"-Julia Boyd, Travellers in the Third Reich
"One odd thing Yencken noticed was how much blonder the nation had become since he was last there. According to official statistics over 10 million packets of hair dye were sold in 1934"-Julia Boyd, Travellers in the Third Reich
"In Dresden, Sylvia Morris witnessed the ransacking of the Jewish department store - Etam's [on Kristallnacht, 9 November 1938]. 'Dresden had been peaceful and not pro-Nazi so this was a major event,'…"-Julia Boyd, Travellers in the Third Reich
"[William Edward Burghardt] Du Bois saw things rather differently. He argued that it was entirely because of Hitler that Germany had in fact already ‘lapsed into Bolshevism’. In his view, the Nazi gov…"-Julia Boyd, Travellers in the Third Reich
28. Hitler's American Friends: The Third Reich’s Supporters in the United States
By: Bradley W. Hart
3.96
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Winner - German Studies Association Sybil Halpern Milton Book Prize, 2019 A book examining the str… read more
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- history
- germany
- war
- world war ii
- nonfiction
29. Children of Nazis: The Sons and Daughters of Himmler, Göring, Höss, Mengele, and Others— Living with a Father's Monstrous Legacy
By: Tania Crasnianski
3.85
Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition
In 1940, the German sons and daughters of great Nazi dignitaries Himmler, Göring, Hess, Frank, Borm… read more
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- history
- germany
- war
- world war ii
- nonfiction
30. Hitler and the Habsburgs: The Fuhrer's Vendetta Against the Austrian Royals
By: James McMurtry Longo
4.43
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Five youthful years in Vienna. It was then and there that Adolf Hitler's obsession with the Habsbur… read more
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- germany
- war
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- european history
31. The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Infiltrated Auschwitz
By: Jack Fairweather
4.33
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
How do you keep fighting in the face of unimaginable horror?This is untold story of one of the grea… read more
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- world war ii
- nonfiction
- history
- war
"So long as the prisoners could believe in the greater good, they were not defeated. Witold's men perished in many terrible ways, but they did so with a dignity that Nazism failed to destroy."-Jack Fairweather, The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Infiltrated Auschwitz
"The camp [Auschwitz] had already developed nicknames for those on the edge of starvation: cripples, derelicts, jewels, but the most common was "Musselmänner," or "Muslims," seemingly in reference to …"-Jack Fairweather, The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Infiltrated Auschwitz
